DESCRIPTION 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." Falling somewhere between metal and punk with a distinctive pop sensibility, THREE CHEERS FOR SWEET REVENGE puts My Chemical Romance in line for the kind of success achieved Blink 182 Tracks: Disc 1
HELENA
GIVE 'EM HELL, KID
TO THE END
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DO TO GUYS LIKE US IN PRISON
I'M NOT OKAY (I PROMISE)
THE GHOST OF YOU
THE JETSET LIFE IS GONNA KILL YOU
INTERLUDE
THANK YOU FOR THE VENOM
HANG 'EM HIGH
IT'S NOT A FASHION STATEMENT IT'S A DEATHWISH
CEMETERY DRIVE
I NEVER TOLD YOU WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING

WARNER