I was never a fan of Infinity on High back in the day for whatever reason but I've been listening to it lately and it's so good. It might end up as my favourite album by them.
I always get crucified for this, but when IOH and FAD came out, I made a single-disc CD of the best of the two albums that I would listen to instead of each full album. I thought, and still stand behind, that both albums have multiple terrible songs on them
I'm not a fan of America's Suitehearts but I at least like everything else from those two. Folie has always had an inconsistency problem for me though. It continuously oscillates between fantastic and solid.
I should revisit it as I never choose to put it on over Cork Tree, Folie or Stardust. As a bridge between Cork and Folie for me it doesn't have the same quality of either of those for the more standard pop punk of the former and the broader scope of the latter. To be fair this is all in the context of what I consider to be the best 00s run in pop punk and the output of the most talented musician in the genre.
I personally have never really cared for Cork Tree all too much so I gotta disagree. but that run is undeniably insane either way, no doubt. and I love IOH for capturing that moment of transition for them, it's the perfect mix of their polished pop and scrappy punk stuff imo
Their last tour was essentially an “eras” tour for them, they don’t need to retra Ear any more than that
All they'll probably do is a novelty vinyl re-release like the TTTYG coffee book (hopefully a remaster) and merch.
seeing the music for Sugar We're Goin Down on MTV (what a dated sentence) truly changed lil 13 year old Andrew's life forever