Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys | ||||
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Studio album by My Chemical Romance | ||||
Released | November 22, 2010 | |||
Recorded | June 2009–July 2010 | |||
Studio | Calabasas, California | |||
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Length | 53:56 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
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Singles from Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 70/100 |
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AllMusic | |
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The A.V. Club | D− |
Entertainment Weekly | B− |
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Los Angeles Times | |
NME | 8/10 |
Rolling Stone | |
Spin | 7/10 |
USA Today |
Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys is the fourth and final studio album by American rock band My Chemical Romance. Released on November 22, 2010 by Reprise Records, its songs are associated with the band's well known sound of alternative rock and pop punk, as well as new elements, including power pop, pop rock, and electronic rock. The inspiration for the album comes from contemporary rock, psychedelic rock, and protopunk bands of the sixties and seventies. In addition, the group has stated that there is a strong influence of cinema on the disc. Like its predecessor, The Black Parade (2006), it was produced by Rob Cavallo.
The album's recording process took over a year, in which the band recorded more than thirty-six songs, most of which were discarded because the band felt they were not a contribution to the genre. The final edition of the album and video clips created a theme for the album, similar to the movie Blade Runner. The album's story line follows a city in post-apocalyptic California in 2019, where a few outsiders called Killjoys fight against a corporation that controls the people. In 2013, frontman Gerard Way published a comic that continues the story described in the album.
To promote the album, the band embarked on a world tour, titled The World Contamination Tour. It lasted from October 2010 to February 2012, and included concerts in Europe, North America, Asia and Oceania; the band also co-headlined the 10th Annual Honda Civic Tour with Blink-182. The album debuted at the top of the Billboard Rock Albums and Alternative Albums charts, and at number 10 on the Billboard 200; it also appeared in the music charts in several other countries. By February 2011, Danger Days had sold over a million copies worldwide.