Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
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Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys is the fourth and final studio album by American rock band My Chemical Romance. Released on November 22, 2010 by Reprise Records, its songs are associated with the band's well known sound of alternative rock, pop punk, and punk rock as well as new elements, including power pop, pop rock, and electronic rock. The inspiration for the album comes from contemporary rock, psychedelic rock, and protopunk bands of the sixties and seventies. In addition, the group has stated that there is a strong influence of cinema on the record. Like its predecessor, The Black Parade (2006), it was produced by Rob Cavallo. -Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
My Chemical Romance used to be so sad, they could make your cold goth heart bleed. On 2006’s The Black Parade, Gerard Way wailed about cancer and misery, emerging as a savior for the broken and the damned. Now, he’s dyed his hair fiery red, and he’s pissed at everyone: junkies, party girls, Hollywood and most of all himself, for getting so damn famous.
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AltPress
Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys, is literally the sonic equivalent of a comic book. Narrated by the self-described “surgeon/proctor/helicopter” Doctor Death-Defying, the 15-track album is as visceral as the superhero wannabes of Kick-Ass and a vast sonic departure for the band.
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COS
Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys is one of the best rock records of its kind to come out in a long time.
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MetaCritic
My Chemical Romance's latest release -- four years after the last album -- reveals a slightly different sound and style for the band while keeping its recognizable emo meets rock-and-roll spirit.
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Sputnik Music
The end result is Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys. Which rather than speaking of death, the record speaks of the beauties of life, and living the Carpe Diem lifestyle. As a whole, the record is the best yet composed by the group with a new found sonic focus, musical expertise, and awareness of their past works.
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Spin
Four years after The Black Parade solidified their place as America’s goth-friendliest pop-punk band, My Chemical Romance return with a follow-up whose best song is called “Summertime.” Have these horror-loving drama kings lightened up and gone Katy Perry? Well, not quite: “Party Poison” and “Vampire Money” see the like old-school Misfits, while “Destroya” finds frontman Gerard Way declaring his lack of faith in God and love and you.
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Drowned in Sound
Gone are the strings, pianos, puppets and stage whispers. MCR have chosen to almost completely eschew their theatrics in place of a record that totters between the gothic punk of their earlier albums and aluminium future-pop, neatly reflecting the album's post-apocalyptic drapes.
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BBC
The New Jersey rockers combine elements of the past to create something truly unique.
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IGN
MCR puts the pedal to the metal on Danger Days, a post-apocalyptic romp ready for replay.
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The Gaurdian
Their fourth album unveils an energetic pop-punk sound – somewhere between Weezer and the Dead Kennedys – although even the psychedelic S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W comes with a chorus designed to be sung in stadiums.
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UPROXX
My Chemical Romance”s new album, “Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys,” out now, is set in the year 2019 in a post-Apocalyptic California, but the music is straight out of ’70s and ’80s rock.
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NME
‘Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys’ changes the game in exactly the same way ‘The Black Parade’ did, while managing to be completely different from it in every single way.
Listeners Reviews
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An upbeat revival of My Chemical Romance, complete with a small plot and storytelling. Energizing and backed with power, Danger Days is an album of joyful angst and strange beauty. 5/5
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