Fall Out Boy 2005 Album -

Let’s set the stage. It’s May 2005. "Hollaback Girl" is on the radio. MySpace is the king of the internet. And Patrick Stump—a vocalist in a band full of hardcore kids—decided to belt out the most verbose, heart-on-fire lyrics ever written.

The answer: It’s devastatingly good.

We are talking, of course, about Fall Out Boy’s sophomore major-label album. The one that turned them from cult heroes into arena-filling superstars practically overnight. But looking back, is this album actually good, or are we just slaves to nostalgia? fall out boy 2005 album