Vessel
| Vessel | ||
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| Studio album by Twenty One Pilots | ||
| January 8, 2013 | ||
| April - June 2012 | ||
| Rocket Carousel Studio,
Los Angeles, California | ||
| Emo hip-hop, alt-pop, indie-pop
electro-pop, reggi, emo, soft-rock | ||
| 47:44 | ||
| Fueled by Ramen | ||
| Greg Wells | ||
| Spotify | ||
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| Twenty One Pilots chronology | ||
| Blurryface
(2015) | ||
| Singles from Vessel | ||
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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. 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.
History
Prehistory
High-school colleagues Tyler Joseph, Nick Thomas, and Chris Salih formed Twenty One Pilots in 2009. The group released their debut album Twenty One Pilots the same year. Both Thomas and Salih parted ways with the band in 2011. Soon afterwards Josh Dun joined the band; Joseph had been friends with Dun for around a year. Joseph first saw Dun when he was playing a show with House of Heroes. Joseph said that he "loved" the performance. The band released Regional at Best later that year. In June, the duo played their first out-of-state show to a group of 12 people. The pair soon gained popularity through a series of videos made by their friend, Mark Eshleman. 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. The band signed with Fueled by Ramen in 2012 [1]. In the summer of 2012, the duo released the Three Songs EP, which featured the tracks "Guns for Hands", "Migraine", and "Ode to Sleep". On December 18, 2012, the album was made available for streaming via Entertainment Weekly. Vessel was released through Fueled by Ramen on January 8, 2013 [2].