5 Incredible Pop-Rock Albums That You Shouldn’t Have Missed In The 2010s
3. Patrick Stump Soul Punk
I could write pages and pages on this one. If you dont know who Patrick Stump is, hes the lead singer of pop-punk band Fall Out Boy. Have you heard of Soul Punk? Id be surprised.
Mr Stump is a highly passionate musician and it shines through on this dance effort. The sound is massively different to Fall Out Boy and is almost straight pop music (if not for a few nice 80s pop-rock references). This is an album that takes a lot of influence from Michael Jackson and other 80s stars. Yet it utilises some incredible modern techniques used in dance tracks. The 80s pop-rock influences are evident on songs such as Allie (a fun little tale about a girl Stump wished had taught him naughty things).
What makes this album easily the most heart-breaking of the list though, is that it was made with blood, sweat, tears and all of Stumps energyand it didnt even make enough money to be considered an average seller. It was a commercial flop, despite critical acclaim. Stump played every single instrument, wrote every single lyriche even produced the album. And it got very little airplay. I could cry.
I ranked Soul Punk as my second best album of 2011, beaten only by the top entry on this list (which I consider to be the greatest album Ive ever heard). With a lead single as pretty and catchy as This City, it should have been an instant hit. I mean, its the lead singer of Fall Out Boy making damn good dance musicon the single release of This City we even got some sick rapping from Lupe Fiasco as well. How this failed is a true mystery.