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90
Alternative Press
In a world where products like Carly Rae Jepsen and Justin Bieber can have sincere think pieces written about them, this writer is grateful for twenty | one | pilots’ coruscating, Frankenstein-model pop music.
80
Sputnikmusic

Vessels, in many ways, shows a band of increased maturity, talent, and songwriting. With a clear improvement of production overall, each song sounds fluid and smooth when compared to their past releases.

70
AllMusic

Vessel is a lively, energetic, pulsing collection of candy-coated big-budget pop with just enough personality to make it more engaging than a large percentage of other groups out there at the moment doing something similar.

BradTasteMusic
27

This album is actually unlistenable compared to Trench. The ideas are better than Blurryface, but at least BF had interesting sounds. This album is just shitty stock synths and awful sing/rapping that is honestly not much better than people who copy it.

Edit (original many years ago was like a 7, now it is a 2): This thing ages worse and worse with every passing year.

cakenator
90

Oh my god..... 1000 followers, wow.....

It took 174 days to reach it, but every step of the way was so great, I’ve met so many great people on this site, I’ve found some of my favorite albums through this site, and I’ve had some great experiences....

I joined just to give brad another follower, and I decided “why not rate the black parade and neotheater”, then I noticed that chode and enigmaticsnob were liking my reviews, I continued making reviews, then one day ... read more

morningsbell
70

pretty overhated by the hipster crowds. I just take this as alternative pop that combines genres but isn't meant to be so special or experimental. While there are definitely low points, some bops make it up for them.

Shades002
85

1. Ode to Sleep - 10/10 ⭐⭐⭐
2. Holding On To You - 10/10 ⭐⭐⭐
3. Migraine - 10/10 ⭐⭐⭐
4. House of Gold - 9/10 ⭐⭐
5. Car Radio - 10/10 ⭐⭐⭐
6. Semi-Automatic - 6/10
7. Screen - 8.5/10 ⭐
8. The Run and Go - 6/10
9. Fake You Out - 6/10
10. Guns For Hands - 8.5/10 ⭐
11. Trees - 9/10 ⭐⭐
12. Truce - 9/10 ⭐⭐

102/120

8.5/10 (Great 8.0-8.9)

oskar4
57

Many songs on this record are saved solely because of their catchy choruses, especially when paired with these awful rap verses. The production is mostly tolerable, except for moments like the EDM breakdown on "Car Radio", which is the most soulless and pretentious song on here. "House of Gold" was a cute moment though. Overall, this somehow reminds me of Coldplay, except for most of the good stuff and with an occasional focus on their worst musical instincts. "Guns For ... read more

CabooseBeech
29

The only reason any of these songs have points is because this album does a really good job at tricking me into liking their catchy ass choruses to try and get me to ignore the rest of the shitty parts of the songs. There are a couple of exceptions and shining moments on here but those are far and few between.

Track breakdown:

Ode to sleep: 0/10

Holding on to you: fuck this song pisses me off cuz this is genuinely the first TOP song I really like but I wish he wasn’t rapping on here ... read more

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Track List

1Ode To Sleep
5:08
83
2Holding On To You
4:23
83
3Migraine
3:59
78
4House of Gold
2:43
71
5Car Radio
4:27
76
6Semi-Automatic
4:14
71
7Screen
3:49
71
8The Run and Go
3:49
62
9Fake You Out
3:51
69
10Guns For Hands
4:33
82
11Trees
4:27
81
12Truce
2:22
79
Total Length: 47 minutes

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Added on: May 13, 2013