Pretty.Odd.
by Panic! At the Disco
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 261 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 193 out of 261
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 261
  3. Negative: 44 out of 261

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  1. AlexanderP.
    Mar 26, 2008
    0
    If you loved the first album like i did, keep away from this one. Its so totally boring what are they doing? The first one was so new and exiting, this one is like church music.
  2. friedoctopus37
    Sep 13, 2010
    0
    This album SUCKS. The other one is _AMAZING_, probably my favorite album by any band, ever. But this one... just disappointing. So SLOW and not clever at all!
  3. ivanm
    Aug 6, 2008
    2
    Gosh, when i heard panics first album i thought they are great.their funny songs and dancing beat,their unique style and circus performances were great!and now...what to say?i hope next album will be better.
  4. [Anonymous]
    Mar 26, 2008
    1
    Sucks sucks sucks...go back to the studio, listen to your first album....AND DO THAT WITH JUST NEW WORDS!!!
  5. SteveO
    Apr 11, 2008
    3
    You gotta be kidding me!!!! A "teeny bop" band to the max!!! what an ANNOYING voice!!! and here they try and rip off the Beatles??? they need to get a life... maybe a LITTLE better then their stupid debut but FAR from listenable.
  6. golferbml
    Nov 30, 2017
    3
    Panic! At the Disco is probably my third favorite band. This album however, is garbage. There's probably three or four songs that I don't skip whenever they come on shuffle. If you are a Panic! fan, would recommend skipping most of this when checking out their discography (with the exception of Nine In the Afternoon, Northern Downpour, and That Green Gentleman).
  7. Will
    Apr 1, 2008
    3
    They were a new level of terrible before (what kind of hook is "haven't you people ever heard of closing the goddamn door?"), and they are just as horrible now. They've just got a few more dollars and an ambitious producer. 3 and not 1 for letting someone take their sound in a somewhat palatable direction, 3 and not anything higher for still being made of the same corny, They were a new level of terrible before (what kind of hook is "haven't you people ever heard of closing the goddamn door?"), and they are just as horrible now. They've just got a few more dollars and an ambitious producer. 3 and not 1 for letting someone take their sound in a somewhat palatable direction, 3 and not anything higher for still being made of the same corny, overwrought, pseudo-weird, pseudo-intellectual stock as System of a Down, Ludo, etc.… Expand
  8. NathanielO.
    Apr 1, 2008
    0
    Poor effort
  9. JeffM.
    Mar 26, 2008
    0
    Why is this band still around? Seriously. They're horrible.
  10. SplatD.
    Mar 28, 2008
    1
    They get a 1 and not a 0 because at least they made something. This band may have a clever rhyme or simple power chord that, lets face it, everyone loves to hear time and again, but there is not much special here. Listen if you must, don't if you can find something else.
  11. JonL.
    Mar 29, 2008
    3
    Absolutely silly that mainstream bands these days get good reviews just for actually trying. Wow, you discovered the Beatles in your early 20s? Ugh...
  12. KellyJoC.
    Mar 29, 2008
    2
    This CD is okay... but I think we (Panic fans from the first cd) should have been warned that they've changed to folky/poppy pussy-ass music, rather than cleaver lyric punk music. Their style is completely different from the first cd, and the direction they've moved has made me very very sad.
  13. RandyK.
    Apr 1, 2008
    3
    I don't buy into any "sophomore jinx" crap. But this is obviously Panic trying entirely too hard to extract themselves from their own shadow. These sound like a bunch of throwaway b-sides during tour bus downtime. "Nine in the Afternoon"? That's as close as they get to the original, blindingly brilliant Panic. And "Nine in the Afternoon" sounds more Fall Out Boy than Panic I don't buy into any "sophomore jinx" crap. But this is obviously Panic trying entirely too hard to extract themselves from their own shadow. These sound like a bunch of throwaway b-sides during tour bus downtime. "Nine in the Afternoon"? That's as close as they get to the original, blindingly brilliant Panic. And "Nine in the Afternoon" sounds more Fall Out Boy than Panic anyway. Where are the literary references? Where are the fevered-pitch tempos? Where's the breakneck dynamism in their soundscape? It's obvious these guys have sweat out their fever. Panic? Guys? Next time somebody offers you the artistic freedom to do whatever you want ... don't.… Collapse
  14. BobB.
    Apr 2, 2008
    0
    If there was a Beatles/Brian Wilson Corporate Emo Tribute band, this band would be it.
  15. JoeyM.
    Apr 8, 2008
    0
    They have changed too much now they are more like the Beatles then Fall Out Boy. YUCK... PS I don't have anything against the Beatles but I don't like the way Panic sounds like them.
  16. rr
    Apr 8, 2008
    0
    Fans of the first album will hate this. If I wanted to listen to Beatles songs I would listen to the originals.
  17. amberr
    Jan 1, 2009
    0
    Ryan Ross ruins everything.
  18. GrahamE.
    Mar 31, 2008
    0
    If you're a 14 year old girl you'll love it. If you aren't then you need to get a significant kick in the pants and better taste in music.
  19. waleeda
    May 12, 2009
    0
    Terrible terrible terrible, i absolutely loved their first album, there isnt a single song i like on this one. its not even worthy to take up space on my computer or in my cd case. they were so unique and like nothing ive ever heard b4. guess they were a one album wonder
  20. anonreview
    Mar 14, 2011
    3
    Panic! At the Disco are perhaps my favourite band- none of my opinion is based on this albubm. A terrible, terrible follow up to their first album. THis song contains two good tracks, 'Nine in the Afternoon' and 'Things have Changed'. I am disappointed in this album. Not only is it too far from what Panic! At the Disco are known for, but their 'new' sound is whiny and boring.
  21. Setsi
    Sep 7, 2020
    0
    Este álbum me encantó por los 2000s pero esta bien horrible, pensé q era mejor creo q la nostalgia jugó en mi contra.

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Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. Sputnikmusic
    40
    More often than not (and this is the kicker, ladies and gentlemen), Pretty. Odd. is just pretty dull.
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  2. Rolling Stone
    70
    Even when it's over the top, which is basically always, Pretty. Odd. sounds cheerful, with a broad sense of humor that does honor to the noble legacy of ELO mastermind Jeff Lynne.
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  3. Spin
    80
    Pretty.Odd lives up to its title because it dares to be optimistically beautiful at a time when sadness and ugliness might have won them easier credibility. [Apr 2008, p.92]
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