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| Studio album by Panic! at the Disco | ||||
| Released | January 15, 2016 | |||
| Recorded | April 2015 | |||
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| Length | 36:06 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 5.9/10 |
| Metacritic | 69/100 |
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| AllMusic |   |
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| The A.V. Club | B |
| DIY | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B− |
| The Guardian | |
| PopMatters | 7/10 |
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Death of a Bachelor is the fifth studio album by American rock band Panic! at the Disco, released January 15, 2016 on Fueled by Ramen and DCD2. It is the follow-up to the band's fourth studio album, Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! (2013), with the entire album written and recorded by lead vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Brendon Urie, among external writers. It is the band's first album to not feature drummer Spencer Smith and also follows bassist Dallon Weekes' departure from the official line-up, subsequently becoming a touring member once again.
Death of a Bachelor debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, with 190,000 album units, earning the band its best sales week and first number one album. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards.
In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Urie stated that Death of a Bachelor was lyrically inspired by his wife Sarah Urie and his lifestyle, stating: "This whole album was written at my house where she and I live and it reflects very much the lifestyle I was living [while writing it], which is so different from who I used to be." In an interview with Alt 98.7 mid-2015, he had to say about the album: "It's going to be a little bit different, it's this mix between Sinatra and Queen, if that makes any sense...Every time we do a new album, for me, it’s always evolving and changing—in the best way. There's going to be a new energy live."
In April 2015, Urie began working on Death of a Bachelor. A small studio had been built and a piano was bought specifically for the album's production. Production was handled by Jake Sinclair and Urie. Sinclair, who is a friend of Urie's, helped him view the music in "different ways". Urie said he "loved" working in the studio, often running between that and the piano. He played every instrument minus the horns, which he also "love[d]". His views had "all changed from [Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!]", having "different things" he wanted to discuss.
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