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Commit This to Memory is the second studio album
Studio album

A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist.It usually does not contain live recordings and/or remixes, and if it does, those tracks do not make up majority of the album and are often "bonus tracks"....
 by American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 pop punk
Pop punk

Pop punk is a fusion genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music, to varying degrees. It is typically referred to as a strand of alternative rock that combines power-pop melodies and chord changes with speedy punk tempos and loud guitars....
 band Motion City Soundtrack
Motion City Soundtrack

Motion City Soundtrack is an American rock music band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, formed in 1997. Only two of the founding members are still a part of the lineup: lead vocalist and guitarist Justin Pierre and lead guitarist and backing vocalist Joshua Cain....
. The album was produced
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
 by Blink-182
Blink-182

Blink-182 is an United States Rock music trio formed in 1992 in Poway, California that predominantly plays pop punk music. The band, then known simply as "Blink", was originally composed of Tom DeLonge , Mark Hoppus and Scott Raynor ....
 and +44
+44 (band)

+44 is an alternative rock and pop punk band. The band was formed by current Blink-182 members Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker , also consisting of former Transplants touring guitarist Craig Fairbaugh and the lead guitarist of The Nervous Return, Shane Gallagher....
 member Mark Hoppus
Mark Hoppus

Mark Allan Hoppus is an American musician and record producer. Hoppus is one of the founding members of the pop punk rock band Blink-182 and the pop punk/Alternative rock band +44 ....
. It was released through Epitaph Records
Epitaph Records

Epitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. The label was originally "just a logo and a P.O....
 on June 7, 2005. A deluxe edition of the album was released on June 20, 2006, including an additional track and a DVD which contained five music videos, a live show and a documentary about the band. The original release peaked at #72 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
, after leaking months before, just a day after final mixing.

Re-issue The band released a deluxe edition of the album in mid-2006.






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Commit This to Memory is the second studio album
Studio album

A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist.It usually does not contain live recordings and/or remixes, and if it does, those tracks do not make up majority of the album and are often "bonus tracks"....
 by American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 pop punk
Pop punk

Pop punk is a fusion genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music, to varying degrees. It is typically referred to as a strand of alternative rock that combines power-pop melodies and chord changes with speedy punk tempos and loud guitars....
 band Motion City Soundtrack
Motion City Soundtrack

Motion City Soundtrack is an American rock music band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, formed in 1997. Only two of the founding members are still a part of the lineup: lead vocalist and guitarist Justin Pierre and lead guitarist and backing vocalist Joshua Cain....
. The album was produced
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
 by Blink-182
Blink-182

Blink-182 is an United States Rock music trio formed in 1992 in Poway, California that predominantly plays pop punk music. The band, then known simply as "Blink", was originally composed of Tom DeLonge , Mark Hoppus and Scott Raynor ....
 and +44
+44 (band)

+44 is an alternative rock and pop punk band. The band was formed by current Blink-182 members Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker , also consisting of former Transplants touring guitarist Craig Fairbaugh and the lead guitarist of The Nervous Return, Shane Gallagher....
 member Mark Hoppus
Mark Hoppus

Mark Allan Hoppus is an American musician and record producer. Hoppus is one of the founding members of the pop punk rock band Blink-182 and the pop punk/Alternative rock band +44 ....
. It was released through Epitaph Records
Epitaph Records

Epitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. The label was originally "just a logo and a P.O....
 on June 7, 2005. A deluxe edition of the album was released on June 20, 2006, including an additional track and a DVD which contained five music videos, a live show and a documentary about the band. The original release peaked at #72 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
, after leaking months before, just a day after final mixing.

Track listing



Re-issue

The band released a deluxe edition of the album in mid-2006. The new version featured a bonus track originally featured on the Japanese edition (Invisible Monsters) and a bonus DVD featuring previously unreleased material, including a documentary and a live performance from 7'th St. Entry in Minnesota. It also features all four of the bands' music videos up to that point: "My Favorite Accident," "The Future Freaks Me Out," "Everything is Alright," and "Hold Me Down". The band also filmed a video for "L.G. FUAD" (Let's Get Fucked Up and Die) specifically for this release.

In Pop Culture

After it's release, many of the album's singles were used heavily in films and trailers.

  • The song "Everything is Alright" was used for the trailer for the 2006 film Accepted, as well as the 2005 remake of Bad News Bears
    Bad News Bears (2005 film)

    Bad News Bears is the 2005 in film remake of the 1976 in film comedy film The Bad News Bears, produced by Paramount Pictures. It is directed by Richard Linklater and stars Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden, and Sammi Kane Kraft....
    .


Personnel


Band

  • Justin Pierre
    Justin Pierre

    Justin Courtney Pierre is a singer, songwriter and guitarist originally from Mahtomedi, Minnesota, United States. He is the co-founder and lead vocalist of the pop punk band Motion City Soundtrack, and is known for his interests and pursuits in film making and record producer....
     - Lead Vocals, Guitar
    Guitar

    The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
  • Joshua Cain
    Joshua Cain

    Joshua Allen Cain is a guitarist and record producer from Saint Paul, Minnesota. He is the co-founder and lead guitarist of United States pop punk band Motion City Soundtrack....
     - Guitar
    Guitar

    The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
    , Vocals
    Singing

    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the human voice, which is often contrasted with regular speech. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist....
  • Jesse Johnson - Moog
    Moog Concertmate MG-1

    The Moog Concertmate MG-1 is an analog synthesizer made by Moog Music and was distributed by Radio Shack under their "Realistic" brand name. The MG-1, on its surface, appears to be a "Realistic" branded synth, but it is, for all intents and purposes, a genuine Moog synthesizer....
    , Keyboard
  • Matt Taylor - Bass
    Bass guitar

    The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
    , Percussion, Piano, Vocals
    Singing

    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the human voice, which is often contrasted with regular speech. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist....
  • Tony Thaxton - Drums
    Drum kit

    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....

Additional Musicians

  • Patrick Stump
    Patrick Stump

    Patrick Martin Stumph was born on April 27, 1984, in Glenview, Illinois. He is an American musician, composer, record producer and music critic....
     - Guest Vocals on "Everything Is Alright"
  • Robb MacLean - Vocals
  • Patrick Carrie - Vocals
  • Mark Hoppus - vocals on Hangman


Production

  • Mark Hoppus
    Mark Hoppus

    Mark Allan Hoppus is an American musician and record producer. Hoppus is one of the founding members of the pop punk rock band Blink-182 and the pop punk/Alternative rock band +44 ....
     - Producer, Guest Vocals on "Hangman"
  • Tom Baker - Mastering
  • Tom Lord-Alge
    Tom Lord-Alge

    Tom Lord-Alge is a three-time Grammy-Award winning record producer and Audio engineering widely known as a leader in music mixing. He is the youngest of Vivian Lord's five children, Mark Alge, Lisa Alge, Chris Lord-Alge, Jeff Lord-Alge and Tom Lord-Alge....
     - Mixing
  • Mark Trombino
    Mark Trombino

    Mark Trombino is a rock music producer. He started his career as the drummer of Night Soil Man, before playing for Drive Like Jehu. He also played in a Long Beach-based punk rock band called First Offense which released a seven inch on Mystic Records entitled "Broken Home."...
     - Mixing
  • Ryan Hewitt - Producer, Engineer

Design

  • Nick Pritchard - Artwork, Design
  • Bryan Sheffield - Photography


Chart performance

Year Chart Provider(s) Position
2005 US Billboard 200
Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
 Billboard
Billboard

Billboard is a weekly United States magazine devoted to the music industry. It maintains several internationally recognized Record chart that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis....
 72
2005Top Independent Albums Billboard 2


External links

  • Official Website