Vices & virtues

*Vices & virtues*
Vices & virtues
Studio album Panic! At the disco
Date of issue	March 22, 2011
Recorded by	April 20 - July 26, 2010 at Ruby Red Studios and Foxy Studios
Genres	Alternative Rock , Pop Punk , Baroque Pop
Duration	37:27
Producers	Butch Walker , John Feldmann
A country	;
Label	Decaydance , Fueled by Ramen
Timeline Panic! At the disco
Singles with Vices & Virtues
	" The Ballad of Mona Lisa "; Released: February 1, 2011; " Ready to Go (Get Me Out of My Mind) "; Released: June 6, 2011; " Let's Kill Tonight "; Released: August 29, 2011;

Vices & Virtues is the third studio album of the American rock band Panic! At the Disco , released March 22, 2011 via Fueled by Ramen. Produced by John Feldmann and Butch Walker, the album was recorded by duet vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Brandon Urie and drummer Spencer Smith, after the departure of lead lyrics and guitarist Ryan Ross and bassist John Walker in July 2009.

Reviews
Cumulative rating
A source	Rating
Metacritic	63/100 ^[1]
Critics' ratings
A source	Rating
AbsolutePunk.net	80% ^[2]
Allmusic	^[3]
Alternative press	^[four]
BLARE Magazine	^[five]
Entertainment weekly	B– ^[6]
The guardian	^[7]
IGN	7.5 / 10 ^[8]
Rolling stone	^[9]
Spin	6/10 ^[10]
Bbc music	(Favorite) ^[11]

Content

About the album

Walker and Ross leaving Panic! At The Disco violated the songwriting regimen, after which Uri tried to find his own style of voice and confidence in order to take on the role of the main songwriter of the group. The texts touch on the subject of manipulation and confusion. It took two years for the Vices & Virtues album to see the light and incorporate new musical experiments.

After the release, he received mixed but generally positive reviews. Critics praised the diversity of musical styles, but critics condemned Uri's compositional simplicity and verbose lyricism. Anticipated by the main single, “The Ballad of Mona Lisa,” the album debuted from seventh position on the Billboard 200, spreading 56,000 copies in its first week.

Music and Lyrics

Vices & Virtues features a variety of musical styles in the tracks. According to Uri, each song is “different from the next.” At the beginning, the group had no idea how to play music and what to write lyrics. However, after returning to the studio and restarting production, the group began to write again from the second attempt. "We've been working on music for about a year and a half, so I think that partly explains why some of the songs are so different in style," Smith said. Over time, the duo chose the best songs from 30 written. Uri talked about the most exciting part of the process: “... you get all the work done, record a song, compose it, and then you can add some fun things, small pieces of voice, strange conversations and instruments that you have not used before.” The field of experiments stretched to such an extent that the group used the iPad to record synthesizers. The team began working with the French group Plastiscines, and a children's choir on the track Nearly Witches (Ever Since We Met ...)

Most of the band’s previous material was written by former guitarist Ryan Ross. At Vices & Virtues, Uri assumed this responsibility, although he did not have much experience in the past. The biggest inspiration for the lyrics was the desire to continue, not bother and write songs. Uri considers his texts to be very honest and direct, as well as fantastic with narrative elements.

List of Songs

All tracks are composed by Brandon Urie, Spencer Smith and John Feldmann, except as noted.

No.	Title	Author	Duration
one.	" The Ballad of Mona Lisa "	Uri / Smith / Walker / Feldmann	3:49 am
2.	"Let's Kill Tonight"	Uri / Smith	3:34
3.	"Hurricane"		4:25
four.	"Memories"		3:26
five.	"Trade Mistakes"		3:36
6.	" Ready to Go (Get Me Out of My Mind) "	Uri / Smith	3:37
7.	"Always"		2:34
eight.	"The Calendar"		4:43
9.	"Sarah Smiles"		3:33
ten.	“Nearly Witches (Ever Since We Met ...)”	Uri / Smith / Feldmann / Ryan Ross	4:16
38:02

Shockhound bonus track ^[12]
No.	Title	Duration
eleven.	Kaleidoscope Eyes	3:20
41:22

Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Author	Duration
eleven.	"Stall Me"	Uri / Smith	3:10
12.	Oh Glory (demo)	Uri / Smith	3:03
13.	"I Wanna Be Free"	Uri / Smith	2:45
14.	"Turn off the Lights"	Uri / Smith	4:00
50:25

iTunes Deluxe edition bonus tracks ^[13]
No.	Title	Duration
eleven.	"Stall Me"	3:10
12.	Oh Glory (demo)	3:03
13.	"The Ballad of Mona Lisa" (Music video)	3:34
47:14

iTunes Deluxe pre-order edition bonus track ^[13]
No.	Title	Duration
14.	"Bittersweet"	3:34

Charts

Chart (2011)	Top position
Australian Albums Chart ^[14]	6
Austrian Albums Chart ^[15]	51
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) ^[16]	71
Canadian Albums Chart	17
Dutch Albums Chart ^[17]	76
New Zealand Albums Chart ^[18]	21
Swiss Albums Chart ^[19]	90
UK Albums Chart ^[20]	29th
UK Rock Albums ^[21]	2
US Billboard 200 ^[22]	7
US Billboard Rock Albums ^[22]	2
US Billboard Alternative Albums ^[22]	2
US Billboard Digital Albums ^[22]	five
US Billboard Tastemaker Albums Chart ^[22]	17

Notes

↑ Vices & Virtues Reviews (neopr.) . Metacritic . Date of treatment April 16, 2012. Archived December 18, 2012.
↑ Blake Solomon. Vices & Virtues - Review (Neopr.) . AbsolutePunk.com (March 20, 2011). Date of treatment March 21, 2011. Archived December 18, 2012.
↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. Vices & Virtues (unopened) . Allmusic.com (May 1, 2011). Date of treatment May 1, 2011. Archived December 18, 2012.
↑ Evan Lucy . Vices & Virtues - Panic at the Disco , Alternative Press (March 9, 2011). Date of treatment March 9, 2011.
↑ Joshua Khan. REVIEW: Panic! At The Disco - "Vices & Virtues" (neopr.) . BLARE Magazine (March 21, 2011). Date of treatment March 25, 2011. Archived December 18, 2012.
↑ Mikael Wood . Vices & Virtues Review , Entertainment Weekly (March 23, 2011). Date of treatment March 23, 2011.
↑ Dave Simpson. Panic! at the Disco: Vices & Virtues - review (unspecified) . The Guardian (March 24, 2011). Date of treatment March 24, 2011. Archived December 18, 2012.
↑ Chad Grischow. Panic! At The Disco: Vices & Virtues Review: Shrinking the band does not necessarily mean shrinking the sound on new album (unspecified) . IGN (March 29, 2011). Date of treatment March 29, 2011. Archived December 18, 2012.
↑ Jody Rosen . Vices & Virtues - Review , Rolling Stone (March 22, 2011). Date of treatment March 23, 2011.
↑ William Goodman . Panic at the Disco, 'Vices & Virtues' , Spin (March 9, 2011). Date of treatment March 9, 2011.
↑ Panic! at the Disco Vices & Virtues Review (neopr.) . BBC Date of treatment December 16, 2011. Archived December 18, 2012.
↑ Panic! At The Disco Free Music (Neopr.) . Hot Topic. Date of treatment December 16, 2011. Archived December 18, 2012.
↑ ¹ ² Vices & Virtues (Deluxe Version) (unspecified) . Itunes.apple.com (March 22, 2011). Date of treatment December 16, 2011. Archived December 18, 2012.
↑ Steffen Hung. Panic! At The Disco - Vices & Virtues (Neopr.) . australian-charts.com. Date of treatment December 16, 2011. Archived December 18, 2012.
↑ oe3.ORF.at / woche 13/2011 (neopr.) . Charts.orf.at. Date of treatment December 16, 2011. Archived December 18, 2012.
↑ February 2, 2011 Ultratop Belgian Charts (Neopr.) . ultratop.be. Date of treatment December 16, 2011.
↑ Steffen Hung. Dutch charts portal (neopr.) . dutchcharts.nl. Date of treatment December 16, 2011. Archived December 18, 2012.
↑ The Official New Zealand Music Chart (Neopr.) . Rianz.org.nz. Date of treatment December 16, 2011. Archived November 22, 2012.
↑ Steffen Hung. Schweizer Hitparade - Alben Top 100 12/18/2011 (neopr.) . hitparade.ch. Date of treatment December 16, 2011. Archived on October 28, 2012.
↑ Official UK Albums Top 100 - 17th December 2011 | Official Charts Company (Neopr.) . The Official Charts Company. Date of treatment December 16, 2011. Archived December 18, 2012.
↑ Rock & Metal Albums Top 40 - 17th December 2011 (neopr.) . Official Charts. Date of treatment December 16, 2011. Archived December 18, 2012.
↑ ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ Vices & Virtues - Panic at the Disco (Neopr.) . Billboard . Date of treatment March 4, 2012.

[Metacritic-1] Vices & Virtues Reviews (neopr.) . Metacritic . Date of treatment April 16, 2012. Archived December 18, 2012.

[AbsolutePunk-2] Blake Solomon. Vices & Virtues - Review (Neopr.) . AbsolutePunk.com (March 20, 2011). Date of treatment March 21, 2011. Archived December 18, 2012.

[Allmusic-3] Stephen Thomas Erlewine. Vices & Virtues (unopened) . Allmusic.com (May 1, 2011). Date of treatment May 1, 2011. Archived December 18, 2012.

[apreview-4] Evan Lucy . Vices & Virtues - Panic at the Disco , Alternative Press (March 9, 2011). Date of treatment March 9, 2011.

[blarereview-5] Joshua Khan. REVIEW: Panic! At The Disco - "Vices & Virtues" (neopr.) . BLARE Magazine (March 21, 2011). Date of treatment March 25, 2011. Archived December 18, 2012.

[ewreview-6] Mikael Wood . Vices & Virtues Review , Entertainment Weekly (March 23, 2011). Date of treatment March 23, 2011.

[guardianreview-7] Dave Simpson. Panic! at the Disco: Vices & Virtues - review (unspecified) . The Guardian (March 24, 2011). Date of treatment March 24, 2011. Archived December 18, 2012.

[ign1-8] Chad Grischow. Panic! At The Disco: Vices & Virtues Review: Shrinking the band does not necessarily mean shrinking the sound on new album (unspecified) . IGN (March 29, 2011). Date of treatment March 29, 2011. Archived December 18, 2012.

[rstonereview-9] Jody Rosen . Vices & Virtues - Review , Rolling Stone (March 22, 2011). Date of treatment March 23, 2011.

[spinreview-10] William Goodman . Panic at the Disco, 'Vices & Virtues' , Spin (March 9, 2011). Date of treatment March 9, 2011.

[11] Panic! at the Disco Vices & Virtues Review (neopr.) . BBC Date of treatment December 16, 2011. Archived December 18, 2012.

[12] Panic! At The Disco Free Music (Neopr.) . Hot Topic. Date of treatment December 16, 2011. Archived December 18, 2012.

[itunes.apple.com-13] ¹ ² Vices & Virtues (Deluxe Version) (unspecified) . Itunes.apple.com (March 22, 2011). Date of treatment December 16, 2011. Archived December 18, 2012.

[14] Steffen Hung. Panic! At The Disco - Vices & Virtues (Neopr.) . australian-charts.com. Date of treatment December 16, 2011. Archived December 18, 2012.

[15] 3.ORF.at / woche 13/2011 (neopr.) . Charts.orf.at. Date of treatment December 16, 2011. Archived December 18, 2012.

[16] February 2, 2011 Ultratop Belgian Charts (Neopr.) . ultratop.be. Date of treatment December 16, 2011.

[17] Steffen Hung. Dutch charts portal (neopr.) . dutchcharts.nl. Date of treatment December 16, 2011. Archived December 18, 2012.

[18] The Official New Zealand Music Chart (Neopr.) . Rianz.org.nz. Date of treatment December 16, 2011. Archived November 22, 2012.

[19] Steffen Hung. Schweizer Hitparade - Alben Top 100 12/18/2011 (neopr.) . hitparade.ch. Date of treatment December 16, 2011. Archived on October 28, 2012.

[20] Official UK Albums Top 100 - 17th December 2011 | Official Charts Company (Neopr.) . The Official Charts Company. Date of treatment December 16, 2011. Archived December 18, 2012.

[21] Rock & Metal Albums Top 40 - 17th December 2011 (neopr.) . Official Charts. Date of treatment December 16, 2011. Archived December 18, 2012.

[Billboard1-22] ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ Vices & Virtues - Panic at the Disco (Neopr.) . Billboard . Date of treatment March 4, 2012.