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The Black Parade [Original recording]

My Chemical RomanceAudio CD
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (321 customer reviews)

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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 (321 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,335 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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Both good songs. S. Weg  |  52 reviewers made a similar statement
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40 of 42 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.
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21 of 23 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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30 of 35 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful. October 25, 2006
Format:Audio CD
Okay, I'll be the first to admit... I had my hopes that this album would be amazing, but at the same time I couldn't bring myself to believe that My Chemical Romance could possibly exceed both of their previous albums. After I heard the rumors that the new CD's title would be "The Rise and Fall of My Chemical Romance", my hopes kind of fell into a rather large hole. You'd be amazed to know how something as small as a CD title can affect my brain--it seems silly, but I began to not expect much from them.

Finally, I heard about The Black Parade... my hopes skyrocketted because I started hearing more and more good things about the album. And upon purchasing it yesterday, it has not left my home, car, and work CD player. It's on constant repeat. I'm so, so, so happy to say that I was not disappointed by MCR. This album has only served to increase my absolute love of this band.

Okay. They've changed their sound. The music isn't as dark... but the LYRICS. The lyrics are still MCR. They still scream bloody murder WE. ARE. MY. CHEMICAL. ROMANCE. Even if the music or Gerard's voice are both different from their first two albums, who cares? The band is growing. I happen to like Three Cheers and Bullets equally. I don't think MCR would want to sound the same time after time after time... To me, an album is an expression of where you are in life at that particular moment. The lyrics and music SHOULD reflect this, and it shouldn't matter if it's creating a different sound or not. MCR's music is just about as much for them as it is for their fans, if not more. We should remember this as fans of their music and not write them off as complete has-beens because they've been featured on MTV one too many times. Just because they have a new sound DOES NOT mean they've sold out.
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5.0 out of 5 stars My love for My Chemical Romance is unceasingly growing everyday
I've loved My Chemical Romance since I was eight, and 9 years later I'm a thousand times the fan I was back then. This album is, in one word, flawless. Read more
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One of their best! Absolutely LOVE MCR!! Includes bonus music videos. A definite MUST have for MCR fans every where.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite cds ever!!
I pretty much love every song on the album, which is pretty rare for me. The songs are all very different from each other but it just works!
Published 28 days ago by Lisa
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 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 5 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 5 months ago by dee's sososikwitit
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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
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
Is it me?
Yes, and in fact the band has gone on the record crediting The Doors "Alababama Song" as inspiration for "Mama".
Nov 28, 2006 by ifelloutofit |  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
www.theblackparde... - free listen
Note the URL is misspelled. It should be http://www.theblackparade.com/
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