TOO WEIRD TO LIVE TOO RARE TO DIE (CD) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

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Label: Decaydance – 536638-2, Fueled By Ramen – 536638-2
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: Oct 8, 2013
Genre: Electronic, Rock, Pop
Style: Synth-pop, Power Pop, Alternative Rock

1        This Is Gospel
Songwriter – Jake Sinclair, Panic! At The Disco
3:07
2        Miss Jackson
Songwriter – Alex Goose, Amir Salem, Butch Walker, Panic! At The Disco
Vocals – Lolo (25)
3:12
3        Vegas Lights
Songwriter – Butch Walker, Jim Henson (3), Joseph Raposo, Panic! At The Disco
3:10
4        Girl That You Love    3:12
5        Nicotine
Songwriter – Amir Salem, Panic! At The Disco
3:06
6        Girls/Girls/Boys    3:26
7        Casual Affair    3:17
8        Far Too Young To Die    3:17
9        Collar Full    3:18
10        The End Of All Things    3:32

Glass Mastered At – Cinram, Olyphant, PA – X39868
Backing Vocals – Butch Walker, Dallon Weekes
Bass – Brendon Urie
Bass Guitar – Dallon Weekes
Cello – Dave Daniels*
Concertmaster – Julian Leaper
Conductor – Rob Mathes
Creative Director – Alex R. Kirzhner*, Panic! At The Disco
Design – Alex R. Kirzhner*, Anthony Franco
Drums – Spencer Smith (2)
Engineer – Amir Salem, Jake Sinclair, Todd Stopera
Guitar – Brendon Urie, Butch Walker, Dallon Weekes
Keyboards – Brendon Urie
Lead Vocals – Brendon Urie
Mastered By – Ted Jensen
Mixed By – Jake Sinclair
Percussion – Spencer Smith (2)
Photography By – Alex R. Kirzhner*, Chris Phelps (2)
Piano – Brendon Urie
Producer – Butch Walker
Programmed By – Brendon Urie
Songwriter – Panic! At The Disco
Strings – Rob Mathes
Synthesizer – Brendon Urie
Viola – Peter Lale
Violin – Emlyn Singleton
Packaged in a clear standard jewel case
Barcode: 0 75678 68364 0

Personnel: Butch Walker (guitar, background vocals). Audio Mixer: Jake Sinclair. Recording information: Ruby Red Studios. Photographers: Alex Kirzhner; Chris Phelps. 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. ~ Matt Collar

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format Detail: CD
• Format: CD
• Genre: ALT/INDIE
• Format Type: CD
• Released: 10/08/2013