Based on a True Story (The Starting Line album)
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| Studio album by The Starting Line | ||||
| Released | May 10, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | July–September 2004 | |||
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| Genre | Emo, pop punk | |||
| Length | 46:23 | |||
| Label | Drive-Thru, Geffen | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AbsolutePunk | 83% |
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| Melodic |
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Based on a True Story is the second studio album by American pop punk band the Starting Line. The group's label Drive-Thru Records had a distribution deal which allowed MCA Records to upstream bands from them. After MCA Records was absorbed into Geffen Records in mid-2003, the band subsequently spent the majority of 2004 writing and demoing songs for their next album. Following pre-production in July 2004, the band began recording for Based on a True Story, finishing in September. The album was recorded at various studios across the New York and California states, with separate sessions being produced by Tom O'Heir, Howard Benson and Eric Rachel.
Prior to the album's release, "Bedroom Talk" was released as a single in April 2005. During this month, the band went tour, debuting a handful of songs from the album. Based on a True Story was released through Drive-Thru and Geffen Records on May 10. Peaking at number 18 on the Billboard 200, the album received mixed to positive reviews. Following its release, the band went on the Warped Tour throughout the summer. While on the tour, a music video was released for "Bedroom Talk". Sometime after this, Geffen de-prioritized the album, which resulted in the band leaving the label in December. Further tours in the UK, which was co-headlined with MxPx, and in the US followed.
The Starting Line formed in 1999, signing with independent label Drive-Thru Records shortly afterwards. The band's debut album Say It Like You Mean It, released in July 2002, was a joint release between Drive-Thru and major label MCA Records. Drive-Thru Records had a distribution deal with MCA Records, which allowed the latter to upstream bands from the former. By the time the group sold around 300,000 copies, the band was upstreamed to MCA Records, who saw potential in the group. Vocalist Kenny Vasoli explained: "We were cool with that because we saw what they did for New Found Glory and Blink-182 and all that stuff, and we felt maybe they could do that for us."Say It Like You Mean It's lone single "The Best of Me" received attention from MTV2, while the group performed on the Warped Tour in the summer, and was going to be released to radio.
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