Motion City Soundtrack discography

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Motion City Soundtrack discography
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Motion City Soundtrack performing in Washington, D.C. in 2012
Studio albums6
Live albums1
Music videos15
EPs5
Singles19
Split, EPs5

The following is the discography of Motion City Soundtrack, an American rock band that formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1997. The band's line-up consisted of vocalist and guitarist Justin Pierre, lead guitarist Joshua Cain, keyboardist Jesse Johnson, bassist Matthew Taylor, and drummer Tony Thaxton. Over the course of their nearly twenty-year career, the group toured heavily and released six studio albums, the majority on independent label Epitaph Records. The band's sound, at times described as pop punk or emo, made notable use of the Moog synthesizer.

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Their first album, I Am the Movie , was originally self-released in 2002 before the group signed to Epitaph, which re-released the album in 2003. Their breakthrough album, Commit This to Memory , arrived in 2005; it achieved the highest sales in the band's discography, selling over 500,000 albums worldwide. [1] Their third record, Even If It Kills Me (2007), also achieved commercial success. The band briefly signed to major label Columbia for their fourth album, My Dinosaur Life (2010), which represented their best performance on U.S. charts, peaking at number 15 on the Billboard 200. [2] They rejoined Epitaph for Go in 2012 and Panic Stations in 2015, both of which represented large drop-offs in sales and chart performance. The group took a much-needed break in 2016 and then began playing shows again in January 2020. They're still touring and recording today.

The band's discography consists of consists of six studio albums, one live album, twenty singles, five extended plays, and five split EPs. The group also produced fifteen music videos, and appeared on numerous compilation albums.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and sales figures
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
US
[2]
US Ind.
[3]
US Alt.
[4]
US Rock
[5]
AUS
[6]
UK
[7]
I Am the Movie
  • Released: June 24, 2003
  • Label: Epitaph
42
Commit This to Memory
  • Released: June 7, 2005
  • Label: Epitaph
722
  • US: 285,000 [8]
Even If It Kills Me
  • Released: September 18, 2007
  • Label: Epitaph
1615552113
My Dinosaur Life
  • Released: January 19, 2010
  • Label: Columbia
153350191
Go
  • Released: June 12, 2012
  • Label: Epitaph
46882184
Panic Stations
  • Released: September 18, 2015
  • Label: Epitaph
14122182880
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum details
Spotify Sessions

Extended plays

TitleEP details
Kids for America [12]
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Modern Radio Records / Self-release
Back to the Beat [13]
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Modern Radio Records / Self-release
Live at Lollapalooza 2007: Motion City Soundtrack [14]
  • Released: 18 September 2007
  • Label: Lolla Records / IODA
  • Format: Live EP
Acoustic EP
  • Released: 6 May 2008
  • Exclusive to iTunes Store
  • Format: Digital EP
Making Moves 7"
  • Released: 6 November 2012
  • Label: Mad Dragon Records
  • Format: Vinyl, Digital EP

Splits

List of splits
TitleExtended play detailsOther artist(s)
Motion City Soundtrack / Schatzi [15]
  • Released: April 22, 2003
  • Label: Doghouse
  • Formats: 12" vinyl, CD

Schatzi

Matchbook Romance / Motion City Soundtrack
  • Released: September 7, 2004
  • Label: Epitaph
  • Formats: 10" vinyl, CD

Matchbook Romance

Motion City Soundtrack / Limbeck
  • Released: September 21, 2004
  • Label: Vinyl Nerd
  • Formats: 7" vinyl

Limbeck

Wait So Long / Disappear
  • Released: November 22, 2011
  • Label: Banjodad
  • Formats: 7" vinyl

Trampled By Turtles

(Sort Of) A Song for Patsy Cline / It's (Sort Of) A Pleasure to Meet You
  • Released: December 1, 2015
  • Label: Hopeless
  • Formats: 7" vinyl

The Wonder Years

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
US
Bub.

[16]
AUS
[17]
UK
[18]
UK
Indie

[19]
"Promenade / Carolina"1999Non-album single
"The Future Freaks Me Out"2003156I Am the Movie
"My Favorite Accident"
"Everything Is Alright"200516Commit This to Memory
"Hold Me Down"2006
"L.G. Fuad"
"Broken Heart"2007Even If It Kills Me
"This Is for Real"481546
"It Had to Be You"2008
"Fell in Love Without You" (Acoustic)Even If It Kills Me – Acoustic EP
"Disappear"2009My Dinosaur Life
"Her Words Destroyed My Planet"
"A Lifeless Ordinary (Need a Little Help)"2010
"True Romance"2012Go
"Timelines"
"Inside Out"2013Non-album single
"TKO"2015Panic Stations
"Lose Control"
"It's a Pleasure to Meet You"
"Crooked Ways"2020Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

List of promotional singles, showing year released and album name
TitleYearAlbum
"When "You're" Around"2005Commit This to Memory
"Attractive Today"2006

Guest appearances

List of guest appearances, showing year released and album name
TitleYearAlbum
"Capital H" (Live)
"Red Dress" (Live)
2004Mountain Dew Presents: Dew Music Showcase [upper-alpha 1]
"My Favorite Accident" (Acoustic) In Honor: A Compilation to Beat Cancer [20]
"Pop Song 89"2005 Punk Goes 80's [21]
"Truth Hits Everybody" ¡Policia!: A Tribute to the Police [22]
"The Worst Part"2006 Sound of Superman [23]
"Always Running Out of Time"2010 Almost Alice [24]
"Waiting"Lost Out in the Machinery – The Songs of the Rentals [25]
"Here Comes the Sun"2011Minnesota Beatle Project Vol. 3 [26]
"Left and Leaving"2014Friends [26]

Music videos

YearTitleDirector
2003"The Future Freaks Me Out"Andrew Carranza [27]
"My Favorite Accident"
2005"Everything Is Alright" Christopher Mills, Chris Grismer [28]
2006"Hold Me Down"Matt McDermitt [29]
"L.G. Fuad"Josh Thacker [30]
2007"Broken Heart"Jesse Cain [31]
"This Is for Real"Jay Martin [32]
2008"It Had to Be You"Lauren Simpson [33]
"Fell in Love Without You" (Acoustic)Jesse Cain [34] [35]
2009"Disappear"
2010"Her Words Destroyed My Planet" Isaac Rentz [36]
"A Lifeless Ordinary (Need a Little Help)"Shane Nelson [37]
2012"True Romance"Jesse Cain
2015"Lose Control"Dan Huiting
"It's a Pleasure to Meet You"David Prindle

See also

Notes

  1. Mountain Dew Presents: Dew Music Showcase was a promotional CD consisting of live performances recorded on March 19, 2004 at La Zona Rosa in Austin, Texas. It was released with the July 2004 issue of Alternative Press (issue 191).

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