▁Comm it ▁This ▁to ▁Memory ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁album ▁by ▁the ▁band ▁to ▁feature ▁material ▁craft ed ▁by ▁each ▁music ian ▁in ▁the ▁group , ▁as ▁previous ▁releases ▁had ▁featured ▁songs ▁written ▁in ▁the ▁years ▁prior ▁to ▁each ▁member ▁joining . ▁In ▁addition , ▁the ▁band ▁also ▁had ▁more ▁time ▁and ▁funds ▁create ▁the ▁album . ▁During ▁its ▁recording ▁process , ▁Mot ion ▁City ▁emb ark ed ▁on ▁their ▁first ▁head lin ing ▁tour , ▁The ▁Sub - Par ▁Punk ▁Who ▁Car es ▁Tour ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁the ▁band ▁had ▁played ▁over ▁ 2 7 0 ▁shows . ▁ ▁Comm it ▁This ▁to ▁Memory , ▁which ▁was ▁le aked ▁to ▁file ▁sharing ▁websites ▁months ▁before ▁its ▁official ▁debut , ▁saw ▁release ▁on ▁June ▁ 7 , ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁pe aking ▁at ▁number ▁two ▁on ▁Billboard ▁Independent ▁Albums ▁chart . ▁Pierre ▁estimated ▁that ▁by ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁the ▁album ▁had ▁sold ▁nearly ▁ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁copies . ▁The ▁band ' s ▁music ▁videos ▁found ▁regular ▁rotation ▁on ▁networks ▁such ▁as ▁MTV 2 , ▁and ▁the ▁band ▁also ▁performed ▁on ▁Late ▁Night ▁with ▁Con an ▁O ' B rien . ▁However , ▁their ▁main stream ▁break through ▁brought ▁det ract ors , ▁and ▁they ▁became ▁a ▁target ▁for ▁critics ▁of ▁pop ▁punk : ▁"[ the ▁band ▁was ] ▁frequently ▁character ized ▁as ▁the ▁sort ▁of ▁ult ra - com mer cial