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Recorded over six weeks in late 2004, ''Commit This to Memory'' was created largely at Seedy Underbelly Studios, a suburban home converted into a studio in Los Angeles' [[Valley Village, Los Angeles|Valley Village]] region. The album was partially composed there and in their hometown of [[Minneapolis]], during a period in which frontman [[Justin Pierre]] was seeking treatment for [[alcohol abuse]]. He aimed for stronger [[storytelling]] in his lyricism, inspired by the work of [[Tom Waits]], [[Ben Folds]], and [[John K. Samson]]. Hoppus mainly worked with the band on finalizing song arrangements.
Upon release, the album was viewed as the band's breakthrough,<ref name="cb">{{cite news|url=http://citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-31942-reeling_in_the_years.html|title=Reeling in the Years|date=January 14, 2015|work=Cincinnati CityBeat|___location=[[Cincinnati]], Ohio|author=Reyan Ali|access-date=May 29, 2015}}</ref> with its gold-certified lead single "[[Everything Is Alright]]" adopted as their signature song. The album peaked at number two on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'s}} [[Independent Albums]] chart. The singles' music videos achieved rotation on cable channel [[MTV2]] while the band toured alongside [[Fall Out Boy]] and [[Panic! at the Disco]]. In 2014, ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' referred to the album as a pop
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