Buzznet's Top 10 Worst Album Covers of '08 :

[takashi_sahoko]

Buzznet

10) Panic At the Disco - Pretty. Odd.
Well, I'm gonna get in trouble right off the bat, aren't I?

Panic At the Disco's cover for Pretty. Odd. isn't exactly atrocious. But it most certainly deserves a spot on this list for being outright misleading. The band has spent the better part of 2008 pretending to distance themselves from the hundreds of bands they're associated with, mainly the Fueled By Ramen crowd and bands like Fall Out Boy. There were the uninspired ARG-like puzzles in anticipation of the new record; there was an entire video where the band spent three minutes making as many references to The Beatles as humanly possible.

And now we have this cover. The band have made many statements about having matured their music taste and then expanding this to their own music. Which is a wonderful and incredible thing to do. Except that their new record sounds like The Beatles and The Who if they covered Fall Out Boy.

The bad colors, the forced imagery, and the attempted association with 1968 all make this record cover so, so, so, so bad. You are Panic At the Disco. You are not the next Radiohead. You don't try to be the most original, unique, and compelling band in the world by ripping off The Beatles..

Nice try.

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Gawddd Meanie Heads.. :[
Effing no lifers.
They know they're not the Radioheads.
They play the kind of music that they do, because they love making that music.
Maybe you should try the whole music making process and
all the album cover process and the promoting and then you come back to us.
You'd likely copy some other musician's style. ( Maybe) And the Album Cover doesn't mean anything from the music they created.
Its an album cover, yeah its part of the album, but you can't judge an album by its cover.
[:<

Whooaa. That got me riled up
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EDIT But on the other hand Buzznet's own Breesays ( she interviews bands and such) thinks Panic At The Disco is number one.
Their her Number One on her top 50 songs of 2008 right
here

 

[Peachy_Limes]

The person who wrote that is probably some 40 year old man who thinks he knows about music when he really doesn't have a clue what the younger generation like .
And the author starts talking about PATD music video's which doesn't really have anything to do with there album cover.  

[Kylie the Cumbie]

D'=

 

[VickyT_089]

Wow.
This is slightly angering but kind of funny at the sametime.
Where they say they know that they are already in trouble.
Haha.
Believe my guys.
I absolutely LOVE Panic.
But, you've got to know when to laugh at other peoples stupidity.
:]  

[PanickedMusic]

That's awful. I think the cover is cool.

I wonder if that guy actully listened to the album or just judged it by the cover.

Well, at least it was number 10 out of 10 and not number 1.
=/  

[KillingKatie]

That's just the person's opinion - they're allowed to have it, just like we're allowed to have ours.

I thought the cover was alright. I love Panic - I love their music and they're style, and everything about them. The cover wasn't bad, not at all. But in my opinion, it could have "popped" more, if you know what I mean.

RainbowChikii - Yeah, I wondered why he went off onto the music video rant too. I don't even know which one he's talking about, to be quite frank.

The reporter was a little harsh though. D;  

[PrimeOdd]

I think that the person is judging the cover too much by what the music on Pretty. Odd. sounds like. xd They didn't really say much in the description about the cover -- they just said that Panic is trying to rip off old bands. And yeah, it is quite obvious that Panic was influenced by older bands for Pretty. Odd., but wasn't this a worst cover countdown?!

 

[Asplosion Rainbow]

@Prime- That was exactly what I was thinking. You know it was supposed to be the cover and not the muisic. And he totally twisted it around so that he could queeze in his own opinion about PATD. I don't mind his opinion, I just think that he's putting his opinion about the music where it isn't supposed to be.

Summary:
If I ever saw this dude I would totally ninja-drop-kick his arse. ninja

xDD

 

[miss-mechanical]

One word-


mean.  

[-crystalcatalyst]

Quote:

The bad colors, the forced imagery, and the attempted association with 1968 all make this record cover so, so, so, so bad. You are Panic At the Disco. You are not the next Radiohead. You don't try to be the most original, unique, and compelling band in the world by ripping off The Beatles..

Nice try.

Argh.
I've tried to laugh at these idiotic journalists before, but when they pull something this stupid every single time, its come to a point where its been from annoying to down right sad.
Since when did panic want to BE someone else? I'm pretty sure this band doesn't give a care about what kind of music they make as long as they make something they feel reflects themselves.
No wonder these boys hate interviewers so much.
Also, since when did this article go from an album cover review to a 'lets-forget-about-the-damn-album-and-start-bashing-the-artist!" review?
Oh yeah, about the third sentence in.  

[ScribbLove]

Wow. Thats harsh Dx
Although, it had nothing to do with the cover. And I like the cover. Its pwetty =)  

[sandflea]

_________Cause nobody wants to be the lst one there
_________And everyone wants to feel like someone cares
_________Someone to love with my life in their hands
_________There's gotta be somebody for me like that

What the heck?
I could see why a few of those were on there, but seriously.
wtf.

Cause nobody wants to do it on their own _________
And everyone wants to know they're not alone _________
Somebody else that feels the same somewhere _________
There's gotta be somebody for me out there _________

 

[PrimeOdd]

I don't even understand why websites and magazines do countdowns like these. It's only upsetting. They should respect all music...not favor some and hate others.

 

[music is living]

Two things that made me think:

1. How it's a person that blogs for a living making comments on a muscian's work when they have or can do nothing in comparison.

2. How in the beginning he/she already goes "I'm going to get in trouble for this aren't I?" Obviously, this person is not completely sure in his/her own opinion so why shal he/she share it with other people. Better yet, why would other people listen to his/her opinion more over anybody elses?

So, first I was mad but then I just laughed at it.  

[Fragile Panic]

This was stupied. I personally love the cover.And yes everyone has there own opinoins but i agree with Prime they should swich it around and they shouldnt make a list of hate,maybe favourites because that good for the band but not hates.