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|rev3=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|rev3Score= {{Rating|4|5}} [http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/committhistomemory/ link]

| rev4 =''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''

| rev4Score = (mixed)<ref name="ewreviewB">{{cite magazine| last =Maerz| first =Jennifer| date =June 13, 2005| title =''Commit This to Memory'' – Review| magazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]]| issue = 825| issn =1049-0434 | url =https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1070637,00.html| access-date =September 27, 2012| archive-date =April 16, 2014| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140416182442/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1070637,00.html| url-status =dead}}</ref>

|rev5= [[PopMatters]]

|rev5Score= (5/10)<ref name="Popm">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/m/motioncitysoundtrack-commit.shtml|title=Motion City Soundtrack: Commit This to Memory|magazine=[[PopMatters]]|last=Jagernauth |first=Kevin|access-date=November 28, 2009}}</ref>

}}Upon its release, ''Commit This to Memory'' received general acclaim from music critics. Scott Heisel of ''[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' wrote that "''Memory'' is an inspired, mature sophomore disc chock full of catchy, intelligent pop-rock."<ref name="ap">{{cite magazine|author=Scott Heisel|url=http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/committhistomemory|title=Review: ''Commit This to Memory''|magazine=[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]|access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref> [[Allmusic]]'s Johnny Loftus considered the band more intelligent and sophisticated than their [[Warped Tour]] peers: "Motion City Soundtrack['s] wistful memories, tales of breaking up, and frantic searches for answers [are] realer than the next pop-punk combo on the quadruple summertime bill."<ref name="am">{{cite web|author=Johnny Loftus |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/commit-this-to-memory-mw0000208534|title=Review: ''Commit This to Memory''|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref> Jennifer Maerz of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' ended her review with the note that "MCS' slick, soaring anthems ultimately unite the spirits of those who see themselves, like Pierre, as 'lifeless corners of this empty frame.'"<ref name="ewreviewB">{{cite magazine| last =Maerz| first =Jennifer| date =June 13, 2005| title =''Commit This to Memory'' – Review| magazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]]| issue = 825| issn =1049-0434 | url =https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1070637,00.html| access-date =September 27, 2012| archive-date =April 16, 2014| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140416182442/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1070637,00.html| url-status =dead}}</ref> Mark Griffiths of ''[[Kerrang!]]'' wrote, "It's a bright and invigorating affair [...] and is, in short, fantastic."<ref name="Kerrang">{{cite news|title=Album Reviews |date=July 2005 |work=[[Kerrang!]] |author=Mark Griffiths |url=http://www.motioncitysoundtrack.com/press_kerang_july.jpg |access-date=May 29, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926162329/http://www.motioncitysoundtrack.com/press_kerang_july.jpg |archive-date=September 26, 2006 }}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]''{{'s}} Marianne Meyer opined that the record "nimbly moves from skittish rhythms to genuinely tender sentiment."<ref name="wp">{{cite news|title=Live!|date=April 27, 2005|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|author=Marianne Meyer|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/27/AR2005042700713.html?referrer=emailarticle|access-date=May 29, 2015}}</ref>

Jessica Grose of ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' favorably compared it to Blink-182's ''[[Enema of the State]]'' (1999).<ref name="spin05">{{cite news|title=Band of the Day: Motion City Soundtrack|date=June 9, 2005|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|author=Jessica Grose|url=http://www.spin.com/features/band_of_the_day/2005/06/06092005_motion_city_soundtrack/|access-date=May 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060809215809/http://www.spin.com/features/band_of_the_day/2005/06/06092005_motion_city_soundtrack/|archive-date=August 9, 2006}}</ref> Tony McMenamin of ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' deemed it the publication's album of the month, calling it "a charged mix of instantly catchy pop-punk lashings and somber acoustic wailings."<ref name="blender05">{{cite news|title=Editors' Picks: July 2005|date=July 2005|work=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]|author=Tony McMenamin|url=http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=1688|access-date=May 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051123034520/http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=1688|archive-date=November 23, 2005}}</ref>