Panic! At The Disco - Pretty. Odd [CD]

For Panic At The Disco's sophomore follow-up to their Decaydance/FueledBy Ramen break-through debut 2005 s A Fever You Can t Sweat Out, the band holed up in a Las Vegas studio with renowned producer Rob Mathes. What they created is nothing short of a masterpiece, the 60 s pop-inspired Pretty Odd.This time around, the band opted for real instruments and live trackingover Pro Tools software, citing influences as The Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, and The Beatles. Says guitarist Ryan Ross in an interview with Billboard, We want to make music [that is] simple and timeless and not too pretentious.