Life on the Murder Scene

Life on the Murder Scene is a live album/compilation album by American rock band My Chemical Romance. It was released on March 21, 2006. The release includes three discs (two DVDs and one CD) of the whole history documenting the band from the start to the present. Life on the Murder Scene is a predominantly live album, but also includes two demo tracks and a previously unreleased track. Models Jamisin Matthews and Jaime Andrews portray the demolition couple in the cover photo, booklet, packaging, DVD art, and DVD menus. The demo of "Bury Me in Black" was previously released as a bonus track on the Japanese release of Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge.

Life on the Murder Scene
Live album by
My Chemical Romance
ReleasedMarch 21, 2006 (2006-03-21)
Recorded2005
Length35:45 (CD)
120 minutes (DVD 1)
126 minutes (DVD 2)
LabelReprise
ProducerHoward Benson
My Chemical Romance chronology
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
(2004)		 Life on the Murder Scene
(2006)		 The Black Parade
(2006)

One DVD documents the band on the road in the form of a diary and the other covers live footage, Sessions@AOL, MTV $2 Bill performance, and four of their videos with the behind-the-scenes "Making Of..." for three of them. The cover features a live version of "Demolition Lovers II" (the name of the album cover of Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge).

The album has seen decent success in Australia, peaking at #2 on the ARIA Top 40 DVD Chart, and also in the U.S., peaking at #30 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Heetseekers.

Certifications
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]
Kerrang!

Life on the Murder Scene has been certified 2× platinum by the RIAA indicating shipment of over 200,000 units as it is considered a long-form video.[3]

Artwork

The artwork features a live-action re-enactment of the Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge album cover.

Track listing

Personnel

Charts
Chart (2006) Peak
positions
Irish Albums (IRMA)[4] 40
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[5] 255
Scottish Albums (OCC)[6] 50
UK Albums (OCC)[7] 53
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[8] 1
US Billboard 200[9] 30

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[10]
album 		Gold 100,000‡
United States (RIAA)[11]
video 		2× Platinum 200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. "Allmusic review".
  2. Eliscu, Jenny (March 9, 2006). "My Chemical Romance: Life On The Murder Scene". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 17, 2017. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  3. Kot, Greg. "Life On The Murder Scene goes multi platinum". Archived from the original on 2007-06-26. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
  4. "Irish-charts.com – Discography My Chemical Romance". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  5. "My Chemical Romance Ranking". Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  6. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  7. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. March 26, 2006. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  8. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. March 26, 2006. Archived from the original on February 8, 2022. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  9. "My Chemical Romance Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  10. "British album certifications – My Chemical Romance – Life on the Murder Scene". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  11. "American video certifications – My Chemical Romance – Life on the Murder Scene". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
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