Save Rock and Roll
| Fall Out Boy
Save Rock and Roll
Save Rock And Roll is the fifth studio album by American rock band Fall Out Boy. It was produced by Butch Walker and released April 12, 2013, through Island Records. On October 15, the album was re-released with PAX AM Days, an extended play the band recorded shortly after Save Rock And Roll's release.- Wikipedia
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Consequence of Sound
If this is what rock and roll sounds like today, let the dogs of society howl.
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RollingStone
If their comeback suggests delusions of grandeur, they’re only picking up where they left off.
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AV Music
Most personal album yet, a tribute to being passionate and young when time makes the former difficult and the latter impossible.
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NME
One that’s clearly in love with pop music, and one that’ll require another leap of faith from the band’s hardcore fanbase.
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Sputnik Music
This isn't a rock album. It's a pop album, and a damn good one at that.
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Sputnik Music
It's important to note that on Save Rock and Roll, Fall Out Boy are doing anything but that.
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I Do Lator
Young rock fans that are really pop fans will have a summer sponsored by this album, bringing it everywhere good times are guaranteed.
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Chicago Tribune
FOB has given reason to shout out loud and dance away sadness and regret.
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Slant Magazine
Pools an assortment of trademark hooks to lure you in, but its commercially formulaic spine will leave you feeling like you should have known better.
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Drowned in Sound
Save Rock and Roll isn't life or game changing but it's probably the album FOB needed to make
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Plugged In
The vast majority of the album focuses with burning, laser-like precision on Pete Wentz's mournful disorientation and disillusionment.
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Pop Crush
'Save Rock and Roll' feature dance beats, na-na-nas and catchy vocal chants all over the place, plus a number of A-list cameos.
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Gig Wise
'If this is what they've been working up to then the wait was worth it'.
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106.1 KissFM
When bands make a "comeback" album, it usually doesn't live up to expectations, but this album was completely different!
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Idobi
Fall Out Boy returned not to defend pop punk, but to save rock and roll.
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Campus Vinyl
I definitely recommend keeping an open mind and giving the album a listen.
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Substream Magazine
All well done, mind you – but the real genius came via the myriad of ways to consume the band’s record.
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Mic
If anything, this album should have been titled: Save Shamelessly Juvenile Pop-Punk.
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Inquirer.net
“Save Rock and Roll” isn’t only a new album for the band but Fall Out Boy has found a new direction, a new sound.
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Female First
Moving the quartet to a more grown up sound that could provide the platform to a second career just as successful as their first.
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Vox Magazine
Save Rock and Roll is like a letter from an old friend, updating the recipient on the lives of their old best friends.
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Golden Plec
Rejoice in their return and save rock and roll.
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The Pop Break
Save Rock and Roll is an album I can see myself blasting straight through the summer.
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Spectrum Pulse
It's such a cluttered, overwrought mess that I can't appreciate the good elements as much as I'd like.
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Brent Music Reviews
It’s well produced, catchy, and overall hits its targets.
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Muxic Beats
FOB is back and we should celebrate.
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ABC Blog Review
If Fall Out Boy really want to Save Rock And Roll then they need only do one thing, quit.
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Diffuser
With a sense of the grandiose and absurd, bands unafraid to "save rock and roll," or fall flat on their faces trying.
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Talk Nerdy
If you are looking for an up-beat album to get you pumped up for just about anything I definitely suggest you give Save Rock and Roll a good listen through.
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Student Life
This new album certainly isn’t destined to revolutionize the rock ’n’ roll scene, but it just might reestablish Fall Out Boy as the pop-punk powerhouse it once was.
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The National
The horrifically overblown title track duet with Elton John, on the other hand, suggests Fall Out Boy themselves need saving.
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Under the Gun Review
Fall Out Boy is two steps ahead of the crowd and still surprising me.
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Alt-UK
The band has returned from hiatus in absolute style by putting out an album of such incredible quality.
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Circles and Soundwaves
There’s some loose ends and interesting directions on the album, but in all it’s a valiant and ambitious piece of work.
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Stuff
The songs are as full of promise, hope and belief as they are of discontent.
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Chorus.fm
I know that I’ll reach for this album countless times over the years.
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Pure Grain Audio
Save Rock And Roll is a record that does throw up enough interesting morsels to keep it fresh.
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The Verbal Thing
This album delves into genres that I never would have expected FOB to seriously explore.
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UPROXX
They still retain their energetic embrace of lots of different styles.
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Newsday
Fall Out Boy's 'Save Rock and Roll' review: An ambitious return.
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Mimo
All their tarnished, defiant glory, ready to save the day; and Save Rock and Roll will no doubt give the critics plenty of ammo to rip it to shreds.
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Spin
Fall Out Boy have landed again.
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Seeds
Form of raw creativity has sparked a side that fans have not seen before.
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Punk News
Save Rock and Roll is intentionally ironic on their part because even they should know it's quite a stretch to call this rock and roll.
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Weekend Notes
I've had 'Save Rock and Roll' on repeat for the past two days and I'm not getting bored of it yet.
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The Quad
Fall Out Boy’s reunion was always going to seem mundane and predictable, so instead of trying to write an album to prove their relevance, they wrote the album they wanted to write.
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Midnight Insomniac
It gives everyone a slice of pie, so to speak.
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Reddit
SRAR overall has the best production post-hiatus and the most aesthetically pleasing sound to the songs.
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Daily Star Sunday
A DELICIOUSLY odd comeback album from the former emo kings, who now sound more like Muse gone cabaret than gnarly rockers.
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Spin or Bin Music
Fall Out Boy have given us hope, and for now, I’m content with hoping.
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Entertainment
It does advance FOB’s vision of an über-inclusive guitar-pop utopia.
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Yuppee
Fall Out Boy definitely are superheroes in the music scene, saving rock and roll.
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Song Facts
Awesome and really fulfilling.
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Pop Matters
Save Rock and Roll is more than a Pop Tart it's a musical anti-ageing pill.
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The Shields Gazette
This is an album that’s just as likely to make you cringe as it is to have you singing along.
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Alter the Press
Distorted, melodious goodness, which has been crafted into a record that is guaranteed to sound just as insane live as it can blasting through the stereo.
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The Crimson
"Rock And Roll" Alive, Fall Out Boy Happily Takes Credit.
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Keep Calm and Carry On
Fall Out Boy and producer Butch Walker have crafted the most massive sounding pop-rock album since The Killers’ Hot Fuss.
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The Bente Way of Life
Fresh and exciting by giving an old feeling a new sound.
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Geek Shizzle
A well produced and tricked out package, consolidating all the key elements one would expect from this American emo mega band.
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AU.
This isn't a classic Fall Out Boy album, and it's not as enjoyable as their older stuff.
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Doom Magazine
Fall Out Boy Didn’t “Save Rock and Rock,” Rock and Roll Saved Fall Out Boy.
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Beatstreet
Fall Out Boy go overboard partying, instead of taking some time out to also sing about funny things.
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Huffpost
Save Rock And Roll succeeds, as it convinces us that the band they used to be is so ten years ago.
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Does it Suck?
DOES IT SUCK? NOT COMPLETELY, BUT DISAPPOINTING.
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Pop Bleard
Fall Out Boy is indeed back.
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The Circular
Fall Out Boy may not actually manage to save rock and roll with the album but they have at least managed to contribute something to it.
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Phoenix New Times
It seems that the band may alienate their old standbys by misjudging the relevancy of their image and their sound.
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Weekend Notes
The album does seem to be appealing to a more mainstream audience, with an almost hip-hop edge to their rock 'n' roll songs.
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Blunder Busted
Don’t let a pop connotation keep you from enjoying this worthy record.
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Alt-tshirts
Though a bit disappointment for me still crazy hardcore Fall Out Boy fans are loving it surprisingly.
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Diamond in the Rock
Save Rock And Roll is worth your time!
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Highlight
Fall Out Boy isn’t going down without a fight.
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Newsprint Now
Save Rock and Roll is a dance-worthy, high-paced album and is well worth buying.
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Varsity
A diverse and rambunctious collection of blank songs waiting to be scribbled on with stories and passed to the next listener.
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Push to Fire
It’s a massive claim that doesn’t quite deliver, despite that the album doesn’t disappoint and is anything but boring.
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Into the Crowd
This isn’t the same Chicago garage pop-punk band from the early 2000s, but the heart and passion they put into their work is still ever-present.
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Gulf News Music
Quiet bits,then loud bits, and words about alienation wrapped up in catchy choruses to unite thousands.
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What Culture
Are they the saviours rock and roll has been waiting for all these years? Probably not. But they do make a damn fine substitute.
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Music Weekly
If I need a fun upbeat album to move to, this one will be at the top of the list.
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LSU Media
The band has kept to what they do best but has also avoided repetition, keeping their originality that made them so successful in the first place.
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She Knows
This seems like an angrier Boy — like they have all graduated from that fun teen angst of their mile-long song title.
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Info Barrel Entertainment
It brings back a sensible livability that was vacant from their studio-perfected and operatic efforts.
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