My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade

Very moving.

This CD reminds me of that choked up feeling you get when you listen to Queen and you feel like the music is bigger than yourself. It really is beautiful, and passionate, and makes you feel alive. Epic. October 30, 2008

What made MCR.

I thought that this album would just be the same as the others but wow was it different! It was slightly like other songs in the way that they have taken bits of them to improve there old songs but I am not saying that the original stuff wasn't good but it could be better. The one song i am not sure about is i don't love you. This album has slightly gone over the top with things about death and breaking hearts. But I would suggest buying this album if you liked there previous stuff.

(Note: Written by JG) October 25, 2008

From Aversion.Com

"My Chemical Romance's confusion of maudlin with dark, light-metal riffs with rock and overwrought teenage melodrama with substance? Lame.

The replacement of its signature mascara-and-Hot Topic encrusted pop punk with an equal love of Styx-like prog wankery and glam-metal glossy riffs? Lame. Totally lame.

The marching-band drums, singer Gerard Way's over-pronounced delivery and fumbled attempts at epic arrangements in "Welcome to the Black Parade?" Lame.

Finding out "Cancer," the track Way tipped as the "darkest song ever," is a mere tear-jerker piano ballad that's more like Elton John's tribute to Death Be Not Proud than anything mustered by The Birthday Party, Joy Division or The Cure's Pornography? Lame.

Pretending to be The Black Parade instead of My Chemical Romance when recording this album? Lame.

The Queen-like operatic intro that opens up "Dead" and continues in "The Sharpest Lives?" Lame.

Shooting for the housewife and schoolgirl vote with a piano ballad that's the collaboration between Keane and Fall Out Boy we hope never happens in "I Don't Love You?" Lame.

The feeling you get after The Black Parade ends, when you can't figure if you just heard the worst prog-rock album ever, the worst off-Broadway soundtrack ever or the worst Goth-punk album ever? Lame.


Knowing it doesn't matter which of the three The Black Parade leans to most, as, when it's all said and done, over-the-top crap is over-the-top crap no matter where it comes from? Lame."

-Matt Schild

Now, I'm not exactly a goer of this website (I really don't care about professional websites, anyway), but I thought this was an apt description. This album bites and it still warrants another hideous one star review.

-/10 September 13, 2008

Bought for 13yo Daughter

Like the other parents that have enjoyed this music because of their kids, I have to say it is very theatrical, musically progressive and fun.
Yes, there is a parental advisory but I suggest you listen first before you judge. It has a few "potty words" but nothing extreme and I don't feel its really worthy of the label like some of the current mainstream music today.
If your kids ask for this one, give it a shot- you will most likely end up enjoying it yourself. September 13, 2008

Love this album!

(daughter of user)
I bought this album, having only heard "Welcome to the Black Parade" and "Famous Last Words". I was so excited to learn that the rest of the songs were absolutely amazing too! There's not one song on this CD that I don't like. My personal favorite, "I Don't Love You" was so different from the rest, a bit more mellow, but still great. Anyway, keep up the great work, MCR! August 11, 2008

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