A Fever You Can't Sweat Out

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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 8 featuring synthesizers and drum machines and tracks 9 through 13 using traditional instruments such as the accordion and a Vaudevillian piano.

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 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
• "Time to Dance" is entirely based on Invisible Monsters

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 the motion picture Closer. The title of track 3 is taken from a quote from the Douglas Coupland book Shampoo Planet: "(extremely torrid tunage from London beckoned—songs about money written by machines)." As well, it appears that 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"

The song "Intermission" includes a sample from Orson Welles' The War of the Worlds: "Due to circumstances beyond our control . . ."

The ending melody of "Build God, Then We'll Talk" is a play on the song "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music.

Track listing

(all songs written by Ryan Ross)

1. "Introduction" – 0:36
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

Credits

• Ryan Ross – guitar, keyboard, piano, accordion, organ
• Spencer Smith – drums
• Brendon Urie – vocals, guitar, keyboard, piano, accordion, organ, bass

External links

• A Fever You Can't Sweat Out at MusicBrainz