Fall Out Boy are an American Pop Punk band hailing from the suburbs of Chicago. Consisting of four members, the band have been going since 2002 and have in this time released three albums and an eight track mini-album. Currently residing on Island Records, their home since 2003 - 'Infinity On High' is the bands third album and saw a commercial release back in the February of 2007. Featuring fourteen tracks (15 including the UK Bonus Track), 'Infinity On High' is arguably Fall Out Boy's finest album to date.

From 'Thriller', the band progress into the track 'The Take Over, The Breaks Over' which was chosen as the third single to be released from the album. With track number two the band continue to impress, and 'The Take Over, The Breaks Over' is without a doubt a fine track with a chorus of epic excellence. At this early stage in the album the best is yet to come however, and the first real moment of glory comes in next track 'This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race', the album's lead single. When I first heard this track before the album was released, I wondered how any other track on the album could possibly compete - it's perhaps one of my favourite Fall Out Boy tracks of all time and will no doubt put a smile on the face of anyone who has ever before enjoyed a song of theirs in the past. 'This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race' has everything that you could possibly ask for in a Fall Out Boy track - it's fast, it's fun, and best of all it's fantastically catchy with a chorus which is bigger and better than you will ever have heard the band before. At a mere three tracks into a fifteen track album, you begin to feel that the band have perhaps peaked to soon, and therefore from here on in it could all be a downhill trek. Fortunately this is not to be, and as the album carries on the band continue to flourish.

A common theme amongst recording artists in recent years has been to include a 'Bonus Track' or two when releasing an album. A few years ago it was not uncommon that a band would release their album one month only to follow it up a couple of months later with a 'Special Edition' release which would generally include a couple of bonus tracks much to the frustration of those that bought the album on the day of release. Thankfully, bonus tracks tend to be included at launch now and this album was no different including that of 'G.I.N.a.S.F.S', which for all those interested is a synonym for 'Gay is Not a Synonym for Shitty'. Whilst bonus tracks can at times come across as somewhat of an afterthought of which you'd perhaps rather have done without; 'G.I.N.a.S.F.S' certainly doesn't come in to this category and is in fact a track just as good as many of the other album tracks present. It is a fun track which opens with a strong guitar riff, possesses a lethal chorus, and will have you singing along in no time. It is oddly perhaps another favourite of mine from the album and could I believe be released commercially as a successful single.

Label: Island Records
Release Date: 5th February 2007