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The Black Parade is a rock opera and the third studio album by New Jersey rock quintet My Chemical Romance. It was released on October 17, 2006, in Puerto Rico, October 19 in Ireland, on October 20 in Germany, internationally on October 23, October 24 in the United States and in Australia on October 28.[4] Like the band's first two albums, it is a concept album, centering around a character known as "the Patient," who potentially suffered an untimely death at a young age.

The album is produced by Rob Cavallo, who has produced every Green Day album since 1994, save for Warning:. The album was intentionally leaked in its entirety on October 19[5]. In an interview with MTV, the band said that the name "The Black Parade" was chosen due to a belief that death comes to individuals as their most powerful memory. The main character in the concept went to a parade with his father at a young age, therefore death comes to him as a "Black Parade". It debuted at #2 on the UK album chart, and #2 on the US Billboard, selling 240,000 copies, losing the top spot to Disney's Hannah Montana Soundtrack, far surpassing the 38,000 first week sales of previous album Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge [1]. The album debuted at #3 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart, going Gold (35,000+ copies shipped), and staying atop the chart in New Zealand and being certified Platinum there, for shipments of over 15,000.[6]

Many critics have stated the album has more elements of rock than elements of pop, and prefer it over Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge.

Influences

Gerard has cited Queen as a major influence [2]. The tonality of the guitar orchestration in "Welcome to the Black Parade," allegedly resembles the timbral qualities of the guitar orchestration done by Queen guitarist Brian May, especially in "It's a Hard Life" on the Queen album The Works. The opening and closing sections of "Welcome to the Black Parade" are highly reminiscent of the Queen song "Innuendo", the title track of the Queen album, and the Suit of Lights song, "Goodbye Silk City".

Gerard has also stated that the three albums which have the most similarity to this album, and some of the influences on this record, are Queen's A Night at the Opera, The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and Pink Floyd's The Wall. [3]

It has also recently been stated by Gerard Way that the Smashing Pumpkins album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness was an influence on this record and that he wishes the new album to echo the asthetics of Mellon Collie. [4] It can be noted that the album was released in the United States 11 years to the day after the release of Mellon Collie.

Versions

There are three versions of The Black Parade, all with the same tracks. One has a cardboard sleeve with a white background. Another has a black background. There is also special edition of the album. The product description is as follows... "The limited edition features a long skinny box with hinged lid, wrapped in black velveteen. The 72-page book in the box contains Gerard's drawings, making-of-the album notes from the band, and 4 special photo art cards, plus the CD."

Track listing

  1. "The End." – 1:52
  2. "Dead!" – 3:15
  3. "This Is How I Disappear" – 3:59
  4. "The Sharpest Lives" – 3:20
  5. "Welcome to the Black Parade" – 5:11
  6. "I Don't Love You" – 3:58
  7. "House of Wolves" – 3:04
  8. "Cancer" – 2:22
  9. "Mama" – 4:39 (featuring Liza Minnelli)
  10. "Sleep" – 4:43
  11. "Teenagers" – 2:41
  12. "Disenchanted" – 4:54
  13. "Famous Last Words" – 4:59
  14. "Blood" (Hidden Track) – 2:53

"Blood" (Hidden Track) can be heard on http://www.mychemicalromance.com/ in a journey to complete the quest of "The Patient" (the quest can be started by clicking on a gas mask link).

B-Sides

  1. "Heaven Help Us" – 2:56
  2. "Kill All Your Friends" - (Yet to Be Released)

Singles

Charts

"The Black Parade" - The Billboard 200 [5]
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
Chart Position
2
(240,636)
6
(86,000)
19
(54,140)
27
(41,156)
42
(43,382)
41
(32,694)
Total
240,636
326,636
378,000
421,932
465,314
498,008

"The Black Parade" - UK Albums Chart [6]
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
Chart Position
2
5
19
32
43
51

"The Black Parade" - United World Chart [7]
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
Chart Position
1
(381,000)
5
(196,000)
13
(131,000)
17
(108,000)
28
(105,000)
34
(94,000)
Total
381,000
577,000
708,000
816,000
921,000
1,015,000

"The Black Parade" - Australian Albums Chart [8]
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
Chart Position
3
9
12
17
18
29

"The Black Parade" - Israel Albums Chart [www.towerrecords.co.il]
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
Chart Position
15
11
10
7
5
3
1
2
1
6

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Stylus Magazine
  2. ^ Aversion
  3. ^ The Observer
  4. ^ "Alternative Press Magazine". AParticle. Retrieved Unknown. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "The Black Parade". The Black Parade Official Site. Retrieved Unknown. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "RIANZ". RIANZ Charts. Retrieved November 16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
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