''Hold On'' is the debut studio album by American

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band

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. The album was produced by

Saosin Saosin is an American rock band formed in Orange County, California in 2003 by Beau Burchell, Justin Shekoski, Zach Kennedy, and Anthony Green. The band released their first EP, ''Translating the Name'', in 2003. That year, vocalist Anthony Gre ...

guitarist

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. The second track, "Hold on for Your Dearest Life", was subsequently collected on the ''Warped Tour 2005 Tour Compilation''. The lyrics of the fourth track "Panic", is the first appearance of the term

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, later used as the namesake of the platinum-selling band.

''Panic! at the disco
''Sat back and took it so slow
''Are you nervous? Are you shaking?''

Reception

''Hold On'' received mixed to favorable reviews from critics.

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founder Jason Tate gave the album a 91% rating, noting "The music beat pulses into your chest, your head expands and contracts with each riff and you can't help but let your head rock to the music." Punknews.org also praised the album in their review, noting "If there is a competition to see which of the two bands featured on last year's Bayside/Name Taken Split would produce a better follow-up full length album, consider Name Taken the winner."

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gave the album a less favorable review, stating "For the album's duration, its Name Taken's adherence to formula and the glossy production of

-- not memorable hooks or unique dynamics -- that keep things together."

Track listing

Personnel

;Name Taken *Chad Atkinson –

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*Blake Means – Guitar *Ryan Edwards – Guitar *Danny Valencia –

Drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

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;Artwork *Creative Direction - Amy Fleisher Madden *Sergie Loobkoff – Design * RJ Shaughnessy – Photography ;Production *

– Producer,

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, mixing *Shawn Sullivan – Mastering *Rory Phillips – Pre-Production, Vocal Producer ;Managerial *One Moment Management – Lance Brown

References

{{Authority control Name Taken albums 2004 debut albums Fiddler Records albums Albums produced by Beau Burchell