That tinny production is very much so a product of this release's time -- most, if not all pop-punk albums I own from this period suffer from that baseline compression. Over the last few months he has disarmed packed rooms of rowdy concert goers, leaving them silent as they hold fast to every syllable sung. His mannerisms were compared to Bob Geldof's performance of the lead character in the movie adaptation of Pink Floyd's The Wall (1979), David Bowie's performance as Ziggy Stardust with Freddie Mercury's stage presence.

The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance | Vinyl LP | Barnes The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance | Vinyl LP | Barnes

If there are any better pressings, shoot for those, as this is more of a collector’s item, but if you find this cheap, don’t hesitate. During the tour there were several cancellations and some members had to leave the tour for personal or medical reasons. My Chemical Romance began The Black Parade World Tour on February 22, 2007, in Manchester, New Hampshire's Verizon Wireless Arena.

The shows at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, Mexico on October 7, 2007, and Maxwell's in Hoboken, New Jersey, on October 24, 2007, were filmed for the DVD, The Black Parade Is Dead! That being said, it’s not perfect and it can have a certain fuzzy quality to Gerard’s vocals and the pianos but it’s not a major issue. A routinely great artist, much of Sufjan's universal appeal comes from his skills as a gifted narrator, pairing personal musings on love and devotion with commentary on American culture, whilst welding folk and electronica, the ambient and existential. On October 21, the band was the musical guest on an episode of Saturday Night Live, where they performed "Welcome to the Black Parade" and "Cancer". Mikey Way took time off to get married and spend time with his new wife, Alicia Simmons, and was replaced by guitar tech Matt Cortez from April 18, 2007, until October 4, 2007.

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If you have an amp with tone/filter controls, you’ll be able to get a really nice sound of this pressing.

So My Table is a Linn Sondek LP12, my amp is a NAD 322OPE and my speakers are Mix of Mission and Bose and my Stylus is the good ol Audio Technica AT95E . The Black Parade was made available for streaming on October 19, [37] and was released through Reprise on October 23 in Europe, with the official release date as October 24. The Black Parade has been described as alternative rock, [3] [18] emo, [3] [19] [20] [21] pop-punk, [22] [4] [23] hard rock, [24] [25] punk rock, [3] [26] progressive rock, [27] and post-hardcore. It is an odd choice that they kept the 10th anniversary etching for this pressing even though this is years after but ut still looks cool.

Chemical Romance - The Black Parade | Releases | Discogs My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade | Releases | Discogs

The record surprisingly didn't have much pops after a wet cleaning (and mostly they were quiet), so that's a plus. In its first week, the album sold 240,000 copies, far surpassing the 38,000 best-week sales of the band's previous album, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004). It contains 14 tracks, but the 14th track is the song "Heaven Help Us" (which was released with the single version of " Welcome to the Black Parade"), instead of the song "Blood". Even without its broad concept — a dying cancer patient seeks revenge and redemption — Parade stands as one of the most cohesive, engaging rock records of 2006.And it's not like they didn't have space to move it to be the first song of the B side, but I guess they wanted to keep the D side free for the etching? Okay so before I state my opinion I will give you my set up as I feel like it really matters when reviewing sound etc.