Say It Like You Mean It

Say It Like You Mean It
Studio album by The Starting Line
Released	July 16, 2002
Recorded	Media Vortex (Burbank, California)
Genre	Pop punk
Length	47:35
Label	Drive-Thru
Producer	Mark Trombino
The Starting Line chronology
With Hopes of Starting Over... (2001) Say It Like You Mean It (2002) The Make Yourself at Home EP (2003)

Say It Like You Mean It is the first full-length album from pop punk band The Starting Line, following their debut EP With Hopes of Starting Over.

Release

It was released on July 16, 2002 on Drive-Thru Records.

An alternate pressing of the album was issued simultaneously and available only from Drive-Thru's online store, with the cover picturing Jamison Covington of JamisonParker, instead of the girl on the cover of the conventional release. This limited edition is now out-of-print and rather hard to come by.

The name of the album comes from a line in the song "Almost There, Going Nowhere."

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Rolling Stone	link

The album was included at number 21 on Rock Sound's "The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time" list.^[1] BuzzFeed included the album at number 20 on their "36 Pop Punk Albums You Need To Hear Before You F——ing Die" list.^[2]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by The Starting Line except where noted. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Up & Go"	3:36
2.	"Given the Chance"	2:57
3.	"Leaving"	3:33
4.	"The Best of Me"	4:18
5.	"A Goodnight's Sleep"	4:22
6.	"Almost There, Going Nowhere"	3:26
7.	"Cheek to Cheek"	4:38
8.	"Hello Houston"	2:23
9.	"Decisions, Decisions"	3:50
10.	"Saddest Girl Story"	3:28
11.	"Left Coast Envy"	4:25
12.	"The Drama Summer" (Kenny Vasoli)	2:52
13.	"This Ride"	3:40

Credits

• Mike Golla – guitar
• Tom Gryskiewicz – drums
• Kenny Vasoli – vocals, bass
• Matt Watts – guitar
• Nate Barcalow from Finch – backup vocals on Cheek to Cheek and This Ride
• Keith Goodwin from Days Away – backup vocals on Left Cost Envy

References

Citations

1. Bird, ed. 2014, p. 72
2. Sherman, Maria; Broderick, Ryan (July 2, 2013). "36 Pop Punk Albums You Need To Hear Before You F----ing Die". BuzzFeed. Retrieved July 29, 2015.

Sources

• Bird, Ryan, ed. (September 2014). "The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time". Rock Sound (London: Freeway Press Inc.) (191). ISSN 1465-0185.

External links

• Say It Like You Mean It at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)