Your Favorite Weapon

Your Favorite Weapon
Studio album by Brand New
Released October 9, 2001
Recorded Sapone Studios
Genre Emo, pop punk, Post-Hardcore, Melodic Hardcore
Length 41:27
Label Triple Crown (CD)
Iodine Recordings (LP)
Producer Mike Sapone
Brand New
Brand New chronology
Your Favorite Weapon
(2001)		 Brand New/Safety in Numbers Split EP
(2002)
Alternative cover
Vinyl cover
Alternative cover
2011 Reissue
Singles from Your Favorite Weapon
  1. "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad"
    Released: June 2, 2003
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Your Favorite Weapon is the debut full-length album by Long Island-based emo band Brand New, released in 2001.

The album consists largely of power chord-heavy pop-punk songs, detailing the highs and lows of teenage relationships and experiences. As of 2009, the band has begun to perform some tracks from this release more frequently, such as "The Shower Scene"; "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad"; "Mix Tape"; "Logan to Government Center"; "Seventy Times 7" and "Soco Amaretto Lime".[2]

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Background

The song title "Seventy Times 7" in Your Favorite Weapon comes from a verse in the Holy Bible - Matthew 18:22 - where Jesus tells Peter he must forgive his brother "seventy times seven times" - "Then Peter came and said to him, "Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how oft should I forgive? As many as seven times?" Jesus said to him, "Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy times seven times.". The song is about a disagreement between Jesse Lacey and childhood friend John Nolan, lead guitarist and co-vocalist of Taking Back Sunday. Taking Back Sunday later released "There's No 'I' in Team," which is their side of the story. Lacey and Nolan are now on good terms again and are well past the issue.

A line in "The Shower Scene" (which itself is a reference to Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho) which reads "It's time for you to choose / The bullet or the chapstick" is an allusion to a speech by Malcolm X entitled "The Ballot or the Bullet".

Releases

In August 2002, Iodine Recordings released Your Favorite Weapon on vinyl along with an extra track, "...My Nine Rides Shotgun", a song from the band's early days. This is also available as a bonus track on the Japanese release of the album. This vinyl pressing was done on blue vinyl, and is exceedingly rare. The few copies that do surface online tend to sell at prices near $200.

The band also stated on numerous occasions that they were not 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 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.

On February 9, 2004, Your Favorite Weapon finally made its way to Australia, being released on Below Par Records. The first 500 copies sold, pre-ordered through Below Par Records, included an exclusive tour DVD as an added bonus.

On November 29, 2011, Triple Crown records released a 10th anniversary deluxe edition of Your Favorite Weapon, with seven early demos as bonus tracks. A vinyl release followed on December 6th.

Track listing

Original Release
No. Title Length
1. "The Shower Scene"   2:24
2. "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad"   3:41
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
Vinyl Release
No. Title Length
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
Japanese Release
No. Title Length
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
10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
No. Title Length
1. "The Shower Scene"   2:24
2. "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad"   3:41
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. "Jude Law and A Semester Abroad (2000 Demo)"   2:24
14. "Secondary (2000 Demo)"   2:47
15. "Logan to Government Center (2000 Demo)"   3:13
16. "The Shower Scene (2000 Demo)"   2:25
17. "Logan to Government Center (2000 Throwaway Demo)"   3:23
18. "Last Chance to Lose Your Keys (2000 Throwaway Demo)"   3:18
19. "Magazines (2000 Throwaway Demo)"   3:05

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Ambrose, Anthony. "inTuneMusic Online: Brand New @ Mahwah 4/3". http://intunemusiconline.com/2009/05/06/brand-new-mahwah-43/. Retrieved 2009-05-06. 

External links

Brand New
Jesse Lacey · Vincent Accardi · Garrett Tierney · Brian Lane · Derrick Sherman
Studio albums
Your Favorite Weapon (2001) · Deja Entendu (2003) · The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me (2006) · Daisy (2009)
EPs
Singles
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