Vessel (Twenty One Pilots album) explained

Vessel
Type:studio
Artist:Twenty One Pilots
Cover:Twenty One Pilots - Vessel.png
Border:yes
Recorded:2011–2012
Studio:Rocket Carousel Studio, Los Angeles, California
Genre:
Length:47:44
Label:Fueled by Ramen
Producer:Greg Wells
Prev Title:Regional at Best
Prev Year:2011
Next Title:Blurryface
Next Year:2015

Vessel is the third studio album by American musical duo Twenty One Pilots, which was released on January 8, 2013. It is the band's first album released via Fueled by Ramen, and is their major-label debut album. Vessel debuted at number 58 on the Billboard 200 chart, but reached number 21 in 2016. As of July 2019, the album has sold over two million equivalent album units in the U.S.[3] All of its tracks have been certified at least Gold by the RIAA, which made Twenty One Pilots the first group or artist to achieve this feat with two separate albums.[4] The album received positive reviews from critics.

Background

Twenty One Pilots signed to Fueled by Ramen in 2012.[5] In the summer of 2012, the duo released the Three Songs EP, which featured the tracks "Guns for Hands", "Migraine", and "Ode to Sleep".[6] On December 18, 2012, the album was made available for streaming via Entertainment Weekly.[7] Vessel was released through Fueled by Ramen on January 8, 2013.

Production

The songs "Ode to Sleep", "Holding On to You", "House of Gold", "Car Radio", "Guns for Hands" and "Trees" were taken from their previous independent album, Regional at Best (2011), and re-recorded for Vessel; as a result, the former project was pulled from distribution by the band's newly-signed label, Fueled by Ramen.[8] Joseph had composed Regional at Best "not knowing whether or not people were going to hear it" and viewed Vessel as an opportunity to complete these songs.[9] Joseph revealed that he first attempted to record the song "Trees" when he was 17.[10]

Recording for Vessel took place at Rocket Carousel Studio, located in Los Angeles, California with Greg Wells producing. Wells provided additional synths, keyboards and programming. Wells mixed the album, while Ian McGregor helped with recording. Mastering was performed by Howie Weinberg and Dan Gerbarg at Howie Weinberg Mastering, also in Los Angeles.

The album cover features the duo's paternal grandfathers. The man on the left is Dun's grandfather Earl Owen Dun, who died shortly after the album's release,[11] and the man on the right is Joseph's grandfather Robert O. "Bobby" Joseph, who died on March 17, 2018.

In a fan interview, Joseph spoke on the meaning behind the album's name, saying that "a vessel (our body) is an object carrying something far more important than the outer shell, and when we die, that is set free and lives on."[12]

Release

On September 11, "Holding On to You" was released as a single. "Lovely" was released as a single in Japan on April 17, 2013,[13] and included as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of Vessel.[14] "House of Gold" was released as a radio single on August 6.[15] On September 15, "Fake You Out" was released as a single.[16] On October 4, the music video for "House of Gold" was released.[17] The video was directed by Warren Kommers.[18] "Car Radio" was released as a radio single on March 18, 2014.[19]

On January 8, 2023, the album was re-released as a limited edition vinyl boxset. The vinyl was packaged in a metallic silhouetted cover box, included a poster and polaroid collection, and featured bonus tracks. The release was accompanied by a YouTube variety stream celebrating the record's 10th anniversary; the livestream was a partnership and fundraiser for the non-profit Make-A-Wish Foundation where the band raised over $47,000. The vinyl release was met with sales of an all-time high and an unprecedented demand; delivery of all pre-orders had expected to be as early as February 3, 2023.[20] [21]

Critical reception

Vessel received positive reviews upon release. Jason Pettigrew, writing for Alternative Press, praised the album's multi-genre influence: "The major-label debut by Twenty One Pilots traipses across electropop, hip hop and classic pop music—and that's just the first song." In a more negative review, Rolling Stones Dave DiMartino wrote: "The duo has somehow managed to take the most disagreeable and obnoxious aspects of the past decade's "rap-rock" legacy, throw in some of the most aggravating melodic aspects of Linkin Park and Blink-182, and put together a new album that will surely make you want to decry ever liking rock 'n' roll at least three times before a cock crows."[22]

In May 2015, it was announced the album had sold 265,000 copies in the United States.[23] By July 2016, the album had sold over 569,000 copies in the U.S.[24] As of July 2019, the album has been certified 2x multi-platinum in the U.S. by the RIAA. Each of its songs have also been certified gold or higher, making Twenty One Pilots the first and only band or artist to reach this accomplishment on two non-compilation albums after Blurryface (2015) passed the milestone the previous year.[25]

Tour

To help support the album, the band toured internationally throughout the year.[5] In 2014, Twenty One Pilots played a number of music festivals and other events all around the country which focused mainly on the album, such as Lollapalooza,[26] Bonnaroo,[27] Boston Calling, and Firefly.[28] As a result, they took the show requests from different cities and blended them into the Quiet Is Violent World Tour, which began in September 2014, and ended later that same year.[29]

Track listing

10th anniversary vinyl edition

Side A
  1. "Ode to Sleep"
  2. "Holding On to You"
  3. "Migraine"
  4. "House of Gold"
  5. "Car Radio"
  6. "Semi-Automatic"
Side B
  1. "Screen"
  2. "The Run and Go"
  3. "Fake You Out"
  4. "Guns for Hands"
  5. "Trees"
  6. "Truce"
Side C
  1. "Holding On to You" (live at LC Pavilion)
  2. "Trees" (live at LC Pavilion)
  3. "Guns for Hands" (live at LC Pavilion)
  4. "Migraine" (live at LC Pavilion)
Side D
  1. "Forest" (from Regional at Best)
  2. "Glowing Eyes" (from Regional at Best)
  3. "Kitchen Sink" (from Regional at Best)
  4. "Lovely" (re-recorded version; originally on Regional at Best)

Personnel

All credits are adapted from the Vessel liner notes, except where noted.[30]

Twenty One Pilots

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2013–2020)!scope="col"
Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[33] 51
French Albums (SNEP)[34] 92
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[35] 62
Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)[36] 1
South Korean Albums (Gaon)[37] 83

Year-end charts

Chart (2015)!scope="col"
Position
US Billboard 200[38] 119
US Catalog Albums (Billboard)[39] 20
Chart (2016)Position
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[40] 93
UK Albums (OCC)[41] 79
US Billboard 200[42] 38
Chart (2017)Position
US Billboard 200[43] 74
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[44] 12
Chart (2018)Position
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[45] 72

References

Notes

Citations

Sources

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Twenty One Pilots Release New Single "Fairly Local". samusicscene.co.za. July 9, 2015. March 4, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043457/http://samusicscene.co.za/wp/twenty-one-pilots-release-new-single-fairly-local/. dead.
  2. Web site: Wilson, Carl. The Mood Swing Vote. Slate. January 24, 2017. February 10, 2018. December 28, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201228141009/https://slate.com/culture/2017/01/why-twenty-one-pilots-are-americas-biggest-rock-band.html. live.
  3. Web site: RIAA Vessel . February 1, 2019 . RIAA . November 29, 2019.
  4. Web site: twenty one pilots make history with 'Vessel' certification . Goeman . Collin . July 17, 2019 . . July 17, 2019.
  5. Web site: Twenty One Pilots Biography . Thomas, Fred . allmusic.com. July 4, 2015.
  6. Web site: three songs - Twenty One Pilots - Release Information, Reviews and Credits. AllMusic. May 8, 2016.
  7. Web site: Stream the new Twenty One Pilots album 'Vessel' here -- EXCLUSIVE. Entertainment Weekly's EW.com. Rahman, Ray . December 18, 2012. July 4, 2015.
  8. Web site: 20 Facts on twenty one pilots. Sawyer, Thea. November 16, 2016. September 13, 2017.
  9. Web site: Twenty One Pilots' Albums, Ranked: Blurryface (2015) . Fuse.tv. Sherman, Maria . December 3, 2015. December 29, 2015.
  10. Web site: Joseph . Tyler . Twenty One Pilots - Vessel's 10th Anniversary Variety Stream . YouTube . 14 January 2023 . This is bad. This is bad. I think I was 17 when I recorded this..
  11. Web site: Josh Dun's Facebook post. Facebook.
  12. Web site: Twenty One Pilots on Genre Fusion, Mortality & The Lines in Their Name . YouTube . 1 July 2014.
  13. Web site: Lovely - Single by twenty one pilots. . July 8, 2011 . August 17, 2016.
  14. Web site: Vessel by twenty one pilots. . January 8, 2013 . August 17, 2016.
  15. Web site: AllAccess.com Alternative eWeekly. AllAccess. July 30, 2013. July 3, 2016.
  16. Web site: Fake You Out - Single by twenty one pilots. . September 15, 2013 . May 8, 2016.
  17. Web site: Twenty One Pilots - House Of Gold. Rock Sound Magazine. Rock Sound. October 4, 2013. July 5, 2015. July 6, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150706185538/http://www.rocksound.tv/videos/watch/twenty-one-pilots-house-of-gold. dead.
  18. Web site: Twenty One Pilots - House Of Gold - Music Video - MTV. https://web.archive.org/web/20140114103441/http://www.mtv.com/videos/twenty-one-pilots/967894/house-of-gold.jhtml. dead. January 14, 2014. MTV. November 6, 2015. July 5, 2015.
  19. Web site: Future Releases on Alternative Radio Stations . All Access Music Group . https://web.archive.org/web/20140713212901/http://www.allaccess.com/alternative/future-releases . July 13, 2014. live . May 8, 2016.
  20. Web site: Vessel 10th Anniversary Stream Announced. Kerrang!. January 6, 2023 . January 6, 2023.
  21. Web site: Vessel 10-year Anniversary Stream, Kerrang!. Kerrang!. January 9, 2023 . January 9, 2023.
  22. Web site: DiMartino. Dave. A Great Year For The Undead!. January 8, 2013 . Rollingstone. June 30, 2017.
  23. Twenty One Pilots Earns Its First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart . . . May 27, 2015 . May 28, 2015.
  24. Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Twenty One Pilots' 'Blurryface' Surpasses 1 Million U.S. Sales . Billboard. Caulfield, Keith . July 29, 2016. July 29, 2016.
  25. McIntyre. Hugh. Twenty One Pilots Are The First Band To See Every Song On Two Albums Earn Gold Or Platinum Awards. Forbes. July 18, 2019. July 21, 2019.
  26. Web site: Twenty One Pilots. Lollapalooza. June 17, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140715002318/http://www.lollapalooza.com/2013-artist/twenty-one-pilots/. July 15, 2014. dead. mdy-all.
  27. Web site: Twenty One Pilots. bonnaroo.com. June 17, 2014. https://archive.today/20140617233010/http://lineup.bonnaroo.com/past/2013/band/twenty-. June 17, 2014. dead. mdy-all.
  28. Web site: Firefly Music Festival. twentyonepilots.com. June 17, 2014.
  29. Web site: Tour. twentyonepilots.com. June 17, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20170308203947/http://www.twentyonepilots.com/tour. March 8, 2017. dead.
  30. Vessel . . 2013 . Booklet . Fueled by Ramen. 075678683770.
  31. Web site: Episode 10 - Nick Thomas . SoundCloud . 20 August 2024 . 8 January 2018.
  32. Web site: Founding Twenty One Pilots member Chris Salih opens up about band . AltPress . 20 August 2024 . 24 August 2017.
  33. ARIA Report: Week Commencing 20 January 2014. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20140205203300/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20140206-0733/issue1247.pdf. dead. 2014-02-05. January 20, 2014. Australian Web Archive. 1247. April 17, 2016.
  34. Web site: Top de la semaines : Top Albums. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. fr. September 21, 2018 . May 2, 2021.
  35. Web site: トゥエンティ・ワン・パイロッツの作品. ORICON STYLE. July 4, 2015.
  36. Web site: AMPROFON Top Album - Semanal (del 24 al 30 de abril de 2020). May 22, 2020. es . Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas . https://web.archive.org/web/20200522233107/https://amprofon.com.mx/es/pages/rankings/top-album.php. May 22, 2020.
  37. Web site: Gaon Album Chart. ko. Gaon Chart. June 14, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140202150812/http://gaonchart.co.kr/digital_chart/album.php?nationGbn=T&current_week=03&current_year=2013&chart_Time=week. February 2, 2014. dead.
  38. Top Billboard 200 Albums : Dec 31, 2015 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard. January 3, 2016.
  39. Catalog Albums : Dec 31, 2015 Billboard Chart Archive. Billboard.com . January 3, 2016.
  40. Web site: Jaaroverzichten - Album 2016. Hung Medien. December 26, 2016.
  41. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2016. Official Charts Company. December 31, 2016.
  42. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2016. Billboard. December 9, 2016.
  43. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2017. Billboard. December 12, 2017.
  44. Web site: Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2017. Billboard. May 29, 2021.
  45. Web site: Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2018. Billboard. May 29, 2021.

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