American Beauty/American Psycho

This article is about the album. For its title track and concert tour, see American Beauty/American Psycho (song) and American Beauty/American Psycho Tour. Not to be confused with American Beauty or American Psycho.
American Beauty/American Psycho
An image of a teen standing near a house, with black stars and stripes painted on one side of his face. We see the band's name and the album title written above in black.
Studio album by
Fall Out Boy
ReleasedJanuary 16, 2015[1]
Recorded2014
Genre
Length39:01
Label
Producer
Fall Out Boy studio album chronology
Save Rock and Roll
(2013) 		American Beauty/American Psycho
(2015) 		Mania
(2018)
Singles from American Beauty/American Psycho
  1. "Centuries"
    Released: September 9, 2014
  2. "Immortals"
    Released: October 14, 2014
  3. "American Beauty/American Psycho"
    Released: December 15, 2014
  4. "Uma Thurman"
    Released: January 12, 2015[3]
  5. "Irresistible"
    Released: February 19, 2015[4]

American Beauty/American Psycho (sometimes abbreviated as AB/AP)[5] is the sixth studio album by American rock band Fall Out Boy, released on January 16, 2015 through Island Records as the follow-up to the band's comeback album Save Rock and Roll (2013). The band wrote music while on tour with Paramore mid-2014 and it developed into a new album.

The album's release was preceded by the 8× Platinum top 10 lead single "Centuries", released September 9, 2014 while the album was still being completed. The album's title track was released as the second single in the UK on December 15, 2014, receiving a radio premiere a month before on November 24, 2014. American Beauty/American Psycho debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 album chart, with 218,000 album-equivalent units in its first week alone and becoming the band's third No. 1 album,[6] later being certified gold in the UK and Canada. On March 1, 2016, the album was certified platinum in the US for 1 million units.[7]

In support of the record, Fall Out Boy played at Soundwave in Australia, made TV appearances, and embarked on three concert tours: the American Beauty/American Psycho Tour, the North American leg of which was named The Boys of Zummer Tour and featured rapper Wiz Khalifa as co-headliner, and the Wintour is Coming tour. On October 30, a remix album entitled Make America Psycho Again was released with a different rapper on each song, which drew in over 13,000 equivalent copies in its debut week.[8]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Sanity was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Pete Wentz Explains Fall Out Boy's "Centuries" And Why They're Always Getting Beaten Up In Their Videos VH1. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Uma radio was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ FALL OUT BOY IS OUT TO MAKE AMERICA PSYCHO AGAIN, WITH NEW HIP HOP REMIX ALBUM ARRIVING OCTOBER 30. Universal Music Canada. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  5. ^ "Fall Out Boy tweet '#FallOutBoyABAP'". Twitter.com/FallOutBoy. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  6. ^ Caulfield, Keith. "Fall Out Boy Scores Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  7. ^ Brian Cantor (March 2016). "FALL OUT BOY'S "AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO," FETTY WAP'S ALBUM CERTIFIED PLATINUM". Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  8. ^ "SALES PLUS STREAMING CHART". HITS Daily Ventures. Archived from the original on October 31, 2015. Retrieved November 9, 2015.