Product 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.

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: #1241 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

Customer Reviews

Wonderful
Panic at the disco have a horrible reputation among the general public, Most likely due to their pretty boy image, and their first album having an 'emo sound', which is almost frowned upon these days, and pigeon holds a bit terribly.

I will admit I loved their first record, not enough to buy it though I ripped it of a friend, it wasn't perfect, but a few song were catchy and the lyrics had an certain charm. But with this album Panic have done what all great groups do in their lifetime, mix it up..this is a step in a whole new direction, the albums quite amazing, the production is fantastic and the vocals have improved highly, while in the first album it was just the lead singer singing, now we have four part harmonies and the guitarist getting some mike time (he does a great job). The lyrics as usual steal the show in my opinion, Ryan Ross has been blessed with a way with the pen I haven't heard in a pop group for years. The influences are easy to spot, Panic have basically taken every style masters like The Beach Boys And The Beatles created and used it themselves, quite intelligently.

I truly recommend this album, It deserves to be heard by many, Give panic a chance....

Best Tracks:
Nine In The Afternoon
Do You Know What I'm Seeing
That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed)
Northern Downpour
When The Day Met The Night
Pas De Cheval
Mad As Rabbits

Pretty. Different.
This is not 'A Fever You Can't Sweat Out'. That's the point. If you are expecting the same album reproduced then you may as well stop now.
If you are willing to give something new a try then pick this up. If you like the 60s sort of sounds that are starting to become quite popular again then this is worth a listen.

It takes a few listens to realise how good this actually is, but its worth it when you get there.

Pretty. Bad.
I find it okay for bands to do something a little different but this album is a joke. They grew a massive fan base because of 'A Fever You Can't Sweat Out' and what have they done on album number 2? They have turned their back on the people who made them famous and rich. Let's hope they take note of the reviews and album number 3 is more like the first one.