| On Fire | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 6, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Label | Epitaph | |||
| The Higher chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| AbsolutePunk.net | 42% [2] |
| Punknews.org |  [3] |
| Q | [ citation needed ] |
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