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I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love is the debut studio album by American rock band My Chemical Romance, released on July 23, 2002. The album was produced by Thursday vocalist Geoff Rickly at Nada Recording Studio in New Windsor, New York.[5]

Background and recording

I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love gave My Chemical Romance an underground following. However, the band did not break into the mainstream with the album. Later, My Chemical Romance broke into the mainstream with its second studio album, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. During the recording of I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, the lead vocalist of My Chemical Romance, Gerard Way, had to perform vocals while having a dental abscess, making vocal work very difficult for him.[6]

Style and lyrical themes

I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love has a raw sound featuring guitar riffs, very energetic vocals and occasional screaming. Despite being sold under the post-hardcore and alternative rock genres,[7] it is considered an emo album with strong influences from punk rock, hardcore punk and heavy metal.[8][9][4][10]

I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love is often regarded as a concept album. It involves two Bonnie and Clyde-esque characters who are eventually gunned down in the desert. On My Chemical Romance's next album, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004), the unnamed man supposedly then finds himself in purgatory, where he makes a deal with Satan: his hellbound lover for the souls of a thousand evil men. He is then resurrected and sent on his gruesome task.[11] Though it is generally accepted by the group's core fanbase, this has led some to attribute its supposed existence to over-analysis on the part of hardcore fans.[12] The alleged storyline is not confirmed by the band, but some evidence includes:

  • The following album's cover, named "Demolition Lovers" (As is the final song on I Brought You My Bullets...) and its interior artwork (including the text that reads "The story of a man, a woman, and the corpses of a thousand evil men.")
  • The lyrical themes of the final songs on both of the band's first two albums, which are "Demolition Lovers" and "I Never Told You What I Do for a Living". The lyrics of the latter include "They gave us two shots to the back of the head and we're all dead now" suggesting that the character (if it is linked to the storyline) has been killed and has failed in saving his lover from Hell.
  • The song "It's Not a Fashion Statement, It's a Fucking Deathwish" from Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge also includes themes of a man rising from his grave, who suggests that his purpose in doing so is to commit a murder.

Another theme apparent on the album is the nature of vampires, as in both the undead creatures and, metaphorically speaking, those who seek to corrupt and exploit others.[13] The song "Skylines and Turnstiles" was written shortly after the September 11 attacks and expressed feelings of sorrow and loss,[14] and "Early Sunsets over Monroeville" was inspired by the George A. Romero film Dawn of the Dead. Gerard himself describes it as "a sweet song about Dawn of the Dead", with the lyrics using references from the film. Before the September 11 attacks, Gerard was working as a comic book writer and animator. He was working on a vampire comic (which he never completed), and has also said that is the reason for the vampires in the lyrics.

Release and promotion

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[15]
Alternative Press[3]
Drowned in Sound[16]
IGN7.9/10[17]
Rolling Stone[18]
The Guardian[19]

Text on the disc reads, "Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws and will result in Gerard coming to your house and sucking your blood."[20] The album was re-released on vinyl on February 3, 2009, with a clear as well as white and red edition. It has sold over 300,000 copies in the USA as of February 2009, also achieving a Gold sales status certification for sales of over 100,000 copies in the UK.

The 2005 and 2009 re-releases of the album contain a bonus Eyeball Records sampler CD. There are several different versions of the sampler, and each one contains different tracks. Since the closure of Eyeball Records, this album is currently out of print on every format. The album is very rare in the United States, however it returned to iTunes in on September 23, 2016; the album was also brought to Spotify and Google Play the same day.

To promote the album, My Chemical Romance played in bars and clubs around New Jersey. Tour manager Brian Schechter noticed the band performing and thought the band would be perfect for opening for the band The Used. Eventually, Schechter became the manager for My Chemical Romance and I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love was noticed by Reprise Records, a major record label connected to Warner Bros. Records. Reprise Records signed My Chemical Romance in 2003.[21]

Track listing

All tracks are written by My Chemical Romance, except for "Romance"

No.TitleLength
1."Romance"1:02
2."Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us"3:51
3."Vampires Will Never Hurt You"5:26
4."Drowning Lessons"4:23
5."Our Lady of Sorrows"2:05
6."Headfirst for Halos"3:28
7."Skylines and Turnstiles"3:23
8."Early Sunsets Over Monroeville"5:04
9."This Is the Best Day Ever"2:13
10."Cubicles"3:51
11."Demolition Lovers"6:06
Total length:41:12
Re-release/iTunes deluxe edition bonus videos
No.TitleLength
1."Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us" (video)3:53
2."Vampires Will Never Hurt You" (video)5:37
Total length:50:42

Charts

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalogue
Japan March 25, 2009 Warner CD WPCR13347
United Kingdom April 12, 2004 Eyeball, 20:20 9866233
United States July 23, 2002 Eyeball EYE20022
June 21, 2005 7200222
February 3, 2009 LP EYE20059
October 9, 2015 Reprise 550187-1

Personnel

My Chemical Romance
Production
  • Produced by Geoff Rickly
  • Tracks 3 and 8 Produced by Geoff Rickly and Alex Saavedra
  • Recorded and mixed by John Naclerio 5/15/02 - 5/25/02 at Nada Studios, New Windsor, NY
  • Mastered by Ryan Ball at Checkmate Sound & Recording, Suffern, NY
  • Original artwork, layout, and design by Marc Debiak and Gerard Way
  • Photos by Alex Saavedra

References

  1. ^ "Happy Birthday, Gerard Way: Wake-Up Video". Newsroom. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  2. ^ "An Obituary For My Chemical Romance - NME.COM". NME. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "My Chemical Romance - I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love - Alternative Press". Alternative Press. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  4. ^ a b Ritt, Megan (July 5, 2009). "Guilty Pleasure: My Chemical Romance – I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love". Consequence of Sound.
  5. ^ "Chemical reactions". Kerrang!. 1425. London: Bauer Media Group: 21. July 28, 2012. ISSN 0262-6624.
  6. ^ Garland, Emma (January 30, 2015). "Gerard Way and Geoff Rickly Reflect on the Intertwined History of My Chemical Romance and Thursday". NOISEY.
  7. ^ "My Chemical Romance: I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love: Music". Amazon.com. ASIN B00006EXL5. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  8. ^ "I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love". IGN. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  9. ^ "My Chemical Romance - I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love". Alternative Press. 23 July 2002. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  10. ^ Loftus, Johnny. "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge - My Chemical Romance". AllMusic.
  11. ^ Demolition Lovers song meanings (imnotokay.net)
  12. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. The Black Parade review at Allmusic
  13. ^ "Gerard Way Biography". Mcraddiction05.tripod.com. 1977-04-09. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
  14. ^ Sharpe-Young, Garry. New Wave of American Heavy Metal. Zonda Books Limited, 2005. ISBN 0-9582684-0-1.
  15. ^ Henderson, Alex. "I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love - My Chemical Romance". AllMusic.
  16. ^ "Reviews - Albums - My Chemical Romance - I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 2007-07-09. Retrieved 2012-04-29. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ Jesse Lord (2004-08-04). "I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love - Music Review at IGN". Music.ign.com. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
  18. ^ "My Chemical Romance: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2012-04-29. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  19. ^ Caroline Sullivan (April 9, 2004). "Pop CD: My Chemical Romance, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love | Music | The Guardian". London: Arts.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
  20. ^ Music with a Warning Label (amiright.com)
  21. ^ La Bella 2008, p. 23.
  22. ^ id MUST BE PROVIDED for UK CERTIFICATION.
  23. ^ "American album certifications – My Chemical Romance – I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 25 July 2012.

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