Stories & Alibis

Artist: Matchbook Romance
Label: Epitaph / Ada
Category: Music

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

121 reviews
Sales Rank: 121820

Format: Enhanced, EP
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5

UPC: 045778666027
EAN: 0045778666027
ASIN: B0000BWVOM

Release Date: September 23, 2003
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Tracks:

•	Introduction
•	Your Stories, My Alibis
•	Playing for Keeps
•	Promise
•	Lovers & Liars
•	Tiger Lily
•	Shadows Like Statues
•	My Eyes Burn
•	She'll Never Understand
•	If All Else Fails
•	Stay Tonight
•	The Greatest Fall of All Time

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Album Description
The debut full-length album from Poughkeepsie, New York's next wave hardcore emo princess. Twelve searing tracks of powerful and passionate punk for those who wear their hearts on their sleeves, and dig the sounds of bands like Taking Back Sunday, Jimmy Eat World, and The Used. Enhanced with interviews and live footage. Digipak. Epitaph. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

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One Of This Millenium's Best November 26, 2007
Jason Custer
Riding high on the heels of their Epitaph debut EP West For Wishing in 2003, Matchbook Romance hit the studio and cut among the best albums since the turn of the century, Stories and Alibis. Starting out with one of the band's stongest cuts and somewhat of a title track "Your Stories, My Alibis", Matchbook Romance's debut full-length is dripping with heavy riffs, a hint of screaming and enough emotion to overwhelm. There isn't a bad track in the bunch. There's hardly an average track in the bunch. Every song from "Playing for Keeps" to "Tiger Lilly" all the way through to the end, it's apparent the Matchbook boys were out to one-up themselves time and time again. They call back to their EP for the album's impressive finale "The Greatest Fall (Of All Time)," a fitting end to an incredible album. Perhaps the saddest thing about this album, is that it doesn't have a worthy follow-up, and may never. 2005's Voices was an uneven mess, and since it's release the band has taken an "indefinite hiatus." Sad news for ANY fan of their music, or music in general. Don't let this stop you. Whether or not this turns out to be the only great album Matchbook Romance releases, it's still just that, a great album.

5 out of 5 stars

Loved It November 12, 2006
Abigail Sames (Illinois)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

I bought this cd about two months ago after buying their new cd "Voices"(which i didnt really like all that much). This cd was awesome. The songs are catchy and I can listen to it over and over again and not get tired of any of the songs. I would really recommend buying it.

1 out of 5 stars

Don't buy this cd-you'll regret it June 13, 2006
Parker (Boredomville missouri!)
2 out of 8 found this review helpful

Wow, I hope Precious M was joking when she/he said that the lead singer would brag about how he's a "musical genious". Musical idiot is more like it.
This is a bad cd from a terrible band. All the songs sound alike and run together so much to the point where you're in the middle of a track and think to yourself, "wait didn't I just hear that song"?! The melodies are also very dull and boring.

The singer's voice is downright hideous! A very nasal tone. Plus, he's out of tune.

The lyrics aren't horrible but they aren't good either.

The best thing about this album is the artwork because it looks like a diary. This album is horrible, though. I regret buying it completely

4 out of 5 stars

Still a good Buy March 20, 2006
P-A-U-L (West OZ)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

When i firsted listened to it i put it away and didn't both with putting it on again untill i ripped it to a mp3 cd for the car and now that it has grown on me it has become one regular tunes for my ears. looiking at there other cd's it's still not the best but if you do like some of there Songs then it's still a good buy.

4 out of 5 stars

Good CD, from a not so good band. February 10, 2006
3 out of 8 found this review helpful

Stories and Alibies is an excellent album. It's origional, catchy. Upbeat, and carries a beat. What is a joke is the band. They suck live. I give their crew a lot of credit for making this album sound good. Becuase they didn't sound good live, and they sound good on here. They are deffinately an album band. Good on CD, bad in person. Also, their other releases suck. They are a one hit wonder. They need to see what style works for them, and what doesn't. On their first ep, they tried to be screamo, and it was disgusting. Un orgional, he has a terrible screamo voice. Than on their full length, they went to emo, smart choice. He has great melody. Turned out to be a great CD, than their new CD (which isn't out yet, I downloaded it. It's called Voices), Is completely awful. They are now a weird rock style, which is neither instrumentally impressive, nore vocally impressive. It's garbage. I've lost respect with them. I like when bands change styles and all, if it's for the better. But if you have a good formula, why change? Buy this album and none of their others.

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