My Chemical Romance - Conventional Weapons (2013)

In 2012, Frank Iero announced that My Chemical Romance would be issuing an album consisting of ten unreleased songs that were recorded in 2009, prior to the making of the band's fourth studio album 'Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys'. Before the album came out, the format was changed to be a series of five coloured double A-side singles accompanied by digital downloads. Each release was made available for individual purchase, but all five were also offered collectively as part of a limited-edition box set available for pre-order through the official My Chemical Romance online store. The 7" vinyl singles were packaged in five different picture sleeves each depicting a different type of weapon, and the final single was shipped along with a box to house all five individual releases, along with an exclusive poster. Whether there was a connection to what they considered a climb-down from releasing an album to issuing a series of singles is unsure, but the band split up immediately after this last release. I wonder that if they'd got their own way in the first place then this is what the album could have sounded like.

Track listing

01 Boy Division 
02 Tomorrow's Money 
03 Ambulance 
04 Gun 
05 The World Is Ugly 
06 The Light Behind Your Eyes 
07 Kiss the Ring 
08 Make Room!!!! 
09 Surrender the Night 
10 Burn Bright 

Suggested by 'The Greatest Albums You'll Never Hear' by Bruno MacDonald