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A Fever You Can't Sweat Out is the debut album by Panic! at the Disco, released on September 27 2005 by Fueled by Ramen.

The album is split in two, with tracks 1 through 7 featuring futuristic instruments such as synthesizers and drum machines and tracks 9 through 13 using traditional instruments such as the accordion and a Vaudevillian piano. Track 8 serves as a link between the two halves, beginning with techno-style dance beats before switching to piano.

The album primarily deals with social issues that the band points on through various songs. Topics such as sanctity of marriage, adultery, drug addiction, prostitution, and religion are woven throughout the album. Guitarist Ryan Ross also relates two of the songs to living with his alcoholic father.

The album has since become one of the biggest selling records ever to be released on an independent label.

Pop Culture References

Many tracks on the album reference works of Chuck Palahniuk, who is said to be the band's collective favorite author:

  • The first track, "Introduction", contains a sample of what appears to be a radio broadcast in Polish. The speaker is saying "...spotkało się z szerokim rozgłosem", which means "...gained significant popularity".
  • "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage" — the title of this song is a line from Palahniuk's Survivor
  • "London Beckoned Songs About Money Written by Machines" — the line "Just for the record, the weather today is..." is a recurring phrase in Palahniuk's Diary
  • The title of "London Beckoned Song About Money Written By Machines" is taken from a quote from the Douglas Coupland book Shampoo Planet: "(extremely torrid tunage from London beckoned—songs about money written by machines)."
  • "Nails For Breakfast, Tacks For Snacks" and "Camisado" were both inspired by Ryan Ross' father's battle with alcoholism.
  • "Camisado" contains several references to "Fight Club: A Novel" by Chuck Palahniuk.
  • When combined, the titles of track 7 ("Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off") and track 9 ("But It's Better If You Do") make up a line from Patrick Marber's play, Closer which was later made into a movie in 2004.
  • The song "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" was inspired by the line in Coupland's Shampoo Planet "What I write are not sins, I write tragedies."
  • "Build God, Then We'll Talk"; the title is a quote from Palahniuk's Choke
  • The bridge melody of "Build God, Then We'll Talk" is a derivative of the melody of the chorus of "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music. The lyrics in the bridge also directly satire "My Favourite Things". [1]
  • There are many demos for tracks 4-6, "Nails For Breakfast, Tacks For Snacks" and "Camisado" both have 1 demo each, and "Time To Dance" has 2 demos, all of the demos have slight variations in lyrics and titles. [2]

Track listing

  1. Introduction – 0:38
  2. The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage – 2:54
  3. London Beckoned Songs About Money Written by Machines – 3:23
  4. Nails for Breakfast, Tacks for Snacks – 3:23
  5. Camisado – 3:11
  6. Time to Dance – 3:22
  7. Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off – 3:20
  8. Intermission – 2:35
  9. But It's Better If You Do – 3:25
  10. I Write Sins Not Tragedies – 3:06
  11. I Constantly Thank God for Esteban – 3:30
  12. There's a Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven't Thought of It Yet – 3:16
  13. Build God, Then We'll Talk – 3:40
  14. I Write Sins Not Tragedies (Live In Denver) (Japanese Bonus track) – 3:46

Credits

Additional instruments

  • William Brousserd - Trumpet on tracks 9,12
  • Heather Stebbins - Cello on tracks 8,10,12,13
  • Samantha Bynes - Violin on tracks 10,12

Miscellanea

On the final version of the album, none of the songs have any of their respective titles in them. the song titles have very little, if any, relation to the actual song.

References

  1. ^ http://www.patdonline.com/references.php
  2. ^ http://www.patdonline.com/lyrics/
  3. ^ "Panic! At The Disco Split Gets Nasty: Band Alleges Wilson Did Not Play On LP". MTV. Retrieved June 13. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
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