Reduced to a duo of Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith, neither of whom were primary songwriters during the band’s early years, Panic at the Disco pick up the thread they started with their skewed Beatlesque sophomore set, Pretty.
Odd., and turn Vices & Virtues into a curious little nesting doll of an album.
Elements of the band’s energetic emo are here, but it’s only one bit on a record that follows the kitchen sink aesthetic of Pretty.
Odd., one where the production is too restless to sit still for more than a couple of bars.
The keystone here isn’t so much the ‘60s as it is ‘80s new wave with synths and echoed guitars uncannily recalling the glory days of 1983, but Panic at the Disco’s approach is distinctly modern, letting the past intermingle with the present so it all creates a Day-Glo digital collage.
Often, the individual pieces of this patchwork pop are more captivating than the overall image, yet there’s still an undeniable appeal to Urie and Smith’s crazed earnest energy; they may not know where they’re going but they know all the different routes to get there.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ballad of Mona LisaPanic! At the Disco, John Feldmann, Butch Walker | Panic! At the Disco | Play | 03:46 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Let's Kill TonightPanic! At the Disco | Panic! At the Disco | Play | 03:33 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | HurricanePanic! At the Disco, John Feldmann | Panic! At the Disco | Play | 04:25 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | MemoriesPanic! At the Disco, John Feldmann | Panic! At the Disco | Play | 03:25 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Trade MistakesPanic! At the Disco, John Feldmann | Panic! At the Disco | Play | 03:36 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Ready to Go (Get Me Out of My Mind)Panic! At the Disco | Panic! At the Disco | Play | 03:37 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | AlwaysPanic! At the Disco, John Feldmann | Panic! At the Disco | Play | 02:33 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | The CalendarPanic! At the Disco, John Feldmann | Panic! At the Disco | Play | 04:43 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | Sarah SmilesPanic! At the Disco, John Feldmann | Panic! At the Disco | Play | 03:33 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | Nearly Witches (Ever Since We Met...)Panic! At the Disco, John Feldmann, Ryan Ross | Panic! At the Disco | Play | 04:16 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 37 mins | 85 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonathan Allen | String Engineer |
| 2 | Matt Appleton | Engineer |
| 3 | Fred Archembaunt | Engineer |
| 4 | Colette Barber | Studio Manager |
| 5 | Mike Bolger | Accordion, Trumpet |
| 6 | Rich Costey | Mixing |
| 7 | John Feldmann | Composer, Engineer, Producer, Programming |
| 8 | Anthony Franco | Stylist |
| 9 | Isobel Griffiths | String Contractor |
| 10 | Lewis Jones | Assistant |
| 11 | Alex Kirzhner | Creative Director, Design |
| 12 | Pete Lyman | Mastering |
| 13 | Rob Mathes | Conductor, String Arrangements |
| 14 | Claudius Mittendorfer | Mixing |
| 15 | Joe Napolitano | Editing |
| 16 | Brandon Paddock | Engineer |
| 17 | Panic! At the Disco | Composer, Creative Director, Primary Artist |
| 18 | Plasticines | Vocals |
| 19 | Brian Ranney | Package Production |
| 20 | Erik Ron | Engineer |
| 21 | Ryan Ross | Composer |
| 22 | Jake Sinclair | Engineer |
| 23 | Spencer Smith | Group Member |
| 24 | Jennifer Tzar | Photography |
| 25 | Brendon Urie | Group Member |
| 26 | Butch Walker | Composer, Engineer, Guitar, Producer, Programming, Vocals (Background) |
| 27 | The West Los Angeles Children's Choir | Vocals |
| 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. |