My Chemical Romance The Black Parade (Picture Disc Vinyl) [Explicit Content] 09/06/2016

My Chemical Romance The Black Parade (Picture Disc Vinyl) [Explicit Content] 09/06/2016On this ambitious 2006 outing, My Chemical Romance boldly follows in the footsteps of Green Day, both in working with producer Rob Cavallo and in taking a conceptual route (a la AMERICAN IDIOT). The result is an impressive collection of songs that finds the goth leaning New Jersey punk pop group transforming itself into the title's "Black Parade," a darkly clad marching band that relates the woeful tale of "the Patient," as portrayed by frontman

" a darkly clad marching band that relates the woeful tale of "the Patient

offers insight into the workings of one of alternative rock's most sought-after songwriters

Tracks like "Ice Age" and "They Walked in Line" are hypnotically simple

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various American bluesmen and other rock & roll stalwarts

Kerry Brown

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deemed by many to be the group's leader

" a rare instance of the singer dropping her guard

Antonoff's steely signatures -- a reliance on retro synths

Another skilled segue matches Johnson's lightly funky "Bubble Toes" with Charles Wright's '70s soul hit "Express Yourself" -- most likely the only shared reference in the respective repertoires of Jack Johnson and N

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