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The Starting Line
Based on a True Story
Release Date: 2005 05 10
Label: Drive-Thru/Geffen
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Starting Line were just kids when they made Say It Like You Mean It, their 2002 full-length debut. The Philly combo's energetic emo blushed with first-time love and heartbreak, and not coincidentally their songs resonated most with kids in the midst of similar drama summers. Everyone's a little older for Based on a True Story. Kenny Vasoli is still singing about girls in his life and the feelings in his heart, but in 2005 those topics include marriage, long-distance relationships, and "What does it all mean?" examinations of purpose. And True Story takes a cue from the softer touch of 2003's Make Yourself at Home EP, incorporating acoustic guitars, emphasizing Vasoli's edge-of-tears vocal, and favoring busy breaks rather than actual rocking. Although Starting Line have seemingly matured into a more grandiose version of A New Found Glory (without as much fun), they remain capable of a highlight like "Photography," an emo-adult contemporary ballad with surging keys and strings and love-dizzy lyrics ("You're making a small change to the way that you wear your heart/I like it better!"). Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Action	Starting Line	:29
2	Making Love to the Camera	Starting Line	3:31
3	Inspired By the $	Starting Line	2:57
4	Bedroom Talk	Starting Line	4:04
5	Surprise, Surprise	Starting Line	3:59
6	Photography	Starting Line	6:05
7	Autography	Starting Line	3:39
8	Artistic License	Starting Line	3:08
9	Stay Where I Can See You	Starting Line	2:48
10	B-List	Starting Line	4:36
11	World	Starting Line	3:08
12	Ready	Starting Line	4:07
13	Cut! Print It	Starting Line	3:45

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