The concerns I have selected go as follows: -Violence – The song Mama is centered around a (pretty mentally unstable) soldier feeling guilty for what he has done in the army. The song climaxes with the line “But the s**t that I’ve done with this f**k of a gun, you would cry out your eyes all along.” This is by far the darkest line in the darkest song on this album. Also, the song Teenagers describes someone who brings a gun to school. While this song was actually written from the perspective of disdaining this behavior, it would be easy to misread the message. This is my only other big concern with this album. -Drinking – Mentions being drunk, but not excessively. Again, the song teenagers mentions drugs, but it is meant in disdain. -Language – As I mentioned, the line from Mama is really the worst on the album. The f-word is used once more, in the hidden track Blood, and also in the word motherf***er in the song Dead!. There might be a few more profanities scattered in there but I didn’t feel that it was a major point or theme. (Oh, and I don’t feel that Hell is a profanity.) -Negative Messages – There are some dark themes (the album is about a man who died of cancer; that’s some pretty dark stuff.) The songs Cancer and Sleep especially deal with the intensity of this disease. However, I feel that the positives outweigh the negative messages overall. Also, the intensity of the aforementioned songs, while it can be depressing, actually helped me personally deal with my own experiences with cancer. (Ok, 3 stars for consumerism? Really?! There was one flyer in the packaging if you buy the actual album and the coupons already expired. This does not warrant 3 stars.) My highlights: -Role Model – While not exactly explicit on the album, the lead singer of this band, Gerard Way, has the potential to be a great role model. He went through a very dark period dealing with drinking, drugs, and depression, but overcame it all to be the man he is today: a strong, sober, and secure adult. -Positive Messages – I think that the positive messages present on this album can be summed up by the chorus from the final song (not including the hidden track) Famous Last Words, “I am not afraid to keep on living, I am not afraid to walk this world alone, Honey if you stay you’ll be forgiven, Nothing you can say can stop me going home.” Overall, this is the story of a man who is looking back on his life, dealing with some of his demons, and finally coming to grips with the past. While I find this message uplifting and inspirational, some may become stuck on the dark side of some of their imagery. This is my main concern with younger, or “weaker”, listeners, especially on tracks such as Mama, Teenagers, or even The End. This album was, and still is, monumental for me. It is still one of my favorite albums and I am certainly not suicidal, depressed, addicted to any substances, or some kind of social outcast so don’t assume that we all are. I bought this album when I was 15 but I feel that it is mostly appropriate for all of the teenage years.

Okay this is one of the best albums ever!!! I don't know where to start! First off why aren't there any "Good Role model" things on your review!!! D: Gerard Way is a wonerful role model. Amazing just truely amazing. I love this band with all my heart and they are just wonderfully talented and unique. Secondly its INSANE to hear that (not commonsense) but, that other places and parents call MCR "a sucide cult" THEY ARE NOT TELLING ANYONE TO KILL THEMSELVES!!!! Examples? Well here: In "Famous Last Words" (One of the best songs I've ever heard) "I'm not afraid to keep on living, I am not afraid to walk this world alone" Now what part of that is saying "Kids go kill youselves?" that's right NONE!!!!! Anyways. This is a great album and sure some of its a little "mature" for younger kids but, nothing to cover their ears over. My Chemcial Romance is, as I've already stated, a great, unique, and, talented band with a lead singer who not only can actually sing live! but, is actually a good role model. I think its insane that there isn't a good role model icon on this! Gerard is a great role model. I love this band and well they are just amazing and i don't care what anyone says about it! Lovely, well-written songs with a meaning!!!!! A lot of love to all of you Killjoys who love this band as much as I do! <3 Love you guys and girls!!!

Well I won't sugar coat it and say that the album is 'feel-good', or that it's really a happy album that's just a little rough around the edges. The truth is that it deals with some pretty serious themes like cancer, death, regret... but really it is a good album. For the genre of music that it is, it's themes aren't any worse than other albums and artists. On the surface it seems dark and depressing, but really what it is, is an artistic way of dealing with feelings that are more dark. If you look at it in a way that it is an artistic way to cope that its fine. That aside, artistically and musically, it is a really well done album. So think about it a bit deeper and give it a chance.

Not a suicide cult, no matter what anybody says. Hannah Bond had other problems. Plus, the song Famous Last Words states "I am not afraid to keep on living". I'm sure this would influence teens to kill themselves! Anyway, this is great alternative rock music for teens. It's a powerful story of someone dying of cancer, and looking back on his life events, and becoming less cynical about things. A great album for teens who are coping with death, or have recently experiences other bad stuff.

This album doesn't sound as good as the previous album, "Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge", which sounded like a cross between the punk band Green Day and the goth band Abney Park. This one sounds like a cross between MCR's older stuff and [insert name of annoying soft rock artist here]. It's not bad, but not that good, either. The lyrics, as you would expect from this band, are very death-obsessed and occasionally violent. This album, however, has much more swearing than you would expect, with several uses of the f-word and s-word each. A lot of teens can probably relate to the lyrics, especially if they have dealt with serious issues such as cancer, close friends dying, or suicidal ideation. Around the time this came out (I was 14), my mom's dad and my mom's stepdad both died of cancer, which triggered some suicidal thought in me. This album deals with death, cancer, and suicide, and it helped me feel a lot better. My parents were not very accepting of the album at first due to its use of profanity, but once they saw how much it helped me cope, they let up.

It is pretty innapropriate yes. I love it. It is a great, great album with well-written lyrics and music. It is fairly innapropriate, however. I let my kids listen to the clean versions of the songs. So I would say it is good for almost all kids as long as you get the clean versions.

Im OBSESSED with My Chemical Romance I know almost everything about the band. This band saves lives of (mostly) teenagers who are getting ready to hurt themselves.

I love this song. It can't really be classified into one genre. LOVE IT. Reccommended for kids 13+.