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Mar 23, 2023An album that exudes charm and euphoria, while still very much being Fall Out Boy’s DNA, ‘So Much (For) Stardust’ is a real joy.
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Mar 27, 2023The raw energy and occasionally questionable anger of their early years has nicely matured into a confidence and consistency that they've never had before, a diverse set of songs which feels more than the sum of its parts thanks to the band's locked-in chemistry with their longtime producer.
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Mar 24, 2023So Much (For) Stardust does have a foot in a past FOB, but where they're taking you is somewhere you weren't expecting, and it's equally welcome. Just as importantly, they sound like Fall Out Boy again.
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Mar 24, 2023So Much (For) the Stardust is a gloriously welcome return to form.
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Mar 23, 2023‘So Much (For) Stardust’s main takeaway is that the five-year wait was more than worth it and Fall Out Boy are finally back, bigger and better than ever.
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Mar 23, 2023So Much (For) Stardust’s main takeaway is the palpable, radiating carefree joy.
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Mar 23, 2023It’s an album brimming with audacious leaps, and they land most of them.
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Classic Rock MagazineApr 4, 2023Its best moments veer away into austere orchestral grandeur: the title track is fittingly climactic and Love From The Other Side resembles a civilisation tunefully collapsing. [May 2023, p.77]
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Mar 29, 2023[Love From The Other Side] kicks off a four-song punch of the band’s finest pop writing in ages. ... Some of the other reaches toward pop don’t work as effectively. ... As always, Fall Out Boy’s riskier feats are some of the strongest.
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Mar 23, 2023Putting the tiger back in a 15-year old cage works well for the band, for the most part. You can feel Stump chafing against the creative box he's put himself back in, and the tension it creates in the music gives many of these songs a sense of immediacy.
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 52 out of 56
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Mixed: 3 out of 56
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Negative: 1 out of 56
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Mar 24, 2023If you, like me, thought that Folie A Deux was an underrated classic, this is the album you’ve been waiting for.
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