Album Review: Fall Out Boy – Greatest Hits: Believers Never Die – Volume Two
Fall Out Boy’s second greatest hits collection finds them in much fitter shape than their first. While Believers Never Die volume one (released 10 years ago, almost to the day) was filled with the emo enormo-singles that allowed the band to swap Chicago’s box clubs for MTV, its release came just days before the confused announcement of the band’s 2009 hiatus, with it later becoming apparent that all four members needed a time-out from a set-up that was beginning to turn toxic. That extended cooling-off period was broken by the surprise release of My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light ’Em Up) in spring 2013. It was a song that unapologetically advertised a new direction, all super-modern and slick with hip-hop energy. In case anyone wasn’t getting the message, rapper 2 Chainz t...
