Stories and Alibis is the debut studio album by Matchbook Romance in 2003 on Epitaph Records.

Pre-production was held at Mets Studio Rehearsal in North Hollywood, California.

Joe Barresi produced and engineered the album, while additional production was done on "The Greatest Fall" by Epitaph Records owner Brett Gurewitz.

Pete Martinez acted as an assistant engineer and did additional editing at Sound City Studios in Los Angeles, California, while Jeff Moses was the assistant engineer at Larrabee East Studio in North Hollywood.

John Naclerio recorded the vocals for "The Greatest Fall" at Nada Studios in New Windsor, New York.