Mania (Fall Out Boy album)

Mania
Studio album by Fall Out Boy
Released January 19, 2018
Recorded 2016–2017
Genre
Length 35:46
Label
Producer
Fall Out Boy chronology
Make America Psycho Again
(2015)Make America Psycho Again2015		 Mania
(2018)		 Llamania
(2018)Llamania2018
Singles from Mania
  1. "Young and Menace"
    Released: April 27, 2017
  2. "Champion"
    Released: June 22, 2017
  3. "The Last of the Real Ones"
    Released: September 14, 2017
  4. "Hold Me Tight or Don't"
    Released: November 15, 2017
  5. "Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)"
    Released: January 11, 2018

Mania (stylized as M A  N   I    A) is the seventh studio album by American rock band Fall Out Boy, released on January 19, 2018, by Island Records and DCD2 as the follow-up to their 2015 album, American Beauty/American Psycho.

The release of the album was preceded by five singles: "Young and Menace", "Champion", "The Last of the Real Ones", "Hold Me Tight or Don't", and "Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)".

The album received largely mixed reviews from music critics upon release but fared well commercially, debuting at number one on the US Billboard 200.

Background

Fall Out Boy enjoyed commercial success and worldwide acclaim after releasing their sixth studio album, American Beauty/American Psycho (2015). During the extensive touring in support of the album, the group began writing and recording material for a seventh album. The beginning of the production process for Mania began after the band's frontman Patrick Stump introduced the song "Young and Menace" to bass guitarist Pete Wentz at Reading and Leeds Festival in 2016, which inspired the musicians to record a full-length.[7] In an interview with Rolling Stone, Wentz described the vision behind Mania. "It feels like every once in awhile, you've gotta do a hard restart that clears the cache and erases the hard drive. I think that's what [Mania] was – a big palette cleanse," said Wentz.[8]

After the release of the album's first two singles, "Young and Menace" and "Champion", Patrick Stump issued a statement on Twitter confirming that the band was postponing the release date for Mania until January 19, 2018 due to the album "feeling rushed."[9]

Album delay

Mania was originally scheduled for a release on September 15, 2017, worldwide. However, on August 3, 2017, Patrick Stump announced that the record would be pushed back until January 19, 2018. "The album just really isn't ready, and it felt very rushed," Stump said on Twitter. "I'm never going to put a record out I genuinely don't believe is at least as strong or valid as the one that came before it and in order to do that we need a little bit more time to properly and carefully record solid performances."[10]

On November 6, 2017, the band announced on social media that the album had been completed and revealed the tracklist.[11] In the lead up to the album's release, it became evident that several streaming platforms had published the tracks of the album out of order.[12] The physical copies retain the order originally released by the band.

Promotion

In support of the album, the band has performed the singles on television and has embarked on the Mania Tour in October 2017. The tour, which takes place in both North America, Australia and New Zealand features support from blackbear,[13] Jaden Smith,[14] and WAAX.[15] The song "Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)", was debuted live on October 20, 2017, as part of the Mania Tour's setlist.[16]

Llamania

During recording sessions for Mania, the band scrapped three unfinished tracks; "Past Life", "Wrong Side of Paradise", and "Footprints in the Snow". The tracks were released by Fall Out Boy, under the alias Frosty & The Nightmare Making Machines, in the form of an extended play (EP), entitled Llamania, on February 23, 2018, through physical CD and vinyl.[17][18]

Singles

The lead single, "Young and Menace", was released on April 27, 2017 alongside its music video. The song has a notable influence from the EDM genre, hinting at another progression of the band's sound with the album.[19] The second single, "Champion",[20] was released on June 22 in the U.S. and on June 23 worldwide with the “visualizer” music video. On July 27, the official music video was released for the song.[21] The third single, "The Last of the Real Ones", was released on September 14, 2017.[22][23][24] The fourth single, "Hold Me Tight or Don't", was released on November 15 with its music video, which takes a notable influence from the Mexican holiday Day Of The Dead.[25] "Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)" was released as the fifth single, accompanied with its music video premiere on January 11, 2018.[26] A music video for "Church" was released along with the album on January 19, 2018. On July 23, 2018, a music video for "Bishops Knife Trick" was released.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic59/100[27]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[28]
The A.V. ClubC[29]
The Guardian[30]
The New Zealand Herald[31]
Newsday[32]
NME[33]
The Philadelphia Inquirer[34]
Rock Sound8/10[35]
Rolling Stone[36]
The Times[37]

Mania received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 59 based on 12 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[27]

Commercial performance

Mania debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 on February 3, 2018 with 130,000 album-equivalent units, of which 117,000 were pure album sales.[38] It is Fall Out Boy's fourth US number-one album.[38] In Nielsen's mid-year music chart for 2018, Mania was the number three rock album in both equivalent units and sales, with 233,000 equivalent units including 162,000 pure sales.[39]

Track listing

Upon its initial release to several digital music retailers, the order of the track listing was incorrect. The band later confirmed that the track listing on the physical releases was correct across all versions of the release and that these would soon be corrected.[40]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Stay Frosty Royal Milk Tea"
2:50
2."The Last of the Real Ones"
3:50
3."Hold Me Tight or Don't"
  • Coffer
  • Walker
3:30
4."Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)"
  • Fall Out Boy
  • D. Sardy
3:36
5."Church"
3:31
6."Heaven's Gate"
  • Fall Out Boy
  • D. Sardy
3:45
7."Champion"
  • Fall Out Boy
  • Shatkin[a]
3:13
8."Sunshine Riptide" (featuring Burna Boy)
  • Fall Out Boy
Walker3:24
9."Young and Menace"
  • Fall Out Boy
  • Fall Out Boy
  • Shatkin
3:44
10."Bishops Knife Trick"
  • Fall Out Boy
  • Walker
4:23
Total length:35:46

Notes

  • ^[a] – additional production
  • Additional production and engineering on all songs by Fall Out Boy

Personnel

Personnel adapted from Tidal.[42] and the CD booklet

Fall Out Boy

Production

  • Jesse Shatkin – production, mixing
  • Butch Walker – production
  • Andrew Wells – production
  • Fall Out Boy – primary production
  • Suzy Shinn – engineering
  • Rouble Kapoor – assistant engineering
Management
  • Dustin Addis – management
  • Jonathan Daniel – management
  • Bob McLynn – management
  • Evan Taubenfeld – A&R
  • Elizabeth Vago – A&R administration
  • Marlene Tsuchii – booking
  • Mark Ngui – booking
  • Andrew Simon – booking
  • Marcia Hyman – business management
  • Michael L. Mckoy – legal
  • Sharon Timure – marketing
  • Vol. S. Davis III – business affairs
  • Ian Allen – business affairs
  • Antoinette Trotman – business affairs
  • Cindy Zaplachinski – business affairs

Artwork

  • Pete Wentz – art direction
  • Pamela Littky – photography
  • Brendan Walter – layout designer
  • Jade Ehlers – layout designer
  • Kaitlin Sweet – illustrations
  • Matt Burnette-Lemon – package production

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[43] 3
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[44] 6
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[45] 11
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[46] 36
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[47] 2
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[48] 24
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[49] 15
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[50] 8
French Albums (SNEP)[51] 50
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[52] 5
Irish Albums (IRMA)[53] 12
Italian Albums (FIMI)[54] 37
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[55] 15
Japanese International Albums (Oricon)[56] 1
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[57] 6
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[58] 20
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[59] 15
Scottish Albums (OCC)[60] 3
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[61] 30
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[62] 11
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[63] 10
UK Albums (OCC)[64] 2
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[65] 1
US Billboard 200[38] 1

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