Based on a True Story (Starting Line album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Based on a True Story
Type = Album
Artist = The Starting Line


Released = May 10 2005
Recorded = Mission Studios (Brooklyn, New York)
Genre = Pop punk, rock
Length = 46:23
Label = Drive-Thru, Geffen
Producer = Tim O'Heir, Eric Rachel, Howard Benson
Reviews =
*AbsolutePunk.net (83%) [http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=97072 link]
*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hn851vk5zzba link]
* [http://www.punktastic.com/ Punktastic] Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.punktastic.com/reviews/1424 link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thestartingline/albums/album/7291094/review/7294720/based_on_a_true_story link]
Last album = "The Make Yourself at Home EP"
(2003)
This album = "Based on a True Story"
(2005)
Next album = "Direction"
(2007)

"Based on a True Story" is The Starting Line's follow-up album to "The Make Yourself at Home EP" and was released by Drive-Thru Records and Geffen Records on May 10 2005.

The album was mainly produced by Tim O'Heir, except for the songs "Making Love to the Camera", which was produced by Eric Rachel, "Bedroom Talk" and "The World", which were produced by Howard Benson. The latter were originally also produced by O'Heir, but were re-recorded as Geffen was not satisfied with how the original songs turned out. However, the band stated they are more fond of O'Heir's mixes, which can be found on P2P file-sharing programs.

Three additional songs recorded in pre-production, titled "Lasting Impressions", "Classic Jazz" and "The Rain Cloud and I", were cut from the album but later released online on the band's PureVolume profile. "Lasting Impressions" was a full band version of a song off their previous acoustic EP, "The Make Yourself at Home EP".

Track listing

(all songs written by The Starting Line)
# "Action" – 0:29
# "Making Love to the Camera" – 3:31
# "Inspired by the $" – 2:57
# "Bedroom Talk" – 4:04
# "Surprise, Surprise" – 3:59
# "Photography" – 6:05
# "Autography" – 3:39
# "Artistic License" – 3:08
# "Stay Where I Can See You" – 2:48
# "The B-List" – 4:36
# "The World" – 3:08
# "Ready" – 4:07
# "Cut! Print It" – 3:45

Japanese bonus track:

14. "Nights and Weekends" – 3:15

Credits

*Max Bemis – background vocals on "Ready"
*David Gold – viola
*Mike Golla – guitar, percussion, celeste
*Tom Gryskiewicz – drums, percussion
*Taguchi Hiroka – violin
*Amy Kimbal – violin
*Benjy King – Hammond B3
*Kenny Vasoli – vocals, bass, guitar, Wurlitzers, piano, glockenspiel, bongos, synths, harpsichord
*Matt Watts – guitar
*David Yellin – cello