For its major-label debut, My Chemical Romance amps up the melodies in transforming its unique hardcore approach to more of a pop-punk style. To say this Jersey quintet subscribes to the half-empty-glass outlook on love and relationships is like saying Johnny Rotten is a slightly irritable chap. Buried amid the abundant sing-along choruses and the tasty, two-guitar attack of fretburners Ray Toro and Frank Iero is doom-and-gloom imagery that ranges from the suicidal allusions of the soaring “Cemetery Drive” to the murder and firing squads of the insistent “Give ‘Em Hell Kid.” Frontman Gerard Way exudes plenty of charisma, and his clear and powerful phrasing works well in a format where vocal precision is often an afterthought. In particular, Way shines within the bizarre confines of the quirky “You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison” and the subtler nuances of the dream-pop-flavored “The Ghost of You.”

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TRACKLISTING

01 Helena (So Long & Goodnight)

02 Give Em Hell, Kid

03 To The End

04 You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison

05 Im Not Okay (I Promise)

06 The Ghost Of You

07 The Jetset Life Is Gonna Kill You

01 Interlude

02 Thank You For The Venom

03 Hang Em High

04 Its Not A Fashion Statement Its A Deathwish

05 Cemetery Drive

06 I Never Told You What I Do For A Living

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