Track Listing

1. We're So Starving
2. Nine In The Afternoon
3. She's A Handsome Woman
4. Do You Know What I'm Seeing?
5. That Green Gentlemen
6. I Have Friends In Holy Spaces
7. Northern Downpour
8. When The Day Met The Night
9. Pas De Cheval
10. The Piano Knows Something I Don't Know
11. Behind The Sea
12. Folkin' Around
13. She Had The World
14. From A Mountain In The Middle Of The Cabins
15. Mad As Rabbits

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2360 in Music
• Released on: 2008-03-24
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced

Amazon.co.uk Review
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

CD Description
'Pretty Odd' is the second album from American outfit PanicAt The Disco. Recorded in their hometown Las Vegas with popproducer Rob Mathes (Carly Simon, Vanessa Williams) the album sees PATD continue with the emo inspired indie rock that graced their debut and earned them three UK Top 40 hits. Thesingles 'Nine In The Afternoon' and 'That Green Gentleman' are included.

Customer Reviews

Wrong, so very, very wrong...
Strange thing about music fans. A film fan wouldn't say "You know, I love Brad Pitt, but only when he's in Westerns!"

It's not really normal is it? Pretty.Odd. That's what it is.

I adored "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out" and could not have been more disppointed when I first heard this. It was just wrong. Something was missing. Pace? Passion? Drive?

A week later pretty little tunes and melodies seemed to fly around inside my head and I found myself humming little snatches devoid of words.

I played the album again, determined to get my moneys' worth, and that's where all those little tunes had come from. Another week later and I'm obsessed.

Funny thing 'cos that's exactly how I felt about the first album.

I'm thrilled that Panic have decided to go on a musical journey and take me along with them. Personally, I hope they go a step further next time as well. I'm thinking "An American in Paris", bigger numbers, more show! But I doubt I'll regret it if they don't. They seem to have found a way to fascinate me so far.

Yeah, a band that appreciates that life is a tapestry not a shiny emblazoned logo, and that you don't always have to play to type, sure it's confounding but it just makes them more special in my eyes.

Altogether now "Oh, legs of wood waves, waves of wooden legs".

A Pretty....Odd Return For Panic
Well it's been a while for P@td and so much has changed for them over the past few years, selling their massive debut, 'A Fever You Can't Sweat Out' and then out of the wordwork comes 'Pretty. Odd.' The new sound which needless to say is VERY odd as panic splinter off defiantly casting the shackles of the emo and showing there love for the sixties....you think im kiddin right? Nope I'm not! This album sounds like something like The Beach Boys and The Beatles which might be a scary concept however dont fret, as this album is scarily very good!

Lyrically its more creative and very imaginative but tends to lack a clear idea of what Ryan trying to say. However this aside musically...in my opinion (this wont suit everyones tastes THAT is a guarantee) it is musically compelling and a very brave return from the quartet.

'We're So Starving' is the first offering as the band proclaims 'You don't have to worry, because we're still the same band'.....(considering, they removed the !, musically and lyrically changed but still know how to make an impact), however that aside its a bold start to the album which leads onto the hit single 'Nine In The Afternoon' which is so damn catchy and bouncy!

'That Green Gentleman' where the album title came from is very addictive and boisterous and catchy as hell, with Brendon and Ryan harmonising too which works well as they both have amazing voices! Other little gems on the album 'She's A Handsome Woman' and 'From A Mountain In The Middle Of The Cabins' are as catchy as hell and will so remind you of the sixties quite easily.

But the ones which do it for me are 'Pas De Cheval' and 'Mad As Rabbits' as they are so positive and music is simply a delight to listen to, beautiful guitar riffs and solos and probably the highlights on the album as well as a beautifully sung 'Behind The Sea' which will bedazzle you with Ryan's amazing voice and vocal range. As well as 'Northern Downpour' a beautiful ballad to throw in the mix

However some other songs may be comical such as 'I Have Friends In Holy Places' and 'Folkin Around' are good but miss the mark unfortunately which is one of the major letdowns of the album.

All in all, a pretty......odd return for the quartet! Some will love this new sound and some will absolutely loathe it, but give it a chance cause it's worth a listen =]

Best Tracks: 'Pas De Cheval', 'Mad As Rabbits', 'Behind The Sea'

Pretty darn good
`We're still the same band' sing Panic at the Disco on the opening track of this album. Well, they are the same people but the music couldn't be more different. Same band? Not at all really. As the ratio of one star/five star reviews attests, this has split people down the middle.

I'm firmly on the `good times' side of the fence. The first album was a good and solid emo/indie album with a higher than average success rate but Panic have subsequently torn up the past and released `Pretty Odd' - an album as far removed from their debut as can be. I personally believe it is a far superior album as well.

Heavily influenced by the late 60's albums of The Beatles, Beach Boys, Who etc this album blends pop nous and melody with traditional (American) folk stylings. That they pull it off rather well is a strong testament to the abilities of the band. A lot of the songs are well crafted and incessantly catchy (I have had the `Waves of Wooden Legs' refrain stuck in my head for what feels like an eternity!). Lyrically it is witty and intelligent and evocative. All in all, it is a bold, fresh album - one eye on the past another on the future. A big risk for a second album certainly, but one I am very glad they took.

Stand out tracks: Pas De Cheval, That Green Gentleman, Nine in the Afternoon, Folkin' Around & Dou You Know What I'm Seeing. In fairness though, this is an album devoid of obvious filler - all the songs here are worth listening to. Kudos to the band for doing something so unexpected.

At the time of writing this album is less than £3.00 - so now is the time to take the punt!