Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
A man and a woman facing each other, with blood on their skin.
Studio album by
My Chemical Romance
ReleasedJune 8, 2004 (2004-06-08)
RecordedOctober 2003 – February 2004
Studio
  • Bay 7 Studios, Valley Village
  • Sparky Dark Studio, Calabasas, California
Genre
Length39:36
LabelReprise
ProducerHoward Benson
My Chemical Romance chronology
I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
(2002) 		Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
(2004) 		Life on the Murder Scene
(2006)
Singles from Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
  1. "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"
    Released: September 28, 2004
  2. "Thank You for the Venom"
    Released: December 13, 2004
  3. "Helena"
    Released: March 8, 2005
  4. "The Ghost of You"
    Released: August 29, 2005

Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (often shortened to Three Cheers or Revenge)[1] is the second studio album by American rock band My Chemical Romance, released on June 8, 2004, by Reprise Records.[2][3] With this album, the band produced a more polished sound than that of their 2002 debut I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love.[4] It was the band's first release to feature rhythm guitarist Frank Iero on all tracks, as well as the final release to feature drummer Matt Pelissier, who would later be replaced by Bob Bryar.[5]

The album received positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success for both the band and the Reprise label.[6] The record produced four singles—"I'm Not Okay (I Promise)", "Helena", "The Ghost of You", and in the United Kingdom, "Thank You for the Venom".[4] It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) less than a year after its release,[3] and has sold over three million copies in the United States.[6]

  1. ^ "My Chemical Romance: Question and Answer Interview". YouTube. Event occurs at 8:50. Archived from the original on 2021-12-22. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  2. ^ Miller, Kirk (8 July 2004). "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  3. ^ a b "My Chemical Romance". Contactmusic.com. Retrieved 7 April 2015. My Chemical Romance signed with Reprise in 2003. After a major tour with Avenged Sevenfold, the band started to work on their second album. The album went platinum in less than a year.
  4. ^ a b Zemler, Emily (June 22, 2010). "My Chemical Romance – Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge". Alternative Press. Archived from the original on March 23, 2014. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  5. ^ Joel Hoard. "My Chemical Romance Biography". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 12 April 2015. On the strength of tracks like the pummeling 9–11 lament "Skylines and Turnstiles," the band quickly signed with Reprise Records. 2004's Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (Number 28) went platinum and featured singles "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" (Number 86, 2004) and "Helena" (Number 33, 2005). Pelissier left the band shortly after the release of Three Cheers and was replaced by Bob Bryar, a sound tech for the Used.
  6. ^ a b Martens, Todd (14 October 2006). "Up from the Underground: Expensive Spectacle and Innovative Viral Marketing Help My Chemical Romance Graduate from Internet Buzz to Platinum Stardom". Billboard. Vol. 118, no. 41. p. 26.