The Black Parade Is Dead!

The Black Parade Is Dead!
Live album by My Chemical Romance
Released	June 30, 2008 (See release history)
Recorded	October 7 and 24, 2007
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	56:15 (CD) 124:31 (DVD)
Label	Reprise
My Chemical Romance chronology
Live and Rare (2007) The Black Parade Is Dead! (2008) The Black Parade: The B-Sides (2009)
Limited edition
Limited edition box set

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
BBC	(positive) [2]
IGN	(8.6/10) [3]
Kerrang!	[citation needed]
Rolling Stone	[4]
Thrash Hits	[5]
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The Black Parade Is Dead! is a CD/DVD from My Chemical Romance. It is the band's second live album, and was released on June 30, 2008.^[6] The DVD features My Chemical Romance's final performance as "The Black Parade" from the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, Mexico on October 7, 2007 and as "My Chemical Romance" from Maxwell's in Hoboken, New Jersey, on October 24, 2007. Audio tracks of the Palacio de los Deportes performance are available on the CD,^[7] and they can be listened to on the band's official MySpace page. The album debuted at #22 on the Billboard 200, selling 23,000 copies.^{[citation needed]} In November 2008, the RIAA certified the album gold.^[8]

Synopsis

The Black Parade Is Dead! is MCR's final performance as their onstage characters, the Black Parade. The Black Parade centres around a dying character called The Patient, who reflects on events in his life while he is confronted by Death in the form of his fondest memory, that of his father bringing him to see a marching band. This is based on frontman Gerard Way's belief that death comes to a person in the form of their fondest memory. The band is seen in their Black Parade uniforms throughout the performance, and during the first song "The End", Gerard Way is seen taking the role of The Patient, before tearing off his hospital gown to reveal his uniform. Behind the band is the backdrop seen on the video for Welcome to the Black Parade and the poster seen within the Black Parade CD case. On Bob Bryar's drums, the gas mask of the character Mother War can be seen. Way states in the track The Black Parade Is Dead! that the performance in Mexico was their way of "properly killing them (the Black Parade) off". The show is decorated with various lights and confetti. Fire is used to effect during the performance of "Mama" and "Famous Last Words". The film ends with a credit sequence featuring the hidden track from The Black Parade, "Blood".

Promotion

The albums official Web site went online on May 5, 2008 and is open for orders of all the limited and standard editions. Once an order is made, the customer gains access to download three free DRM-free tracks: "Dead!", "Mama", "Welcome to the Black Parade". These tracks were recorded from the band's performance at the Palacio de los Deportes and they are on the album itself.^[7] Also, to tie in with the whole finality of the Black Parade's death, the Black Parade website has been changed to a graphic of a flatline.^[9]

Editions

A limited-edition version with all of the album's contents, a death certificate and a mask designed by one of the band's members were also available, but are now sold out. This edition is housed in a coffin-shaped box. There are a total of five masks, one designed by each member, but only one is inside the packaging and is selected randomly.^[7] The masks can now be purchased separately or in a group of 4 on the band's website. The album is also available in explicit and clean editions.

¡Venganza!

Main article: ¡Venganza!

In March 2009, the band made an announcement on their official website that they were releasing the encore set from the Mexico City show, in which they came out with Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge style clothing and the stage set up like the Revenge tour, and played nine songs from the album. It came with a vest, and the videos were put onto a special bullet shaped USB flash drive.

Track listing

CD

All songs written and composed by My Chemical Romance. 

From the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, Mexico on October 7, 2007[10]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The End."	2:34
2.	"Dead!"	3:17
3.	"This Is How I Disappear"	3:51
4.	"The Sharpest Lives"	3:18
5.	"Welcome to the Black Parade"	5:06
6.	"I Don't Love You"	3:47
7.	"House of Wolves"	3:38
8.	"Interlude"	1:01
9.	"Cancer"	3:17
10.	"Mama"	5:21
11.	"Sleep"	5:31
12.	"Teenagers"	3:04
13.	"The Black Parade Is Dead"	1:01
14.	"Disenchanted"	4:59
15.	"Famous Last Words"	5:10
16.	"Blood"	1:22

DVD

From the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, Mexico on October 7, 2007[10]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The End."	2:34
2.	"Dead!"	3:17
3.	"This Is How I Disappear"	3:51
4.	"The Sharpest Lives"	3:17
5.	"Welcome to the Black Parade"	5:05
6.	"I Don't Love You"	3:47
7.	"House of Wolves"	3:38
8.	"Interlude"	1:01
9.	"Cancer"	3:16
10.	"Mama"	5:21
11.	"Sleep"	5:31
12.	"Teenagers"	3:03
13.	"The Black Parade Is Dead"	1:00
14.	"Disenchanted"	4:58
15.	"Famous Last Words"	5:09
16.	"Blood" (studio version; plays during credits)	1:21

From Maxwell's in Hoboken, New Jersey, on October 24, 2007[10]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Welcome to the Black Parade"	5:11
2.	"Thank You for the Venom"	4:23
3.	"Dead!"	5:05
4.	"The Sharpest Lives"	4:40
5.	"This Is How I Disappear"	3:53
6.	"Teenagers"	4:07
7.	"I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"	4:05
8.	"You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison"	4:04
9.	"Famous Last Words"	5:08
10.	"Give 'Em Hell, Kid"	2:45
11.	"House of Wolves"	3:42
12.	"It's Not a Fashion Statement, It's a Deathwish"	4:38
13.	"I Don't Love You"	4:27
14.	"[Untitled]"	4:19
15.	"Mama"	4:45
16.	"Helena"	4:54
17.	"Cancer"	2:46

EP/DVD Promo Release

The Black Parade Is Dead (2008 Japanese Warner label promotional only advance 3-track CD-R acetate sampler plus 2-track trailer DVD-R set for The Black Parade Is Dead album. The CD sampler features Dead!, Welcome To The BlackParade and Mama and comes housed in a custom printed picture sleeve.

CD

1. Dead!
2. Welcome To The Black Parade
3. Mama

DVD

1. Trailer Post Release
2. Trailer Pre Release

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak Position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart	10
Austrian Albums Chart	24
Canadian Albums Chart	21
French SNEP Albums Chart	120
German Albums Chart	51
Irish Albums Chart	19
Japanese Albums Chart	52
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart	6
Mexican Albums Chart	9
Portugese Albums Chart	40
Spanish Albums Chart	78
Swedish Albums Chart	29
UK Albums Chart	12
U.S. Billboard 200	22

Credits

My Chemical Romance as The Black Parade

• Bob Bryar — drums
• Frank Iero — rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Ray Toro — lead guitar, backing vocals
• Gerard Way — lead vocals
• Mikey Way — bass

Additional Musicians

• James Dewees — Synth and percussion
• Matt Cortez — acoustic guitar on "The End"

Production

• Atom Rothlein – director^[7]
• Jennifer Destiny Rothlein – producer
• Devin Sarno – Executive Producer
• Kelly Norris Sarno – Executive Producer

Release history

Country	Date
Canada	June 30, 2008
United Kingdom
United States	July 1, 2008

References

1. ^ The Black Parade Is Dead! at Allmusic
2. ^ [1]
3. ^ [2]
4. ^ [3]
5. ^ [4]
6. ^ "My Chemical Romance — The Black Parade Is Dead!". Reprise Records. Archived from the original on 2008-05-31. http://web.archive.org/web/20080531072015/http://mychemicalromance.com/blackparadeisdead/. Retrieved 2008-06-02. 
7. ^ ^{a b c d} "My Chemical Romance to Release Live CD/DVD Set on June 24th". Reprise Records via The Earth Times. 2008-05-01. http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/my-chemical-romance-to-release-live-cddvd-set-on-june-24th,375890.shtml. Retrieved 2008-05-01. 
8. ^ RIAA.com MCR Gold and Platinum recordings
9. ^ "F L A T L I N E". Reprise Records. http://www.theblackparade.com/. Retrieved 2008-05-22. 
10. ^ ^{a b c} "My Chemical Romance — The Black Parade Is Dead! UK". My Chemical Romance. http://www.mychemicalromance.co.uk/. Retrieved 2008-06-11. 

External links

• Official album page
• Official DVD trailer
• Earlier tracklist
• Official Myspace of the band