10 Famous Albums You Didn't Know Were Almost Completely Different

Writing an album is surely tough. Most bands have three or four members at minimum, and even when not everyone is contributing evenly to the writing, there are absolutely differences of creative opinion and concessions that have to be made. What an odd situation Panic! At The Disco front man Brendon Urie found himself in, then, after the band's 2013 album Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!, which saw the departure of both Spencer Smith and Dallon Weeks, leaving Urie the only member of the band. 

Urie went from writing new material with three people to being the band's sole creative drive. This changed the nature of the follow-up's sound entirely. Despite collaboration with external song-writers, Urie had full creative control of the record, leading to some of the band's most interesting material in years.

Urie attempted to go for a “Sinatra and Queen”, vibe, dropping the synth and electronic sound from the previous release and scrapping material written for a follow-up. As of 2016, Urie remains the sole official member of the band.