Take This to Your Grave
| Fall Out BoyTake This to Your Grave
Take This to Your Grave is the debut studio album by American rock band Fall Out Boy. It was released on May 6, 2003, by Fueled by Ramen. The album was produced by Sean O'Keefe. When the band was signed to Island Records, Island employed an unusual strategy that allowed the band to sign with independent label Fueled by Ramen for their debut, and later move to the major label for a second album. O'Keefe had helped with the band's demo, and the group returned to Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin to record the bulk of their first album. Living on a stranger's floor for part of the time, and running out of money halfway through, the band recorded seven songs in nine days, bringing them together with the additional three from the demo. While Patrick Stump had previously written all the lyrics and took them lightly, Pete Wentztook to the process with considerable seriousness and obsessively picked apart his bandmate's lyrics. The "exhausting" process led to numerous revisions of single songs and several arguments. The album cover, which shows the four bandmates sitting on a broken futon, features a blue tint reminiscent of jazz records, and was the second choice after the original was rejected by the label.-Wikipedia
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Alt Press
Grave is one of the definitive FOB recordings, and to some, remains their finest moment.
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Sputnik
This is solid pop-punk-- and very solid, at that.
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All Music
Take This to Your Grave, a spectacular debut art project.
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Punk News
These boys will go far with their tight and catchy pop punk, played from behind an emo attitude.
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Music OMH
Call it pop, call it skate-pop if you must, but in no way, shape or form, could it ever be called punk.
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Mind Equals Blown
This album sounds a little immature, I can definitely appreciate the quality of the experience and the dedication to honesty it provides.
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Scene Point Blank
Whether you are a fan of this style of music or are just looking for something new to add to your CD collection, this record will pleasantly surprise even the toughest of critics.
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Infectious Magazine
So celebrate another year of this fantastic album
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Noisey
The pop punk group's debut album is a main-stay of the genre, celebrated for its weird quirks and really long song names.
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Patrick's Music Reviews
If you’re ever feeling angsty and want some mood music to vibe with, give this classic a spin.
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I Know the Sound
‘Take This To Your Grave’ is and always will be a valuable and well loved source of nostalgia for the early alternative music scene, having a lasting influence on the records that followed.
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