| | Motion City Commit This To Memory CD Motion City Discography of CDs
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Knowing that COMMIT THIS TO MEMORY was produced by Blink 182's Mark Hoppus, some listeners might assume that Motion City Soundtrack numbers among the scores of Blink clones who emerged in the wake of Hoppus and crew's massive 1990s success. MSC, however, places far more emphasis on the pop half of the pop-punk equation than their Orange County counterparts. Often sounding as if they draw inspiration as much from the Outfield as from the Descendents, the group tempers it's raging guitars and pounding drums with a firm grasp of melody, and strong vocals delivered with a decided lack of snotty punk attitude. In addition, singer Justin Pierre's voice frequently bears a strong resemblance to that of Colin Hay from Men At Work (particularly on "When You're Around"). Lyrically, Motion City Soundtrack takes a cue from the no-holds-barred honesty of emo, but with more emphasis on craft. On "Together We'll Ring in the New Year" Pierre's pipes are clear and honest, riding over bed of clean, ringing guitars with the same wistful end-of-the-party elegance that characterized Semisonic's classic "Closing Time."
Audio Mixers: Mark Trombino ; Tom Lord-Alge.
Recording information: Cello Studios, Hollywood, CA; Seedy Underbelly, Valley Village, CA; Sound Castle, Silver Lake, CA.
Photographer: Bryan Sheffield.
Motion City Soundtrack: Joshua Cain (guitar, background vocals); Matt Taylor (piano, bass guitar, percussion, background vocals); Jesse Johnson (keyboards, Moog synthesizer); Justin Pierre, Tony Thaxton.
Personnel: Justin Pierre (vocals, guitar); Mark Hoppus, Robb MacLean, Patrick Stumph, Patrick Carrie (vocals); Joshua Gain (guitar, background vocals); Matt Taylor (piano, bass guitar, percussion, background vocals); Jesse Johnson's Revue (keyboards); Tony Thaxton (drums, percussion).
CMJ (No. 912, p.7) - "[The Minneapolis band] moves easily from spiky guitar crunchers to more anthemic tracks that drop new wave hints now and again." Commit This To Memory Music Motion City Commit This To Memory Songs | 1. | Attractive Today |
| 2. | Everything Is Alright |
| 3. | When You're Around |
| 4. | Resolution |
| 5. | Feel Like Rain |
| 6. | Make Out Kids |
| 7. | Time Turned Fragile |
| 8. | L.G. Fuad |
| 9. | Better Open the Door |
| 10. | Together We'll Ring in the New Year |
| 11. | Hangman |
| 12. | Hold Me Down |
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Commit This To Memory Music Commit This To Memory Music Review Average Rating: (4.4 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Dynomite!
I love this cd, exactly what I wanted!
Submitted by shendy_05 (Minot, ND, USA) 
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WOW!
this cd is great. like their last, but with a little more sparkle and more emotion. some of my faves are hangman, hold me down, feel like rain,..... uh, i like the whole cd. the guitar and the moog compliment each other, rather than drown each other out. and justin's voice is beautiful. i'm not very descriptive, am i? you'll have to see what it's like for yourself!!! trust me......
Submitted by rlagevans (O'Fallon,MO,USA)
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It's completely perfect from the very first second of Attractive Today to the last noises in Hold Me Down. Every song is distinct, both musically and lyrically. They are extremely good at putting dark lyrics to light music, and this is something that makes the cd completely timeless. I could never, ever get tired of it.
Submitted by Laura (Ohio)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No really good album
if you like punk or pop punk, you will love mcs,you could listen to thisalbum for days it wont get old. their great live too.
Submitted by sean (boston,ma)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Fantastic
Great album and is probably making motion city soundtrack more and more popular. I definetely recommend you buy this
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