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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.
12mo
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.
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.
Catch me air drumming to this
Favorite Tracks: Helena (So Long & Goodnight), You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison, I'm Not Okay (I Promise)
Least Favorite Tracks: The Ghost Of You, Interlude
Favorite Tracks: Helena (So Long & Goodnight), You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison, I'm Not Okay (I Promise)
Least Favorite Tracks: The Ghost Of You, Interlude
This thing is 15 years old and I must give it a hug for getting me into hard rock. It's still one of my, if not my favorite in that genre.
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge is such a heavy, emotional rush that's super addicting. Every track is a banger, with the closing track resonating especially well.
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge is such a heavy, emotional rush that's super addicting. Every track is a banger, with the closing track resonating especially well.
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
Favorite Jams: Hang Em High, You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison, To the End
Lest Favorite: Interlude
Pretty good for what it is. Just me personally I don't really connect to them as well as other people do and I get that.
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Track List
- Helena
- Give 'Em Hell, Kid
- To the End
- You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison
- I'm Not Okay (I Promise)
- The Ghost of You
- The Jetset Life Is Gonna Kill You
- Interlude
- Thank You for the Venom
- Hang 'Em High
- It's Not a Fashion Statement, It's a Fucking Deathwish
- Cemetery Drive
- I Never Told You What I Do for a Living
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7mo
Un album post-punk, orientato verso l'hardcore ma senza dimenticare la melodia. Non mi lascia impressioni profonde. Adolescenziale nella forma e nella sostanza e questo mi sembra questo l'aspetto migliore. Per il resto non vedo una particolare originalità e manca di compattezza.
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Added on: January 31, 2013