Fall Out Boy
Infinity on High
Universal
“Welcome, it’s here,” intros Jay-Z off the top of the quartet’s how-you-like-us-now follow-up to the breakthrough From Under the Cork Tree. Pete Wentz’s antics detract from his band’s massive hooks, great lines like “long live the car-crash hearts” and a generational rally call in “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s An Arms Race.” Suck it, haters.
Tara Thorne
categories: Best of the year (2007)
This article appears in Dec 6-12, 2007.