Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree

Fall Out Boy — From Under The Cork Tree

Fall Out Boy's From Under the Cork Tree is receiving a 2025 reissue. The platinum-selling album, originally released in 2005, is known for its emo and pop-punk sound, featuring hits like "Sugar, We're Goin Down" and "Dance, Dance." 

The cleverness of Fall Out Boy's lyrical content is immediately evident by looking at the song titles on their sophomore disc, From Under the Cork Tree. "A Little Less 'Sixteen Candles,' a Little More 'Touch Me,'" "I Slept with Someone in Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me" and "Sophomore Slump or Comeback of the Year" are but a small taste of the group's acerbic attitude.

After FOB's indie debut hit the underground charts, the group's sudden indie-style success made for a fast growth spurt. Their appeal is obvious, from frontman Patrick Stump's Killer-esque pipes (especially evidenced in the disc-closing "XO") to their very melodic teen-angst anthems. While much of the disc operates at usual punk-pop speed, the highlight comes from a slower, emotion-laden cut called "I've Got a Dark Alley and a Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth." This song of living in the public while working through private pain is a beautiful, multilayered number that stays with you long after the album is over.

"Singer Patrick Stump's guts-spilling can be cloying. But From Under the Cork Tree is buoyed by its self-deprecating humor; the over-the-top screamo parody 'I Slept With Someone in Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me' proves that in the business of emotional bloodletting, a little misdirection can make a big difference." — Rolling Stone

Side A

1. Our Lawyer Made Us Change The Name Of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued

2. Of All The Gin Joints In All The World

3. Dance, Dance

4. Sugar, We're Goin Down

5. Nobody Puts Baby In The Corner

6. I've Got A Dark Alley And A Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth (Summer Song)

7. 7 Minutes In Heaven (Atavan Halen)

Side B

1. Sophomore Slump Or Comeback Of The Year

2. Champagne For My Real Friends, Real Pain For My Sham Friends

3. I Slept With Someone In Fall Out Boy And All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me

4. A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More 'Touch Me'

5. Get Busy Living Or Get Busy Dying (Do Your Part To Save The Scene And Stop Going To Shows)

6. XO

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