Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
Studio album by My Chemical Romance
Released	June 8, 2004
Recorded	October 2003 - January 2004
Genre	Post-hardcore, alternative rock [1]
Length	39:42
Label	Reprise Records Eyeball Records
Producer	Howard Benson
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Blender link IGN (7.1/10) link Robert Christgau link Rolling Stone link
My Chemical Romance chronology
Like Phantoms, Forever (2002) Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004) Warped Tour Bootleg Series (2005)
Singles from Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
"Thank You For The Venom" Released: November 1, 2004 "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" Released: December 4, 2004 "Helena" Released: March 3, 2005 "The Ghost of You" Released: August 30, 2005

Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge is the second studio album by rock quintet My Chemical Romance. Released on June 8, 2004 through Reprise Records, it was produced by Howard Benson. This was the bands first album to be released through Reprise Records.^[2] The previous album, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, was released through Eyeball Records.^[3]

Four successful singles were released from this album: "Thank You for the Venom", "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)", "Helena" and "The Ghost of You".^[4][5]

Reception

Johnny Loftus of Allmusic wrote that "with the aid of production major-leaguer Howard Benson, they've edited the slight rookie excesses of I Brought You My Bullets You Brought Me Your Love, resulting in a rewarding, pretty damn relentless product." The album was awarded 4 out of 5 stars by Loftus.^[6] Andy Greenwald of Blender thought that "Way’s gulping, gasping whine turns stompers like "I’m Not Okay (I Promise)" into after-school poetry". Greenwald praised the fact that Way integrated elements of his life into the songs on the album. He awarded the album 3 out of 5 stars.^[7] JR of IGN wrote that it was "a good album" but "isn't nearly as varied or daring as it could have been". He ranked the episode 7.1 out of 10.^[8] Kirk Miller of Rolling Stone said that "Revenge is a hell of a good time."^[9] Ian Mathers of Stylus Magazine wrote, that this album contained "twelve near-flawless songs and an interlude in thirty-nine minutes" and that "even when it lets up, [it] doesn’t let up".^[10] Robert Christgau declared Three Cheers a dud. ^[11]

Response and band image

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After the release of Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, My Chemical Romance received an extremely positive response from mainstream communities, as shown by the popularity of their music videos on MTV, etc. However, they received some negative responses from the underground music communities. Factors that may have contributed to this shift in fan base are hypothesized to include: the band replacing Matt Pelissier with Bob Bryar on percussion; the band signing to a new label, Reprise Records; a change in image and style; and the fact that they had gained a measure of mainstream popularity.

It has been implied by the underground fan base that the band has abandoned their original stylistic roots. While critics categorized their previous album, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, as alternative rock, Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge has been alternately called punk, and emo by many reviewers, fans, and critics. Notably, My Chemical Romance's image changed right after the video shoot for "Helena" when they decided that they wanted to be a band with a uniform, from a post-hardcore image to a more punk fashion. Critics note their music video for "The Ghost of You", and the increase in amount of cosmetics the group uses when performing as evidence of this shift.

Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge has sold over 1 million copies to date in the U.S. and has been certified platinum by the RIAA.^[12] It has also been certified Double Platinum in Canada and Gold in Ireland. In addition, a vinyl version of the album was released December 16, 2008. The album has received a Platinum sales certification in the UK. Unlike their previous album, this does contain the Parental Advisory label.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by My Chemical Romance. 

Chart performance

Album

Singles

Notes

The 11th track "It's Not a Fashion Statement, It's a Fucking Deathwish" is censored on the back of the album cover, in order to be sold at stores such which do not sell explicit CDs. They removed the word "fucking."

Personnel

References