Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
Studio album by My Chemical Romance
Released	June 8, 2004 (2004-06-08)
Recorded	October 2003 – January 2004, at Bay 7 Studios, Valley Village / Sparky Dark Studio, Calabasas, California
Genre	Pop/rock,[1] post-hardcore[2], alternative rock[3] indie rock[4] emo[5] pop punk[6]
Length	39:36
Label	Reprise, Eyeball
Producer	Howard Benson
My Chemical Romance chronology
Like Phantoms, Forever (2002) Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004) Warped Tour Bootleg Series (2005)
Singles from Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
"I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" Released: September 13, 2004 "Thank You for the Venom" Released: December 13, 2004 "Helena" Released: May 23, 2005 "The Ghost of You" Released: August 29, 2005

Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge is the second studio album by American rock band My Chemical Romance, released on June 8, 2004. This was the band's first album to be released through Reprise Records.^[7] The previous album, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, was released through Eyeball Records.^[8] The album, as of October 2010, has sold 1,699,000 copies in the US.

Four successful singles were released from this album: "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)", "Thank You for the Venom", "Helena" and "The Ghost of You".^[9][10]

  Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Blender	[11]
IGN	(7.1/10) [12]
Robert Christgau	[13]
Rolling Stone	[14]
Stylus	(B) [15]

Johnny Loftus of Allmusic wrote that "with the aid of production major-leaguer Howard Benson, they've edited the slight rookie excesses of I Brought You My Bullets You Brought Me Your Love, resulting in a rewarding, pretty damn relentless product." The album was awarded 4 out of 5 stars by Loftus.^[1] Andy Greenwald of Blender thought that "Way’s gulping, gasping whine turns stompers like "I’m Not Okay (I Promise)" into after-school poetry". Greenwald praised the fact that Way integrated elements of his life into the songs on the album. He awarded the album 3 out of 5 stars.^[11] JR of IGN wrote that it was "a good album" but "isn't nearly as varied or daring as it could have been". He ranked the episode 7.1 out of 10.^[12] Kirk Miller of Rolling Stone said that "Revenge is a hell of a good time."^[14] Ian Mathers of Stylus Magazine wrote, that this album contained "twelve near-flawless songs and an interlude in thirty-nine minutes" and that "even when it lets up, [it] doesn’t let up".^[15] Robert Christgau declared Three Cheers a dud.^[13]

  Response and band image

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After the release of Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, My Chemical Romance received an extremely positive response from mainstream communities, as shown by the popularity of their music videos on MTV, etc. However, they received some negative responses from the underground music communities. Factors that may have contributed to this shift in fan base are hypothesized to include: the band replacing Matt Pelissier with Bob Bryar on percussion for live shows succeeding their Summer Sonic performances; the band signing to a new label, Reprise Records; a change in image and style; and the fact that they had gained a measure of mainstream popularity.

Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge has sold over 1 million copies to date in the U.S. and has been certified platinum by the RIAA.^[16] It has also been certified Double Platinum in Canada, Platinum in the UK and Gold in Ireland, Chile^[17] and Argentina. In addition, a vinyl version of the album was released December 16, 2008. Unlike their previous album, this does contain the Parental Advisory label.

  Track listing

All songs written and composed by My Chemical Romance. 

• Track 11 is commonly censored as "It's Not a Fashion Statement, It's a Deathwish"

  Chart performance

  Charts

  Singles

  Release history

  Personnel

  References