My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
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Artist: My Chemical RomanceEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2010-11-22
Music Label: Reprise
Product features:
- CHEMICAL ROMANCE MY DANGER DAYS: THE TRUE LIVES OF FABULOUS
- Look Alive, Sunshine
- Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)
- Bulletproof Heart
- SING
- Planetary (GO!)
- The Only Hope For Me Is You
- Jet-Star And The Kobra Kid/Traffic Report
- Party Poison
- Save Yourself, I'll Hold Them Back
- S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W
- Summertime
- DESTROYA
- The Kids From Yesterday
- Goodnite, Dr. Death
- Vampire Money
Music reviews of Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
Music Review: Variety. It's what made The Beatles so great.
Rating: 5 Stars
My Chemical Romance (MCR) is definitely my favorite current (still together and making albums) band. While not a long time follower I checked them out after hearing Welcome to the Black Parade on the radio in a diner while on vacation. I liked the song so much I remembered some of the lyrics to look it up when I got home. Needless to say I love The Black Parade and Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge. I do like a few songs off of their first LP, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, but it wouldn't have hooked me like their other two albums.
Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys is MCR's first album in four years and has been highly anticipated by fans. I can honestly say I like the direction that they're headed here with a lighter tone than the past three albums. Those are excellent albums and I still love listening to them but I'm really glad they've changed things up some. I'll go through the track listing and give my personal opinion of each track. Note that I'm no critic and these are just my own feelings on each of the songs. Tracks 1, 7 and 14 are Dr. Death Defying talking so no ratings for those.
Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na) - 3/5 stars. The first single and the song that most of us heard first as well. It's a pretty straight forward rocker with a chorus that just begs to be sung along with. I wasn't crazy about it at first but it's grown on me a little.
Bulletproof Heart - 5/5 stars. A superb track that I loved the first time I heard it. I wouldn't call it a power ballad but it's not far off. Carries a fantastic chorus that really showcases Gerard Way's voice.
Sing - 4/5 stars. Another song I that has grown on me since my first listen. A slower tune that's different from anything else I've heard before from MCR. I love the strong bass line along with Way's soaring vocals during the chorus's. Some critics have made comparisons to Aerosmith's "Dream On" but I don't see it.
Planetary (GO!) - 3/5 stars. Way had gone on record saying that he wanted this song to get people to dance and I think he'll have no problem accomplishing that. Definitely makes you want to jump up and down.
The Only Hope For Me Is You - 5/5 stars. Like Bulletproof Heart I loved this one the first time I heard it as well. The slow and beautiful intro reminded me a little of The Beatles "Across the Universe" till it blasts into a hard hitting techno beat and then to a [...]rocker during the chorus.
Party Poison - 2/5 stars. Pretty straight forward punk rocker. No soaring vocals or catchy chorus's here. Not one of my favorites.
Save Yourself, I'll Hold Them Back - 5/5 stars. My favorite on the album. This totally awesome song reminds me of a classic 80's arena rocker with a chorus as incredible as Famous Last Words from their last album.
S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W - 4/5 stars. Influences from Led Zeppelin and Sgt Pepper era Beatles are certainly present here. Gerard's voice is distored in an almost dreamlike way. Very psychedelic indeed.
Summertime - 4/5 stars. The Cure's influence can definitely be heard on this beautiful ballad. The instumental solo is wonderfully uplifting. The first time I heard I couldn't believe MCR had wrote this. You could just pluck this beauty out a Billboard list from the 80's.
DESTROYA - 4/5 stars. An incredible drum beat punctuates this song. Much faster with a Beastie Boy meets Rage Against The Machine sound. While driving I just want to pound on my steering wheel to the beat of this tune.
The Kids From Yesterday - 4/5 stars. I feel a little U2 in this one. Another slower song that makes me just want to sing along. And you gotta love that cowbell!
Vampire Money - 2/5 stars. I've heard a lot of people who have voiced their love for this one but I just couldn't get into it. Like Party Poison this one's feels like a punk rocker as well.
Well, that's the album and my feelings on it. I have heard the two B-Sides, We Don't Need Another Song About California and Zero Percent, that were released around this album. I really like We Don't Need Another Song About California and felt that it should have been included on the album. Zero Percent wasn't bad either but can see why it was cut. Definitely felt like a throwback to their earlier stuff.
I said in my title that variety was what made The Beatles so great and I feel that MCR has pulled off something that many bands try and don't succeed at. It's hard to write outside of your niche and be successful at it. While many may argue that MCR hasn't done anything new please remember that The Beatles had also been influenced by other music when writing many of the songs that have been embedded into our brains.
Description of Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys is the first studio album from My Chemical Romance since 2006's The Black Parade and was produced by new Warner Bros. Records Chairman Rob Cavallo, who produced The Black Parade as well as albums by Dave Matthews Band, Jawbreaker, and The Goo Goo Dolls, among many others.Alternative Rock CDs
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