Admittedly, his embrace of slick pop aesthetics, Rat Pack swagger, and cheeky turns of phrase can be a bit much on first listen. But that being said, when it's backed with a strong hook and just a modicum of earnest emotion ... it's hard to deny.
Urie is clearly still relishing the role of the sonic bachelor, and it shows. On ‘Pray…’, it sounds like he’s having a total blast.
Pray For The Wicked it feels as if they’ve finally managed to channel that frenetic, slightly chaotic attitude into a studio album that is at once eclectic and coherent.
‘Pray for the Wicked’ takes the kid-in-a-sweet-shop feel of ‘Death of a Bachelor’ and ratchets it up to eleven.
Overall, Pray for the Wicked is another worthwhile contribution to the Panic! at the Disco discography, though maybe not the one that’s expected after Death of a Bachelor.
Granted, his sixth effort is as bonkers and creative as ever, but it could be that less really is more.
Urie undoubtedly knows how to put on an entertaining show, but this is a production that lacks the kind of intelligibility and depth necessary for real emotional engagement.
While it can be a little too breathless at times, Pray for the Wicked has plenty of strong moments.
Pray for the Wicked is undeniably a modern pop record, but the lights of Broadway linger in these 11 brief songs.
Between horns, strings, synths, guitars and all the rest this record is definitely an attack on the senses and shows Urie's knack for constructing a radio-friendly hit, but delve below the surface and it doesn't have much to offer.
A lot of the key problems I have with Panic! At the Disco’s music resurfaces here, and with the shallow approach to the music, sloppy style clashes and irritatingly generic lyrics that talk about success, following your dreams and getting drunk, it damages the final product exponentially.
You know I don't think I've seen an album where I went from hating it to thinking it was actually good to slowly realizing it was just as bad as I thought at first.
As a Panic! at the Disco album this is nothing short of atrocious, the writing is all bland and feels extremely underwritten for a band like this and even worse, absolutely personality devoid. The songs sound way too similar to each other which is the opposite of every other Panic! album and the instrumentals do nothing but ... read more
When this album came out, I was in a Brendon BRAINWASH
I loved this album when it released, but yeah, in retrospect, this album is a huge step down in quality from his previous solo albums.
The first two tracks, I will admit, I still do enjoy a lot, but the rest of the album... not so much.
This is THE END OF ALL THINGS!
Fav Track: Say Amen (Saturday Night)
Least Fav Track: Old Fashioned
when you're album has one decent/mid song you know that your album is absolute dogshit
I think I like this album a lot more than most others do. I don't like this album particularly much.
1 | (Fuck A) Silver Lining 2:48 | 64 |
2 | Say Amen (Saturday Night) 3:09 | 68 |
3 | Hey Look Ma, I Made It 2:49 | 55 |
4 | High Hopes 3:10 | 48 |
5 | Roaring 20s 3:06 | 61 |
6 | Dancing's Not a Crime 3:39 | 45 |
7 | One of the Drunks 3:18 | 52 |
8 | The Overpass 2:57 | 62 |
9 | King of the Clouds 2:40 | 63 |
10 | Old Fashioned 2:46 | 44 |
11 | Dying In LA 3:49 | 56 |
#8 | / | Rock Sound |
#29 | / | Kerrang! |
#32 | / | Upset |
#44 | / | Q Magazine |
#60 | / | God Is In The TV |
/ | Alternative Press | |
/ | GQ |