Pretty. Odd. - Panic At The Disco

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 ...

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 ...