I will say this about Danger Days. Regardless of how you feel about My Chemical Romance, the degree of which they have reinvented themselves is remarkable. No matter what you thought about them being "phony emo bastards," you can't call them that anymore. Not only did they stop being dark and mournful. They became bright and colourful, in a near seamless way. They don't seem like poseurs. In fact, they invented their own type of music with Danger Days.
Many of you have been critical of Danger Days. Say what you will. But every teenage outcast and their Mom has that album. Green Day actually decreased their fan base with 21st Century Breakdown. So, while I love Green Day more than MCR, I contend that MCR's last work was more ambitious than 21st Century Breakdown. I have nothing against Breakdown. In fact, I love almost all the songs on that album. But from the perspective of a fan, I give major Kudos to MCR for being innovative.