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'''''Commit This to Memory''''' is the second studio album by American rock band [[Motion City Soundtrack]]. Produced by [[Mark Hoppus]], the album was released on June 7, 2005, in the United States by [[Epitaph Records]]. MotionThe CityMinnesota-based Soundtrack,rock act formed in 1997, haddeveloping firsttheir foundemotionally-charged, successpop-punk withsound theirover the interim years. Their debut albumLP, ''[[I Am the Movie]]'', (2002).saw Therelease bandon touredindependent inlabel theEpitaph interimin years, creating positive [[word-of-mouth]]2003. InIt 2004,was thefollowed band joined [[Blink-182]] on the road forwith a stringheavy oftouring showsschedule, whichincluding ledstints toon theirthe bassist,[[Warped MarkTour]] Hoppus,and joiningas the band in the studio for his first producing effort.opening
act for multi-platinum rockers [[Blink-182]]. Blink bassist Mark Hoppus took a liking to the quintet, offering to produce their next studio effort.
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 written partially composed there and in their hometown of [[Minneapolis]] and partially in Los Angeles, during a period in which frontman [[Justin Pierre]] was seeking treatment for [[alcohol abuse]]. He hopedaimed for his lyricism to better emphasizestronger [[storytelling]] in his lyricism, inspired by the lyricswork of [[Tom Waits]], [[Ben Folds]], and [[John K. Samson]]. Hoppus mainly worked with the band on completingfinalizing song arrangements.
TheUpon release, the album becamewas viewed as the band'sband’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|accessdate=May 29, 2015}}</ref> with its gold-certified lead single "[[Everything Is Alright]]" becomingadopted theas band'stheir 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]] on the [[Nintendo Fusion Tour]], later also joining the [[Warped Tour]] for a stint. In 2014, ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' referred to the album as a classic of [[pop-punk punk]]classic, "full of hook-laden, keyboard-assisted songs whose bright melodies don't mask the despair and self-loathing lurking beneath them."<ref name=avclub>{{cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/article/beginners-guide-bouncy-buzz-pop-punk-201853|title=A beginner's guide to the bouncy buzz of pop-punk|newspaper=[[The A.V. Club]]|author1=Kyle Ryan |author2=Jason Heller |author3=David Anthony |date=March 6, 2014|accessdate=JuneMay 2927, 20082020}}</ref>
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