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90
The disc, which opens with Gerard Way’s breathlessly compelling delivery of the mournful “Helena,” holds up as a cohesive collection of tracks that skirt the line between pop-punk and edgy, theatrical emo.
82
The beauty in Three Cheers lies in that mutability: It took the quotidian drama of suburban kids and blew it up into a life-or-death soap opera. Instead of digging its heels further into the pressures of adolescence, the album attempted to transcend them; in a world of Judy Blumes, it read like Stephen King.
80
There's no question of Reprise's high hopes for My Chemical Romance and Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. But its accessibility pays tribute to anger and bullet holes in black leather.
80
Though TCFSR doesn’t quite set MCR apart from today’s screamo crop (it sits rather comfortably between releases from AFI and Avenged Sevenfold), it’s nevertheless a fine, thrilling mix of sounds and ideas from a band with the potential to go deep and far.
10mo
60
Sweet Revenge has the same shout-along choruses, speedy drums and horror themes that fueled Glenn Danzig's old outfit, but it also adds cool metal licks and a sneaky sense of humor.
50
The thing is, you have to take the album for what it is. It's slightly dark, slightly violent, slightly weird pop punk, that tries to be unique, but is generic all the same.
Fast. Intense. Groovy. Big. Overbearing. Exciting. And goddamn entertaining. That's really all you need for a review. Listen to it.
Favorite Jams: Hang Em High, You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison, To the End
Lest Favorite: Interlude
“Three Cheers” is a massive step-up compared to “Bullets” on all fronts. From the production being 10x more slick and kicked up compared to the LoFi-ed mess that most tracks were on the last album. Gerards vocals sound so much better on here, as he now has that control on his voice that really made their material special in the first place. Then we have the lyrics on here, and while I definitely don’t exactly think the lyrics are the strongest out there, i mean ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Helena (So Long & Goodnight) 3:22 | 95 |
| 2 | Give 'Em Hell, Kid 2:18 | 89 |
| 3 | To the End 3:01 | 90 |
| 4 | You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison 2:53 | 93 |
| 5 | I'm Not Okay (I Promise) 3:07 | 92 |
| 6 | The Ghost of You 3:22 | 94 |
| 7 | The Jetset Life Is Gonna Kill You 3:37 | 88 |
| 8 | Interlude 0:57 | 76 |
| 9 | Thank You for the Venom 3:41 | 92 |
| 10 | Hang 'Em High 2:47 | 89 |
| 11 | It's Not a Fashion Statement It's a Deathwish 3:30 | 88 |
| 12 | Cemetery Drive 3:08 | 90 |
| 13 | I Never Told You What I Do for a Living 3:51 | 92 |
Total Length: 39 minutes
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1w
I'm not sure whether ratings are still allowed for this one, but You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison is one of the greatest things I've ever heard in my life, and will probably wind up being my first 100. I want some of whatever deranged homoerotic vaudeville bullshit the narrator is smoking.
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Added on: January 31, 2013