Fall Out Boy’s new album Infinity on High is easily one of the most anticipated albums of 2007. In fact, people wanted it so bad that (like most albums) it was leaked. Pete Wentz went on a tirade blaming the “minimum wage plant workers” for this. Pete Wentz lost a lot of respect for his comments.
Let’s not let Pete Wentz’s antics get in the way of the album. This is Fall Out Boy’s fourth album and follow up to the ever so popular “From Under the Cork Tree”
“Infinity On High” breaks from the traditional pop/punk that most of us are used to by Fall Out Boy. Styles such as Hip Hop, straight up Pop, gospel and whatever you want to classify Panic! At the Disco as.
This album has so much diversity in the entire album it’s very hard to lose interest. “Hum Hallelujah” obviously has a bit of gospel influence (especially when they start singing a gospel). "I'm Like a Lawyer with the Way I'm Always Trying to Get You Off (Me + You)" has a lot of that typical pop feel to it. It is in resemblence with boy band melodies from back in the day. To further go into the diversity, “This Ain’t a Scene It’s and Arm’s Race” is swung, but has a poppy “showtune” feel to it much like most of Panic! At the Disco’s songs. "I've Got All This Ringing in My Ears and None on My Fingers" has a horn section in it playing background parts.
This albums picks up where “Dance, Dance” left off in the last album. If you ever thought to yourself, “Wow, Panic! At the Disco sounds a lot like Fall Out Boy.” Well, since these two work so close together its not a total shock they are rubbing off on each other.
This album is a homerun. Each song is different from the one before it. “Infinity on High” has so much musical diversity. A good part of the credit has to go to its 4 producers: Neal Avron, Babyface, Butch Walker, and Patrick Stump.