Save Rock and Roll

by Fall Out Boy

Overview

Early on in Save Rock and Roll, Patrick Stump sings he'll change you like a remix then raise you like a phoenix, words written, as always, by Pete Wentz, and sentiments that place this 2013 Fall Out Boy comeback in some kind of perspective. After the absurdly ambitious 2008 LP Folie a Deux, the band expanded and imploded, winding up in a pseudo-retirement where Stump released an inspired but confused solo record while Wentz pursued Black Cards, a band that went nowhere. Failure has a way of reuniting wayward souls, and so Stump, Wentz, Joe Trohman, and Andy Hurley all settled their differences and cut Save Rock and Roll, an album that acts like Fall Out Boy never went away while simultaneously acknowledging every trend of the last five years. Alone among their peers, Fall Out Boy are always acutely conscious of what's on the charts, not limiting themselves to the brickwalled blast of modern rock but also dipping into the crystalline shimmer of R&B and even sending up the folk stomp of Mumford & Sons on "Young Volcanoes." One of great things about Fall Out Boy -- the thing that's infuriating and intoxicating in equal measure -- is that it's difficult to discern where their sincerity ends and their parody begins. That's particularly true of Save Rock and Roll, where the group is negotiating its rapidly approaching maturity along with the fashions of the time. They're not entirely successful, partially because they rely on their trusty emo onslaught of unmodulated chords and emotions, partially because there still is a lingering suspicion that they may not truly believe anything they sing. Nevertheless, they're ambitious, admirable, and sometimes thrilling, particularly because the group never fears to tread into treacherous waters, happy to blur the distinctions between pop and rock, mainstream and underground. They bring in Courtney Love to snarl like it's 1993, they have Elton John act like the grand dame he is, but neither overshadows the group's intoxicatingly smeary stance on what rock & roll is. They're not traditionalists -- they're not about three chords and the truth, they're about misdirection and hiding their emotions, then letting it all spill out in one headstrong rush. In 2013, when so many bands are donning tweed caps and pining for a past that never existed, it's kind of fun to have a band tackle the modern world in all its mess as Fall Out Boy do here. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	04/16/2013
Label:	Island
UPC:	0602537331086

Tracks

1. The Phoenix
2. My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)
3. Alone Together
4. Where Did the Party Go
5. Just One Yesterday
6. The Mighty Fall
7. Miss Missing You
8. Death Valley
9. Young Volcanoes
10. Rat a Tat
11. Save Rock and Roll

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Fall Out Boy   Primary Artist
London Symphony Orchestra   Primary Artist
Foxes   Primary Artist
Big Sean   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Foxes!   Primary Artist
Courtney Love   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Elton John   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Joe Trohman   Vocals (Background),Keyboards
Pete Wentz   Bass,Vocals (Background)
Rob Mathes   Conductor
Butch Walker   Keyboards,Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Patrick Stump   Vocals,Keyboards
Jake Sinclair   Keyboards,Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Andrew Hurley   Drums,Percussion,Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Manny Sanchez   Engineer
Courtney Love   Composer
Pete Wentz   Composer,Group Member
Mike Viola   Producer
Fall Out Boy   Composer,Lyricist,Additional Production
Greg Calbi   Mastering
Leesa D. Brunson   A&R
Mark "Spike" Stent   Mixing
Peter Asher   Vocal Producer
Rob Mathes   String Arrangements
Butch Walker   Composer,Producer,Programming
Matt Still   Engineer
Dave Sardy   Mixing
Patrick Stump   Composer,Programming,Group Member
Bernie Grundman   Mastering
Joe Trohman   Composer,Programming,Group Member
Grant Michaels   Vocal Engineer
Elizabeth Vago   A&R
Laura Sisk   Engineer
David Labrel   Mixing,Engineer
Ryan Adams   Producer
Matty Green   Assistant
John Hill   Composer,Composer
Jake Sinclair   Engineer,Programming
Kristen Yiengst   Art Producer,Photo Production
Sean Anderson   Composer,Composer
Carol Corless   Package Production
Evan Lipschutz   A&R
Todd Russell   Design,Art Direction
Pamela Littky   Band Photo
Joe LaPorta   Mastering
Marjan Malakpour   Stylist
Roger Stonehouse   Cover Photo
Todd Stopera   Assistant Engineer
John Graham Hill   Composer
Andrew Hurley   Composer,Group Member