Track Listing

1. Helena
2. Give 'Em Hell Kid
3. To The End
4. You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison
5. I'm Not Okay (I Promise)
6. Ghost Of You
7. Jetset Life Is Gonna Kill You
8. Interlude
9. Thank You For The Venom
10. Hang 'Em High
11. It's Not A Fashion Statement It's A Deathwish
12. Cemetery Drive
13. I Never Told You What I Do For A Living

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2937 in Music
• Released on: 2004-09-06
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

CD Description
Major label debut from the New Jersey indie-punk outfit, following on from 2002's 'I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love'. Following a similar formula to their debut this album blends the dark atmosphere of bands such as Joy Division and Cursive with melodic hooks and howling vocals ina similar way to AFI and in some respects The Cure though with a definite pop-punk influence throughout. More polished than its predecessor this album contains the single 'I'm NotOK (I Promise)'.

Customer Reviews

No 'difficult' second album problems here...
B00025ETIW - Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge - My Chemical Romance

Geoff Rickly, frontman of Thursday, mixed My Chemical Romance's debut LP, and without wanting to sound overtly cynical, their almost instant recognition was perhaps attributable to Rickly. Nevertheless 'I Bought you my Bullets...' was a fine album in its own right: raw, angry and energetic.
Thursday's last release, 'War All the Time', exhibited many of the flaws endemic to the whole post-hardcore genre, there were certainly some excellent tracks such as 'Steps Ascending', 'Marches and Manoeuvres' and 'Asleep In the Chapel', but on the whole, the album was too-refined: a somewhat diluted version of the masterpiece that was 'Full Collapse'. However with their sophomore effort, My Chemical Romance have managed to avoid the trap that Thursday fell-into: the production on 'Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge' is brilliantly, and quite deliberately crude, the songs still brim with persistent energy and the lyrics are sinister and engaging.

It is to their great credit that My Chemical Romance manage to sound effervescent without sounding 'poppy' enough to alienate hardcore fans. There are as many screams as sing-along choruses, and they even manage some impressive axe-work too on 'Thank You For The Venom'. Sitting on the fence can be a dangerous tactic, but here it works nicely, the more accessible moments mitigate the cathartic riffs, the frenetic tempos and Gerard Way's semi-screaming.
Despite the seemingly mandatory inclusion of a slower song ('The Ghost Of You'), and a short interlude song, (imaginatively titled 'Interlude'), the album maintains a high quality throughout. 'I'm Not Okay (I Promise)' tears along at a crazy pace, which becomes almost metaphoric for the borderline-insane lyrical content. Like Thursday, the lyrics are a non-stop barrage of vivid poetic images (despite Way's protestation "Sister, I'm not much a poet, but a criminal"): 'Cemetery Drive' is at once morbid and compelling, 'You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison' conjures dark sketches of crime scenes and album opener 'Helena' is a tear-stained obituary. It's all very stylised and, for want of a better word, rather arty. But brushing aside album sleeves and words, My Chemical Romance have produced a blistering post-hardcore record.

'Three Cheers...' breathes life into what is rapidly becoming a tiresome and bromidic genre. My Chemical Romance's coarseness and dynamism will help to ensure they are not labelled as pretenders to the Emo throne, and at least on a vocal level they sound more like a good old fashioned hardcore-punk band rather than would-be bandwagoneers. Any fears of a bigger label pacifying their sound have clearly been allayed, and we can only hope that their future output is of comparable quality.

My chem rom's best album
I think this second offering from My chemical romance is their best album yet - better than their most recent offering "The black parade", which i also rated 4 stars. There are several really good/strong songs on here that could have all been released as singles in their own right. The songs are hard to classify but are probably best described as catchy pop-influenced emo with somke goth/punk/metal influences. Standout tracks include "I'm not okay", "you know what they do to guys like us in prison" and my personal favourite "give em hell kid." I would say that you shouldn't knock this band until you've tried them as they are surprisingly good with several very catchy songs on this album. In short, i would say this is a must for anyone who enjoys any of My chemical romance's other stuff and it is a good place for anyone new to the band to start with. Buy it now if you like band's such as aiden or funeral for a friend. Best served loud!

Bitter and Ferocious New Hardcore
'Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge' is a much more refined and consistent release than their debut album 'I Brought You My Bullets...". Such a marked improvement is this second album that it has risen through the ranks of Hardcore and I don't feel too presumptuous to say set them as one of the top in the genre. The developed sound can be extremely catching; "To The End" and "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" demonstrate this strongest. What is most striking about MCR is their strong harmonies that produce their signature sound with Robert Way's biting and bitter retorts, flawlessly executed on "Thank You For The Venom". The most captivating element of the album is its seemingly endless energy; apart from the Interlude the album runs from start to finish with the pace of a runaway train, only brief pauses offering respite.

Normally on such exceptional sounding works there can be a loss in strength or sharpness of lyrics but you will not find that here. The lyrics supplement the music as perfectly as their switching of riffs builds up each verse and chorus. There are still many elements that MCR haven't tapped into but have demonstrated such as the build up of the softer "Cemetery Drive". This album really stands out from most hardcore albums and leaves enough for future albums to improve on so don't miss out on the rise to the top for MCR.