Boys Like Girls is an American rock band from Boston, Massachusetts.
The band first gained popularity on the Internet, where they published
their first demos and created a fan base. Unti a producer got their
attention.
They toured in 2006 and then presented their debut album. The album
what is titled with the band's name appeared in August at Red Ink /
Columbia, and remained long unnoticed. Only with the publication of the
song The Great Escape came after a month long wait the break through. The
single managed to reached # 23 in the official charts and sold over a
million copies. After that the album sales went up as well but didn't make
it past number 55 in the charts, also the debut album spent over a year in
the charts rankings and reached gold status. Two other singles were also
awarded gold.
On March 17 2007 the band was voted by the readers of Spin magazine for
Artist of the Year 2006The completion of a follow-up album took some time
until 2009 Drunk Love was released. There went immediately to No. 1 on the
Rock Albums chart and also reached the Billboard 200 in 8th place The
decoupled title song was also very successful and was already their fourth
title that at least half a million copies sold. The album includes a
collaboration with Taylor Swift, the most successful artist of the year
2009 in the U.S., which was selected as the second publication.
On their self-titled debut album,
Boston band Boys Like Girls offer up 12 tracks of upbeat, catchy pop-rock.
BOYS LIKE GIRLS contains elements of punk and emo and offers seamless
songs with more hooks than a meat locker. The musicianship ...
Boys Like Girls' self-titled debut
album was an unexpected success, eventually going gold. Devoid of any hit
singles, the album seemed to catch on because it was a perfect
distillation of the emo pop sound with no rough edges to ...
This Deluxe Edition contains the
following Enhanced Features: Also included is a photo gallery with over 45
print-quality backstage/personal band photos. On their self-titled debut
album, Boston band Boys Like Girls offer up 12 tracks of upbeat, catchy
pop-rock. BOYS LIKE GIRLS ...
Track Listing: Great Escape; Five
Minutes To Midnight; Hero/Heroine; On Top of the World; Thunder; Me, You
and My Medication; Up Against the Wall; Dance Hall Drug; Learning To Fall;
Heels Over Head; Broken Man; Holiday;
Track Listing: Great Escape; Five
Minutes To Midnight; Hero/Heroine; On Top of the World; Thunder; Me, You
and My Medication; Up Against the Wall; Dance Hall Drug; Learning To Fall;
Heels Over Head; Broken Man; Holiday; Hero/Heroine;