Even If It Kills Me (Bonus Track Version)
Motion City Soundtrack
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Fell In Love Without You | Motion City Soundtrack | 2:31 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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This Is for Real | Motion City Soundtrack | 3:10 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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It Had to Be You | Motion City Soundtrack | 3:47 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Last Night | Motion City Soundtrack | 3:17 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Calling All Cops | Motion City Soundtrack | 3:24 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Can't Finish What You Started | Motion City Soundtrack | 3:56 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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The Conversation | Motion City Soundtrack | 2:50 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Broken Heart | Motion City Soundtrack | 3:01 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Hello Helicopter | Motion City Soundtrack | 4:23 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Where I Belong | Motion City Soundtrack | 3:23 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Point of Extinction | Motion City Soundtrack | 2:39 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Antonia | Motion City Soundtrack | 3:16 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Even If Kills Me | Motion City Soundtrack | 3:51 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Not Asking You to Leave (Bouns Track) | Motion City Soundtrack | 3:55 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
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The Worst Part... (Bonus Track) | Motion City Soundtrack | 4:17 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
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Fell In Love Without You (Acoustic) [Bonus Track] | Motion City Soundtrack | 3:25 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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It Had to Be You (Acoustic) [Bonus Track] | Motion City Soundtrack | 3:40 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Broken Heart (Acoustic) [Bonus Track] | Motion City Soundtrack | 3:16 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Can't Finish What You Started (Acoustic) [Bonus Track] | Motion City Soundtrack | 3:22 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Point of Extinction (Acoustic) [Bonus Track] | Motion City Soundtrack | 2:52 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| Booklet Digital Booklet - Even If It Kills Me | Motion City Soundtrack | Album Only | View In iTunes |
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Album Review
With punk-pop stalwarts blink-182 now out of the running, Motion City Soundtrack could very well be crowned the genre's new torchbearers. Theirs is a punk-pop untainted by emo, unfazed by hardcore, and firmly focused on the latter element — pop — which seems to be second language to this melody-driven quintet. To that end, Even If It Kills Me finds the band working with (among others) Cars co-founder and veteran knob-twiddler Ric Ocasek, who piles their harmonies and distorted guitars into crunchy blocks of radio gold. Motion City Soundtrack shares more than a few similarities with Ocasek's former group — their dedication to the pop genre, for instance, with roots in something harder — and his presence is a warm tribute to a band whose efforts deserve some veteran recognition. As before, frontman Justin Pierre is the star of this album, whether he's doing his part to liven up a semi-sedate ballad ("The Conversation" — one of the album's only downer tracks) or channel the commercial spirit of former single "Everything Is Alright." In fact, Even If It Kills Me does seem to consciously aim for commercial acceptance, but rarely at the expense of the quirks and literate lyrics that first endeared Motion City Soundtrack to its fans. There's simply more radio-worthy material here, from the beefy bass-driven "This Is for Real" to the mix of synthesized pop/rock and latter-day Guster in "Hello Helicopter." By splitting productions duties between power pop veteran Adam Schlesinger, Eli Janney, and the aforementioned Ocasek, Motion City Soundtrack also avoids the seventh inning stretch — that nebulous point on Memory and I Am the Movie where the albums' final tracks begin to suffer from being so similar to their predecessors. There's no lull here, just fast-paced fun — which, given the band's motion-centric name, is as appropriate as it is tuneful.
Customer Reviews
Awesome album, crappy business practices.
Let me just say- this is an easy buy. Every song is catchy, introspective, and beautiful in it's own, someonewhat screwy, way. Justin Pierre's lyrics are deeper than ever, and his rhythm guitar complements Joshua Cain's lead guitar work well. Bass and drum work by Tony Thaxton and Matt Taylor all provides a great canvas for Jesse Johnson to throw heavy synth and keyboard parts onto. In the end, MCS' layered sound is even more beautiful on this record than their previous two albums, and goes from filling your ears like a miniature orchestra on "Calling All Cops" and "This is For Real" to dialed-down, piano-only accapella tracks like "The Conversation", and goes through every in between.
That being said, I'm sick of this re-release crap. The whole point to iTunes is to be able to buy your music by-the-song, right? It rewards everyone- the people who just love one single can buy their one single, the people who like the entire record can get it cheaper/ more quickly, and when it gets re-released the fans who brought the record the day it came out can get the bonus tracks.
Wrong.
Because the real fans who brought the record the first day it was out can't legally get those bonus tracks without buying the entire freaking album again.
I don't care if it's Epitaph, Apple, or MCS themselves, someone needs to fix this arcane system, ASAP. And I get the feeling it's Apple, because these album-only, re-release tracks are pretty common, and pretty damn annoying.
Five-star album, but zero-star treatment of consumers.
acoustic sounds even better
i know that you may love MCS, but the acoustic version of can't finish what you started is one of the best, acoustic or not acoustic, songs i have ever heard. YES if you agree
Re-Release
An excellent re-release of MCS's "EIIKM." Every song rocks, plus the acoustic stuff is NOT Album Only, so maybe iTunes actually read one of my f**king reviews! I still wish Not Asking You To Leave wasn't though. "the Worst Part" is on that Superman thing or whatever, so that's fine too. All in all, an excellent re-release of an already amazing album.
Biography
Formed: 1999 in Minneapolis, MN
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '00s
Top Albums and Songs by Motion City Soundtrack
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Fell In Love Without You (Acoustic) [Bonus Track] | Even If It Kills Me (Bonus Track Version) | 3:25 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Always Running Out of Time | Almost Alice (Music Inspired By the Motion Picture) | 3:00 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Explicit Everything Is Alright | Commit This to Memory | 3:27 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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The Future Freaks Me Out | I Am the Movie | 3:36 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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A Lifeless Ordinary (Need a Little Help) | My Dinosaur Life (Deluxe Version) | 3:23 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $11.99
- Genres: Alternative, Music, Punk, Pop, Pop/Rock
- Released: May 03, 2008
- ℗ 2007 Epitaph

