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Universal acclaim- based on 790 Ratings
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Positive: 708 out of 790
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Mixed: 19 out of 790
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Negative: 63 out of 790
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CatherineLJan 18, 2007Best album of the year, loved every song.
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SuzanneJJan 19, 2007MCR r the best band eva i never buy any CD's but i had 2 av this album so i got it
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MeganPJan 25, 2007Best ever!!!
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SeanSJan 29, 2007
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carahJan 31, 2007i think it is AMAZING people say its like green day's 'american idiot'.......uhm no american idiot isn't all catchy and theatrical. i recommended it to all my friends. love it
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ValVilFeb 15, 2007This is one of the few albums that actually has a meaning behind it. Every part of every song has a purpose. Plus, they sound great.
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JimHFeb 17, 2007
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BriannaLFeb 18, 2007
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MabelysMFeb 6, 2007My Chemical romance had succed once again, in showing the real meaning of music. I havent hear a CD this good since a long time ago, it had that old-school-rock edge but with My Chemical romance written all over it. I give it a 10
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mariapMar 23, 2007MCR is one of the best bands and this is a great album. sure it has songs about death, but hey death is real. it has death, but it also has hope ("famous last words").
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coledMar 29, 2007One of the best cd's EVER!!!
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JustinS.Mar 7, 2007this album is total awesomeness!!! i just don't get why people are giving it low scores. if u hate MCR then why bother listening to it and give it a bad score? Its WAY better than the crap hip hop and gangsta rap that we have today like 50 cent and jim jones or whoever sings that crap basketball song that proves rappers think they are better than everyone else.
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BethLApr 12, 2007This is good, though it could use less cussing. I like how they approach death in a straightforward, in-your-face kind of way.
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jyotirmayadApr 19, 2007i like the energy in this album... it is indeed one good album for MCR... a step up as they say... up to where still resonates in my mind... such a wild record... yeah, i love it!!!
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MCRobsessionApr 21, 2007My mom absolutly HATEs it, she thinks it is depressing and all they talk about is death... NO they are about carrying on through the shitty times and NOT killing yourself, they do not worship suiside... or satent for that fact, i love this cd and mcr and it could very well be the soundtrack to my life... btw, if you think this album, let alone mcr is crappy and fake... SUCK IT!!!!!
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xxhopingtearsxxApr 29, 2007This was the best album by My Chemical Romance.. Unlike it's previous albums which sounds like a man focusing to fit the word "Earl" with every word.
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AlyssaDApr 4, 2007This album is wonderful. It has very heartfelt,beautiful lyrics sung by someone with an insanely good voice with alot of talent that he puts to use. Love this. A must buy!
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TrishL.gJun 17, 2007I haven't been this excited about an album in awhile. F'ing awesome.
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LindsayA.Jun 29, 2007I love this album!
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ruthaAug 11, 2007I love this album.. especialy "I don't Love you" and "disenchanted" song Its wonderful!
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MCRFAug 12, 2007great album, my favourite song is I don't Love You, and all the songs are great.
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jessicahAug 14, 2007
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SmileyR.Aug 2, 2007One of my favorite CD's EVER! if you haven't listened to it...your missing out BIG time.
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emoD.Sep 12, 2007This album rocks! All the songs are great, there are only 2 songs ont he whole album that i dont like, but all the rest are top quality. But beware, this album is quite different from mcr's older albums.
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LimSHSep 15, 2007
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MissROct 17, 2008Different to the previous one, but it's fantastic. If It was exactly the same, then it woldn't be good. all the songs are great, and gerard's brash voice matches the songs perfectly, and the theme is united as well. It's an experience of listening to someone's story though music.
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mewtwo62Feb 7, 2008There is absolutely no favoritism in this album. you'll definitely find yourself listening to the whole CD straight and skipping absolutely NOTHING. this is a must buy for new time and old time MCR fans. what the hell, this is a must buy for every single alternative rock fan on the planet! three cheers for the black parade!
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JakeMar 12, 2008
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JoshL.Jul 19, 2008A great album with some awsome songs like Teenagers, I don't love you, Welcome to the black parade, the sharpest lives, dead!, and famous last words.
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rotflsryraecouldnthelpbutsendspamApr 27, 2009
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RyanBNov 1, 2006
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LeeNov 16, 2006
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MadelineHNov 18, 2006This is on the whole, a good, even great album with well structured songs with good lyrics. The best track is Teenagers, and many of the songs have the ability and potential to be huge.
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BobLNov 20, 2006Amazing. Purely amazing, full of emotion and great vocals. The lyrics are great.
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VeronicaNov 20, 2006Amazing album. Literally every song is fantastic. They're my favorite band right now, they're all I listen to. They better rack up all kinds of Grammys next year.
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DGNov 24, 2006Surprsingly original for the current day. It is melodic and echoes of wall-of-sound recordings from the sixties and seventies.
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JimmyHNov 3, 2006
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JimboNov 5, 2006This album is uncomparable. It completely changes all the mindless punk lyrics that we hear way too much and puts a meaning behind them. The track "Cancer" is one of the most compelling songs I've ever heard...you just don't hear tracks like that from other bands in their category, whatever category you think they're in.
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alyssalNov 7, 2006this is the greatest album in the world, thank you very much!
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MichaelSDec 19, 2006I bought it last weekend and it's amazing...I'm too old to know anything about Emo, but I know what I like!
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thommytDec 22, 2006love this album. a vast improvement over the previous album. cancer, i dont love you, teenagers, mama, welcome to the black parade dead, the end.cmon. gotta love this one
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GabiSDec 25, 2006This is the best album evere!!! they do deserve a ten score!
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OriDOct 23, 2006So darkly devious that it radiates
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JoshNOct 23, 2006
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ChrisOct 23, 2006Actual Score: 9.3 (metacritic doesnt allow decimals)
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DaveDOct 23, 2006Absolutely FANTASTIC. No Need to even had to defend that. Listen for yourselves!!! Way to go guys the BEST ROCK album of the year so far.
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ZachPDec 4, 2006"The Black Parade" is definitly worth the listen. It has incredible lyrics. If you loved "Three Cheers..." prepare to love this one. It is completely different.
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TerrieGOct 24, 2006Pushes the envelope in lots of different directions. Power ballads and polkas. Creative and energetic. If you "bah humbug" this cd, you might as well go back to your Buddy Holly collection and pretend rock died with him.
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KonronOct 25, 2006I'm no fan of emo, but this new album doesn't sound very emo at all, considering what band it came from. It's catchy, dramatic, like some kind of Broadway punk musical with plenty of nods to Queen and Pink Floyd. Color me pleasantly surprised; this is definitely one of the year's best.
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DrakenaDDec 6, 2006Pretty damn good.... getting a little poppy, hopefully if they ever make another album it will be more like there very first album which i quite enjoyed. Now i must go play source.
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MattD.Oct 26, 2006Emo taken to a new level! I never thought it could be this fun.
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CoreyHDec 6, 2006
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DarrenSOct 27, 2006
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LiamKDec 7, 2006
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AdamTOct 28, 2006It's surprisingly amazing.
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ColinHOct 28, 2006Friggen amazing. Makes Green Day's "American Idiot" feel like NSync. This is the way modern rock should be. "Disenchanted" may be the best song of the year.
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RafaelCOct 29, 2006
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rockom.Oct 29, 2006I wasn't a fan of My Chemical Romance before this. My girlfriend fell in love with them and I sort of resented their theatrics. But, this album has made a fan of me. It's impressively organized and by the time Liza Minelli rolls around, she doesn't seem to be out-of-place at all. Great stuff!
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MikeT.Nov 14, 2007The first four tracks are for the fans who wanted more "Three Cheers", but the rest is pure unadulterated rock in an entirely new, entirely impressive vein. Take it from someone who hated MCR prior to "The Black Parade" -- this is their best effort to date, and one of the best albums in recent memory.
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GuyHumourNov 16, 2007MCR are the worlds best band using volume speed and great instruments, they've created a great generation of music!
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AndreaTJan 18, 2007Some of the best songs on there ever it rocks and i hope my chemical romance brings out anther album bacease there my all time fave lol must go but i might comment on other albums and that lolable cya people
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KateBJan 21, 2007Fantastically brilliant. This album has replaced 'The Joshua Tree' as my favorite album of all time. I cannot get enough of it!
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TBoneJan 21, 2007I think this album successfully mixes Queen, Screamo and 80s power ballads. I'm usually one of those snob critics taht doesnt like anything I didn't discover but I have to give this album credit. Kids in the mall might like this, that doesnt necessarily make it suck. It sounds good pretty much start to finish and has lasted in my playlist for a couple months.
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HeatherC.Dec 21, 2007Not emo at all. With things like, "I am not afraid to keep on living" it is a message of hope. Sure they are... not so good live, but the message and the album is solid. Only reason why it's not a 10 is since I could live without ever hearing mama again. ugh. if they only put out that killer b-side "Kill all your friends" (pun intended).
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BOBKJan 31, 2007Having seen the Beatles on Ed Sullvan in 1964 at the age of 9 it seems harder and harder to find an album I want to play over and over after the first listen (Include some GBV Muse Radiohead).This thing kicks like a mule while being poignent and pointed. I wish my classic rock listening fellow fifty somethings would leave their doors open to let these boys blow in.
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SeanFeb 11, 2007
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JenniferHFeb 13, 2007I am 46 years old and bought this CD based on a New York Times article. I'm not panting over Gerard Way's looksand I have no dog in the emo-indie-etc. fight, in other words. This CD blew me away completely with its theatricality, musicality and poignancy. Yes, some reminders of Green Day, Queen and Bowie, but in a good way. Catchy, humorous and raucous--who could ask for anything more?
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jeraldinesFeb 19, 2007amazing.......... i wish i could see the members of my chemical romance in person.. im one of your avid fan.. make more music videos.... god bless........
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EllenBApr 14, 2007This is an amazing album, My Chemical Romance is geniousl
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TylerCApr 17, 2007A great mix of the sound from Three Cheers and all new lyrics that aren't morbid
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BushHeadMay 26, 2007this album was so awesome. they way they mixed up the songs sound and make it different from everything else made it one of my favorite cds
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CronosA.Jan 15, 2008
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ChristyCMar 23, 2008Dude this CD ROCKS!!!! I don't understand how some of you could rate it so low!!! The songs are brilliant, the lyrics are awesome, AND GERARD WAYS VOICE DOES NOT SUCK TO THAT PERSON WHO SAID IT DID!!!! THis band has awesome talent and I can see them going far in their musical carrier.
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CaitlinR.May 27, 2009Not their best album...but their other albums didn't have gems such as the hidden track and "Mama" on it.
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TyeN.Nov 12, 2006
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MikefromMaineNov 16, 2006
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kyahNov 23, 2006this album rules love this band to death
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leeNov 28, 2006
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JulianHNov 29, 2006Every track on this album is good, you can listen all the way through again and again
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rebeccakDec 11, 2006Amazing. Simply amazing. This album is an example of rock at its best. Each track is diverse, from a flowing "I Don't Love You" to a F.U., fun "Teenagers" to an almost 'old Italian' sounding "Mama." How can you not become addicted to atleast one of these songs?
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Yowazup13Dec 14, 2006
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julionDec 18, 2006this could be there best cd yet i listen from track 1 all the way to 14 its awwsome!!!!!!
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RichardDec 23, 2006I came into this album hoping and praying that I would hate it, well I didn't.
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KathleenGDec 28, 2006all of you idiots that rated below an 8 should go get your heads examined IMMEDIATELY. im not a fan of "dark" music normally and i freaking LURVED it. that is all.
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JohnDec 14, 2007I love this album! There is such a range in this as each song is very different from the other. Every song is great and most are memorable. One of my favorite albums, and one of the rare ones where I find every single song great. It rocks!
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Dec 4, 2016This album is truly outstanding. A concept album that most people can relate to at some point. Tracks like 'Cancer' and 'Welcome to the Black Parade' are full of emotion and story, where as 'Mama' and 'House of Wolves' are full of instrumental power. This album proves that MCR are no Emo band, but a proper rock band.
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Apr 29, 2012This is a concept album that is so much more than just a story, it's actually got depth, meaning and substance. And what's more, it's a proper rock album.
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Feb 27, 201610/10 - "This is one to file alongside 'American Idiot', 'Doolittle' and 'Nevermind' on your greatest US rock albums shelf" - NME
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Mar 15, 2013
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Feb 13, 2023A great record. Never thought they would get this good after their first 2 records.
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Jan 12, 2015The best album by My Chemical Romance. The Black Parade perfectly showcases the musical talents, innovative style and almost wacky theatrics of the band. Mama and Blood are examples of some parts maybe sounding slightly too similar to each other, but it features many songs which provoke different emotions to the one before and that is something not many artists can do a heartless b*stard like me.
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Jun 10, 2015Every single song stand out in its unique way. The lyrics seem to come from the soul. If you have ever heard "Welcome to the Black Parade" and liked it than this album will be your next love.
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Jul 21, 2015The album has an amazing storyline and all the songs have a powerful message, especially the amazing Famous Last Words and Welcome to the Black Parade.
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Nov 20, 2015Melhor álbum da banda em tudo. Álbum completo, sonoridade perfeita, letras dramáticas, produção dos Deuses. Não há como não dar uma nova abaixo de 10. O álbum e muito bom mesmo. Isso e uma banda Emo/Core para a adolescência
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Dec 21, 2015In my opinion, it is hard to have a better album than this. All the songs are great (including the slower ones). It is also is a great rock opera. If you get the chance, I highly recommend getting this album.
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Dec 23, 2015The Black Parade é um álbum incrível! Gerard Way está no auge da sua voz e as músicas tem ótimas letras, além da ótima instrumental. O ponto alto da carreira de MCR.
Pontos altos: The Sharpest Lives, Sleep, Cancer
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Jan 28, 2016Each song could be a single and become a worldwide hit. There's an overwhelming amount of emotions from the very beginning to the very end of the album, one of my all-time favourite records.
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Awards & Rankings
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The most bonkers album of the year, but one of the best.
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Alternative PressThe Black Parade is MCR's whole raison d'etre rolled up into one mega-decibel calling card. [Nov 2006, p.179]
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They've created the Sgt. Pepper of screamo.