BLUEPRINTS FOR THE BLACK MARKET

1. Readyfuels
2. Foreign Language
3. Change The World (Lost Ones)
4. Cold War Transmissions
5. Glass To The Arson
6. The Undeveloped Story
7. Autobahn
8. We Dreamt In Heist
9. Love Song
10. Cadence
11. Naive Orleans

Produced and Engineered by Aaron Sprinkle
Mixed by Troy Glessner
Executive producer - Brandon Ebel
Art Director, photographer and designer - Michael Christian Mccaddon

The first album 'Blueprints for the Black Market' released on Tooth and Nail was only one year after the band forming and the only album with the original guitarist Joey Bruce playing on it.
It was by far their least successful album, only selling 60, 000 copies. They were said to be doing a poor attempt at what others at the time were doing.
Readyfuels was the only single off the album, and was one of the 5 tracks the band originally recorded as demos along with Autobahn and Foreign Language.
Due to heavy touring of this album, it headed Anberlin off to a good start with a very dedicated fan-base incredibly early on in the band's life.

A review of the album...

"While it accesses the earnestness of emo through a side door, Blueprints removes punk and hardcore from the equation entirely. Some songs feature dynamics evocative of these genres ("Naïve Orleans," the post-hardcore stylings of "Glass to the Arson"), but those same tracks are cleaned up with electronic programming or lush chorus vocals that are much closer to bland alternative pop/rock. The bopping "Foreign Language" marries the yearning of Cutting Crew to a post-new wave beat, but a song later Anberlin is channeling the grandiose proto-metal of Tool, albeit without that group's slithering underbelly. This obviousness doesn't do Blueprints for the Black Market any favors. It's such a glimmering recording, and the songs are so minutely arranged to represent a particular sound, that the album ends up becoming an utterly pleasant bore. Christian and his cohorts turn in some determined performances, but they lack any definition. A preening cover of the Cure's "Love Song" doesn't help matters" - Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide

As discussed before, this is a review from www.jesusfreakhideout.com again, sparking rumours of the band being Christian Rock.

"The album starts off with the fast paced, "ReadyFuels," a perfect opener from start to finish with infectious melodies and catchy hooks that are likely to attract any music fan.Blueprints... proceeds into the very pop punk "Foreign Language," a track about the differences between guys and gals, and is an excellent second track (and radio single choice, might I add). It then immediately follows with the emotional "Change the World (Lost Ones)," which is by far one of my favorite tracks on the record. With every passing song, you really do begin to love this band more and more. The very melodic "Cold War Transmissions," follows with "Glass to the Arson" bearing a new metal feel to it, and if you ask me, feels very reminiscent of Trust Company, while serving as the most aggressive song on the disc.

We then go into the very contemplative, "The Undeveloped Story," which immediately follows the upbeat "Autobahn" which offers lyrics like "And the stereo sings the song / We don't hesitate to sing along / Tried to dream to live / We could see the world tonight" "We Dreamt in Heist" is an amazing rock track which precedes the renowned "Love song" (originally by the Cure). They truly do this song justice and would surely make the Cure proud! We then move into a more emo side of the record for one of my personal favorite tracks, "Cadence," as the song says, "The closer I come to you / The closer I am to finding out your a miracle to me." Blueprints For The Black Market then closes with the infectious-yet-melodic, "Naive Orleans," serving as the perfect ending to the glorious debut of one of Christian rock's best new talents." Matt Gray