Panic at the Disco - Pretty. Odd.
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Free Music Review: Pretty Awful
Hit: 2 Stars
I can't understand the thinking behind this crap. There are maybe three decent songs on the entire album. I liked PATD's last album; this was a total disappointment. The good songs, Nine in the Afternoon, She's a Handsome Woman and That Green Gentleman, are really good songs. Through the first 4 tracks, I had high hopes. This cd belongs in some stupid musical...I can't get Mary Poppins out of my head when I listen to it.Free Music Review: Pretty. Awesome!
Hit: 5 Stars
Pretty Odd is Pretty Different and Fresh. If your comparing it to the previous album, its completely different, first album was more energetic and high-beat, whereas this album is more mello, easy-listening and entertaining, as well as beatiful arranged with a full orchestra. I do think that songs from the first album such as " I write sins not tragedies" were more memorable, however songs like "That Green Gentleman" and "She had the world" are masterfully aranged and well done. 5/5 starsFree Music Review: hmmmm...
Hit: 3 Stars
This Panic At The Disco album was disappointing. And definitely boring (probably why they took the ! out of their name). Everyone for months were saying how creative it was going to be, but it sounds so Beatlesque. That's not creative, that's copying someone else's sound. Free Music Review: So basically the title couldnt be more perfect
Hit: 4 Stars
This album sounds nothing like you would expect. It probably sounds like the complete opposite of anything you would expect to hear from a former psuedocabaret band. It definately takes some getting used to but Pretty. Odd is Pretty. Golden once you get to listen to it about four times over. Only two of the songs i think are completely trippy(lyrically) and give off the vibe that they were "up to no good" up in the mountains for four months. But the album is definately one any fan should own, and one every FBR and Decaydance alum should have in their collection. And for the rest of you, just buy it, very Beetles, very different for our time, very odd.Free Music Review: Dont Panic! It really is the same band.
Hit: 4 Stars
I dug "Fever you cant sweat out" . I thought it was fun and catchy and slightly different. It seems like they threw a lot of what they liked in the first record. They used big band themes, dance themes, punk themes. They didn't hold back. But unfortunately its also kind of forgettable at times. Don't get me wrong, i liked it but wasn't overly excited about their next record. Kind of thought they were going to go the way of rehashing the same sound and and really going more of the way of the catchy radio friendly stuff; cause lets face it, it sold really well. Then someone told me pretty odd came out. I went and checked it out and was completely surprised.
I was floored to hear songs that didn't sound like anything going on right now. They have crafted an album, that in my head is mature and honest. They grew up. Its not the same catchy pop they used to do. They explored a different side of music that isnt hidden behind loud guitars and thumping drums. They went or true songwriting. There is definitely a Beatlesesque tone to the record but who cares. Who hasn't gone that way at one point? In a lot of ways Panic! has reminded me that music is an art and not a business. Going in the direction they did is more punk rock than putting out "Fever you can't sweat out 2".
In a lot of ways this reminds me of my experience with the get up kids. I'm 29, so when the GUK announced that they were going to release their longly anticipated album "On a wire" i couldn't wait ( i was 22 at the time.) I had (and still am) a huge GUK fan. I loved everything they did. I got up early the day it came out, picked it up and put it on and got a band that i didn't recognize. It was folky. It was slow, it wasn't up beat. It wasn't even the GUK. I hated it. I swore it off. About a 2 years later i put it on and loved it. So all i'm saying is don't hate on the record. Put it away for a year or so then go back to it. It really will surprise you.