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Panic! at the Disco’s Flourishes Weren’t Just Dramatic. They Were Theater.

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  1. Melody Bot

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    Maya Phillips, writing at The New York Times, looks back on Panic! at the Disco’s debut:

    Fifteen years ago, a mysterious top-hatted figure and a parade of circus performers interrupted a wedding in a music video with an unconventional soundtrack: an energetic pop-punk song with a bouncy, carnivalesque cello opening.

    This is how Panic! at the Disco announced itself in the “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” video, the first from its 2005 debut album, “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out.” Though the band has undergone many reinventions in the years since, it’s closely associated with its original aesthetic: a distinctive theatrical sensibility that drew on the sound of early 2000s pop-punk while also referencing vintage performance styles — burlesque, vaudeville, old Broadway musicals — to illustrate themes of duplicity, addiction and broken relationships.

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  2. JamesMichael

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    I still can’t believe it was 15 years ago. Wild!

    I love this album and it meant a huge deal to me when I was younger. I miss the sound and aesthetics this album had which I honestly think hasn’t been replicated well/if at all since. It was sort of lightening in a bottle for its time.

    I’d love a remaster!
     
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  3. TedSchmosby

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    A full album performance sometime would be awesome!
     
  4. heymattrick

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    They performed Fever in full on both of their first two headlining tours, Summer 2006 and the Nothing Rhymes with Circus Tour later in 2006. It wasn't in order, but all songs from the album were performed. The "Live in Denver" full set from summer 2006 is on Youtube. (I'm in the crowd!!!)
     
  5. macbethfan

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    I've never thought about it, but this album would actually benefit from a remaster. I loved the production, but something about the way it was mixed has always felt a little off for me.