Death of a Bachelor
{{Short description|2016 studio album by Panic! at the Disco}}
{{about|the album|its title track|Death of a Bachelor (song)}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Death of a Bachelor
| type = studio
| artist = Panic! at the Disco
| cover = Death of a Bachelor.png
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2016|1|15}}
| recorded = April 2015
| venue =
| studio = Urielectric Studios
| genre = {{flatlist|
- Rock{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/death-of-a-bachelor-review-panic-at-the-disco-s-marriage-of-styles-1.11326287|title='Death of a Bachelor' review: Panic! at the Disco's marriage of styles|author=Gamboa, Glenn |work=Newsday|date=January 14, 2016|access-date=January 16, 2016}}
- pop
- jazz{{cite web|url=http://m.independent.com/news/2016/mar/17/panic-disco-releases-new-record/?templates=mobile|title=Panic! At the Disco Releases New Record|publisher=independent|access-date=2017-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824093907/http://m.independent.com/news/2016/mar/17/panic-disco-releases-new-record/?templates=mobile|archive-date=2017-08-24|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/01/panic_at_the_disco_feels_alive.html|title=Panic! at the Disco feels more alive than ever on 'Death of a Bachelor' |author=Smith, Troy L.|publisher=cleveland.com|date=January 14, 2016|access-date=January 16, 2016}}
- pop rock{{cite web|url=http://tritontimes.com/6838/artsentertainment/album-review-panic-at-the-discos-death-of-a-bachelor/|title=Album Review – Panic! at the Disco's "Death of a Bachelor"}}
- {{nowrap|alternative rock}}{{cite web|url=http://ppcorn.com/us/panic-disco-death-bachelor-album-review/|title=Panic! At The Disco: 'Death of a Bachelor' Album Review|date=17 January 2016|access-date=March 15, 2018|archive-date=15 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615032057/http://ppcorn.com/us/panic-disco-death-bachelor-album-review/|url-status=dead}}
- {{nowrap|power pop}}{{cite web|url=http://m.independent.com/news/2016/mar/17/panic-disco-releases-new-record/?templates=mobile|title=Panic! at the Disco Releases New Record|publisher=independent|access-date=May 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824093907/http://m.independent.com/news/2016/mar/17/panic-disco-releases-new-record/?templates=mobile|archive-date=August 24, 2017|url-status=dead}}
- R&B{{cite web|last=Collar|first=Matt|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/pray-for-the-wicked-mw0003171255|title=Pray for the Wicked – Panic! At the Disco|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=June 23, 2018}}
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| length = 36:06
| label = {{flatlist|
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| producer = {{flatlist|
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| prev_title = Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!
| prev_year = 2013
| next_title = All My Friends We're Glorious
| next_year = 2017
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Death of a Bachelor
| type = Studio
| single1 = Hallelujah
| single1date = April 20, 2015
| single2 = Victorious
| single2date = September 29, 2015
| single3 = Emperor's New Clothes
| single3date = October 21, 2015
| single4 = Death of a Bachelor
| single4date = December 9, 2015{{cite web|url=http://daily.plaympe.com/panic-at-the-disco-death-of-a-bachelor/|title=Daily Play MPE: Panic At The Disco - Death Of A Bachelor|date=9 December 2016 |publisher=Play MPE|access-date=October 5, 2017}}
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Death of a Bachelor is the fifth studio album by Panic! at the Disco, and their first as a solo project, released on January 15, 2016, by 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 vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Brendon Urie, who collaborated with other writers including Jake Sinclair, Morgan Kibby, Lolo, and Sam Hollander. 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.{{Cite web|title = Panic! At The Disco announce new album, share first single|url = http://www.axs.com/panic-at-the-disco-announce-new-album-share-first-single-68545|website = AXS|access-date = October 24, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208122042/http://www.axs.com/panic-at-the-disco-announce-new-album-share-first-single-68545|archive-date = December 8, 2015|url-status = dead}}{{Cite web|title = Panic! At The Disco Have Finally Announced A New Album {{!}} Blunt Mag|url = http://www.bluntmag.com.au/news/panic-at-the-disco-have-finally-announced-a-new-album/|website = Blunt Mag – Alternative Music News, Reviews, and Interviews|access-date = October 24, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151026020925/http://www.bluntmag.com.au/news/panic-at-the-disco-have-finally-announced-a-new-album/|archive-date = October 26, 2015|url-status = dead}}
Death of a Bachelor debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, with 190,000 album units, earning Panic! its best sales week and first number one album.{{cite magazine|title=Panic! at the Disco Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6851718/panic-at-the-disco-first-no-1-album-death-of-a-bachelor-billboard-200-charts|magazine= Billboard|date=January 24, 2016|access-date=January 24, 2016}} The album has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of at least 2,000,000 copies. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-grammys-2017-nominations-winners-list-20161205-story.html|title=Grammys 2017: Complete list of winners and nominees|date=12 February 2017|access-date=29 December 2017|via=LA Times}}
Writing and composition
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."{{cite web|url=http://www.9news.com/story/entertainment/2015/10/22/EXCLUSIVE-Brendon-Urie-on-How-His-Wife-Inspired-Panic-At-The-Discos-New-Album-Title-Death-of-a-Bachelor/74404442/?csp=etonline |archive-url=https://archive.today/20151023105047/http://www.9news.com/story/entertainment/2015/10/22/EXCLUSIVE-Brendon-Urie-on-How-His-Wife-Inspired-Panic-At-The-Discos-New-Album-Title-Death-of-a-Bachelor/74404442/?csp=etonline |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 23, 2015 |title=EXCLUSIVE: Brendon Urie on How His Wife Inspired Panic! At The Disco's New Album Title, 'Death of a Bachelor' |date=October 22, 2015 |work=9News |access-date=October 23, 2015 }} In an interview with Alt 98.7 in 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."{{cite web|url=http://www.fuse.tv/2015/04/panic-at-the-disco-new-album|title=Brendon Urie: New Panic! at the Disco Record is On Its Way|work=Fuse|access-date=October 23, 2015}}
In April 2015, Urie began recording Death of a Bachelor.{{cite web|url=http://www.hmv.com/music/-this-album-is-me-coming-to-terms-with-the-new-man-i-ve-become-hmv-com-talks-to-panic-at-the-disco|title="This album is me coming to terms with the new man I've become" - hmv.com talks to Panic! At The Disco |work=hmv.com|author=Tom|date=January 15, 2016}} A small studio had been built and a piano was bought specifically for the album's production. Production was handled by Jake Sinclair{{cite web|url=http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2015/04/27/panic-at-the-disco-brendon-urie-talks-weenie-roast-hallelujah-obama/|title=Brendon Urie on Weenie Roast, New Panic! At The Disco, and Meeting President Obama|work=cbslocal.com|access-date=October 23, 2015|archive-date=March 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330163100/http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2015/04/27/panic-at-the-disco-brendon-urie-talks-weenie-roast-hallelujah-obama/|url-status=dead}} and Urie.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDMLcCBr5hw|title=89x Detroit Interview with Brendon Urie|date=September 19, 2015|work=YouTube|access-date=October 23, 2015}} 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.
On October 22, 2015, Brendon Urie released a statement through the band's Facebook page on the background of the album:{{blockquote|When I was a little kid and I heard a song I liked on TV, I would jump up and run to the piano to try and figure it out by ear. When I was 10 or 11, I built myself a drum kit in the garage made out of empty laundry detergent buckets, old lawn chairs, paint cans, and old trash cans. Around that time, my parents got me my first guitar. A baby acoustic. I jumped between all of these instruments constantly to satisfy the ideas I heard in my head. At this young age, I realized that music would play a huge part in my life. I had no idea.
'Death of a Bachelor' is in honor of those times I spent alone as a kid. Allowing music to consume me. Playing everything myself just to get the idea right and out of my head. It's a beginning to a new era. And an homage to how it all began.
This album is me. Running to the piano. Building a drum kit. Strumming a guitar.
On January 6, 2016, in an interview with Mixdown magazine, Urie commented on bassist Dallon Weekes' move from the official lineup.
{{blockquote|Dallon has been playing with us for a long time, and I'm so grateful for that. Sometimes, you try working creatively with people, and it doesn't always work out the way you think it will. In this case, it ended up just being better to have someone to tour with. It's an oversight sometimes, but you have to have people that you connect with and get along with. Touring can be long and it can be intense – you need people that will see you through that. Dallon has been that for me.{{cite web|last1=Young|first1=David|title=PANIC! AT THE DISCO: Death of a Bachelor|url=http://www.mixdownmag.com.au/panic-disco|access-date=January 21, 2016|date=January 6, 2016}}}}
On the day of the titular track's premiere Brendon Urie said on social media:
{{blockquote|Frank Sinatra turns 100 this year. I attach his music to so many memories: Opening presents on Christmas day, my grandparents teaching the rest of the family to swing dance, watching Who Framed Roger Rabbit with my siblings (Sinatra makes a cameo in the form of a cartoon sword singing "Witchcraft"). His music has been a major player in the soundtrack of my life. So it's only right that I return the favor and/or pay it forward. I wrote a new album this year and even in the few songs that don't sound remotely similar to any of his music I still felt his influence in the writing and the need to relate so personally to each song. "Death Of A Bachelor" is very important to me. It expresses the bittersweet (but mostly sweet) end of an era. A look back at a part of my life now deceased. An "It's A Wonderful Life"-esque look into a possibly different future. But mostly an appreciation for the present.{{cite web|last1=Urie|first1=Brendon|title=Panic! at the Disco on Instagram - "Frank Sinatra turns 100 this year..."|url=https://instagram.com/p/7F-DAeiYV6/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/7F-DAeiYV6 |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=registration|website=Instagram.com|publisher=Panic! at the Disco|access-date=September 2, 2015|date=August 31, 2015}}{{cbignore}}}}
Urie also stated in an interview with Upset magazine that he feels that the song is "very jazzy, very Sinatra esque.. but then put it with this beat that sounds like Beyoncé's Drunk in Love".{{cite web|last1=Shutler|first1=Ali|title=Brendon Urie: The Death of a Bachelor|url=http://www.upsetmagazine.com/features/brendon-urie-the-death-of-a-bachelor/|website=UpsetMagazine.com|publisher=Upset Magazine|access-date=3 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903023310/http://www.upsetmagazine.com/features/brendon-urie-the-death-of-a-bachelor/|archive-date=September 3, 2015 |date=September 1, 2015|quote=very jazzy, very Sinatra esque.. but then put it with this beat that sounds like Beyoncé's Drunk in Love}} The song is also where Urie got the album title from.
Only one song was cut from the album, "Night Birds" described as a "...Driving arena-rocker with a flashy guitar solo". Urie described the song as "A little too early Butch Walker, but definitely not as good" in an interview with Alternative Press.
Release
"Hallelujah" was released as the lead single on April 20, 2015, and serviced to alternative radio. A lyric video was uploaded on the same day and the official music video premiered on July 7, 2015.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxYyHHR0Q1c|title=Panic! At The Disco: Hallelujah [OFFICIAL VIDEO]|date=July 7, 2015|work=YouTube|access-date=October 23, 2015}} "Death of a Bachelor" was premiered on Beats 1 on Apple Music by Pete Wentz on September 1, 2015.[http://www.fuse.tv/2015/08/panic-at-the-disco-new-song-beats1 PETE WENTZ SHARES NEW PANIC! AT THE DISCO SONG, "DEATH OF A BACHELOR"]. Fuse. Retrieved October 22, 2015. "Victorious", co-written and produced by CJ Baran, was released for digital download on September 29, 2015, as the second single from the album[https://music.apple.com/au/album/victorious-single/1041607936 Victorious - Single] iTunes. Retrieved October 22, 2015. "Emperor's New Clothes" and its music video was released for digital download on October 21, 2015, as the third official single to coincide with the album's announcement.[http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/panic_at_the_disco_announce_new_album_release_video_for_emperors_new_clothe Panic! At The Disco announce new album, release video for "Emperor's New Clothes"]. Alternative Press. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
The official music video for "Death of a Bachelor" was released on YouTube on December 24, 2015.{{Cite web|title = Panic! At The Disco channel Vegas cabaret in new music video for "Death of a Bachelor" - News - Alternative Press|url = http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/panic_at_the_disco_channel_vegas_cabaret_in_new_music_video_for_death_of_a|website = Alternative Press|access-date =December 25, 2015}} On December 31, 2015, the band made "Don't Threaten Me with a Good Time" available for streaming.{{cite web|last1=Sharp|first1=Tyler|title=Panic! At The Disco Drop New Single, "Don't Threaten Me with a Good Time|url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/panic_at_the_disco_drop_new_single_dont_threaten_me_with_a_good_time|website=AltPress.com|publisher=Alternative Press|access-date=January 1, 2016|date=December 31, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104183415/http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/panic_at_the_disco_drop_new_single_dont_threaten_me_with_a_good_time|archive-date=January 4, 2016|url-status=dead}} On January 15, 2016, the band premiered the rest of its tracks on its YouTube channel at the same time the album was released. The band went on the Weezer & Panic! at the Disco Summer Tour 2016 with Weezer to promote both of their new albums. On September 22, 2016, the official music video for LA Devotee was released on the band's YouTube channel to coincide with the announcement of the Death of a Bachelor Tour.
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| MC = 69/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/death-of-a-bachelor/panic!-at-the-disco|title=Reviews for Death of a Bachelor by Panic! at the Disco|website=Metacritic|access-date=January 20, 2016}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Collar|first=Matt|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/death-of-a-bachelor-mw0002891900|title=Death of a Bachelor – Panic! At the Disco|website=AllMusic|access-date=June 25, 2018}}
| rev2 = Alternative Press
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal|last=Lucy|first=Evan|url=http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/death_of_a_bachelor_channels_brendon_uries_inner_sinatra_and_vocal_versatil|title=Panic! At The Disco: Death Of A Bachelor|journal=Alternative Press|issue=331|date=February 2016|access-date=January 14, 2016|page=95|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123133839/http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/death_of_a_bachelor_channels_brendon_uries_inner_sinatra_and_vocal_versatil|archive-date=January 23, 2017|url-status=dead}}
| rev3 = The A.V. Club
| rev3Score = B{{cite web|last=Moayeri|first=Lily|url=http://www.avclub.com/review/panic-discos-brendon-urie-lets-his-inner-frank-sin-230387|title=Panic! At The Disco's Brendon Urie lets his inner Frank Sinatra loose|work=The A.V. Club|date=January 15, 2016|access-date=January 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120072257/http://www.avclub.com/review/panic-discos-brendon-urie-lets-his-inner-frank-sin-230387|archive-date=January 20, 2016|url-status=live}}
| rev4 = DIY
| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Jamieson|first=Sarah|url=http://diymag.com/2016/01/15/panic-at-the-disco-death-of-a-bachelor-album-review|title=Panic! At The Disco – Death of a Bachelor|work=DIY|date=January 15, 2016|access-date=January 15, 2016}}
| rev5 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev5Score = B−{{cite magazine|last=Goodman|first=Jessica|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/15/panic-disco-death-bachelor-ew-review|title=Panic! At The Disco's Death of a Bachelor: EW review|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=January 15, 2016|access-date=January 15, 2016}}
| rev6 = The Guardian
| rev6Score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite web|last=Mokoena|first=Tshepo|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/14/panic-at-the-disco-death-of-a-bachelor-review-wide-eyed-slickly-produced-gusto|title=Panic! at the Disco: Death of a Bachelor review – wide-eyed, slickly produced gusto|work=The Guardian|date=January 14, 2016|access-date=January 20, 2016}}
| rev7 = PopMatters
| rev7Score = 7/10{{cite web|last=Ezell|first=Brice|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/panic-at-the-disco-death-of-a-bachelor/|title=Panic! At the Disco: Death of a Bachelor|work=PopMatters|date=January 27, 2016|access-date=January 27, 2016}}
| rev8 = Q
| rev8Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite journal|title=Panic! at the Disco: Death of a Bachelor|journal=Q|issue=355|date=February 2016|page=115}}
| rev9 = Rolling Stone
| rev9Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Dolan|first=Jon|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/panic-at-the-disco-death-of-a-bachelor-20160114|title=Death of a Bachelor|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=January 14, 2016|access-date=January 14, 2016}}
| rev10 = USA Today
| rev10Score = {{rating|2.5|4}}{{cite web|last=Gardner|first=Elysa|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2016/01/15/panic-discos-urie-does-his-way-death-bachelor/78683574/|title=Panic! At The Disco!'s Urie does it his way on 'Death Of A Bachelor'|work=USA Today|date=January 15, 2016|access-date=January 20, 2016}}
}}
Death of a Bachelor received generally positive reviews from music critics. It holds an average score of 69/100 on Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews". In a positive review, The New York Times commented on the album's second single, "Victorious", writing that "[Urie] evokes both the flamboyant swagger of Queen and the mechanized gleam of Daft Punk".{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/14/arts/music/review-death-of-a-bachelor-from-panic-at-the-disco.html|title=Review: 'Death of a Bachelor,' From Panic! at the Disco |author=Chinenjan, Nate|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 13, 2016|access-date=January 14, 2016}} Evan Lucy in Alternative Press writing, "For all of its precocious, borderline bratty moments, Death of a Bachelor is a remarkably nuanced affair...it's hard not to break out in goosebumps and marvel at the moving songwriting."
Conversely, The Guardian called the album "hollow and shapeless", also stating that "Urie affects a Vegas croon, indicating a desire to reinvent himself as an edgy Michael Bublé", and how "it's unlikely to pay off". Q wrote, "It's a confusing affair, where [Urie] foolishly tries to croon like Frank Sinatra on the title track and never quite nails down whatever the big idea was supposed to be. Still, there are moments to cherish." AbsolutePunk writer Aaron Mook scored the album a 6/10, noting, "It's been a while since I've heard an album that's so divisive in its quality, so manic on one end and so lazy on the other."{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=3788097|title=chorus.fm|website=chorus.fm|access-date=29 December 2017}} Consequence of Sound panned the songs "Don't Threaten Me With a Good Time" and "Crazy=Genius", stating that "['Don't Threaten Me With a Good Time'] lazily squashes together a sample of the B-52s' "Rock Lobster" with lackluster lyrics ("Who are these people/ I just woke up in my underwear") out of tune with their surroundings" and that "'Crazy=Genius'...only serves to remind of how many days have gone by and stand in the way of any musical progress".{{cite magazine|url=https://consequence.net/2016/01/album-review-panic-at-the-disco-death-of-a-bachelor/|title=Panic! At the Disco – Death of a Bachelor {{!}} Album Reviews |author=Buchanan, David |magazine=Consequence of Sound|date=January 14, 2016|access-date=January 14, 2016}}
Awards and nominations
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scope="row" | 2018
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Commercial performance
The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, with 190,000 album-equivalent units. It also earned Panic! at the Disco its best sales week yet for an album, as it sold 169,000 in pure album sales.{{cite magazine|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|title=Panic! at the Disco Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6851718/panic-at-the-disco-first-no-1-album-death-of-a-bachelor-billboard-200-charts|magazine=Billboard|date=January 24, 2016|access-date=January 24, 2016}} In its second week, the album fell to number 5 on the Billboard 200 while selling 39,000 equivalent album units (down 79 percent).{{cite magazine|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|title=Adele's '25' Album Back to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart for Eighth Week|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6859436/adele-25-billboard-200-number-1-eight-week|magazine=Billboard|date=January 31, 2016|access-date=January 31, 2016}} It was the twelfth best-selling album of 2016 with 506,000 copies sold,{{cite web |url=https://www.yahoo.com/music/top-15-albums-2016-slideshow-wp-000902015/photo-p-album-sold-506k-copies-photo-000902610.html |title=The Top-Selling Albums of 2016 |work=Yahoo Music! |first=Paul |last=Grein |date=December 20, 2016 |access-date=February 28, 2017 |archive-date=December 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231080401/https://www.yahoo.com/music/top-15-albums-2016-slideshow-wp-000902015/photo-p-album-sold-506k-copies-photo-000902610.html |url-status=dead }} which also made it the second best selling rock album of 2016. Including streams and tracks sales, the album has totaled 845,000 units in the United States in 2016.{{cite news |title=Buzz Angle Music 2016 |url=http://www.buzzanglemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/BuzzAngle-Music-2016-U.S.-Report.pdf |journal=BuzzAngle |publisher=Border City Media |date=January 7, 2017 |access-date=January 10, 2017 |archive-date=January 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113171233/http://www.buzzanglemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/BuzzAngle-Music-2016-U.S.-Report.pdf |url-status=dead }} The album was also certified 2× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over two million units in the United States.
Track listing
Songwriting credits per booklet.
{{track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 36:06
| title1 = Victorious
| length1 = 2:58
| writer1 = {{flat list|
- Brendon Urie
- Christopher J. Baran
- Mike Viola
- White Sea
- Jake Sinclair
- Alex DeLeon
- Rivers Cuomo
}}
| extra1 = {{flat list|
- Sinclair
- Suzy Shinn{{ref|a|[a]}}
}}
| title2 = Don't Threaten Me with a Good Time
| length2 = 3:33
| writer2 = {{flat list|
- Jonathan Rotem
- Teal Douville
- Carl Lehman
- Jerker Hansson
- Urie
- Sinclair
- Amir Salem
- Catherine Pierson
- Frederick Schneider
- Julian Strickland
- Cynthia Wilson
- Rick Wilson
}}
| extra2 = {{flat list|
- J.R. Rotem
- Sinclair
}}
| title3 = Hallelujah
| length3 = 3:00
| writer3 = {{flat list|
- Urie
- Aron Wright
- Imad Royal
- White Sea
- Sinclair
- Robert William Lamm
}}
| extra3 = {{flat list|
- Sinclair
}}
| title4 = Emperor's New Clothes
| length4 = 2:38
| writer4 = {{flat list|
- Urie
- Sinclair
- Lauren Pritchard
- Sam Hollander
- Dan Wilson
}}
| extra4 = Sinclair
| title5 = Death of a Bachelor
| length5 = 3:23
| writer5 = {{flat list|
- Urie
- Pritchard
- Sinclair
}}
| extra5 = {{flat list|
- Sinclair
- Shinn{{ref|a|[a]}}
}}
| title6 = Crazy=Genius
| length6 = 3:18
| writer6 = {{flat list|
- Urie
- Hollander
- Sinclair
}}
| extra6 = {{flat list|
- Sinclair
- Shinn{{ref|a|[a]}}
}}
| title7 = LA Devotee
| length7 = 3:16
| writer7 = {{flat list|
- Urie
- White Sea
- Sinclair
}}
| extra7 = {{flat list|
- Sinclair
- Shinn{{ref|a|[a]}}
- White Sea{{ref|a|[a]}}
}}
| title8 = Golden Days
| length8 = 4:14
| writer8 = {{flat list|
- Urie
- Hollander
- Sinclair
}}
| extra8 = {{flat list|
- Sinclair
- Shinn{{ref|a|[a]}}
}}
| title9 = The Good, the Bad and the Dirty
| length9 = 2:50
| writer9 = {{flat list|
- Urie
- Pritchard
- Sinclair
}}
| extra9 = {{flat list|
- Sinclair
- Shinn{{ref|a|[a]}}
}}
| title10 = House of Memories
| length10 = 3:28
| writer10 = {{flat list|
- Urie
- White Sea
- Sinclair
}}
| extra10 = {{flat list|
- Sinclair
- White Sea{{ref|a|[a]}}
}}
| title11 = Impossible Year
| length11 = 3:22
| writer11 = {{flat list|
- Urie
- Hollander
- Sinclair
}}
| extra11 = Sinclair
}}
Notes
- {{note|a|[a]}} signifies an additional producer.
- "Don't Threaten Me with a Good Time" samples "Rock Lobster" by The B-52's
Personnel
Adapted from the album booklet.{{cite AV media notes|title=Death of a Bachelor |others=Panic! at the Disco |year=2016 |type=Booklet |publisher=Fueled by Ramen/DCD2|id=7567-86667-3}}
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- Brendon Urie – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums except for "Hallelujah", background vocals on "Hallelujah", creative and art direction
Additional musicians and production
- Rob Mathes – horn arrangement, conductor
- Andy Snitzer – tenor saxophone
- Dave Mann – tenor saxophone
- Aaron Heick – alto saxophone
- Dave Riekenberg – baritone saxophone
- Mike Davis – tenor trombone
- Randy Andos – bass trombone
- Jeff Kievit – trumpet
- Tony Kadleck – trumpet on "Death of a Bachelor", "Crazy=Genius", "LA Devotee", "Golden Days" and "Impossible Year"; flugelhorn
- Dylan Schwab – trumpet on "Victorious", "The Good, the Bad and the Dirty" and "House of Memories"
- White Sea – background vocals on "Victorious", "Hallelujah", additional production on "LA Devotee" and "House of Memories"
- Mark Stepro – drums on "Hallelujah"
- Nicole Guice – creative and art direction
- Zack Cloud Hall – cover photography
- Shervin Lainez – portrait photography
- The Visual Strategist – layout
- Jake Sinclair – producer on all tracks, background vocals on "Victorious", "Hallelujah"
- JR Rotem – producer on "Don't Threaten Me with a Good Time"
- Imad Royal – producer on "Hallelujah"
- Suzy Shinn – additional production on "Victorious", "Death of a Bachelor", "Crazy=Genius", "LA Devotee", "Golden Days" and "The Good, the Bad and the Dirty", engineer, background vocals on "Victorious", "Death of a Bachelor", "Crazy=Genius", "LA Devotee", "Golden Days" and "The Good, the Bad and the Dirty"
- Claudius Mittendorfer – mixing on all songs except "Hallelujah"
- Michael Brauer – mixing on "Hallelujah"
- Pete Lyman – mastering on all songs except "Hallelujah"
- Joe LaPorta – mastering on "Hallelujah"
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Charts
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{{album chart|Australia|3|artist=Panic! at the Disco|album=Death of a Bachelor|rowheader=true|access-date=January 23, 2016}} |
{{album chart|Austria|15|artist=Panic! at the Disco|album=Death of a Bachelor|rowheader=true|access-date=January 28, 2016}} |
{{album chart|Flanders|14|artist=Panic! at the Disco|album=Death of a Bachelor|rowheader=true|access-date=January 23, 2016}} |
{{album chart|Wallonia|88|artist=Panic! at the Disco|album=Death of a Bachelor|rowheader=true|access-date=January 23, 2016}} |
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|3|artist=Panic at the Disco|rowheader=true|access-date=January 26, 2016}} |
{{album chart|Netherlands|14|artist=Panic! at the Disco|album=Death of a Bachelor|rowheader=true|access-date=January 23, 2016}} |
{{album chart|Finland|22|artist=Panic! at the Disco|album=Death of a Bachelor|rowheader=true|access-date=January 24, 2016}} |
{{album chart|Germany4|23|id=292185|artist=Panic! at the Disco|album=Death of a Bachelor|rowheader=true|access-date=August 12, 2024}} |
{{album chart|Hungary|25|year=2021|week=14|rowheader=true|access-date=April 16, 2021}} |
{{album chart|Ireland|4|year=2016|week=3|rowheader=true|access-date=January 23, 2016}} |
{{album chart|Italy|66|artist=Panic! at the Disco|album=Death of a Bachelor|rowheader=true|access-date=January 23, 2016}} |
{{album chart|New Zealand|4|artist=Panic! at the Disco|album=Death of a Bachelor|rowheader=true|access-date=January 22, 2016}} |
scope="row"| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista){{cite web|url=http://lista.vg.no/artist/panic-at-the-disco/album/death-of-a-bachelor/13715|title=VG-lista - Panic! At The Disco / Death of a Bachelor|access-date=29 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207073748/http://lista.vg.no/artist/panic-at-the-disco/album/death-of-a-bachelor/13715|archive-date=7 February 2016|url-status=dead}}
| 20 |
{{album chart|Scotland|4|date=20160122|rowheader=true|access-date=November 22, 2021}} |
{{album chart|Spain|46|artist=Panic! at the Disco|album=Death of a Bachelor|rowheader=true|access-date=January 23, 2016}} |
{{album chart|Sweden|27|artist=Panic! at the Disco|album=Death of a Bachelor|rowheader=true|access-date=January 23, 2016}} |
{{album chart|Switzerland|41|artist=Panic! at the Disco|album=Death of a Bachelor|rowheader=true|access-date=January 27, 2016}} |
{{album chart|UK2|4|date=20160122|rowheader=true|access-date=November 22, 2021}} |
{{album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=Panic at the Disco|rowheader=true|access-date=January 27, 2016}} |
{{album chart|BillboardRock|1|artist=Panic at the Disco|rowheader=true|access-date=January 27, 2016}} |
{{album chart|BillboardAlternative|1|artist=Panic at the Disco|rowheader=true|access-date=January 27, 2016}} |
scope="row"| US Vinyl Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2016-04-23/vinyl-albums|title=Vinyl Albums : Ari 23, 2016|work=billboard.com|access-date=May 5, 2016}}
| 3 |
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Panic at the Disco|title=Death of a Bachelor|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=2016|certyear=2022|refname="CanadaGold"|access-date=November 10, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=Panic! At The Disco|title=Death of a Bachelor|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=2016|certyear=2024|access-date=May 29, 2024|id= 13914}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Death of a Bachelor|type=album|artist=Panic at the Disco|relyear=2016|certyear=2019|award=Platinum|id=13690-1931-2}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Panic at the Disco|title=Death of a Bachelor|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2016|certyear=2019}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true | noshipments=true | streaming=true}}
See also
References
{{reflist|30em}}
{{Panic at the Disco}}
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Category:Fueled by Ramen albums
Category:Panic! at the Disco albums
Category:Albums produced by J. R. Rotem