This Is a Stick Up... Don't Make It a Murder

This Is a Stick Up... Don't Make It a Murder
Studio album by Hit the Lights
Released	April 11, 2006
Recorded	SOMD Studios (Beltsville, Maryland)
Genre	Pop punk, power pop
Length	47:17
Label	Triple Crown
Producer	Matt Squire
Hit the Lights chronology
Until We Get Caught (2005) This Is a Stick Up... Don't Make It a Murder (2006) Skip School, Start Fights (2008)

This Is a Stick Up... Don't Make It a Murder is the first full-length album from Hit the Lights, released on April 11, 2006 on Triple Crown Records.^[1] Three of the tracks that were featured on their previous EP Until We Get Caught were re-recorded for this album. There are guest appearances from Just Surrender, Kick Over The Traces and Race The Sun. By July 2006, the album had sold over 13,000 copies.^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk.net	(75%) [3]
Allmusic	[4]

The album was included at number 37 on Rock Sound's "The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time" list.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Call Out (You Are the Dishes)"	2:53
2.	"These Backs Are Made for Stabbing"	3:48
3.	"Three Oh Nine"	2:58
4.	"Body Bag"	3:09
5.	"Talk Us Down"	3:09
6.	"Save Your Breath"	2:38
7.	"Sincerely Yours"	3:15
8.	"One Hundred Times"	3:41
9.	"It's All the Rage"	2:53
10.	"Speakers Blown"	3:35
11.	"Until We Get Caught"	2:50
12.	"Make a Run for It/ Her Eyes Say Yes, But The Restraining Order Says No (Hidden Track)"	12:25

iTunes Store bonus track
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Acoustic"	3:45
14.	"Stick Up"	4:01

Notes

• All songs are written by Hit the Lights
• The track "Until We Get Caught" was featured on the video game Madden NFL 07.^[6]
• There is an acoustic hidden track, at 8:42 on "Make a Run for It". On iTunes, the hidden track is released separately as "Acoustic", and "Make a Run for It" is only 4:11 long.

References

Citations

1. "This Is a Stick Up... Don't Make It a Murder by Hit the Lights". Apple Inc. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
2. Kohli, Rohan (July 19, 2006). "Soundscan Results: Week Ending July 16th, 2006". absolutepunk.net. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
3. AbsolutePunk review
4. Luerssen, John D.. This Is a Stick Up... Don't Make It a Murder at AllMusic
5. Bird, ed. 2014, p. 70
6. "Madden NFL 07 Soundtrack - Music News at IGN". Music.ign.com. Retrieved 2012-08-17.

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

• This Is a Stick Up... Don't Make It a Murder at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)