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100
This is an album which references music hall theatricality, marching band propaganda, religious pomp, punk energy and, perhaps more surprising than anything, an overarching sense of fun.
10y
91
Pristinely produced by regular Green Day collaborator Rob Cavallo, this album is not just the band’s most adventurous but also its best. The Black Parade also strongly suggests that, like its protagonist, the ”old” My Chemical Romance has pretty much breathed its last.
90
‘The Black Parade’ is an ostentatious concept-album-cum-rock-opera about death, and it’s about to turn the late MCR into the biggest band on the planet.
10y
90
Their strongest, most cohesive yet, even if it isn't quite as weird or compelling as it should be given the group's lofty ambitions.
10y
90
What’s really engaging is that The Black Parade is a concept album about death (physical, psychological, emotional; take your pick), yet even the most weepy sentiments are delivered with a swagger, a blistering guitar lead or a joyful, bouncy cadence.
80
The Black Parade may have the skeleton of their previous offerings but it has been fleshed out with an added confidence and swagger that lifts it above its peers and rubber-stamps their status as the most awe-inspiring band of their genre.
5mo
80
Not only have MCR never rocked harder, they've never sounded so mature, especially on the blood-and-tears ballad, I Don't Love You. The most bonkers album of the year, but one of the best.
80
Always the square peg in emo’s round hole, the New Jersey band’s third set sees them break out of the subculture in spectacular style.
80
The Black Parade, the New Jersey group’s third studio album, is the best mid-Seventies record of 2006, a rabid, ingenious paraphrasing of echoes and kitsch from rock’s golden age of bombast.
80
Instead of celebrating broken hearts, Way prefers theatrical open-heart surgery, stitching together the hyperactive unhappiness of his followers and, in the process, creating as much of a movement as possible in this boggy, bloggy musical moment.
10y
67
The style suits My Chemical Romance well. Its leap into Queen-style theatrics isn't much of a leap to begin with, as the band has always played style-conscious, highly dramatic music. Where other bands have deviated from punk into surprising new directions, The Black Parade sounds like the next logical step for My Chemical Romance.
10y
60
For all the urgency contained inside, it’s just too inconsistent for you to miss much if you decide not to check it out.
10y
60
They've succeeded at making a good big-dumb-rock record, but you get the sense they didn't mean for it to be quite this dumb.
60
Fans will be baffled, but this is magnificently deranged stuff.
Print Only
11mo
60
Despite its bleak outlook, this is a record big on nagging choruses and arm-punching emo punk that--more often than not--aims for the mainstream artery.
Print Only
5mo
47
Somebody get this motherfucker a smoothie.
20
New Jersey emo kings get ideas above their station.
I’m catching up on my ARTV-core lol. But really my full 40 minute reaction and review is on my YouTube channel
This album is massive not only from a sonic standpoint but through phenomenal writing and songs that are passionate and bombastic beyond belief. This album is a phenomenal statement that shows that emo music can be done right and it isn’t always a pissing contest of who can be the most edgy
There are many albums that change people. Some point to "Dark Side Of The Moon" or "Thriller" or many other great records. But for me, it's MCR's crazy, explosive, off the wall and perfectly intense tale of woe and death that changed something. Maybe in me, maybe in the world, and possibly both.
Favorite Jams: Everything (Especially Mama, Sleep, This Is How I Disappear)
Lest Favorite: Disenchanted
with 800 followers, i think it’s finally time to review the black parade. my favorite album of all time, the album that shaped me as a person, the album that helped me discover my love for music, the album that made me want to play guitar, and the album that got me through many hard times.
the first time i heard this album was on my tenth birthday. when i was 10, i pretty much only listened to whatever was on the radio and occasionally my dad’s old beastie boys cd. but i still ... read more
who let the emos get a hold of actual talent. who let them make songs as good as sleep. this should be illegal
Una reinvención total del formato del álbum conceptual, con toques ortodoxos, modernos, barrocos y trágicos. Estos elementos son ejecutados casi a la perfección, el trabajo de producción es excelente. Lamento no disfrutar de este trabajo en su totalidad, pero tengo la certeza de que es una experiencia imprescindible para los que tengan la oportunidad de conocerlo.
It’s invasively emo at points, where my enjoyment of it is lost. I cannot bear Teenagers; an obvious skip each time. But, this album as a whole can be quite the journey, an adventure through death that does make me really think, something not many albums do.
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Track List
| 1 | The End. 1:52 | 92 |
| 2 | Dead! 3:15 | 95 |
| 3 | This Is How I Disappear 3:59 | 94 |
| 4 | The Sharpest Lives 3:20 | 92 |
| 5 | Welcome to the Black Parade 5:11 | 96 |
| 6 | I Don't Love You 3:58 | 92 |
| 7 | House of Wolves 3:04 | 92 |
| 8 | Cancer 2:22 | 92 |
| 9 | Mama 4:39 | 95 |
| 10 | Sleep 4:43 | 94 |
| 11 | Teenagers 2:41 | 90 |
| 12 | Disenchanted 4:55 | 88 |
| 13 | Famous Last Words 4:59 | 92 |
| 14 | Blood 2:53 Hidden Track | 64 |
Total Length: 51 minutes
Year End Lists
| #5 | / | SPIN |
| #10 | / | NME |
| #20 | / | Rolling Stone |
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disenchanted their 5th most streamed song on spotify rn is actually really funny considering most people that listen to the album think its the worst song
Added on: January 31, 2013