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Whistle Stopper - Pretty. Odd.
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List Price: $18.98
Our Price: $7.00
Your Save: $ 11.98 ( 63% )
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Manufacturer: Fueled By Ramen
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0075678995088
Format: Enhanced
Label: Fueled By Ramen
Manufacturer: Fueled By Ramen
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Fueled By Ramen
Release Date: 2008-03-25
Studio: Fueled By Ramen
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Summary: different but definetly better
Comment: Everyone expected this album to sound similar to the last and got disappointed. So did I at some point. I missed the racey, danceable style that the last album entailed, but this album is just as catchy and enjoyable. At least the lyrics are just as random here. I would say this album would really seem interesting to an older-aged fanbase; I wouldnt expect these songs to be audibly appealing to grade-schoolers and most teenagers. I love the various familiar musical styles that are featured in this album. really brings you to a different atmosphere. "When the Day Met the Night" is my absolute favorite song for the whole summer now and will likely stay as one my favorite love songs. The album is great if you give it a chance and if you've actually liked the Beatles and have a decently broad appreciation for music.
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Summary: watch out for incoming talent
Comment: An amazing cd. They have grown more musicaly as a band. To me at times they sounded similar to the beatles, with their song "behind the sea" sounding reminscent to "octopus garden" by the beatles. Relaxing, fun, and great for the whole family. One of my favorite cd's of this year. You can tell in this cd that they were truelly trying to prove themselves as a band and not a loud symphony with a orchestra, and they sure did prove themselves. (they took out the panic! for just panic)
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Summary: False advertising
Comment: Albums like this are why people download illegally. What is played on the radio is tantamount to false advertising. Shame on me for not listening to the sample clips, but it was purchased as a gift... Very disappointing.
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Summary: I'm a fan now
Comment: I first came across this when a radio station reviewed it. Within 30 seconds I knew I would like the album. I bought it the next day and was not dissapointed. I did not like the bands former music and was really surprised at the extreme difference from their former work to Pretty.odd Being a huge Beatles fan I am not bothered by the obvious attempt to create a similar feel, if anything I was pleased that the album seemed so 60's influenced. The best track for that very reason is "Behind the Sea". The lyrics are very "odd" and the album in its entirety is very melodic and you can sing along to every song. I just really appreciated Panic at the disco's successfull attempt at doing something different that no other mainstream band (that I'm aware of) is doing. Some may feel they tried to hard, but it is a new favorite and there is not one song I skip when I listen to it. If you like music that isn't formulaic and that every 14 has memorized you will appreciate this album. If Miley Cyrus and Fall Out Boy rock your World, trying waiting for their next album.
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Summary: Different but still great!
Comment: I loved A Fever You Can't Sweat Out when I first heard and continued to listen to that album for a long time. I must say that I was a little hesitant when I heard about Pretty, Odd being completely different. I didn't rush out and get it the first day but now that I have it I absolutely love this album. I've listened to it every day for the past month and can't really pick 1 favorite song because there are so many good ones. If you are looking for something just like Fever then this isn't what you want but if you like Panic for the fact that they sound different then this lives up to that reputation.
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Editorial Reviews:
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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
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