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, Emo
Length 47:35
Label Drive-Thru
Producer Mark Trombino
The Starting Line chronology

With Hopes of Starting Over EP
(2001)		 Say It Like You Mean It
(2002)		 The Make Yourself at Home EP
(2003)
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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. 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."

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" (new version) 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" (new version) 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

Vinyl release

Say It Like You Mean It has seen two vinyl reissues: once in 2002 by Drive-Through Records and again in 2014 through Shop Radio Cast.

Record Label Color(s) Pressed
Drive-Thru Records Blue 500
Purple 500
Black (Test Press) 8
Shop Radio Cast 180 Gram Tan Unknown
180 Gram Green (SRC Exclusive) 500
180 Gram Blue 1500

The Best of Me was also released on vinyl as a 45RPM single, also extremely rare. The amount of copies pressed are unknown.

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