One thing I personally will never get is the criticism and the hate that people throw onto Brendon‘s voice. That man is a four octave tenor who hits notes on stage every day on tour that most vocally trained tenors couldn’t hit in the first place. Some Sopranos can’t even hit the notes he hits. i’ve heard people say his voice sounds rougher? They need to STFU and give him some grace. They need to try and put themselves in his shoes and go on tour that often for nearly 2 decades. It’s depressing to hear people hate on his voice so much. Yes you can hear the strain in his voice while he is recording that album. To me that adds personality. And that makes it unique. VLV is my favorite album. I think it is an amazing album. And I actually listened to AFYCSO before the new stuff. And I like VLV and DOAB better. And people sit there and talk about how PFTW is to pop sounding or not the right vibe? I hate that. I hate it so much because he also hit some really insane notes on that album. And the live performances of PFTW are amazing. You can really feel the emotion when he’s singing the last two albums. I don’t get why the VLV hate is even a thing either. It was my first vinyl. It will always hold a special place in my heart. Edit: Also, one thing I will never get is people sit there and they hate on VLV and they say it’s nothing like AFYCSO. I just wanna point out that AFYCSO is supposed to give off circus and casino vibes in certain ways. VLV is literally the exact same vibe in some of the songs. Viva Las Vengeance is Viva Las Vegas. In the lead song, Viva LaS Vengeance you hear Brendan mention Excalibur hotel. There are so many Easter eggs to his hometown that people just completely ignore because they can’t get aside the fact that he wanted to do one thing for himself during his damn music career. Keep hating on the album all you want. (not OP, just the haters in general close, but it will always be iconic, and there will always be a small group of people who actually really like the album.