Based on a True Story (The Starting Line album)

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Based on a True Story is the second studio album by American pop punk band The Starting Line, the follow-up to The Make Yourself at Home EP 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.

The track "The World" appears in the video game Burnout Revenge.

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Starting Line

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Action"	0:29
2.	"Making Love to the Camera"	3:31
3.	"Inspired by the $"	2:57
4.	"Bedroom Talk"	4:04
5.	"Surprise, Surprise"	3:59
6.	"Photography"	6:05
7.	"Autography"	3:39
8.	"Artistic License"	3:08
9.	"Stay Where I Can See You"	2:48
10.	"The B-List"	4:36
11.	"The World"	3:08
12.	"Ready"	4:07
13.	"Cut! Print It"	3:45

Japanese bonus track

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Nights and Weekends"	3:15

Credits

The Starting Line

• Kenny Vasoli – Vocals, bass, guitar, wurlitzers, piano, glockenspiel, bongos, synths, harpsichord
• Mike Golla – Guitar, percussion
• Matt Watts – Guitar
• Tom Gryskiewicz – Drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Max Bemis – background vocals on "Ready"
• David Gold – viola, celeste
• Taguchi Hiroka – violin
• Amy Kimbal – violin
• Benjy King – Hammond B3
• David Yellin – cello

Artwork

• Josh Rothstein – Photography

Production

• Tim O'Heir – Producer, engineer
• Eric Rachel – Producer, engineer
• Howard Benson – Producer, engineer
• Evan Peters – A&R
• Dmitar Dim E Krnjaic – Assistant Engineer
• Chris Lord-Alge – Mixer
• Greg Calbi – Mastering
• Paul DeCarli – Digital Editing
• Jonathan Nicholson – Drum Technician
• Mike Plotnikoff – Engineer
• Keith Nelson – Guitar Technician

Charts

Album

Chart (2005)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	18
Top Internet Albums	18

External links

• Based on a True Story at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)