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| Studio album past Panic! at the Disco | ||||
| Released | October viii, 2013 (2013-10-08) | |||
| Recorded | Nov 2012 – March 2013 | |||
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| Length | 32:32 | |||
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| Producer | Butch Walker | |||
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Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! is the fourth studio anthology past American pop stone ring Panic! at the Disco. The anthology was released on October 8, 2013 on Decaydance and Fueled by Ramen. Recorded as a trio, the album was produced past Butch Walker, and is the only album to feature bassist Dallon Weekes since he officially joined the band in 2010. This was also the last album to characteristic drummer Spencer Smith, thus making this Panic!'due south terminal album as a rock band, with farther releases being made as a solo project fronted by Brendon Urie.
Described every bit a "party record",[2] Also Weird to Live, Besides Rare to Die! was preceded by the singles "Miss Jackson" and "This Is Gospel", with "Girls / Girls / Boys" and Nicotine EP following subsequently its release. The album's overall aesthetic is influenced by dance music, electronica and hip hop.
Besides Weird to Live, As well Rare to Die! debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, earning the band their second career number ii. The vocal Vegas Lights would later on be used as the Vegas Gilded Knights' goal vocal.
Writing and composition [edit]
Musically, Also Weird to Live, Besides Rare to Die! is inspired by hip hop in that "in that location are no rules".[3] In an extension of that mantra, the album is an eclectic affair that varies wildly from vocal to song. Other inspirations for the album were drawn from electronic composers such as Kraftwerk, and Wendy Carlos (composer of the soundtrack of Tron and A Clockwork Orange). The anthology's sound has been described as popular,[4] [5] [6] [7] dance-pop,[iv] [six] synth-pop,[7] [8] electropop,[9] indie rock,[8] alternative rock,[ten] pop stone,[eleven] and emo.[viii]
Name origin [edit]
The name of the album was lifted from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.,[12] a motion picture based on a fictionalized version of author Hunter S. Thompson. It is a reference to the key idea of the anthology, which was inspired by lead vocalizer Brendon Urie, and drummer Spencer Smith's home urban center of Las Vegas.
Lyrics [edit]
Urie's lyrical contributions to Too Weird to Live, Also Rare to Die! were further inspired by the band's city. Prior to the anthology's release, he noted: "When we did our showtime tape, we were really bitter toward the whole Vegas scene. We weren't old enough to experience all of what Vegas is really known for. Fifty-fifty the shows, nigh of them were twenty-one and over. There was a lot of hostility, only over the by couple years, I've started to become rid of that cynicism and see it in a new light [...] I wanted to celebrate information technology." He penned much of the album's lyrics in the city itself: "There'southward some glitz, some glamour, but there's likewise the dingy, old Vegas side to the music."
The tape's lyrics are very personal in nature. The get-go runway, "This is Gospel" (written past Urie and bassist Dallon Weekes), talks about Spencer'southward drug habit. The original demo sat on Urie's laptop for months earlier he finally shared it with the residual of the band.[3] The album'southward lead single, "Miss Jackson", was written about Urie's first sexual experiences during his youth. "When I was younger, I would mess around; I'd sleep with 1 girl one night, slumber with her friend the next night, and not intendance about how they felt, or how I fabricated them feel. And and so it happened to me, and I realized 'Wow, that's what that feels like? I feel actually shitty.'"[xiii] A subconscious preview of "Vegas Lights" was featured in the announcement video of Fall Out Boy's Save Rock and Whorl fall arena tour.[14] "Vegas Lights" was intended as an anthem for carefree nights in Las Vegas, that about prominently reflected how Urie felt clubbing.[3] "I felt this weird energy where everybody was having a skilful time, and it didn't matter," he remarked. "Dancing like nobody's watching. It was kind of cute.".[iii] The song likewise uses a sample from "Number five", (a vocal used on Sesame Street in the 1970s) at the beginning of the song. "Girl That Y'all Beloved" was originally written in French following a five-twenty-four hours vacation in France. Bassist Dallon Weekes, who as well performed lyrical duties for the anthology, subsequently penned the English language lyrics for the vocal based on Urie's French demo.[15]
The album's 3rd single, "Girls / Girls / Boys" has been described by Dallon Weekes, equally being centered on a love triangle complicated by differing sexual orientations. When commented on virtually the video for "Girls / Girls / Boys", lead vocalist Brendon Urie said "Information technology's inspired past D'Angelo's 'Untitled (How Does It Feel)' video."
The YouTube release of, "Casual Affair" samples the quote "Looks innocent enough, doesn't it? But sometimes at that place are dangers involved that never come across the middle. No matter where y'all meet a stranger, be conscientious if they are too friendly" taken from the 1961 public domain anti-gay film Boys Beware. This quote is not present in the official anthology release.[sixteen] [17]
"The Finish of All Things" was written well-nigh Urie's wife Sarah Urie, and is written as Urie'southward vows in their wedding. The song was written two days before they got married.
Promotion [edit]
In August 2012, the band'southward last tour bike, it was appear during a show that a new anthology was in the works. Soon, pictures of the band decorated in the studio were posted on the ring's Tumblr, Facebook, and Instagram. On July 15, 2013 the band announced Too Weird To Live, Too Rare to Die! for a release date of October 8 as an addition a new single "Miss Jackson" and music video. On July eighteen, 2013 a small bout was announced to back up the album with New Politics opening for them, starting on August i, 2013, and ending August 22, 2013. It was as well announced that they would go along the Save Rock and Curl tour with Fall Out Boy. In back up of the anthology release, On October 11, 2013, the band played a release evidence in Las Vegas at the Cosmo Pool. On October 14, 2013, half-dozen days after the album was released, the band announced a Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! tour, starting on January 14, 2014, and catastrophe on February 16, 2014. The ring continued to tour until May 13, 2014, and announced a new tour, titled, The Gospel Bout showtime on July 18, 2014, and ending Baronial 31, 2014.
Artwork [edit]
The album's embrace fine art features a black and white photograph of vocalist and guitarist Brendon Urie smoking a cigarette emitting rainbow-colored fumes. Drummer Spencer Smith and bassist Dallon Weekes announced in photographs within the anthology'due south supplemental artwork. Regarding the conclusion to characteristic a photo of himself on the cover, Urie noted, "I love existence the middle of attention, I'grand shameless about it. And being the atomic number 82 singer, everyone thought it made sense, for me to be front and eye. It felt right, since I was so close to these songs."[18] In some other interview, Urie said "[the album] really was just well-nigh times I had growing up in Vegas. I wanted to create that character. The person I am on the cover is not who I am. Even the smoking cigarettes — I've quit since then. Simply when I was a kid, that was the guy who ran around Vegas and owned it. He had a Liberace jacket and he was smoking a cigarette. He was owning the desert, he didn't give a fuck, and the smoke was colored — that to me was the quintessential Vegas guy."[19]
Commercial performance [edit]
In the United States, the anthology made its debut on the Billboard 200 at number 2, on the chart issue dated October 26, 2013, selling 84,000 copies.[twenty] In its second week of selling, the album barbarous 17 spots, from number 2, to 19. Afterward 108 weeks of charting on the Billboard 200, the anthology fell off.[21]
The Vegas Gilt Knights of the National Hockey League have used 1 of the songs from the album, "Vegas Lights," as their goal vocal since the team'due south debut in 2017.
Disquisitional reception [edit]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 6.i/10[22] |
| Metacritic | 72/100[23] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [seven] |
| Alternative Press | [5] |
| American Songwriter | [24] |
| DIY | eight/10[25] |
| Evening Standard | [26] |
| Kerrang! | 4/5[27] |
| Newsday | A−[viii] |
| PopMatters | iv/10[12] |
| Rolling Rock | [28] |
| Fourth dimension Out | [29] |
Too Weird to Live, As well Rare to Die! received generally positive reviews from music critics. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 from reviews from critics, the album received a 72 based on 8 reviews; it is the highest Metascore for whatever of Panic! at the Disco's albums.[23]
In a positive review, Matt Collar of AllMusic praised the anthology's exploration of unlike genres.[seven] In another positive review, Eric Allen of American Songwriter stated that while the album seems to be extremely unlike in the first listen, Brendon Urie's personal lyrics thematically tie them all together.[24] In a mixed review, Jordan Blum of PopMatters wrote that the album felt like a continuation of Vices & Virtues and came off equally obnoxious, generic, and likewise uninvolving to heed to.[12]
Track listing [edit]
| No. | Championship | Author(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| one. | "This Is Gospel" |
| three:07 |
| ii. | "Miss Jackson" (featuring Lolo) |
| iii:12 |
| 3. | "Vegas Lights" |
| three:10 |
| 4. | "Girl That You Honey" |
| iii:09 |
| 5. | "Nicotine" |
| 3:06 |
| vi. | "Girls / Girls / Boys" |
| 3:26 |
| 7. | "Casual Affair" | Urie | 3:17 |
| 8. | "Far Also Immature to Die" |
| 3:17 |
| 9. | "Neckband Full" |
| 3:18 |
| 10. | "The End of All Things" | Urie | 3:32 |
| Total length: | 32:32 | ||
| No. | Title | Author(due south) | Length |
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| 11. | "Can't Fight Confronting the Youth" |
| 2:45 |
| 12. | "All the Boys" | Weekes | 3:12 |
| Total length: | 38:29 | ||
Personnel [edit]
Panic! at the Disco
- Brendon Urie – lead vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, synthesizers, vocoder
- Dallon Weekes – bass guitar, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, baritone guitar
- Spencer Smith – drums, percussion, drum car, electronic percussion
Boosted musicians
- Butch Walker – guitar, bass guitar, product, backing vocals
- Rob Mathes – cord arrangements, conductor
- Lolo – additional vocals on "Miss Jackson"
- Julian Leaper – concertmaster
- Emlyn Singleton – violin (leader)
- Peter Lale – viola (leader)
- Dave Daniels – cello (leader)
Recording personnel
- Jake Sinclair – engineer, mixing
- Todd Stopera – assistant engineer
- Amir Salem – additional engineering
- Jonathan Allen – strings recording
- Chris Barrett – strings recording assistant
- Ted Jensen – mastering
Artwork
- Alex R. Kirzhner – creative direction, photography and design
- Panic! at the Disco – creative direction
- Chris Phelps – additional photos
- Anthony Franco – styling
Charts [edit]
Certifications [edit]
Release history [edit]
| Region | Date | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Oct four, 2013 (2013-10-04) | Digital download[57] |
| Oct 11, 2013 (2013-ten-11) | CD[58] |
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External links [edit]
- Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
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