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The Black Parade is the third studio album by My Chemical Romance. Released on October 24, 2006 through Reprise Records, it was produced by Rob Cavallo, known for having produced multiple albums for Goo Goo Dolls and Green Day. It is a rock opera centering on a dying character with cancer known as "The Patient." The album tells the story of his apparent death, experiences in the afterlife, and subsequent reflections on his life.Four singles were released from the album: "Welcome to the Black Parade," "Famous Last Words," "I Don't Love You," and "Teenagers." The Black Parade has received generally favorable reviews, and the band achieved its first Number 1 single in the UK with "Welcome to the Black Parade." The album debuted at number two on both the Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart and is also certified as platinum by the RIAA. The Black Parade has sold 1,610,000 copies in the US as of October 2010, and has sold 3,000,000 copies worldwide.
The Black Parade, My Chemical Romance's follow-up to its 2004 platinum major-label debut Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, "is way more dramatic, way more theatrical, completely over the top, borderline psychotic," says Gerard Way. "It's the most pure, intense thing we've ever been involved in." The album is a celebration of love and death and darkness. Join The Black Parade.
Features:
Double LP
D-side etching
Gatefold Jacket
Selections:
LP 1 - Side A:
1. The End
2. Dead!
3. This Is How I Disappear
4. The Sharpest Lives
5. Welcome to the Black Parade
LP 1 - Side B:
1. I Don't Love You
2. House of Wolves
3. Cancer
4. Mama
LP 2 - Side C:
1. Sleep
2. Teenagers
3. Disenchanted
4. Famous Last Words
5. Blood (Hidden Track
LP 2 - Side D:
Etched art