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The Black Parade [Original recording]

My Chemical RomanceAudio CD
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My Chemical Romance formed in suburban New Jersey in 2001 out of a mutual love of horror movies, music and punk philosophies. The group’s first song was “Skylines and Turnstiles,” which was penned after experiencing the devastation of 9/11. The band recorded I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, which was released on in 2003.

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  • Audio CD (October 31, 2006)
  • Original Release Date: 2006
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording
  • Label: Warner Brothers
  • ASIN: B000I5Y8ZU
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (319 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,954 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. The End.
2. Dead!
3. This Is How I Disappear
4. The Sharpest Lives
5. Welcome To The Black Parade
6. I Don't Love You
7. House Of Wolves
8. Cancer
9. Mama
10. Sleep
11. Teenagers
12. Disenchanted
13. Famous Last Words

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My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way has alternately described his band's third album as "completely over the top" and "borderline psychotic." But even those words can't adequately prepare fans of the group's 2004 platinum major-label debut, Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, for the onslaught of twisted song suites, glam-rock cannon fire and drama-club theatrics that make up The Black Parade. Tracks like "Mama" and "The End" make "Bohemian Rhapsody" sound like "Blitzkrieg Bop." It's no coincidence that the disc feels as dizzyingly monumental as Green Day's American Idiot--after all, the two albums share the same label, producer, studio, janitorial team, and sense of apocalyptic dread. Similarly, The Black Parade will cast its creators in a completely new light. Despite its overly histrionic tendencies and a totally oddball cameo from Liza Minelli, it offers a clear signal that My Chemical Romance is ready to be taken seriously. --Aidin Vaziri

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The Black Parade, My Chemical Romance's follow-up to its 2004 platinum major-label debut Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, "is way more dramatic, way more theatrical, completely over the top, borderline psychotic," says Gerard Way. "It's the most pure, intense thing we've ever been involved in." Producer by Rob Cavallo (Green Day), the album is a celebration of lvoe and death and darkness. Join The Black Parade.

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Work hard, work often, and make music you enjoy. A. G. Corwin  |  47 reviewers made a similar statement
Both good songs. S. Weg  |  39 reviewers made a similar statement
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38 of 40 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Stunning Achievement October 24, 2006
Format:Audio CD
I'll be the first to admit it: I was not a fan of My Chemical Romance. This was exactly the type of band I had taken to ignoring; it sounded like pop-punk, so it had to be worthless in my eyes. My Chemical Romance was nothing more than a derivative band with no identity, a group who were more interesting in vampires and selling T-Shirts than in crafting essential music. My disinterest was such that when told by a friend that the new single (the epic "Welcome to the Black Parade") was actually good, I distractedly listened to the first three minutes and said I liked them. After all, I couldn't be missing much, could I?

It turns out that I was missing a lot, and in writing this, I'm going to eat my words. It was easy to dismiss My Chemical Romance before, but now it will be impossible. With The Black Parade, an urgent, passionate, insane, awesome piece of music, this band has become essential to the musical landscape. This is an album for the ages.

The Black Parade is a concept album, and tells the story of a man known only as The Patient, a victim of cancer. The album starts with the Patient's death, spends its midsection ruminating on the life he left behind, and ends with his good-byes. It's a hugely ambitious work, and it would have been so easy for it to implode into a sloppy, incoherent mish-mash of "sensitive", junior high level poetry and forgettable power chords.

That's the kind of thing the old MCR would do. It's what characterized their first two albums, their Goth-oriented fashion sense, everything about them. But that's the thing about this album: more than anything, it's a coming out for the new My Chemical Romance--a glorious, unapologetically theatrical behemoth. The Black Parade of the title is as much a celebration of this new sound as it is a rite of passage for the deceased protagonist.

Here we see MCR dipping their toe into all sorts of musical styles. "Mama" starts out as a baroque number reminiscent of The Decemberists, before evolving into an exuberantly nasty cabaret number (complete with a cameo by Liza Minelli). "Teenagers" is a throwback to some of the best punk rock of the 70's. The lyrics may not exactly be poetry, but they don't have to be. The juxtaposition between the bombastic grandiosity of the musical arrangements themselves and the direct, bruising quality of the lyrics (Cancer's icky "I'm soggy from the chemo" sticks in the mind) make for a sort of abrasive splendor; this is possibly the most triumphant album about death and dying that has ever been recorded.

None of this would matter of course, if the music itself wasn't up to snuff. Here, frontman Gerard Way reveals a previously untapped musicianship, an ability to make the hugeness of The Black Parade's sound remain fresh through the use of diverse instrumentation and irresistible hooks (something The Killers failed to do in their similarly anthemic but overcooked sophomore album). It isn't every band that manages not only to stick a tra-la-la sing-along at the end of a song song, but dare you not to sing along with it.

And now, as the Patient joins his Black Parade, as the hype dies down, as the implications of this astounding achievement make themselves known, questions arise: was it a fluke? Did My Chemical Romance always have this untapped potential? And, perhaps most importantly: what's next? All I have to say is this: Gerard, the ball is in your court.

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99 of 118 people found the following review helpful
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New Jersey has been the breeding ground for some very interesting and disparate musical sounds. Musicians like Springsteen and Bon Jovi paved the way for the hard working, blue-collar musical pedigree that symbolizes Jersey's everyman roots. Work hard, work often, and make music you enjoy. My Chemical Romance is a band whose work ethic and energy match that of their musical talent. Incorporating sounds from three generations of punk, rock, metal, and pop and even a bit of Broadway,"The Black Parade" delivers dark and morbid with enough punch and emotion to make it a record that needs to find a way into your collection.

The themes of death and dying are frequent on this album, especially in the first few tracks. The opener "The End" is a bombastic track that could have fit perfectly on Pink Floyd's "The Wall". It's symbolically abrupt ending segues into the energetic and fast-paced track "Dead". Heavy guitars propel the metal pounding of "This is How I Disappear" and continue on the gothic and melodic sound of "The Sharpest Lives". First single "Welcome to the Black Parade" showcases the signature sound of the band: loud, melodic, and anthemic. Though death is a constant in each track, ironically, so is life. Vocalist Gerard Way and company lace each track with enough melody and spirit to break through the dark themes.

Toning down with Way's emotionally pained vocals of "I Don't Love You", MCR kicks the guitars back up with the bass-driven hard sound of "House of Wolves". "Cancer" has a haunting and depressing chorus,"The hardest part of this, is leaving you.." but is a beautifully bitter look at a man dying in his hospital bed. "Mama" is another great track, starting with a jaunty melody that kicks into a lively chorus. "Sleep" doesn't really stand out, but "Teenagers" and "Disenchanted" are quite impressive. "Famous Last Words" is one of the best tracks on the album, blending multiple musical styles into a cohesive and entertaining mix that ends the album on a great note (there is a one minute long, bizarre and Beatle-esque hidden track called "Blood").

Clocking in at just over 52 minutes, "The Black Parade" is a wonderful collection of tracks. Elements of bands from Kiss to Queen to Green Day are clearly present, but so are shades of Broadway and opera; clearly My Chemical Romance has a sound incorporating many musical influences. The record's production values are solid; Frank Iero and Ray Toro's guitars are right in your face but Way's vocals get buried at times. Though dark thematically, emotionally, and lyrically, this album has enough life and commercial viability that it should meet with the same success as "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge". Fans of the band will find plenty to enjoy, and this could be the album that breaks them into the mainstream. For these Jersey boys, though, I think they will be quite content building their fan base the blue-collar way, one grand album at a time. Highly Recommended.

A.G. Corwin
St.Louis, MO
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Pop music? What do you mean by pop music? December 3, 2006
Format:Audio CD
Some people crack me up; punk rock is over thirty years old and we hear the same old arguments. They are selling out! It's poppy! WTF? Punk music CREATED what "pop" music would become--it was a way to sell mediocre bands for massive amounts of money, a.k.a. the Ramones and the Sex Pistols. And do not even try to argue that these later bands were musically talented. They were fun, but they were not Mozart. God. So please, do not even bring these "sell out" arguments into analyzing The Black Parade.

MCR was out to sell an album, but they were out to sell a GOOD album; they were out to make a musical composition. The Black Parade flows, and it all works together. It is not one or two good songs and a bunch of filler. It has a theme, and the music is correlated and emotional. Is it as dark as their other tunes? Probably not, but who the hell cares? Why do we have to be "as dark" in our music as humanly possible? What's wrong with a little bit of sweet melancholy?

Music isn't about being an identity or a culture. It's about making music. If it sells records, it doesn't mean its a bad album either. If you can listen to The Black Parade five times in a row and still not have it memorized, and still find yourself impacted emotionally, its a five star album. I think I've listened to this piece 8 or 9 times and I'm still loving it. So Buy it. Or download it. Whatever you do, don't knock on it because it wasn't what you expected.

If it wasn't what you expected that should be a GOOD thing. It means a band is experimenting, and MCR is taking this in a good direction. They're more developed than they used to be, and they're more musically complex. If a band isn't experimenting, they're dead.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic album, with one issue.
This album rocks. Plain and simple, almost every song is well written with huge memorable riffs and great hooks. Read more
Published 2 months ago by CustomGuitars87
2.0 out of 5 stars It was not the amended version.
I bought the amended version of this CD to get clean versions of the songs, especially the song "Teenagers". Read more
Published 3 months ago by Dennis R. Topper
3.0 out of 5 stars Good Condition
Plays fine, However I think that the CD was a burned copy from the Original.but its fine and the is still in very good condition.
Published 3 months ago by Hong Nguyen
5.0 out of 5 stars I will never grow out this album
Had all the My Chem CDs on my ipod until it broke last summer and didn't have all my music backed up. So had to buy it one more time. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Alejandra
5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful box set.
My box set of The Black Parade arrived quickly and in mint condition. It really is gorgeous to look at and the extras inside are great. Wonderful for a My Chemical Romance fan.
Published 4 months ago by Jesse Hodges
1.0 out of 5 stars poseur emo turd
Find a local college radio station to hear the real music before big business takes over all the airways - or hit the search button on your satellite radio and explore everything. Read more
Published 4 months ago by dee's sososikwitit
3.0 out of 5 stars Bought as a gift for diehard teen fan
Bought mp3 download. Recipient happy. Music is questionable, at best but a favorite of my niece. Wish there was a non-explicit version available & longer samples.
Published 4 months ago by Mary
5.0 out of 5 stars Music even a mother can love
My daughter has become quite infatuated with music from my era (60s, 70s, 90s, etc) to now. I no longer know where any of my cds are (her room). Read more
Published 4 months ago by Jennifer Johnson
4.0 out of 5 stars Very Impressed
I heard the brothers talk about the album in an interview with Kevin Smith, and bought it straight away. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Darren E. Ryan
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent.
I bought this boxed set for a friend and I wish I had one. It is an amazing album, the one that introduced me to the band.
Published 5 months ago by michelle calhoun
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MCR is the most creative and diverse band of the last 10 years
Thats so laughable it doesn't deserve a comment. There is nothing creative about being a craptastic emo band.
Nov 14, 2009 by Chuckie |  See all 9 posts
i would like to think mcr and amazon for not listing this crap under the...
you. are. so. effing. dumb.

you can;'t think of a better insult than "ya nerd". WOW. "ya nerd" is such a mature insult[/sarcasm]. Also, your views on punk are also immature. Punk doesn't give me any "rush". it's just simple music to me. Since what makes you the... Read more
Jul 23, 2007 by ClydeNut |  See all 12 posts
Where can I find song explanations?
I know this is late, but... there's a website called imnotokay.net - it's a fansite. I don't think you have to be logged in. Go on the message board - the link is on the right-hand side. Click on "Song Meanings" in the My Chemical Romance section. There is about two pages of songs, and... Read more
Jun 29, 2008 by B. Fischer |  See all 2 posts
take this emo and pop crap off of the punk rock listings and give real...
it drives me CRAZY that "punk rockers" feel the need to categorize EVERYTHING. ooohhh...green day isnt "punk" or My Chemical Romance" isn't "punk"...what the hell exactly IS punk, then? the ramones? the damned? stiff little fingers? what makes something... Read more
Dec 27, 2006 by Jeffrey Lees |  See all 25 posts
i would like to think amazon for not listing this album under punk rock!
dude i red one of ur other post and it said u had been with punk rock for over 20 yrs, which means ur like 35 or 40 yrs old...STOP RANTING ON AMAZON ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU HATE MCR! IT MAKES U SEEM LIKE A WINEY IDIOT! GO AWAY!!!
Apr 18, 2008 by Icefern...he he i combined my names :p |  See all 3 posts
Can I rip the songs from the cd and upload them onto my iPod?
I didn't have any problems getting all three MCR discs on my iPod.
Nov 29, 2007 by Justin G. |  See all 3 posts
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