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Mixed or average reviews- based on 185 Ratings

  • Summary: The seventh full-length release for the Chicago pop-punk band features a guest appearance from Burna Boy.
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. Rock Sound
    Jan 19, 2018
    80
    This is brave, baffling, bonkers and most importantly, absolutely brilliant. Strap yourselves in, it’s a hell of a ride.
  2. Kerrang!
    Jan 24, 2018
    80
    They're strutting along a tightrope without a downward glance here. [27 Jan 2018, p.50]
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  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    Jan 19, 2018
    60
    The musical landscape has changed since Fall Out Boy’s Warped Tour days in the mid-’00s, and so have they. As Mania shows, it’s probably for the best.
  4. Variety
    Mar 30, 2018
    60
    Any mania in MANIA is limited to the lyrics, while the band’s music is even-tempered and hardly given to extremes.
  5. The A.V. Club
    Jan 19, 2018
    50
    Since around 2007’s Infinity On High, the key to enjoying Fall Out Boy has been letting go of their pop-punk past and embracing the pop band that always hid in plain sight. That was a chore on American Beauty/American Psycho, but less so on Mania. As endorsements go, that’s pretty qualified.
  6. AllMusic
    Feb 15, 2018
    50
    All this feverish digital desperation makes the already clamorous M A N I A feel positively cacophonic: it may only be 39 minutes but it's one long ride.
  7. Drowned In Sound
    Jan 22, 2018
    30
    M A N I A won’t suddenly ignite a revisionist outlook of Fall Out Boy’s career, but it does leave you pining for the earnest giddiness of their pre-hiatus material. This is a feeble gesture of benign, stadium-sized pop that’s been cynically constructed, artificially beefed-up and saturated beyond the point of listenability.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 58
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 58
  3. Negative: 14 out of 58
  1. adventureperry
    Jan 20, 2018
    10
    One of Fall Out Boy's most experimental work yet, it's really interesting to see how they explore other genres and at the same time sound likeOne of Fall Out Boy's most experimental work yet, it's really interesting to see how they explore other genres and at the same time sound like themselves.… Expand
  2. emmaAS
    Aug 18, 2018
    10
    I totally credit the risk of the sounds they experimented with,t they gave us something different without losing Fall Out Boy's signature.I totally credit the risk of the sounds they experimented with,t they gave us something different without losing Fall Out Boy's signature. They could have done a little better in a couple of songs, maybe, but the album shows perfectly the meaning of "mania".… Expand
  4. potasioxd
    Sep 2, 2020
    8
    mania es un álbum con un concepto un poquito fuerte. me gusta mucho la manera en la que hablan acerca de las enfermedades mentales y lasmania es un álbum con un concepto un poquito fuerte. me gusta mucho la manera en la que hablan acerca de las enfermedades mentales y las retratan con los personajes de frosty en los videos. sinceramente no le encuentro ningún problema al álbum, más que las colaboraciones que sinceramente creo que están de más. mis canciones favoritas son the last of the real ones, young and menace y champion (escrita por sia)… Expand
  5. new1969
    Oct 9, 2018
    7
    One of the most "sharp-edged" and experimental album by them.
    Their electric influences were good overall. Starting from the energetic opener    One of the most "sharp-edged" and experimental album by them.
    Their electric influences were good overall. Starting from the energetic opener "Stay Frosty Royal Milk Tea", there follows soulful piano rock "The Last Of The Real Ones" and synth-rock love song "Wilson(Expensive Mistakes)". And in the later half of the album, you can see the diversity of music, such as R&B-ish slow song "Heaven's Gate" and experimental African rock "Sunshine Riptide ft. Burna Boy". Even though it wasn't comfortable that they began to use hip-hop beats, boring pop influences.
    I felt that their evolution is going on the wrong way first, but it has sharper and better sound than the ordinary pop album "American Beauty/American Psycho".    … Expand
  6. clinton79
    Feb 9, 2018
    6
    I think it was an enjoyable album, but coming after 2 really great ones, it's just feels bad.

    There's just no heart into anything. The    I think it was an enjoyable album, but coming after 2 really great ones, it's just feels bad.

    There's just no heart into anything. The production is great, everything sounds tight, just no substance and forgettable songs. If someone said this was an album of rejected songs from their last one, I'd believe it.

    It's still strong though, Young and Menace is unique and feels fun, Champion and Wilson are pretty solid, and Sunshine Riptide is very different in a good way. If you're a fan of the band you won't be disappointed, if you've never heard them before, I strongly suggest you start with any other album.    … Expand
  7. MinakoHouraisan
    Jan 20, 2018
    4
    Not the worst album ever, but extremely mediocre. Fall Out Boy is a very talented group but here you don't see as much as that. There are someNot the worst album ever, but extremely mediocre. Fall Out Boy is a very talented group but here you don't see as much as that. There are some great songs like Last of the Real Ones, Stay Frosty and a few others, but for the most part, Mania is rather messy and a weak release coming from a talented group.… Expand
  8. TrenchSave2018
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    Fall Out Boy, ¿te puedo hacer una pregunta?.
    ¿Que diablos es esta aberración?.
    ¿Donde puedo empezar? Me puedes explicar porque diablos    Fall Out Boy, ¿te puedo hacer una pregunta?.
    ¿Que diablos es esta aberración?.
    ¿Donde puedo empezar?
    Me puedes explicar porque diablos usaste estos generos de EDM y Rock electrónico. Esta bueno para que te sangre los oidos con este aborto.
    Espero que la proxima no saques algo así de nuevo.    … Expand

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