Panic! At The Disco – Pray For The Wicked

for anyone who says the newest patd album is the worst, i present to you pray for the wicked. (but it does have pretty good merch$

Just threw this on the platter. In looking at reviews on other variants, it seems like folks feel similarly to me about the mastering: The vinyl itself is flat, not warped, and plays clean with no pops; but the sound is thin and lifeless. It's, like, *fine*. I'm wary of calling myself an "audiophile," but I've invested in somewhat quality components and am used to a certain level of quality in my record playback. I'm sad to say that for me, this doesn't really deliver. This is to say that there's no issue with the pressing itself, but the mastering specifically for vinyl is lacking.

Setup: Pro-Ject X2 w/AT-OC9XML > Vertere PHONO-1 MkII L > Cambridge Audio CXA61 > Klipsch R-41M

I have to agree with others reviews here, this release doesn't remotely sound like any attempt has been made to master for the vinyl format. It doesn't sound awful, but it also doesn't sound remotely great. If you like the album and the price is discounted, it's probably worth buying but I wouldn't pay a lot or go out of your way to pick this one up In terms of pressing, my copy is clean and flat and the packaging is fine (credit to MPO for a decent pressing). A missed opportunity by the label.

I picked this one up new at Kohl’s of all places. It was 50% off so it was a great deal. The sound isn’t bad but it’s not great. My copy is warped already but it doesn’t affect the playing. Overall not bad if you can find it cheap.

Hard to place the blame on the vinyl. Soundstage was clear of noise from any physical defects. The mastering is Meh… at best. Overemphasis put on bass and highs completely neglected. It took a lot of tweaking to get the sound close to okay. Mostly, the blame should be on the Label Fueled By Ramen. I have other releases by this label that have the same issue. Feels like they said goodbye to the art of mastering and hello to mass market, cheap digital productions.

Anyone else's copy kinda sound like trash? Sibilance/distortion throughout, kinda disappointing

Pretty effin great and I’m barely rarely into these kind of simple licks. Raspeqt

There's missing a marbled black and white version with the cat# 7567-86572-3

After many months I finally purchased this album for my daughter. Whether you like the band or not is a moot point; you don't want to buy this album on vinyl. Sadly, the audio has been panned so loud that it sounds fuzzy. I tried it on 4 different turntables with this same result. Sadly, it is another victim of the loudness wars.

I got this album on CD, release. It's pretty good overall. Definitely gets annoying after you hear High Hopes and Hey Look Ma, I Made It a million times.