Album · The Starting Line
Say It Like You Mean It by The Starting Line
Say It Like You Mean It is an album by The Starting Line, released in 2002. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “The Best of Me”, on 2 lists with a best position of #48.
Say It Like You Mean It, the Starting Line's debut studio album, landed on Drive-Thru Records on July 16, 2002, the label Matt Watts had called the band's dream home. It followed the With Hopes of Starting Over... EP, and it's the payoff of a very dial-up origin story: the Churchville, Pennsylvania band came together in 1999 after Watts trawled AOL's member directory for kindred spirits and turned up a 14-year-old singer and bassist named Kenny Vasoli, and they built their first following through AOL and MP3.com.
Mark Trombino produced, and the pop-punk is all sprint and sugar: Vasoli's wide-open vocals up top, Watts and Mike Golla chopping out bright guitar chords, Tom Gryskiewicz driving the whole thing at a gallop, and every chorus built for the front row to shout back. "The Best of Me" is the one that crossed onto the countdowns.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Say It Like You Mean It on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Best of Me | 2 | #48 | – | 2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.