Hold On Tight (album)

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Hold On Tight
Studio album by Hey Monday
Released October 7, 2008
Recorded June 1 – August 3, 2008
Genre Pop punk, power pop
Length 37:30
Label Columbia
Producer Bret Disend, S*A*M & Sluggo
Hey Monday chronology
Hold On Tight
(2008)		 Beneath It All
(2010)
Singles from Hold On Tight
  1. "Homecoming"
    Released: October 7, 2008
  2. "How You Love Me Now"
    Released: March 31, 2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Allmusic link
Alternative Press link
Bombshellzine.com link
LetsSingIt.com(8.4/10) link

Hold On Tight is the debut album of American pop rock band Hey Monday. All the songs featured on the album were co-written and produced by: S*A*M & Sluggo, who have worked with many other artists in the past, most notably Gym Class Heroes, Katy Perry and The Academy Is....

Hey Monday's lead singer, Cassadee Pope, explained when the band were writing the songs for the record, they wanted to create something that people could really enjoy and dance to, while still putting their hearts into the songs.[1] Pope states "I feel that in the lyrics of the songs I’ve written for this album, I really was able to do this & the songs really show the diversity I feel I possess."[1]

Hold On Tight made headway in the Top Heatseekers chart peaking at #11. By October 2009, the album's sales stood at 64,000.[2] Critical response to the album was overall positive. Andrew Leahey of Allmusic guide gave the album a favorable review, stating, "There's certainly some filler here, particularly toward the album's conclusion, but Hold On Tight is still stacked with enough T.G.I.F. nuggets to make it an endearing, engaging debut."

The song "Should've Tried Harder" appeared in the video game MLB 2K9. The song "Homecoming" appeared in a commercial for the 2009 film Star Trek. The song "Run, Don't Walk" appeared in the video game Tony Hawk: Ride

It is the only album to feature the original drummer, Elliot James, and the only full-length to feature original bassist, Jersey Moriarty.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Cassadee Pope. 

No. TitleMusic Length
1. "Set Off"  Mike Gentile, Sam Hollander, Dave Katz, Pope 3:27
2. "How You Love Me Now"  Hollander, Katz, Pope, Butch Walker 3:18
3. "Homecoming"  William Beckett, Hollander, Katz, Pope 3:58
4. "Obvious"  Hollander, Katz, Pope 3:29
5. "Candles"  Gentile, Hollander, Katz, Pope 2:55
6. "Run, Don't Walk"  Hollander, Katz, Pope 3:43
7. "Josey"  Gentile, Pope 3:19
8. "Hurricane Streets"  Gentile, Hollander, Katz, Pope 3:07
9. "Arizona"  Gentile, Hollander, Katz, Pope 3:37
10. "Should've Tried Harder"  Pope 3:07
11. "6 Months"  Pope 3:37

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers[3] 11
Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[4] 71

Personnel

Other

References

Citations
  1. 1 2 "Hey Monday- Access All Areas Artist Interview". Access All Areas. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
  2. ↑ Bell; Harding 2009, p. 57
  3. ↑ "Hold On Tight - Hey Monday :Billboard album information". Billboard. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
  4. ↑ "ARIA Top 100 Albums - Week Commencing 2nd March 2009". ARIA Charts. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
Sources
  • Bell, Crystal; Harding, Cortney (October 10, 2009). "Dance of Days". Billboard (Prometheus Global Media) 121 (39). ISSN 0006-2510. 
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