Pretty. Odd.

Description

Product description PANIC AT THE DISCO PRETTY ODD The title gives
it away instantly- Pretty.Odd. (don’t forget the periods) is not exactly the
album that affirmed admirers of Panic At The Disco will have expected. The
quartet, then teenagers, hit big in 2005 when A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out rode
its hit single “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” and its striking video to huge
sales, defining their niche bridging emo and theatrical art-rock. Three years
later Panic (they’ve ditched the exclamation mark) return with an expansive
album that shamelessly, and very skilfully, takes inspiration directly from
the Beatles’ bigger budget productions and the baroque classic rock that came
in their wake. They must use every instrument in the orchestral palette. But
this is hardly a trip to “guilty pleasures” territory, four minute pop tunes
polished almost to sterility. Even the catchy, imposing opener “We’re So
Starving”, where they protest “we’re still the same band”, is playful rather
than predictable. “That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed)” offers so many
styles it defies categorisation, the darkly comic sixties pastiche “When the
Day Met the Night” could wear the vague “sunshine pop” label comfortably and
the likes of “Pas De Cheval” and nicely wistful first single “Nine in the
Afternoon” stick in the head after a single hearing. Also the token acoustic
strumalong is called “Folkin’ Around”. Whether their fanbase actively craved
such a diverse display of ambition is moot, but Pretty.Odd. is an impressive
and deservedly popular collection. For once it seems that the public agree
with those critics who so often describe lovingly crafted, low-selling
tributes to genres past as perfect pop. –Steve Jelbert

Features:

Product Details:

• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.55 x 4.92 x 0.47 inches; 3.25 Ounces
• Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ WEA/Fueled by Ramen
• Item model number ‏ : ‎ 3847186
• Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2008
• SPARS Code ‏ : ‎ DDD
• Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 25, 2008
• Label ‏ : ‎ WEA/Fueled by Ramen