Now…here’s an album which makes me come back for more. I haven’t felt this way about an album since We Were Born in A Flame by the Sam Roberts Band. Speaking about the Sam Roberts Band, I saw this hilarious interview with the band for This Hour Has 22 Minutes where the interviewer asked if Sam Roberts felt it was a sign that there was a band actually named after him and if that was how he decided to join. Hilarious.
Mike introduced me to My Chemical Romance, the emo/punk/whatever band whose singer wore a bullet-proof vest on stage for the last tour ‘just because’. I enjoyed their second album, didn’t really give their first album a chance, and was minutely turned off by their performance at the Scotiabank Place last year. So, I didn’t bother rushing out to get their third album The Black Parade.
But then I started reading the reviews. Comparisons between Ziggy Stardust and Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness? What album evokes such a review? The same reviews kept coming in – best of the 2000s! THE defining album for this musical age. Well, I had to pick it up.
I knew it was loosely based on a cancer patient dying so I figured it would be the standard morbid affair that My Chemical Romance is affiliated with (and embrace).
This album blew me away with it’s catchy hooks, soaring guitar lines (reminiscent of Queen sometimes) and a different vocal take from the singer this time around. I can’t put this album down and it is probably my second fave album of 2006 (next to Chemical City of course). I even picked a copy up for my sister. I hope she enjoys it.
iplaying: Spoonful of Sugar – Matt Mays (…When The Angels Make Contact)
One reply on “Review: My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade”
I completely agree Palmer. Not surprising though – you and I usually have the same taste in music and bands.
Anyway – some of my fav tracks from this album include: Mama, This is how I disappear, Sharpest Lives, and of course, Welcome to the Black Parade. Oh, I also like Dead quite a bit.