According to Consequence.net, My Chemical Romance will be continuing the 20th anniversary celebration of their third studio album, The Black Parade, with an expanded reissue. Out on October 23, through Reprise Records, The Black Parade (20th Anniversary) features the original album alongside six bonus tracks. Three songs are live recordings from MCR’s October 24, 2007, show at the 200-capacity venue Maxwell’s in Hoboken, New Jersey. The other three are fan-favorite B-sides, including the previously unreleased “Someone Out There Loves You.”
The expanded reissue is available for pre-order on 2xLP, CD, and cassette at the official My Chemical Romance store, with vinyl colorways, including an exclusive Bloodline Red variant, Baby Pink and Concrete Grey. There is also a laser-etched hologram vinyl pressing housed in a gatefold jacket with a removable O-card, new art insert and printed inner sleeve, as well as a limited One Step vinyl package created with the original analog master recording.
“Twenty years ago, we wrote what would become The Black Parade, our third record and the follow-up to Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge,” MCR shared in a statement. “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. 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.”
The Black Parade (20th Anniversary) Track List
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 2xLP
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