Your Favorite Weapon (2001) is the debut full-length album by 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 received mixed critical reviews and was widely received as a typical "emo" release for the time, albeit with slightly more intelligent lyrics than those of the band's contemporaries.
After signing a single album deal on Triple Crown Records, the band set to work on their debut, Your Favorite Weapon. The album was to be a mix of rerecorded songs from their demos as well as several new ones. The album was produced by Mike Sapone and was a moderate success. The record deal gave the band the opportunity to tour, both nationally and internationally, supporting bands like Taking Back Sunday, Less Than Jake, Glassjaw, Incubus and Finch.
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, then-guitarist in 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.
The album was released on October 9th, 2001. The length is of the album is 41:27, and received 3 / 5 stars by allmusic.
Original release:
- "The Shower Scene" – 2:24
- "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad" – 3:41
- "Sudden Death in Carolina" – 3:01
- "Mix Tape" – 3:57
- "Failure by Design" – 3:15
- "Last Chance to Lose Your Keys" – 3:25
- "Logan to Government Center" – 3:02
- "The No Seatbelt Song" – 4:29
- "Seventy Times 7" – 3:32
- "Secondary" – 3:01
- "Magazines" – 2:50
- "Soco Amaretto Lime" – 4:46
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_Favorite_Weapon)
