Life changing, for me atleast

I´ve heard this album time and time again and it never gets old. I swear I could praise it for hours and I´ve done that, I love the arragement, song placementabd aesthetics of the album, it brings forward the best parts of the 2000's emo, punk-rock era it marked.

Review

I feel the production has not aged, for me at least it feels timeless, the guitars sound heavy and full, the bass fills the room, the drums are punchy and straight forward, Gerard's singing has some of the best moments in he's whole career and every time they add an organ or synth it complements whatever soundscape they were going for amazingly.

The album begins with "helena" a beautifull farewell song for the Way brothers grandmather, the next songs are high in energy and edgyness with "you know what they do to guys like us in prison" being one of my favorites, "I'm not ok" turned in to an anthem for the teenagers at this time thanks to the relatable lyrics and "the ghost of you" is AMAZING BUT OVERRATED in my opinion. after the interlude the second half does not go down in quality "thank you for the venom" and "hang 'em high" having some ridiculous guitars riffs and solos, and with the closer "I never told you what I do for living" being one of their best songs ever.

Now for the very few negatives, Cementery drive is just ok and although the album tries to be a rock opera and tell a history, it fails, if not for the last song we wouldn´t even know this and I can't see much conection betwen this tale and the lyrics of most of the songs on this album (compare it to the great history telling in the black parade, where the album's history is pretty clear and well thought out).

Conclusion

Over all, after 6 years of love for this album nostalgia has a grip on me, but not for that I'm unable to see some negatives. I think an 8/10 or even an 9/10 would be accurate to how i feel at the moment just after listening to it.

Easy recommend, specially if you like the "emo" scene