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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.
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.
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".
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.
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.
Track listing
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
Vinyl release
"The Shower Scene" – 2:24
"Jude Law and a Semester Abroad" – 3:40
"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
"...My Nine Rides Shotgun" – 3:16
"Soco Amaretto Lime" - 4:56
Japanese release
"The Shower Scene" – 2:24
"Jude Law and a Semester Abroad" – 3:40
"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
"...My Nine Rides Shotgun" – 3:16Further Information
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