Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge
by My Chemical Romance

From dmercado 11/08/2013 23:57 | #91307 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

When I was 13, this album would have received a 100. But I am 21 now and while my consumption of alcohol has only increased, my exuberance for music that gets teenage blood pumping has sobered. Plenty of other bands have fallen by the wayside, but My Chemical Romance remains as one of my picks for best acts of the mid-2000's. Their image is often marred by their association with the late emo punk scene, leading to countless accusations of whiny three chord noise made in the garage of somebody's mom.

But I'm willing to put my neck out for this band because I believe they are not properly merited. Three Cheers exhibits tremendous ambition by attempting to exhibit the fatalistic dramatics of The Smiths in a hardcore-inspired punk setting. Gerard Way is crafty with his singing, balancing between anthemic melodies, melodramatic sound effects, and exasperated screams. Ray Toro's guitar contributions are indispensable - his technical solo virtuosity bring in a late 80's metal energy and intricacy that only a few other bands at the time, namely Avenged Sevenfold, were displaying. The result is an album that is incredibly bloated, yet earnest. MCR had some work to do in improving their chops and sound diversity, but they came up with the exact sound they were looking for, and this indulgence in theatrics earned them a considerable loyal following. (Edited)

From ShaneSpear TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/15/2011 03:03 | #24432 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

I disagree. I think this is the best album they have done. It's no masterpiece, but Helena is a very good song. There other single I'm Not Okay has a pretty funny video in a tribute to Rushmore. I do agree that Give Em Hell Kid is pretty good as well as The Ghost of You. So that's about four positives, which is about four more positives than the rest of their releases combined. (Edited)

From ChiefKakashi 10/18/2011 21:54 | #28655 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

I used to love this album, but now the only track I really like is "Helena"... (Edited)

Super nostalgic, it was great while it lasted, but admittedly hasn't aged that well. (Edited)

Probably a band and album you have to have had to had grown up during their glory years. Though the dark times and emo vibe get a little annoying after a while the music and guitar work is awesome and mostly makes up for it. It’s a great introductory album to the emo genre. (Edited)