Boys Like Girls (album)

Background

From late February to late March 2006, the band supported A Thorn for Every Heart on their U.S. tour.

Composition

According to a lyric feature written by the album's principle song writer Martin Johnson, the lyrical content of the songs is semi-autobiographical.

Our self-titled debut goes through a series of events throughout the track listing, representing the last two years of my life. Though the songs weren’t composed with that in mind, once they were all recorded it became apparent that there was a story of love, loss, youth, and angst for the future that was waiting to be told. The songs go from optimistic songs and love songs to loss and breakup songs, ending back with “Holiday”, which starts the sequence over and symbolizes moving on and cycles in everyone’s life.

Release

It was released on August 22, 2006 through Columbia Records/Red Ink. The album's lead single was "Hero/Heroine", which was followed by "The Great Escape", and the re-release of Hero/Heroine and then "Thunder".

In February and March 2007, the group supported Cartel on their tour of the U.S. From early April to early June, the band supported Hellogoodbye on their Two Months Of Spring Break Tour '99 tour of North America. From late June to late August, the band went on the 2007 edition of Warped Tour.

Reception

The album has been certified Gold by the RIAA for over 500,000 units shipped.

Track listing

All tracks written by Martin Johnson, except where noted.

Credits