Even If It Kills Me

Infobox Album
Name = Even If It Kills Me
Type = Studio
Artist = Motion City Soundtrack


Released = September 18, 2007
Recorded = Stratosphere Studios in Chelsea, New York
Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, New York
Genre = Pop punk
Length =
Label = Epitaph
Producer = Ric Ocasek, Adam Schlesinger, Eli Janney
Reviews =
* AbsolutePunk.net (83%) [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=266001 link]
* "Allmusic" Rating|3.5|5 [http://wc04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:knfexzl5ld6e link]
*Alternative Press Rating|3|5
*"Blender" Rating|3|5 [http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=4735 link]
*Kerrang Rating|4|5
*Rocklouder Rating|4|5 [http://www.rocklouder.co.uk/articles/4284/Motion-City-Soundtrack---Even-If-It-Kills-Me.html link]
*Time Off Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.timeoff.com.au/index.php?area=Archive&pg=42&subarea=37&sel=7261&showcontent=7261 link]
Last album = "Commit This to Memory"
(2005)
This album = "Even If It Kills Me"
(2007)
Next album =
Misc = Singles
Name = Even If It Kills Me
Type = Studio
single 1 = Broken Heart (Digital Single)
single 2 = This Is for Real
single 3 = It Had to Be You
single 4 =
single 5 =
single 1 date = June 26, 2007
single 2 date = August 7, 2007
single 3 date = 2008
single 4 date =
single 5 date =

"Even If It Kills Me" is the third studio album by American pop punk band Motion City Soundtrack, released on September 18, 2007. [ [http://motioncitysoundtrack.com/news.php motioncitycoundtrack.com News] ] The album was a follow up to their 2005 album, "Commit This to Memory". The album was co-produced by Adam Schlesinger (of Fountains of Wayne) and Eli Janney (of Girls Against Boys), and part of the record was produced by Ric Ocasek (of The Cars).cite web|url=http://www.pop-zap.com/conversations/this-is-for-real-a-conversation-with-tony-thaxton-motion-city-soundtrack|title=This Is For Real: A Conversation with Tony Thaxton of Motion City Soundtrack|publisher=Pop-Zap.com|accessdate=2008-06-30] It peaked at #1 on the Top Independent Albums charts,cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=515278&model.vnuAlbumId=954481|title=Artist Albums Chart History for Motion City Soundtrack|publisher=Billboard.com|accessdate=2008-06-08] while also debuting and peaking at #16 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling about 33,000 albums in its first week. [Katie Hasty, [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003646687 "Reba Outmuscles Kanye, 50 To Score First No. 1"] , Billboard.com, September 26, 2007.]

Three songs from "Even if it Kills Me" were released as singles. The first single, "Broken Heart", was released three months prior to the album as a Digital download on June 26, 2007. "This Is for Real" was released as the second single on August 7, 2007 in the US and on September 3 in the UK. It was released digitally, on CD and on limited edition 7" vinyl, and included three different b-sides: "Not Asking You to Leave", an acoustic version of "Broken Heart" (featuring Korin Louise Cox of The Hard Lessons), and a cover of the Lifter Puller song "Plymouth Rock". The band shot a video for "This Is for Real" in Southern California in August 2007, which premiered on mtvU.com on September 10. The song was also used in an advertisement for AMC's monster movie marathon, "Monsterfest", during October 2007. It was played over clips of Michael Myers attacking victims. The third single "It Had to Be You" was released in early 2008, with a stop motion music video accompanying it.

Guest vocals on the album include Max Bemis of Say Anything, Rachel Minton of Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer and Shawn Harris of The Matches. [ [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1555203/20070321/lopez_jennifer.jhtml MTV News — For The Record: Quick News On Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Jermaine Dupri, Jagged Edge, Hillary Clinton & More] March 21, 2007]

Track listing

#"Fell In Love Without You" – 2:31
#"This Is for Real" – 3:10
#"It Had to Be You" – 3:48
#"Last Night" – 3:17
#"Calling All Cops" – 3:24
#"Can't Finish What You Started" – 3:56
#"The Conversation" – 2:50
#"Broken Heart" – 3:01
#"Hello Helicopter" – 4:23
#"Where I Belong" – 3:23
#"Point of Extinction" – 2:39
#"Antonia" – 3:16
#"Even If It Kills Me" – 3:51

Bonus tracks

#"Not Asking You to Leave" – 3:50 (Japanese/iTunes Bonus Track)
#"The Worst Part" - 4:18 (iTunes Bonus Track)
#"Not Asking You To Leave" (Acoustic) (iTunes Bonus Track)
#"The Worst Part" (Acoustic) (iTunes Bonus Track)
#"Broken Heart" (Acoustic) (featuring Korin Louise Cox) (iTunes Bonus Track)

Acoustic EP

#"Fell In Love Without You" (Acoustic) - 3:25 (iTunes Bonus Track)
#"It Had to Be You" (Acoustic) - 3:40 (iTunes Bonus Track)
#"Broken Heart" (Acoustic) - 3:17 (iTunes Bonus Track)
#"Can't Finish What You Started" (Acoustic) - 3:23 (iTunes Bonus Track)
#"Point of Extinction" (Acoustic) - 2:53 (iTunes Bonus Track)

*Tracks 1, 3, 6, 9, 10-12 produced by Adam Schlesinger & Eli Janney.
*Tracks 2, 4, 5, 8 and 13 produced by Ric Ocasek.
*Some copies of the album incorrectly read "Fell in Love Without You" as "Fell in Love With You".

References

External links

* [http://www.motioncitysoundtrack.com/ Motion City Soundtrack]
* [http://evenifitkillsme.tv EvenIfItKillsMe.tv] — "Even If It Kills Me" webisodes.