Album Reviews
Current Metacritic Score = 76
| 83 |
The A.V. Club
"Save Rock And Roll is the band’s most personal album yet, a tribute to being passionate and young when time makes the former difficult and the latter impossible." |
| 80 |
The Guardian
"It's business as usual, with slightly appeal-broadening knobs on. Quiet bits, then loud bits, and words about alienation wrapped up in catchy choruses to unite thousands." |
| 80 |
Absolute Punk
"The result is the most actualized version of Fall Out Boy we've ever heard, an undeniable portrait of who Fall Out Boy is today, in 2013." |
| 80 |
Alternative Press
"Admittedly, it takes a few listens for Save Rock And Roll to click, and some songs (“Alone Together,” “Miss Missing You”) are notably weaker than others. But overall, Save Rock And Roll is a blast of an album." |
| 77 |
Billboard
"Save Rock and Roll contains some head-scratching collaborations, including link-ups with Big Sean and Courtney Love, but even those that fall relatively flat are still positive indicators that Fall Out Boy are back to having fun, stretching their legs and taking risks." |
| 75 |
Entertainment Weekly
"There's not much psychological processing on Save Rock and Roll, but it does advance FOB's vision of an über-inclusive guitar-pop utopia." |
| 70 |
Rolling Stone
"If their comeback suggests delusions of grandeur, they're only picking up where they left off. This is excellent news for Fall Out Boy fans, who will find that time has done little to tame their heroes' over-the-top ambitions." |
| 70 |
PopMatters
"With the emphasis--ironically--more on “Pop” than “Rocky” it’s not as dynamic with contrast as the more accomplished Folie à Deux yet it’s a charming, convincing and much welcome comeback." |
| 70 |
Drowned In Sound
"Save Rock and Roll isn't life or game changing but it's probably the album FOB needed to make--if only for themselves--and as an honest portrait of the roller-coaster ride that is FOB's career, it finds them on a high." |
| 70 |
All Music Guide
"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." |
| 60 |
Exclaim
"The star power of the record's guests overshadows the album's best moments." |
| 60 |
The Independent
"Save Rock and Roll features unexpected excursions into rave-pop, and numerous celebrity cameos, but enough airbrushed pop-punk to prove they haven't forgotten which side their bread's buttered." |
| 50 |
musicOMH.com
"Save Rock And Roll is not only Fall Out Boy’s softest album yet, it is also their least memorable." |
I'm on Where Did The Party Go and it's perfect so far.
