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For a band that was once so self-assured and able to utilize its talents so compellingly, the album is regrettably haphazard.
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Alternative PressSome of the band's most gut-wrenching and powerful melodies to date. [Mar 2007, p.133]
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BillboardA shamelessly melodic, wild and powerful pop record. [10 Feb 2007]
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While none of the new album’s hooks match the taurine-mainlining rush of “Sugar, We’re Goin Down,” there’s still lots to love.
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Anthems are plenty on "Infinity on High," and odds are good the fans are so well versed in bassist/lyricist Pete Wentz's pun-saturated, self-referential verbiage that they'll simply surrender -- as they should -- to the familiar burly riffs and candied hooks.
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It’s a CD stuffed to the gill with great tunes, but little else. There's nothing to hang your heart on, as much as there's a huge amount to move your head and feet to.
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Lo and behold, it turns out these pasty emo boys are a pretty great blue-eyed soul band.
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Like Maroon 5... Fall Out Boy has found a middle ground where its raffish charm is edgy enough to engage teens in love with angst, and safe enough for the mass consumption that's sure to follow.
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So once you get over the fact it’s farcically emo, this album turns out to be a decent enough record to get you in the mood for the Saturday night indie disco.
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It's nothing if not infectious.
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It requires a certain level of self-denial to hate Fall Out Boy, as in, "No, I don't like huge hooks, soaring choruses or wild-eyed expressions of youthful ambition." If so, congratulations, you're 800 years old. Or a Joanna Newsom fan.
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With a unique Backstreet Boys meets Bon Jovi production sheen, every track holds its own.
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Infinity on High is notably better than their previous installment.
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Q MagazineGleaming with instant hooks, this is a uniformly radio-friendly album. It's also a hugely addictive and likeable one. [Mar 2007, p.108]
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On Infinity on High, they expose the secret life of boys, in hilariously bloodcurdling detail.
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The band's unusual songwriting method generally works.
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SpinInfinity on High reveals a group that has grown so confident with success that the members are willing to give in to their every musical whim. [Feb 2007, p.83]
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Essentially, Infinity On High is From Under The Cork Tree, except this time done well.
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So when you see Infinity On High getting praised, don’t bother scoffing. This deserves to get praised. There's a lot on here that's great and pretty much nothing that's bad.
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FOB could've cut an album's worth of club hits and still found an audience. Its refusal to do so shows it still knows the difference between selling records and making fans.
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They may not be happy, but they haven't forgotten to be catchy.
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The New York TimesFall Out Boy hasn’t turned into a band of rock-star blowhards yet; it’s still too hyperactive and catchy. But the songs were more fun when it was a band of underdogs. [5 Feb 2007]
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UncutA brave endeavour. But unlike My Chemical Romance's Black Parade, Infinity On High has critically little sense of its own ridiculousness. [Mar 2007, p.79]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 159 out of 223
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Mixed: 18 out of 223
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Negative: 46 out of 223
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