| | Full Review | Ratings (652) |
Give your Rating |
| 3.0 good | SingForTheDead | October 1st 13 |
While I took three listens to let it fully sink in, it finally clicked and really works as an entirely new sound for P!ATD. I can see myself easily listening to this on shuffle with the rest of their diverse discography in no time.
3 Bumps | Bump |
| 3.5 great | MadBaron | February 21st 15 |
The closest to mainstream electropop Panic has ever gotten: Autotuned vocals, the hip-hop pastiche of "Miss Jackson", the burping dubstep-esque synths on "Casual Affair", the wordless hooks that consist of mere syllables all scream Top 40... But despite all of these seemingly conventional pop elements Panic makes it work and adds their unique touch to it. The autotune is used tastefully, and does not detract from Brandon's vocals. There is a strong 80's synthpop influence that is apparent through the whole album, lots of cool old school synth effects. The addition of strings, weird Sesame Street samples and strutting New Wavey basslines adds a unique touch. The lyrics rarely succumb to the same corniness that mired their last release and seem to have partially returned to that smirking, sardonic wit of their first album.
1 Bumps | Bump |
| 3.5 great | NorwichScene | October 4th 13 |
Excellent album! 80's electronic vibe throughout with some of the best songs this year in 'Vegas Lights' and 'Far Too Young to Die'
1 Bumps | Bump |
| 3.5 great | Furik | October 1st 13 |
I'm extremely impressed with this album. Granted everyone is missing their "Fever" sound but this new sound fits them so well. Taking notes from their "Vices" album and leaving behind everything else, they have created a truly new sound that works well. I'm only on my first listen with the album but I am certain this is going to be my driving-to-work album for the majority of the fall.
1 Bumps | Bump |
| 3.5 great | MrSnuffles | September 30th 13 |
I know the stream was only posted about 40 minutes ago, but I'm really digging the sound. There are some real standout hooks on here, and it has a great atmosphere that Vices and Virtues didn't really have. Rating might change upon further listens.
1 Bumps | Bump |
| 1.5 very poor | ghostalgeist | May 8th 23 |
good ol Brendon Urie helping me raise my objectivity rating
Bump |
| 2.0 poor | GoldenGuy444 | October 9th 18 |
Stale production, harsh vocals, and dull song writing make this a hard sell. While some tracks are interesting "Vegas Nights" and "Casual Affair" most are by the numbers dance pop, and not very good dance pop at that.
Bump |
| 3.5 great | FTM1234 | September 16th 18 |
I did like this album a lot, but a few of the songs halfway through are pretty mundane and boring.rI'd hugely recommend:rThis is GospelrMiss JacksonrGirls/Girls/Boys rThe End of All Things.rThose four songs are easily the best, the others are good, but still pretty average. It's worth listening to those four though
Bump |
| 2.5 average | itsagift | February 23rd 16 |
in some ways this is their worst album. i dislike fever, but it had that youthful energy and some really unique lyrics/sounds. this album is sort of like if chicago tried to make a panic! cover album. i will always have a soft spot for panic! but this is a low point. rrating: 4 bisexuals out of 10
Bump |
| 4.5 superb | 3waycrash | January 12th 16 |
Panic! delve further into their electronic side with an album full of thick synth parts, altered vocals through vocoders, spoken audio samples, and electronic beats. The band wanted to pay tribute to their roots in Las Vegas, and they succeed with a new but fitting sound. The catchiness and hooks are still here just with an almost 80's inspired backdrop.
Bump |
| 3.0 good | Jared Floryan | October 4th 14 |
Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!, as a pop record which veers damn close to mainstream territory, is a bit of an interesting gem. As a Panic! At the Disco album, it's pretty odd to have Brendon Urie surrounded by vintage electronics and a little retro approach. For what it's worth, however, this still manages to be more than just acceptable if you've already heard of Save Rock and Roll by the group's friendly rivals in Fall Out Boy.
Bump |
| 4.0 excellent | AshleyXRiot | April 18th 14 |
Let me start by saying that Panic! at the disco is my childhood band (since I was 13 I listened to them) and as I was growing up they grew up too. From the emo-punk sound of A Fever You Can't Sweat Out to the nostalgic aura of Pretty Odd and passing to a sort of comeback to the punk-pop scene with Vices and Virtues, Panic! At the disco (sometimes without the !) experimented changes that always made them interesting for a newer audience and their all time die hard fans... And that brings me to their newest change and their newest album "Too weird to live, too rare to die".
Their new album is all about Brendon Urie, the lead vocalist and the only remaining founder member of P!AtD, like in previous work he tells a sort of story into the songs mixing lyrics and sounds to create an ambience. And it delivered fantastically! You can understand some views of him regarding love, abandonment and compromise and their negative counterparts. The album is that, Brendon's Urie concience singing his memories and thoughts.
But what about the sound of the album? is it catchy? fast? slow? Let's say it varies from song to song, but most of them are upbeat and danceable songs and the interpolation between instruments and voice is very well done so you'll never try to figure it out what he said. But if it's have to be reduced to a genre, it draws heavily on pop and electro sounds.
Instruments now! This album range from a heck of a lot of instrument played into each song! We have songs where the drums are the main thing ("girls/girls/boys"),another where the synth and electro sounds are really heavy ("Far too young to die"), the piano and orchestra like instruments (cello, violin, etc) are the main protagonists ("The end of all things") and finally the song where it fuse almost every instrument and sound forming into one ("Casual Affair") awesome and very creative song.
P!AtD was always a stapple of creativity and transformation, and this studio album shows the fruits of a genius musician after all the things happened.
In conclusion:It keeps impressing... And that's the most important thing.
Bump |
| 3.0 good | iGuter | October 7th 13 |
It's not as good as some would have hoped, but it's still a solid and enjoyable album from P!AtD.
Bump |
| 2.5 average | luizfmaf | October 3rd 13 |
When I first heard Miss Jackson, I said to myself "Please, the world doesn't need another
'Save Rock and Roll'... Fall Out Boy already destroyed a good part of my early teens musical
memories". But I guess this is kind of a solid pop record. Just not something I'd listen to.
Bump |
| 3.5 great | Brandon Scott EMERITUS | October 1st 13 |
years later and i still cant get over the fact they passed on the name panic! at the discoteca
Bump |
| 3.5 great | ThomasTheCure | October 1st 13 |
it's not as similar to fall out boy's new album as i expected, with more '80s influenced
tracks and electronics, but i honestly think its higher forgettability makes it worse, "this
is gospel" aside. otherwise, it's a mediocre pop album. not much more to say about it.
Bump |
| 4.0 excellent | Piem | March 12th 24 |
| 3.0 good | vechy | June 15th 23 |
| 1.5 very poor | Halez | March 19th 23 |
| 2.5 average | Simerix | January 31st 23 |
| 2.5 average | Brabiz | January 25th 23 |
| 2.5 average | Timmy | January 23rd 23 |
| 2.0 poor | Moosic | September 20th 22 |
| 2.0 poor | Jadari | August 8th 22 |
| 3.0 good | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | June 13th 22 |
| 2.0 poor | AGC | June 9th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Akagami | October 25th 21 |
| 3.0 good | amy4947 | September 17th 21 |
| 1.0 awful | Merv | August 18th 21 |
| 3.0 good | bSmith | February 3rd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gian304 | November 2nd 20 |
| 2.5 average | Sowing STAFF | June 10th 20 |
| 2.0 poor | ayew | June 3rd 20 |
| 3.0 good | AlBo | May 18th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sly4evr | February 27th 20 |
| 2.5 average | kodama | December 21st 19 |
| 3.5 great | leilah | December 14th 19 |
| 2.5 average | Docky | November 8th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Jadmin | October 27th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | Slowdiiv | September 12th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | ian b | August 9th 19 |
| 3.0 good | josh | June 10th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | Mathias STAFF | March 18th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | eljonny | February 8th 19 |
| 3.5 great | xenox | November 26th 18 |
| 3.5 great | woxdy | November 19th 18 |
| 3.5 great | JoExo | October 26th 18 |
| 2.5 average | Greengo | October 25th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Vaio | October 21st 18 |
| 2.5 average | Ashtiel | October 3rd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh | September 22nd 18 |
| 3.5 great | mackee | June 11th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Sarah | March 29th 18 |
| 2.5 average | Votex | March 14th 18 |
| 2.5 average | xuewen | March 6th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Nakkun | January 3rd 18 |
| 2.5 average | nbats | December 13th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Xoct232 | November 15th 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | TVparty | October 1st 17 |
| 3.0 good | wg98 | August 14th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh F. | July 12th 17 |
| 3.0 good | RyRd | March 2nd 17 |
| 3.0 good | chris. | February 22nd 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | Lullaby | January 25th 17 |
| 2.5 average | ian b. | December 20th 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | ktmq | December 17th 16 |
| 2.0 poor | Emim | December 12th 16 |
| 3.5 great | elioto | December 3rd 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | Devius | December 2nd 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | Xav | November 22nd 16 |
| 2.5 average | Elvis | November 4th 16 |
| 1.0 awful | uhh | November 2nd 16 |
| 3.0 good | Keira | October 24th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lucky14 | June 11th 16 |
| 3.0 good | A.R.O. STAFF | June 10th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Snide | May 19th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Shamus248 CONTRIBUTOR | April 17th 16 |
| 2.0 poor | jesper STAFF | March 16th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | JoshieG | February 9th 16 |
| 3.0 good | tofue | December 27th 15 |
| 2.5 average | sheep | October 28th 15 |
| 3.0 good | ToddDC | October 25th 15 |
| 3.0 good | dcon4L | October 24th 15 |
| 1.0 awful | torts | October 22nd 15 |
| 3.0 good | Yay | September 18th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Aeri | August 14th 15 |
| 3.5 great | alexjd | June 13th 15 |
| 2.0 poor | Dylan | March 15th 15 |
| 2.5 average | theyam | February 18th 15 |
| 3.0 good | mCihhh | February 15th 15 |
| 3.5 great | juninja | February 12th 15 |
| 2.5 average | cm7com | January 26th 15 |
| 2.0 poor | Runeii | November 14th 14 |
| 3.5 great | JNavs | October 22nd 14 |
| 3.0 good | Jaime | October 6th 14 |
| 1.5 very poor | Mr Snrub | September 11th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Prole | July 16th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | JacobG | July 8th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Mazza | June 22nd 14 |
| 2.5 average | wfaber | June 3rd 14 |
| 3.0 good | Zeiu | April 28th 14 |
| 2.0 poor | Joejk3 | March 16th 14 |
| 3.5 great | dmp3131 | February 13th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | bfactor | January 20th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Thatch | December 28th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sebe | December 20th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Kryne7 | December 19th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Noteros | December 5th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Sina0s | November 24th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Zeg | November 22nd 13 |
| 2.8 good | DaveyBoy EMERITUS | November 22nd 13 |
| 3.0 good | Viales | November 3rd 13 |
| 3.5 great | alsid | October 18th 13 |
| 2.5 average | ellagos | October 14th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | LG | October 11th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Sconza | October 10th 13 |
| 3.0 good | tincat | October 9th 13 |
| 2.3 average | Rudy K. EMERITUS | October 6th 13 |
| 3.0 good | CutMan | October 2nd 13 |
| 2.5 average | Shimana | September 30th 13 |
| 2.5 average | NBA | September 30th 13 |
| |
Give Your Opinion on Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!
|
