Top 10 Pop Albums of 2007
I found an article on About.com listing and reviewing the top ten pop albums of 2007. It stated the following:
Halfway through the year is a good time to reflect on what we’ve seen in pop music so far. These are the 10 best pop albums of the first half of 2007.
In the number one spot? Fall Out Boy. Here’s the review for FOB and Infinity on High:
This is Fall Out Boy’s first truly great album, and it is a landmark in the evolution of punk-influenced pop music. Taking its title from a Van Gogh letter written at a moment of emotional ecstasy, one can’t help but wonder if this is something like the statement the Ramones or Nirvana could have delivered absent the devastating impact of drug and alcohol addictions and with the wind of true support at their backs. Only a band with a tremendous sense of confidence can deliver words like this:
“And I saw God cry in the reflection of my enemies
And all the lovers with no time for me”Fall Out Boy Fans - You Know Who You Are
If you are part of Fall Out Boy’s intended core audience, you likely know who you are. In case you’ve been hiding out over the past year and don’t know, Pete Wentz spells it out for you in “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race”:
“All the boys who the dance floor didn’t love
And all the girls whose lips couldn’t move fast enough”You’ve been the target of great rock music in the past, but where Kurt Cobain and Robert Smith wanted you to crawl inside and share their pain and cynicism about the world, Fall Out Boy on Infinity on High want you to dance and sing and celebrate that the world belongs to you, too.
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