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Rock
Release Date: 07/23/2002
If you're searching for a dose of party music or feel-good escapism, you won't find it on
I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love. Lyrically, this debut album by
My Chemical Romance is definitely on the dark side; lyrics like "The amount of pills I'm taking counteracts the booze I'm drinking" (from
"Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us") and "I think I'll love to die alone" (from
"Cubicles") are typical of the New Jersey band's less than rosy outlook. But like so many angst-ridden
alternative pop/rock and
punk-pop artists who have emerged in the early 2000s,
My Chemical Romance know how to be exuberant and introspective at the same time -- musically, they tend to be aggressive and hard rocking, but lyrically, they're all about introspection. And that combination certainly isn't unique; from
Nirvana to
blink-182 to
Creed -- from
post-grunge to
emo -- plenty of
alterna-rockers have demonstrated that a band can
rock aggressively and be introspective at the same time. But if
My Chemical Romance are less than groundbreaking, they're good at what they do. Produced by
Thursday's lead singer,
Geoff Rickly,
I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love is a generally decent effort -- one that deals with a lot of negative emotions and does so in a very candid way. Some will find the lyrics depressing, but then,
rock music isn't obligated to press the smile button 24 hours a day. Sadness, pessimism, anger, disillusionment -- none of which are difficult to find on this album -- are, like happiness, pleasure, and optimism, valid areas of
rock expression.
I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love falls short of exceptional, but it's a noteworthy, generally respectable debut for the New Jersey combo.
~Alex Henderson, All Music Guide
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angel
from lost, find me
good album
this is a good album, it wasnt great like the other 3, i only liked some of the songs, but my favorite would have to be our lady of sorrows, it is a great song to headbang to
crazzimio
from ny, ny
an album with lots of emotion
all i can say is this is an album with lots of emotion. you really feel what they are feeling. this my chemical romances first album and its pretty cool to hear where they started and how they have developed.
i would deffinitley reccomend listening to our lady of sorrows.
;)
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