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*[[pop punk]]<ref>{{cite webmagazine|last1=Bacle|first1=Ariana|title=Motion City Soundtrack Announce Break Up|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/11/motion-city-soundtrack-break-up|workmagazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=March 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311204120/http://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/11/motion-city-soundtrack-break-up|archive-date=March 11, 2016|date=March 11, 2016}}</ref>}}

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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 journalmagazine| last =Maerz| first =Jennifer| date =June 13, 2005| title =''Commit This to Memory'' – Review| journalmagazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]]| issue = 825| issn =1049-0434 | url =https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1070637,00.html| access-date =September 27, 2012}}</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 journalmagazine| last =Maerz| first =Jennifer| date =June 13, 2005| title =''Commit This to Memory'' – Review| journalmagazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]]| issue = 825| issn =1049-0434 | url =https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1070637,00.html| access-date =September 27, 2012}}</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|worknewspaper=[[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>

The album was leaked to [[file sharing]] websites within a day of the final [[Audio mastering|mastering]] and months before its official release.<ref name=rehearsalvid>{{cite video|people = Megan Cunningham, Mike Raffensperger (Producers) |title= Rehearsal Space: Motion City Soundtrack |url= http://www.zoom-in.com/spotlights/rehearsal_space_motion_city_soundtrack |format= Streaming video |medium= Interview |publisher= Zoom-In |access-date = May 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705005216/http://www.zoom-in.com/spotlights/rehearsal_space_motion_city_soundtrack|archive-date=July 5, 2008}}</ref> It debuted on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] in the issue dated June 25, 2005 at position 72,<ref name=billboard1>{{cite journalmagazine| date =June 25, 2005| title =The ''Billboard'' 200| journalmagazine =[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| volume =117| issue = 26| page =53 | issn =0006-2510}}</ref> selling 16,000 copies in its opening week.<ref name=billboard>{{cite journalmagazine| author=Cortney Harding| date =October 6, 2007| title =Chart Motion| journalmagazine =[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| volume =119| issue = 40| page =46 | issn =0006-2510}}</ref> It charted better on the magazine's [[Independent Albums]] chart, where it peaked at number two.<ref name="ind"/> The last official estimate placed it at 285,000 albums sold in the U.S.,<ref name="oc"/> but Pierre said in 2015 interview that the number is closer to 500,000.<ref name="noisey">{{cite news|url=http://noisey.vice.com/blog/rank-your-records-motion-city-soundtracks-justin-pierre|author=Jonah Bayer|title=Rank Your Records: Motion City Soundtrack's Justin Pierre Rates the Band's Five Albums|publisher=[[Vice Media, Inc.|Noisey]] ([[Vice Media, Inc.]])|date=October 1, 2015|access-date=October 1, 2015}}</ref> The band's music videos found regular rotation on networks such as [[MTV2]], and the band also performed on ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]''.<ref name="westw"/> ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s Lauren Gilton considered the album a [[sleeper hit]].<ref name="rs05">{{cite news|title=Bands to Watch: Motion City Soundtrack |author=Lauren Gilton |date=December 1, 2005 |url=http://www.motioncitysoundtrack.com/RSPress.jpg |page=28 |issue=988 |access-date=May 29, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061218225055/http://www.motioncitysoundtrack.com/RSPress.jpg |archive-date=December 18, 2006 }}</ref> Nevertheless, the band's breakthrough brought naysayers, and the group became targets for critics of [[pop punk]]: "[the band was] frequently characterized as the sort of ultra-commercial punk poseurs who water down the genre to the point of drowning it."<ref name="westw">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.westword.com/2006-02-16/music/constant-motion/full|title=Constant Motion|author= Michael Roberts |date=February 16, 2006|magazine=[[Westword]]|access-date=April 15, 2014}}</ref>

Subsequent reviews of the album have continued to be positive. In 2014, ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' referred to the album as a classic of [[pop punk]], "full of hook-laden, keyboard-assisted songs whose bright melodies don't mask the despair and self-loathing lurking beneath them."<ref name="avclub"/> Reyan Ali of ''Cincinnati CityBeat'' wrote that ''Commit This to Memory'' "absolutely bleeds charm", commenting, "Even with all the dire thematic matter Pierre's lyrics covered, [...] the band framed the words with music that sparkled, owing to spunky, inspired hooks, full-sounding record production and ample doses of Moog."<ref name="cb"/> ''[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]''{{'s}} Tyler Sharp deemed the record a "classic",<ref name="altpress14">{{cite news|url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/motion_city_soundtrack_announce_commit_this_to_memory_10th_anniversary_tour|title=Motion City Soundtrack announce 'Commit This To Memory' 10th Anniversary Tour|author= Tyler Sharp |date=November 10, 2014|work=[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]|access-date=May 29, 2015}}</ref> while Taylor Morgan of ''[[OC Weekly]]'' called it "the soundtrack of [[millennial]] youth, reminiscent of breakups, making out, goofing off, and growing up."<ref name="oc">{{cite news|url=http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/2015/02/motion_city_soundtrack_february_12th_2015_1.php|title=Motion City Soundtrack Delivers Pop Punk Nostalgia in Anaheim|author=Taylor Morgan|date=February 13, 2015|work=[[OC Weekly]]|access-date=May 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518103844/http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/2015/02/motion_city_soundtrack_february_12th_2015_1.php|archive-date=May 18, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[BuzzFeed]] included the album at number 21 on their "36 Pop Punk Albums You Need To Hear Before You F——ing Die" list.<ref name=BuzzFeed>{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/mariasherm/36-pop-punk-albums-you-need-to-hear-before-you-f-ing-die|title=36 Pop Punk Albums You Need To Hear Before You F----ing Die|author1=Sherman, Maria |author2=Broderick, Ryan |work=BuzzFeed|date=July 2, 2013|access-date=July 29, 2015}}</ref> ''[[NME]]'' listed the album as one of "20 Pop Punk Albums Which Will Make You Nostalgic".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/20-pop-punk-albums-which-will-make-you-nostalgic/340824|title=20 Pop Punk Albums Which Will Make You Nostalgic|date=June 9, 2014|work=NME|access-date=July 29, 2015}}</ref>