...Is A Real Boy
by Say Anything

...Is A Real Boy by Say Anything
Year: 2004
Release date: 2004-08-03
Overall rank: 3,172nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 77 votes)
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Award Top albums of 2004 (46th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (541st)
Award Best albums of all time (3,172nd)

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Overall rank: 3,172nd | 2000s rank: 541st | 2004 rank: 46th
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2026 Patman360Top 94 Music Albums of 200463/942
2026sunnydhammTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s11/10018
2026sunnydhammTop 33 Music Albums of 20041/335
2026 cestuneblagueTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s97/1001
2026sunnydhammTop 100 Greatest Music Albums25/10075
2026 arthurbittencourtTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s70/1006
2025PapaShiz86Top 100 Music Albums of 200466/1002
2025 KeatownrodriguezTop 100 Greatest Music Albums18/10080
2025 KeatownrodriguezTop 20 Music Albums of 20043/205
2025henrygreen0203Top 23 Music Albums of 200410/233
2025 KeatownrodriguezMy Favorite Albums From Every Year36/57 -
2025 KeatownrodriguezBest Ever Songs38/50 -
2025 cestuneblagueTop 100 Music Albums of 20048/1005
2025 ExTeaSeaTop 76 Music Albums of 200458/761
2025 paladisiactop 60r albums (59), #0101-0200*74/96 -
2025 KeatownrodriguezTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s10/10018
2025daCriticTop 33 Music Albums of 200413/333
2025JamekaeTop 46 Music Albums of the 2000s26/469
2025juanr1096Top 100 Music Albums of 200452/1002
2024JamekaeTop 100 Greatest Music Albums90/1009
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 58
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 475
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71/100 (from 77 votes)
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From 09/04/2025 04:12 | #310815
This album meant absolutely nothing to me first few times I heard it, and I have no idea how. Pop-punk was a massive part of my high school experience and I gave all of the big bands a shot, but it seems the appeal of this record was lost on me at the time. I gave it a try again my senior year of college and it consumed me. It was so thrilling to listen to something so sincere. I feel like it made me aware of how much life I still have in myself, if that makes sense. There are thoughts in my brain that I'm not entertaining but I easily could if I just sat with myself without being afraid of what might happen. That's the charm to Say Anything, they live up to their name. Max is not worried about how his thoughts might affect how he is perceived. In fact he addresses that specifically on "Every Man Has A Molly" how he might be upset about the result of being so vocal but that is not going to stop him from doing it. Lyrically the record takes massive swings that would not work if it wasn't for the music meeting the lyrics at the manic, passionate level they demand. And the arrangements always perfectly swell into different layers of chaos that keep any song from feeling stale or repetitive. And any repetition (Wow I Can Get Sexual) is entirely intentional to match the complementation of the lyrics. The highlight of the record for me is the duology from "Glory" to "Yellow Cat". Sweeping from an anthem of unapologetic, passionate love in a concentration camp inspired by his grandparents, into a depressive, confused portrait of aimless 20 somethings living in the 21st century.
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From 02/13/2021 09:19 | #266252
Another typical example of the emo-pop that dominated this era.
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From 09/07/2014 11:05 | #121418
What a masterpiece
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