Credits:The Academy Is...Description:Forhalfadecade,theAcademyIs...watchedfromthesidelinesasFallOutBoybecametheMidwesternkingsofemo.FastTimesatBarringtonHighmakesawell-deservedgrabforthecrown,though,flauntingacombinationofrock&rollbombastandpop-schooledsongwriting.It'shardtotellhowmuchcreditbelongstofrontmanWilliamBeckett,whosevocalsandsongwritingskillshavenicelyprogressedsincetheband'sdebut,andwhichaccoladesgotoSamHollanderandDaveKatz,theproductionteamotherwiseknownasS*A*M&Sluggo.Perhapsit'snocoincidencethatthealbum'sfirstsixsongs,allwrittenwiththeduo'shelp,arealsothemostradio-readypopnumbershere."SummerHair=ForeverYoung"isafist-pumpingdeclarationtoyouthandwarmweather,while"HisGirlFriday"--thehighlightofsideA--boaststhesortofmuscled,sugarychorusfoundonalbumsbyMotionCitySoundtrackandJimmyEatWorld.Themoodchangesslightlyduringthealbum'slatterhalf,whereBecketttakesoverthesongwritingreignsandsteershisbandclosertotherockcamp."Bewa