Pretty. Odd. - Panic At The Disco

When Panic at the Disco released the début album 'A Fever You Can't Sweat Out' in early 2006 they quickly became the nations favourite band. In truth the band was little more than a Fall Out Boy clone with an added synth element to their sound, but nonetheless the music appealed to many and thus over 2.2 million copies of their début have been shifted in the U.S. alone. Whilst I'd be the first to admit that their sound was not particularly progressive and was merely a regurgitation of sounds which in truth had already been done to death before Panic at the Disco even came to be, I must say that I personally am a huge fan of the first album and it is in fact one that I ...  Read the complete review

Pretty Odd is the second album from the American band Panic At The Disco. If you have listened to their first album, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, you will be surprised how different these two albums are! Their first album deals with mainly poppy, beaty tracks, whereas this second album covers a broad spectrum of music styles such as baroque, acoustic ballads, and songs that are reminiscent of the styles of ELO's Mr Blue Sky and The Beatles. I was pleasantly surprised by this album, I think it is far better than the first, it feels as though they have really found their feet and produced an album full of quality songs. The album cover is... well I guess there is ...  Read the complete review

Pretty. Odd. is very different. I will guarantee you will not like it on the first spin, but stick with it - it's a grower. It is overproduced to the level that the music seems to be forgotten in exchange for weird effects. But you can blame Rob Mathes for that! I have seen very mixed reviews for the album, but the reviews don't really tell the full picture because everyone who I have spoken to about Pretty. Odd. seems to enjoys the album. And not all of them were fans before this album. The album launches with the tongue-in-cheek 'We're So Starving' which musically sounds very good. The lyrics are bad, but as I say - it's tongue-in-cheek so all is ...  Read the complete review

I have written and deleted this review about a hundred time! I am finding it so hard to know what to say about this band and this album, but yet I have the massive urge to say something about them! I will begin by saying they are an American Emo quartet and that this album smacks a bit too much of The Beatles Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. As probably the only avid Beatles hater I know, this doesn't impress me but I will allow it because I think the band have a really good sense of humour about themselves. So who cares that they are blatantly copying old classics and pulling them off as their own because at least they do it without removing their ...  Read the complete review

Panic at the disco was formed in 2004. They were origionally called "Panic! at the disco". People were so confused as to what they were actually called, it was the biggest punctuation controversy since '.38 Special' ditched their decimal point. Anyway, back onto the album. During "We're So Starving," the opening track to Pretty.Odd the band romises they are still the same old band and have been writing songs for their fans: You don't have to worry 'Cause we're still the same (We're still the same) Band. However, i do not think this is so. Compared to their debut album- "A fever you can't sweat ...  Read the complete review