Picking up where they left off on the synth pop and '80s new wave direction of their 2011 album, Vices & Virtues, Panic! At the Disco return with their fourth studio album, 2013's Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! Still focused around the songwriting duo of lead singer Brendon Urie and drummer Spencer Smith, Panic! At the Disco also feature bassist Dallon Weekes, who joined as a full-time member in 2010.
Ever since the original lineup of Panic! At the Disco split in half just after the release of their Beatles-influenced sophomore album, Pretty.
Odd., Urie and Smith have carried the emo torch, finding new ways to keep their specific brand of high-energy, emotionally overwrought pop relevant to to whatever sound is happening in mainstream pop music.
That said, clearly Panic! At the Disco have never been overly interested in pigeonholing themselves into just one genre, and their latest release does nothing to counter the band's reputation as pop mavericks.
Whether it's the Thomas Dolbyisms of "Girls/Girls/Boys" or the malevolent NIN-esque pounding of "Girl That You Love," Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! never settles too deeply into just one sound.
Tracks like "Nicotine" and "Collar Full" even retain much of the anthemic rock bombast of the band's early work, despite the underlying dancefloor intimations coming from the rhythm section and synthesizers.
Indeed, '80s synths and dance beats are a good fit for Urie's voice, and though the band sticks closer to its roots than emo class president Fall Out Boy -- whose own delvings into synthesizer pop nearly reach levels of '90s European techno -- Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! paints an exciting picture of Panic! At the Disco's genre-bending career trajectory to come.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This Is GospelPanic! At the Disco, Jake Sinclair | Panic! At the Disco | Play | 03:07 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 2 | Miss JacksonPanic! At the Disco, Alex Goose, Lauren Prichard, Amir Salem, Jake Sinclair, Butch Walker | Panic! At the Disco | Play | 03:12 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 3 | Vegas LightsPanic! At the Disco, Jim Henson, Joe Raposo, Butch Walker | Panic! At the Disco | Play | 03:09 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 4 | Girl That You LovePanic! At the Disco | Panic! At the Disco | Play | 03:09 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 5 | NicotinePanic! At the Disco, Amir Salem | Panic! At the Disco | Play | 03:06 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 6 | Girls/Girls/BoysPanic! At the Disco | Panic! At the Disco | Play | 03:26 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 7 | Casual AffairPanic! At the Disco | Panic! At the Disco | Play | 03:17 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 8 | Far Too Young to DiePanic! At the Disco | Panic! At the Disco | Play | 03:17 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 9 | Collar FullPanic! At the Disco | Panic! At the Disco | Play | 03:18 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 10 | The End of All ThingsPanic! At the Disco | Panic! At the Disco | Play | 03:31 | 8 MB | 18 MB |
| 32 mins | 74 MB | |||||
| 32 mins | 222 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Allen | String Engineer |
| 2 | Chris Barrett | Assistant |
| 3 | Dave Daniels | Leader |
| 4 | Alex Goose | Composer |
| 5 | Isobel Griffiths | String Contractor |
| 6 | Jim Henson | Composer |
| 7 | Ted Jensen | Mastering |
| 8 | Alex Kirzhner | Creative Director, Design, Photography |
| 9 | Peter Lale | Leader |
| 10 | Julian Leaper | Concert Master |
| 11 | Lolo | Featured Artist |
| 12 | Rob Mathes | Conductor, String Arrangements |
| 13 | Panic! At the Disco | Composer, Creative Director, Primary Artist |
| 14 | Chris Phelps | Photography |
| 15 | Lauren Prichard | Composer |
| 16 | Joe Raposo | Composer |
| 17 | Sam Riback | A&R |
| 18 | Amir Salem | Composer, Engineer |
| 19 | Jake Sinclair | Composer, Engineer, Mixing |
| 20 | Emlyn Singleton | Leader |
| 21 | Spencer Smith | Group Member |
| 22 | Todd Stopera | Assistant Engineer |
| 23 | Brendon Urie | Group Member |
| 24 | Butch Walker | Composer, Guitar, Producer, Vocals (Background) |
| 25 | Dallon Weekes | Group Member |
| 26 | Pete Wentz | A&R |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
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