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Best & Worst 2008: Surprise! It didn’t stink!

By Denise Martin, Stephanie Lysaght, Jevon Phillips, Todd Martens, Patrick Kevin Day and Lora Victorio Fall Out Boys’ “Folie a Deux” The band’s 2007 album, “Infinity on High,” saw Fall Out Boy lacing its pop-punk with a bit of R&B. But with “Folie a Deux,” the band spells outs its ambitions right from the start: “Nobody wants to hear you sing about tragedy,” the band sings in the album’s opening moments. And what follows is an onslaught of over-the-top, highly energetic tunes, complete with multiple harmonies and nonstop shifts in direction, each detour just as catchy as the last.

By Denise Martin, Stephanie Lysaght, Jevon Phillips, Todd Martens, Patrick Kevin Day and Lora Victorio

Fall Out Boys’ “Folie a Deux”

The band’s 2007 album, “Infinity on High,” saw Fall Out Boy lacing its pop-punk with a bit of R&B. But with “Folie a Deux,” the band spells outs its ambitions right from the start: “Nobody wants to hear you sing about tragedy,” the band sings in the album’s opening moments. And what follows is an onslaught of over-the-top, highly energetic tunes, complete with multiple harmonies and nonstop shifts in direction, each detour just as catchy as the last.  (Charles Rex Arbogast / Associated Press)

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From “Wanted” to “Camp Rock,” some things that were better than we thought.

Shigeru Miyamoto uses Wii Fit

Wii Fit

At first, using a video game not called Dance Dance Revolution to lose weight didn’t seem like a good idea. But here we are just months later and more fit than ever. The computerized coach scares the bejeezus out of us. It tells us we’re “overweight” and gives our Miis a belly when we’ve put on a few. And if you skip a day, get ready for a scolding.  (Tina Fineberg / Associated Press)

Latex pants

Latex pants

Lindsay Lohan and Nicky Hilton were early converts to the latex pants trend, but at the time, we still had our reservations.

Would a full-figured woman, stuffed into such a garment, evoke images of sausage casings? Believe it or not, no. Fergie, Rihanna and others have since adopted the look, with dazzling effect. Latex pants for all!  (David Goldman / Associated Press)

Miley Cyrus’ “Breakout:"

Miley Cyrus’ “Breakout”

This may have been the summer of Jonas – what with “ Camp Rock” and a mega-selling album, but Miley – a veteran in the tween pop world – is not out of the picture just yet. Her “Breakout” was a fast and spunky affair, and kept the focus on teen life, offering a devilishly bratty cover of “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and griping about such nuisances as having to get out of bed early. And she absolutely killed it at the American Music Awards, with a spry, almost sinister rundown of “Fly on the Wall.”  (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)

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