Your Favorite Weapon

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Your Favorite Weapon
Studio album by Brand New
Released	October 9, 2001
Recorded	Sapone Studios
Genre	Pop Punk
Length	41:27
Label	Triple Crown Records
Producer(s)	Mike Sapone Brand New
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link PopMatters (Favorable) link
Brand New chronology
	Your Favorite Weapon (2001)	Brand New/Safety In Numbers Split (2002)
Alternate cover
Vinyl cover

Your Favorite Weapon (2001) is the debut full-length album of Long Island based band Brand New.

The album consists largely of power chord-heavy pop punk songs, detailing the highs and lows of teenage relationships and experiences. It made little impact critically and was widely received as a typical pop punk release for the time, albeit with slightly more intelligent lyrics than those of the band's contemporaries.

In August 2002, Iodine Records released Your Favorite Weapon on vinyl along with an extra track, "...My Nine Rides Shotgun", an old demo from the band's early days. This is also available as a bonus track on the Japanese release of the album.

The band also stated on numerous occasions that they weren't entirely happy with the recordings of the songs, and in 2002, re-recorded "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad" and released it for free on MP3.com.

The album was finally released in the UK on March 17, 2003, by Eat Sleep Records, followed shortly by the single "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad", released on CD and 7" vinyl, two and a half months later on June 2, 2003. "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad" had also previously been made into a music video, helping the band gain many fans across the world.

On February 9, 2004, Your Favorite Weapon finally made its way to Australia, being released on Below Par Records.

[edit] Track listing (Original release)

1. "The Shower Scene" – 2:24
2. "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad" – 3:40
3. "Sudden Death in Carolina" – 3:01
4. "Mix Tape" – 3:57
5. "Failure by Design" – 3:15
6. "Last Chance to Lose Your Keys" – 3:25
7. "Logan to Government Center" – 3:02
8. "The No Seatbelt Song" – 4:29
9. "Seventy Times 7" – 3:32
10. "Secondary" – 3:01
11. "Magazines" – 2:50
12. "Soco Amaretto Lime" – 4:46

[edit] Vinyl Track listing

1. "The Shower Scene" – 2:24
2. "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad" – 3:40
3. "Sudden Death in Carolina" – 3:01
4. "Mix Tape" – 3:57
5. "Failure by Design" – 3:15
6. "Last Chance to Lose Your Keys" – 3:25
7. "Logan to Government Center" – 3:02
8. "The No Seatbelt Song" – 4:29
9. "Seventy Times 7" – 3:32
10. "Secondary" – 3:01
11. "Magazines" – 2:50
12. "...My Nine Rides Shotgun" - 3:16
13. "Soco Amaretto Lime" – 4:46

[edit] Japanese Track listing

1. "The Shower Scene" – 2:24
2. "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad" – 3:40
3. "Sudden Death in Carolina" – 3:01
4. "Mix Tape" – 3:57
5. "Failure by Design" – 3:15
6. "Last Chance to Lose Your Keys" – 3:25
7. "Logan to Government Center" – 3:02
8. "The No Seatbelt Song" – 4:29
9. "Seventy Times 7" – 3:32
10. "Secondary" – 3:01
11. "Magazines" – 2:50
12. "Soco Amaretto Lime" – 4:46
13. "...My Nine Rides Shotgun" - 3:16

Brand New
Jesse Lacey | Vincent Accardi | Garrett Tierney | Brian Lane | Derrick Sherman
Albums
Your Favorite Weapon (2001) | Deja Entendu (2003) | The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me (2006)
EPs
Brand New/Safety In Numbers Split EP (2002) | The Holiday EP (2003)
Demos
First Four-Track Demo (2000) | Second Demo (2001) | New Album Demos (2006)
Singles
"Jude Law and a Semester Abroad" (2002) | "The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows" (2003) | "Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades" (2004)  "Sowing Season" (2006)
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