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

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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
Length 47:17
Label Triple Crown
Producer Matt Squire
Professional reviews
Hit the Lights chronology
Until We Get Caught EP
(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. Three of the tracks that were featured on their previous EP Until We Get Caught were redone for this album. There are guest appearances from Just Surrender, Kick Over The Traces and Race The Sun.[citation needed]

The album's opening track "The Call Out (You Are the Dishes)" responds to a review from AbsolutePunk.net about the band's EP Until We Get Caught. The first few lyrics ("Tell me again how we're easily forgettable/So formulaic and way too simple to be/At all original, yeah, so we've heard/It's time to keep your mouth shut/While we show you how to rock and roll") reference and quote the reviewer who wrote the band off as "enjoyable, but easily forgettable".[1] For This Is a Stick Up... Don't Make It a Murder however, AbsolutePunk.net did a large promotion campaign, including banner ads, front page news coverage and an official "album leak", previewing the entire album weeks before its release date.

[edit] Track listing

(all songs written by Hit the Lights)

  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. "Bodybag" – 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" – 12:25
    • There is an acoustic hidden track, aptly titled "Hidden Track" (However on myspace the track is called "Her Eyes Say Yes"), at about 8:40 on the last track.
    • The track is actually called "Her Eyes Say Yes, But The Restraining Order Says No"

[edit] Bonus tracks

The iTunes Music Store version of the album contains the hidden song from "Make a Run for It" as a separate track (under the name "Acoustic"), as well as an exclusive bonus track.

  1. "Acoustic" – 3:45
  2. "Stick Up" – 4:01

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Hit the Lights – Until We Get Caught". Absolutepunk.net. http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=97382. Retrieved June 11, 2006. 
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