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Easily one of the best albums I've heard this year My Chemical Romance has produced a hard stomping pop album that never slows down. You're grabbed right from the start and they never let you go. There is nothing experimental going on here, these guys have stripped down to a very straight forward power pop band with hints of their punk origins. I have listened to quite a few albums lately, like stuff from Wheezer, that is trying to get here but failing miserably when compared to this. The energy, the hooks everything is here to make for a very enjoyable listen.
Supposedly there is a concept underneath this album, but it is lost to me and from what I can tell most anyone reviewing it. That being said if that's what it takes to inspire this kind of songwriting then I would say stick with it because it works.
One of the best power pop albums I've heard in years I would say throw this on anytime you feel like rocking out and having fun.
Following the Rhapsody rating method I give it 4 out of 5 stars for Really Good.
That was a great song. I'm very excited about this album.
ReplyDeleteThis concept seems to involve the same anti-corporatist agenda that has been behind almost all art in the West since Wordsworth and Coleridge wrote the Lyrical Ballads back in 1798.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, this whole thing -- the heavy guitar sound, the angry anti-corporate lyrics, the idea of a big concept album -- reminds me a lot of "American Idiot" by Green Day. Which is good, because I really like "American Idiot."
ReplyDeleteYeah I've seen a lot of people comparing it to that album.
ReplyDelete"Everybody wants to change the world
ReplyDeleteEverybody wants to change the world
But no one, no one
Wants to die."
I really like that lyric.
i like: "shut up, and let me see your jazz hands."
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