hi everyone! as many of you know, i love panic!. they are my favorite band (even though they aren't technically a band anymore since it's just brendon and all) and yeah. i've been waiting for this album to come out since hallelujah came out, and i've been counting down the days since i had a release date to count down. january 15th. just make it until january 15th. and i made it. i'm going to review every song one-by-one and then the album as a whole.
1 / VICTORIOUS
tonight, we are victorious. champagne pouring over us. all my friends were glorious. tonight, we are victorious.
victorious is the perfect way to start this album. it is a victory/party anthem that i promise you i am blasting at my graduation party. it is very high beat, and has ridiculously catchy lyrics. victorious is also one of those songs you blast when you are working out to try and keep yourself motivated, you know? a "i need to lose 10 pounds by the end of the month and i need a song that will help me do that" song. (in my case anyway, lol)
2 / DON'T THREATEN ME WITH A GOOD TIME
i lost a bet to a guy in a chiffon skirt, but i make these high heels work.
i told you time and time again, i'm not as think as you drunk i am.
good time by far has the best (funniest) lyrics out of the whole album. this song is such a party ballad. something you'd totally blast at a party where everyone is going crazy and getting drunk. one of the best parts of this song (besides the lyrics) is the "rock lobster" sample that goes perfectly with this party ballad.
3 / HALLELUJAH
my life started the day i got caught, under the covers with second hand lovers.
hallelujah is a song about sin, and how nobody is perfect, and how everybody is a sinner. and that is okay. jump up, move your body, and scream "hallelujah"!! this song has such an amazing beat that you find yourself dancing and clapping along to more often than not. another fun, party ballad.
4 / EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES
welcome to the end of eras.....
this song screams halloween to me. it may be because brendon turns into satan in the video, it may be the sound that makes me think of "the nightmare before christmas", it can be anything about this song, honestly. emperors has a super ghostly, creepy, halloweeny, feel to it in both the lyrics and the music. truly a masterpiece.
5 / DEATH OF A BACHELOR
i'm walking the long road, watching the sky fall...
death of a bachelor is a total frank sinatra sounding song. totally something that panic! has not done before. (every panic! album is very different) i can totally picture this song being played at an old bar, with girls in poofy dresses and crazy curly hair and guys in old, white button down shirts and jeans, with slicked back hair, dancing and singing along to this song. with the wonderful sound of the beat, and the beautiful lyrics about brendon saying his farewell to his bachelor days, this song is the total package.
6 / CRAZY = GENIUS
if crazy equals genius, then i'm a fucking arsonist. i'm a rocket scientist.
crazy = genius is a very upbeat sinatra sounding song. the beat makes you think of a circus, or an old disco. the lyrics make you think it belongs in a old movie. this song is something you jump up, sing, and dance along to, something i'd totally blast at a birthday or a dance. one of my absolute favorites off of the album.
7 / LA DEVOTEE
drinking white wine in the blushing light, just another la devotee.
everytime i listen to this song, i feel like i'm driving on the streets in california. neon lights shining behind the windows of the car, the palm trees laying over the city, the blue ocean waves crashing against the sand, i feel like i am in la. i want to get in the car, and drive to beautiful los angeles california everytime i hear la devotee. and, i miss la like crazy even though i was there in november, if you couldn't tell.
8 / GOLDEN DAYS
we'll stay drunk, we'll stay tan, let the love remain. and i swear that i'll always paint you, golden days.
golden days starts out with the lyric "i found a pile of polaroids in the crates of a record shop", which ultimately makes me think of polaroids and a record shop. and a romance surrounded around polaroids and a record shop, which sounds like an amazing relationship. the lyrics of this song are amazing. i was instantly in love with this song the moment i heard the little snippet off ESPN that was all over tumblr. it is lyrically beautiful, the sound is beautiful, the feeling i get when i listen to this song is beautiful, all of it is beautiful. by far, my favorite song on the album.
9 / THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE DIRTY
if you want to start a fight, you better throw the first punch. make it a good one.
tgtbatd is a total fight song. i can picture people sitting on old cars watching a massive fight happen while this song is playing. with it's high beat and catchy lyrics, this song is very addictive and will get stuck in your head for a very long time.
10 / HOUSE OF MEMORIES
and when your fantasies, become your legacy, promise me a place, in your house of memories.
this song puts me on the verge of crying everytime i hear it. it is a very sweet love/breakup song talking about how even though we are miles apart and even if you become wildly successful, please remember me and all of our memories. this song is another one of my favorites on the album
11 / IMPOSSIBLE YEAR
there's no sunshine, there's no you and me, there's no good times, this impossible year.
impossible year is the perfect way to end this album. this song sounds like it was sung my sinatra himself. everything is awful and sad, this impossible year.
this album is amazing. i feel the motions, the happy, the sad, and every little thing in between. every lyric, every beat, every little thing about this album is amazing. as much as i love this album, i still love too weird more. but just because it's not my favorite panic! album doesn't mean it still isn't short of beautiful or amazing.
RATE/ 10/10
i recommend this album for anyone who is willing to listen!!
kisses! until next week!
candi / savannah
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