My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys

Artist:

My Chemical Romance

UPC:

093624961833

See Also:

Bauhaus (UK) Siouxsie and the Banshees

Description:

Personnel: Jamie Muhoberac (keyboards); John Miceli (drums, percussion).
Audio Mixers: Chris Lord-Alge; Andrew Schubert; Brad Townsend.
Recording information: Lightning Sound Studio.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Steve Montano; Airi Isoda.
Swapping gothic pomp for metallic power pop, My Chemical Romance may streamline their excesses on Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, the sequel to their 2006 magnum opus The Black Parade, but they by no means excise their indulgences. Drama is hardwired within MCR, due in part to the leadership of Gerard Way, a lead singer who writes comic books on the side and can`t help but have his other calling seep into the fabric of Danger Days, constructing an absurd sci-fi narrative about a gang of anti-corporate renegades in the far-distant year of 2019. By setting their dystopia just nine years in the future, MCR run the risk of creating the rock & roll answer to Richard Kelly`s Southland Tales, but the near-nonsensical narrative is incidental on Danger Days. What matters is the sheer rush of sound: the riffs and hooks bash against each other, pushing the record forward at a breakneck speed; the band will suddenly swing from clenched punk rhythms to the strobe-light disco of "Planetary (GO!)." Certain references pop up, either in Way`s lyrics or in the buzzsaw guitars of Ray Toro and Frank Iero, these studied cultural allusions replacing teen angst as MCR`s touchstone, a shift that has the ultimate effect of lightening the band`s music considerably. There`s no emo bloodletting, no expressionist confrontations with death, just exaggerated adolescent anthems and calls to rebellion, just enough drama so this could be called cathartic by a certain generation, but for most listeners it`s crystallized fun, the purest rush My Chemical Romance has ever delivered. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Look Alive, Sunshine
2. Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)
3. Bulletproof Heart
4. SING
5. Planetary (Go!)
6. Only Hope for Me Is You, The
7. Jet-Star and the Kobra Kid/Traffic Report
8. Party Poison
9. Save Yourself, I`ll Hold Them Back
10. S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W
11. Summertime
12. Destroya
13. Kids from Yesterday, The
14. Goodnite, Dr. Death
15. Vampire Money

Album Information

Release Date:

11/22/2010

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Alternative

Label:

Reprise

Producer:

My Chemical Romance; Rob Cavallo

Catalog Number:

957

Original Release Year:

2010

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

53 : 56

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