The band's third studio album, "Vices & Virtues" has been described as alternative rock, pop rock, pop punk, emo pop, baroque pop, synth-pop, new wave, and dance-punk. When describing the lead single from the album, "The Ballad of Mona Lisa", "Alternative Press" described the song as "the upbeat pop energy of "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out", with the focus and clarity of "Pretty. Odd."" Urie has explained that he and Smith desired to achieve a sound that is more similar to the former: "We missed a couple things from our first record in terms of sonically, with these little instruments that we hadn’t really used on our second record. There [were a lot of organic instruments and not a lot of electronics or synthesizers. So we wanted to get back to some of that." The band's fouth album "Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!" has been described as pop, dance-pop, synth-pop, electropop, new wave, R&B, indie rock, alternative rock, pop rock, and emo. The album was also influenced by hip hop. Their fifth studio album, "Death of a Bachelor" has been described as pop rock, pop, rock, R&B, jazz, alternative rock, and power pop. Their sixth studio album, "Pray for the Wicked" has been described as pop, R&B, hip hop, pop rock, and alternative rock.