Conventional Weapons | |
Type: | Compilation album |
Artist: | My Chemical Romance |
Cover: | mychemconvweap.jpg |
Released: | Number One: October 30, 2012 Number Two: November 23, 2012 Number Three: December 18, 2012 Number Four: January 8, 2013 Number Five/Full Album Release: February 5, 2013 |
Recorded: | 2009 |
Length: | 38:26 |
Label: | Reprise |
Producer: | Brendan O'Brien |
Prev Title: | The Mad Gear and Missile Kid |
Prev Year: | 2010 |
Next Title: | May Death Never Stop You |
Next Year: | 2014 |
Conventional Weapons is a compilation album by American rock band My Chemical Romance, produced by Brendan O'Brien and released as a series of singles between October 2012 and February 2013. It marked the band's final release of studio material before their break-up from 2013 to 2019.
On September 14, 2012, Frank Iero announced the project through the band's official website.[1] [2] The album consists of ten unreleased songs that were recorded in 2009, prior to the making of the band's fourth studio album, .
Conventional Weapons was released as a series of five colored 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-inch vinyl singles were packaged in five different picture sleeves each depicting a different type of weapon. The final single, Number Five, was shipped along with a box to house all five individual releases, along with an exclusive poster. All singles were pressed in a different color of vinyl.