Commit This to Memory
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| Studio album by Motion City Soundtrack | ||
| Released | June 7, 2005 | |
| Genre | Pop punk | |
| Length | 39:09 | |
| Label | Epitaph Records | |
| Producer(s) | Mark Hoppus | |
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| Motion City Soundtrack chronology | ||
| I Am the Movie (2003) |
Commit This to Memory (2005) |
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Commit This to Memory is Motion City Soundtrack second album and the band's follow up to I Am the Movie. The album was produced by Mark Hoppus and released on June 7, 2005, on Epitaph Records.
Guitarist Joshua Cain has been quoted to say that their songs "are like donuts." While that might not make much (or any) sense at first, what he means by it is that all of their songs have a really dark undertone, so dark that they could feel as if they could've only been written if they were empty on the inside. Yet, at the same time, the songs are so sugarcoated it's hard not to love them.
Drummer Tony Thaxton has noted that he likes Commit This to Memory more than I Am the Movie because he feels it is more of a collaborative effort. Whereas many of the first album's songs were written by Justin Pierre and Joshua Cain before the final lineup of the band came together, everyone had input on this record.
Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy and Mark Hoppus of (+44) have guest vocals in the songs "Everything Is Alright" and "Hangman" respectively. The title of the album comes from the song "Hangman", which includes the lyrics "commit this to memory".
A deluxe edition of the album was released on June 20, 2006, including an additional track and many bonus materials.
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[edit] Track listing
- "Attractive Today" – 1:42
- "Everything Is Alright" – 3:26
- "When "You're" Around" – 2:51
- "Resolution" – 3:48
- "Feel Like Rain" – 3:34
- "Make-Out Kids" – 3:04
- "Time Turned Fragile" – 4:15
- "L.G. FUAD" – 3:06
- "Better Open the Door" – 3:00
- "Together We'll Ring in the New Year" – 2:13
- "Hangman" – 2:51
- "Hold Me Down" – 5:19
- "Monsters Invisible " – 3:55 (Japan-Only Bonus Track, also included in the deluxe edition of the album under the name "Invisible Monsters")
[edit] Album credits
- Joshua Cain - Guitars, Vocals
- Jesse Johnson - Moog, Keyboards
- Justin Pierre - Lead Vocals, Guitar
- Matt Taylor - Bass, Piano, Vocals
- Tony Thaxton - Drums, Percussion
[edit] Singles
- "Everything Is Alright" - 2005
- "Hold Me Down" - 2006
- "L.G. FUAD" - 2006
[edit] Re-issue
Due to its popularity, the success of singles such as "Everything Is Alright" and "Hold Me Down", and all of the footage the band had shot but never released, the band decided to re-issue the album with one bonus track and a DVD featuring music and live videos. The DVD, titled "Hooray For The Madness," features 3 hours of footage, including a documentary on the band, all of their music videos (including a previously unreleased video for the song "L.G. Fuad"), and live footage from a secret show they did at 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis, MN on February 17, 2006. The re-issue also features updated artwork similar to the original release and the bonus track "Invisible Monsters", which was originally released as a Japanese bonus track called "Monsters Invisible". A select few of the re-issues included a golden ticket which allows the owner of the album to go onstage during the 2006 Warped Tour.
