|!Fk 2Je, 88g47>{X The Black Parade is the third studio album, released in October 2006 by the rock quintet, My Chemical Romance. It is a concept album, centering on a character known as "The Patient".
`L\)ahM cOb4 c* The album was produced by Rob Cavallo, who has also produced albums for Green Day. It was intentionally leaked in its entirety on October 19, 2006.In an interview with MTV, bandmember Gerard Way explained the album's title: "...the words "black" and "parade" made you think of death but [also] celebration. And that's what the record felt like, it felt like a celebration of life and death..." Though several reviewers have dismissed the album as a display of showmanship,The Black Parade has, overall, been a critical success.
w;+ br qm'b'!gq~ The album spawned "Welcome to the Black Parade", "Famous Last Words", "I Don't Love You", and "Teenagers" as its first four singles.
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#*2Rp8n “Welcome to the Black Parade” – 5:11
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