Everyone has to listen to this album. It's like a fish out of water, but in a very good way. With a Mick-Jagger-ish Gerard Way on vocals accompanied by Mikey Way on bass, Bob Bryar on drums, Frank Lero on rhythm guitar and Ray Toro on the lead guitar.
From start to finish this album does not fail to impress. It just blows you away. The album starts with 'The End' - a short, but brilliant song, very different from what we normally hear today on the radio - good different. But the song that stands out the most, that everyone needs to have, is 'Welcome To The Black Parade'. It's the first single that the band has officially released from their album and it's kick-ass. It's so unique, and it's build up is just fantastic. Personally, I love the intro which is a soft build up, ultimately leading to a bigger bang (no pun intended). It's so beautifully composed, combining heavy rock, choir-like vocals, hair-standing acoustics, voice effects (not the lame-Cher-type ones, but those that actually sound classy), guitar solos, good lyrics, effective breaks, sudden and good-surprising riff changes and an overall excellent arrangement of everything. I can't stop listening to it. Get it! NOW!
The beauty of this album is that My Chemical Romance have dared to be different. They have chucked the verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus formula and mounted on to a more anticipating approach to arranging music. They have combined different aspects, and experimented with a lot of different effects and combinations. They have emerged from among the ordinary, with something unique, just like Queen did when they took the world by storm with their mega-hit 'Bohemian Rhapsody', while everyone else seemed addicted to basic hard-core rock. Almost all songs on the album are worth a mention. 'Cancer', 'Mama', 'Sleep' and 'The Sharpest Lives' are all part of my 'listen-to-me-more-than-once' group.
This album is My Chemical Romance's third album. The first two were moderate hits. A song to listen to from their older album is 'Helena' - their biggest hit before 'Welcome To The Black Parade'. Anyway I am majorly in love with this album, and especially with that hell of a song. If you don't like it the first time, hear it again, give it some time - it'll grow on you, even though it's not a grows-on-song. It's just mind-blowingly brilliant.
Final Verdict: 9/10
It's an absolutely, brilliantly fantastic album, which is a must have for any rocker, or any person who likes the 'rock' genre of music. Enjoy it's uniqueness, and drift away into oblivion...
P.S. The last track is well, a 'hidden track'. It's really short and they have really messed around with it. They have given it a '40s feel to it. It's pretty cool - again brilliant. It's quite funny too. Have a listen... (hope I haven't over-praised the album - but hey, I am really enjoying it)
7 comments:
No, you haven't "over-praised" the album - it DOES rock!
Just listened to most of the songs - They rock!!
ello! Just youtubed them and found the video to the black parade. Definitely different and i can see why you compared them to queen, though Gerard Way is as far from Mick Jagger as one could go! Pretty good stuff.
Ta!
good find
hey harry,
hear 'The End' by them and then you'll find out why I said Gerard Way sounds like Mick Jagger!
But yeah, in 'Welcome To The Black Parade', he doesn't sound too much like mickey...i guess that's because of the numerous voice effects they have used in the song..
enjoy them...
An excellent album. I fell in love with almost all of the songs (Welcome To The Black Parade, House of Wolves, Cancer, The End). I've made it a habit "Welcome To The Black Parade" daily, and the song just doesn't seem to get on my nerves. I love the way the song transforms into the verse from the intro, it just gives me the chills everytime.
now that album is the sex! i absolutely loved it! the bass line is awsum, gerard's voice rawx! it's so great you can't even decide which song's the best! WAY TO GO MCR!!! xD
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