Dropped exclamation point and unveiled new logo

In January 2008, the band unveiled a new logo and dropped the exclamation point from the group’s name, becoming Panic at the Disco. Released on March 21, 2008, Pretty. Odd. was described by the band as “more organic and mellower” than A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out , as well as unintentionally and coincidentally similar to music of the Beatles , in both songwriting and scope. The record debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, with first-day sales of 54,000, and first-week sales of 139,000 copies in the United States. Those figures marked the band’s biggest sales week to that date, beating a previous record held by A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out (which sold 45,000 during the winter of 2006). The record also debuted at Current Alternative Albums chart and No. 2 on the Digital Albums chart, the latter of which accounted for 26 percent of the disc’s overall sales. The album charted high in various other countries and was eventually certified gold in the United Kingdom, however, Pretty. Odd. received relatively disappointing sales in the face of its predecessor. Pretty. Odd. was, however, critically acclaimed in contrast to Fever : Barry Walters of Spin called Panic’s debut album “embarrassing” while regarding the new record as “[daring] to be optimistically beautiful at a time when sadness and ugliness might have won them easier credibility.”