Vessel (Twenty One Pilots album)

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Vessel
File:Vessel by Twenty One Pilots.jpg
Studio album by Twenty One Pilots
Released January 8, 2013 (2013-01-08)
Genre
Length 45:37
Label Fueled by Ramen
Producer Greg Wells
Twenty One Pilots chronology
Regional at Best
(2011)Regional at Best2011		 Vessel
(2013)		 Blurryface
(2015)Blurryface2015
Singles from Vessel
  1. "Holding On to You"
    Released: September 11, 2012
  2. "Guns for Hands"
    Released: December 26, 2012
  3. "Lovely"
    Released: April 17, 2013
  4. "House of Gold"
    Released: August 6, 2013
  5. "Fake You Out"
    Released: September 15, 2013[3]
  6. "Car Radio"
    Released: March 18, 2014

Vessel is the third album released by the American duo Twenty One Pilots, which was released on January 8, 2013. It is the band's first studio album on Fueled by Ramen.It is their major-label debut album.

Background

High-school colleagues Tyler Joseph, Nick Thomas, and Chris Salih formed Twenty One Pilots in 2009.[4] The group released their debut album Twenty One Pilots.[4] Both Thomas and Salih parted ways with the band in 2011.[4] Soon afterwards Josh Dun joined the band;[4] Joseph had been friends with Dun for around a year.[5] Joseph first saw Dun when he was playing a show[5] with House of Heroes.[6] Joseph said that he "loved" the performance.[5] The band released Regional at Best later that year.[4] In June, the duo played their first out-of-state show to a group of 12 people.[7] The pair soon gained popularity through a series of videos made by friend Mark Eshelman.[4] The band played their last show as an unsigned band at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, Ohio to a crowd of 1,800 in attendance.[5] The band signed with Fueled by Ramen in 2012.[4]

Production

Joseph composed the album "not knowing whether or not people were going to hear it."[8]

Recording for Vessel took place at Rocket Carousel Studio, located in Los Angeles, California with Greg Wells producing.[9] Wells provided additional synths & keyboards and programming.[9] Wells mixed the album, while Ian McGregor helped with recording.[9] Mastering was performed by Howie Weinberg and Dan Gerbarg at Howie Weinberg Mastering, also in Los Angeles.[9]

Different versions of "Ode to Sleep", "Holding On to You", "Car Radio", "Guns for Hands", and "Trees" were released on their second album, Regional at Best. "House of Gold" was released as a bonus track on Regional at Best. The original version has slight differences throughout the song compared to the version found on Vessel.

Release

In the summer of 2012, Twenty One Pilots released the Three Songs EP,[4] which featured the tracks "Guns for Hands", "Migraine", and "Ode to Sleep".[10] On September 11, "Holding On to You" was released as a single.[11] On December 18, the album was made available for streaming via Entertainment Weekly.[12] Vessel was released through Fueled by Ramen on January 8, 2013.[12] The two men pictured on the album cover are Joseph and Dun's grandfathers.[5] The pair did it to see what the label's reaction was and when the label said yes the group said "okay, maybe this is going to work!"[5] In an 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.[13]

To help support the album, the band toured international throughout the year.[4] On September 15, 2013, "Fake You Out" was released as a single.[14] On October 4, 2013, the music video for "House of Gold" was released.[15] The video was directed by Warren Kommers[16] and filmed on Will Smith's ranch outside of Los Angeles, California.[17] "Car Radio" was released as a radio single on March 18, 2014.[18]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars[1]
Alternative Press 4.5/5 stars[19]
Alter the Press 4.5/5 stars[20]
AMH Network 4/5 stars[21]
Idobi Radio 4/5[2]
Rolling Stone Unfavorable[22]
The Yorkshire Times 4/5[23]

In May 2015, it was announced the album sold 265,000 copies in the United States.[24] The album has consistently sold more than 1,000 copies a week since its release.[24] By December, the album's U.S. sales stood at 375,000.[25]

Track listing

All songs written by Tyler Joseph, except "Holding On to You" written by Tyler Joseph, Maurice Gleaton, Charles Hammond, Robert Hill, Deangelo Hunt, Bernard Leverette, Gerald Tiller and Jamall Willingham.[9]

  1. "Ode to Sleep" – 5:08
  2. "Holding On to You" – 4:23
  3. "Migraine" – 3:59
  4. "House of Gold" – 2:43
  5. "Car Radio" – 4:27
  6. "Semi-Automatic" – 4:14
  7. "Screen" – 3:49
  8. "The Run and Go" – 3:49
  9. "Fake You Out" – 3:51
  10. "Guns for Hands" – 4:32
  11. "Trees" – 4:27
  12. "Truce" – 2:22
Bonus tracks

Personnel

Personnel per booklet.[9]

Chart performance

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)[45] Silver 60,000
United States (RIAA)[46] Gold 500,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Music videos

References

Citations
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Sources
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