Who knew that Sgt.
Pepper's was once again the in record for now hipsters? First, Panic at the Disco dropped the exclamation mark and donned trippy marching uniforms for the psychedelic pastiche Pretty, Odd, now Fall Out Boy follow with Folie à Deux, a record that doesn't attempt to re-create the sound but the spirit of 1967, when rock bands would try anything on their LPs, especially if it included lots of orchestration.
Strings are only one of the accoutrements on Folie à Deux.
Fall Out Boy pile everything onto their fifth album: cameos from superstars and running mates, so many that Lil Wayne and Debbie Harry are barely heard; thundering arena rock rhythms and ultra-slick hair metal riffs; hints of soul and R&B; synths lifted from new wave singles and retro hits alike.
If only it were done with a modicum of care, it might seem like a crazy postmodern hall of mirrors, but Fall Out Boy are too artless to be postmodern.
They're hyper modern, flitting through the past and present, taking nothing seriously and taking everything they can, cramming so many allusions into their overstuffed songs it's impossible to tell what is intentional and what is accidental.
(Are those crashing chords on "Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes" really taken from "Baba O'Reilly"? Do they realize "I don't care what you think/Just as long as it's about me" is from Nirvana's "Drain You"? Does it matter?)
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disloyal Order of Water BuffaloesFall Out Boy | Fall Out Boy | Play | 04:17 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 2 | I Don't CareFall Out Boy | Fall Out Boy | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 3 | She's My WinonaFall Out Boy | Fall Out Boy | Play | 03:51 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 4 | America's SuiteheartsFall Out Boy | Fall Out Boy | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 5 | Headfirst Slide into Cooperstown on a Bad BetFall Out Boy | Fall Out Boy | Play | 03:54 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 6 | The (Shipped) Gold StandardFall Out Boy | Fall Out Boy | Play | 03:18 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 7 | (Coffee's for Closers)Fall Out Boy | Fall Out Boy | Play | 04:35 | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| 8 | What a Catch, DonnieFall Out Boy | Fall Out Boy | Play | 04:50 | 11 MB | 34 MB |
| 9 | 27Fall Out Boy | Fall Out Boy | Play | 03:12 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 10 | Tiffany BlewsFall Out Boy | Fall Out Boy | Play | 03:44 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 11 | W.A.M.S.Fall Out Boy | Fall Out Boy | Play | 04:38 | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| 12 | Lullabye | Fall Out Boy | Play | 02:18 | 5 MB | 9 MB |
| 13 | I Don't Care (Machine Shop Remix) | Fall Out Boy | Play | 03:03 | 6 MB | 24 MB |
| 14 | America's Suitehearts (South Rakkas Remix) | Fall Out Boy | Play | 03:40 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 15 | Pavlove | Fall Out Boy | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 16 | America's Suitehearts (Acoustic Version) | Fall Out Boy | Play | 03:40 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 17 | What A Catch, Donnie (Acoustic Version) | Fall Out Boy | Play | 04:01 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 18 | I Don't Care (Acoustic Version) | Fall Out Boy | Play | 03:44 | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| 19 | Beat It | Fall Out Boy, John Mayer | Play | 03:47 | 8 MB | 30 MB |
| 71 mins | 163 MB | |||||
| 71 mins | 502 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neal Avron | Audio Engineer, Audio Production, Mixing |
| 2 | Neil Avron | Engineer, Mixing, Producer |
| 3 | William Beckett | Additional Personnel, Vocals |
| 4 | Tara Bryan | A&R |
| 5 | Kiki Cholewka | Assistant Engineer, Audio Engineer |
| 6 | Luke Chueh | Cover Art |
| 7 | Andrew Coleman | Audio Engineer, Engineer |
| 8 | Carol Corless | Package Production |
| 9 | Elvis Costello | Additional Personnel, Vocals |
| 10 | David Creswell | Viola |
| 11 | Alex DeLeon | Additional Personnel, Vocals |
| 12 | Dave Eggar | Cello |
| 13 | Fall Out Boy | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 14 | Nicolas Fournier | Mixing, Mixing Assistant |
| 15 | Gary Grant | Trumpet |
| 16 | Debbie Harry | Additional Personnel, Trumpet, Vocals |
| 17 | Jerry Hey | Arranger, Horn Arrangements, Trumpet |
| 18 | Steven Holtman | Trombone |
| 19 | John Janick | A&R |
| 20 | Ted Jensen | Mastering |
| 21 | Ryan Kennedy | Assistant Engineer, Audio Engineer |
| 22 | Kenneth Kugler | Trombone |
| 23 | Ronald Kurniawan | Artwork |
| 24 | Darrell Leonard | Arranger, Horn Arrangements, Trombonium, Trumpet |
| 25 | Lil Wayne | Additional Personnel, Vocals |
| 26 | Evan Lipschutz | A&R |
| 27 | Pamela Littky | Photography |
| 28 | Bob Mallory | Audio Engineer |
| 29 | David & Phil Massey | A&R |
| 30 | Travis "Schleprok" McCoy | Additional Personnel, Vocals |
| 31 | Mario J. McNulty | String Engineer |
| 32 | Mario McNutty | Audio Engineer |
| 33 | Maxim Moston | Violin |
| 34 | The Neptunes | Audio Production, Producer |
| 35 | Ira Nepus | Trombone |
| 36 | Doug Neumann | Additional Personnel, Vocals |
| 37 | Tomas Petterson | Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor) |
| 38 | Lorenza Ponce | Violin |
| 39 | William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr. | Trombone |
| 40 | J. Peter Robinson | Art Coordinator |
| 41 | Gabe Saporta | Additional Personnel, Vocals |
| 42 | Antoine Silverman | Concert Master, Contractor, Violin |
| 43 | Zeph Sowers | Assistant Engineer, Audio Engineer |
| 44 | Patrick Stump | Arranger, Horn Arrangements |
| 45 | Erich Talaba | Audio Engineer, Digital Editing, Engineer |
| 46 | Brendon Urie | Additional Personnel, Piano, Vocals |
| 47 | Tony Visconti | Arranger, Conductor, String Arrangements, String Conductor |
| 48 | Andra Voldins | Viola |
| 49 | Andy West | Design |
| 50 | Pharrell Williams | Synthesizer |
| 51 | Anja Wood | Cello |
| 52 | Paul Woodiel | Violin |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |