My Chemical Romance have revealed that they are putting out a comprehensive edition of their classic album ‘The Black Parade’ to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
In addition to touring and playing the album in full alongside a fresh new narrative through the last 18 months, the band will complete the story with this expanded collection, due for release on October 23. It can be pre-ordered from here.
The band had this message for fans about the release, stating:
“Twenty years ago, we wrote what would become ‘The Black Parade,’ our third record and the follow up to ‘Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge.’ At the time, we could never have imagined what the record would mean for the band. All we knew is that we had made something crazy, and something we couldn’t wait to get it out into the world.
Today, twenty years on, we celebrate its release. For the first time, we have included everything we finished during those sessions in a single collection.
As importantly, we asked James Jean to revisit the world of The Black Parade and create three new pieces of art. What he has crafted is a beautiful collection of a few iconic characters from the record during that era. James is truly a one-of-a-kind artist, and so important to how this record was presented to the world. We are extremely grateful for meeting him all those years ago, and agreeing now to make something new.
Our hope is that you enjoy this collection of music and illustrations as much as we do, because we wanted to honor how timeless and enduring you’ve allowed it to be.
Thank you for marching with us.
To the death!”
The tracklisting for the release looks like this:
Original Album
1. The End.
2. Dead!”
3. This Is How I Disappear
4. The Sharpest Lives
5. Welcome To The Black Parade
6. I Don’t Love You
7. House of Wolves
8. Cancer
9. Mama (feat. Liza Minnelli)
10. Sleep
11. Teenagers
12. Disenchanted
13. Famous Last Words
14. Blood (A Brief Intermission)
Bonus Tracks
Heaven Help Us *
Kill All Your Friends *
My Way Home Is Through You *
Dead! (Live) *
The Sharpest Lives (Live) *
Someone Out There Loves You (Live) **
*Available on Deluxe Editions of “The Black Parade (20th Anniversary)”
**Available on all Deluxe Editions & One Step 2LP
And the new artwork for the record, created by original artist James Jean, looks like this:
The first taste of the extra treats set to appear on the release is out now in the form of a live version of ‘The Sharpest Lives’, performed in Hoboken, which sounds a lot like this:
