Artist: My Chemical Romance
Album: Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
Year: 2004
Genre: Pop punk

Why do I feel like writing a disclaimer at the start of this? "I'm only listening to this for my journal" or something? Because this band is universally ridiculed, and if you listen to them, people will assume that you have greasy, black bangs and mutiple facial piercings, which I don't. I don't really have a lot to say about this, other than that this album gets more hate than it actually deserves. These guys are just a campy pop group whose members dig horror movies and comic books. I'm 99% sure that "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" is not meant to be sad or depressing, but tongue-in-cheek. C'mon, that title can't be taken seriously. There's also a song named "You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison", so it's obvious that they know irony.

This is an okay album. It's catchy, it has energy, but it feels a little too theatrical at times, and the slick production makes it sound less genuine and more commercial than the debut. Therefore I give it:

2.5/5