Track Listing

1. Cambridge
2. Shiver
3. The Future Freaks Me Out
4. Indoor Living
5. My Favorite Accident
6. Perfect Teeth
7. Boombox Generation
8. Don't Call It a Comeback
9. Modern Chemistry
10. Capital H
11. Red Dress
12. Mary w/o Sound
13. Autographs & Apologies
14. A-OK

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12716 in Music
• Released on: 2003-06-30
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced

Amazon.co.uk Review
As you'd expect from anyone on the Epitaph label, Motion City Soundtrack are no ordinary pop band, and I Am the Movie no ordinary pop album. With their friendly, occasionally edgy rush of guitars and a keyboard that shifts between urgency and wackiness, at their best they echo the classic power pop of the Cars, and occasionally the Murder City Devils at their least fraught and frenetic. Fine examples of this are "My Favourite Accident", "Modern Chemistry" and the closing "A-OK". Just as often, though--as with "Shiver" and "The Future Freaks Me Out"--they recall the near-perfect smart pop of Fountains of Wayne. Their songs, peopled with drinkers and dreamers, dropouts and liars, are usually happily insidious (even the one about suicidal depression), unconvincing only when MCS commit the standard US punk-pop error of failing to match words and music. Towards the end of the album, this poor writing forces them into clumsiness and consequently breaks the spell. For the most part, though, their intelligence, humour and energy are gratifying enough. --Dominic Wills

Customer Reviews

Motion City Soundrack_I Am The Movie_Must Buy
This is one of my Favourite Albums of all time. It is a must buy album and it has many catchy songs. It is Rock, Alternative and emo. Here is a song list.
1. Cambridge, not a very good song, worst in the album, very short.
2.Shiver, not the best of songs, id give it a 5 out of 10

3. The Future freaks me out, this is a first class song, 10 ot of 10, one of the best songs i have ever heard

4. Indoor Living, a great song, but future freks me out is better

5.My Favourite Accident, great song, in fact, im listening to it now.

6.Perfect teeth, name seems a bit weird but a good song

7.Boombox Generation, good song but i hardly ever listen to it

8.Capital, I listen to this song to many times, the second best song on the album, 10 out of 10.

All the rest are good song but those ones are the best.

MCS...WOW!
What can I say? This album is incredible. A fantastic band to see live, and a fantastic band on CD, from the first track to the last you will be hooked on the great vocals, catchy guitar work and unique keyboard riffs. Its great to see a band with so much potential actually showing what they are capable of. As far as drumming, guitar work and vocals, they are not groundbreaking, but as a unit, they have a unique, interesting and catchy sound. Buy it. Now!

not great
i bought this album having been told it was a fantastic piece of musical brilliance. i was lied to. the songs soud the same, the singing is abysmal, and the keyboard makes you scream. Don't buy this album buy something good instead