Mad Season

Performer: Matchbox Twenty
Artist: Angie Aparo
Engineer: Noel Golden; David Thoener
Producer: Matt Serletic
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: This limited edition comes with special packaging not included on the regular version. Matchbox Twenty: Rob Thomas (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano); Paul Doucette (vocals, acoustic guitar, drums, percussion); Kyle Cook, Adam Gaynor (vocals, guitar); Brian Yale (bass). Additional personnel: Nashville String Machine (strings); Atlanta Brass Society (horns); Tony Adams (drums); Sam Bacco (percussion); Angie Aparo, Peter Stuart (background vocals). Recorded at Tree Sound Studios, Atlanta, Georgia; East Iris & Oceanway Studios, Nashville, Tennessee. MAD SEASON BY MATCHBOX TWENTY was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album and "Bent" was nominated for Best Rock Song. This is a Hyper CD, which contains regular audio tracks and also provides a link to the artist's website with the help of a web browser. Like it or not, Matchbox Twenty's songs have an uncanny ability to take near-permanent residence in your musical consciousness. Returning with MAD SEASON BY MATCHBOX TWENTY, the band cashes in their 20, perhaps in an effort to avoid getting lumped with other "number bands." Matchbox Twenty is a truly complimentary vehicle for Rob Thomas' pen and voice. An obvious contender for single status, "Crutch" features modern R&B flavored verses and a driving chorus that could easily rival "Smooth" for longevity. "Last Beautiful Girl," with its thick vocal harmonies and dynamic extremes, has Thomas struggling through bittersweet heartbreak. "If You're Gone" makes tasteful use of Chicago-styled horns and orchestration very much in the David Foster production style. Title track "Mad Season" explores insecurity and emotional vulnerability, while in "Rest Stop," a woman musters the courage to end a failing relationship. "The Burn" describes frustration over lack of inspiration, and the breakaway single "Bent" has an '80s essence, with triggered drums and Journey-influenced keyboards. MAD SEASON will surely liberate the band from any lingering opinions that they're just a flash in the pan.

Q (7/00, p.120) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...[A] passionate, turbulent affair, sounding, oddly, like a cross between Foreigner and the Red Hot Chili Peppers....There are some good songs here, touched by Southern funkiness..." Mojo (Publisher) (8/00, p.98) - "...Rammed with FM-friendly post-grunge....The hook-splashed [album] will satisfy millions."

Anyone who couldn't relate to the agitated sounds of late-'90s/early-'00s alt-rock but still wanted to hear something new found solace in such "mature" alternative acts as Matchbox 20. Taking the anthemic rock and balladry of Pearl Jam and smoothing out the edges, the band (led by pretty boy Rob Thomas) hit paydirt right off the bat with their monster-selling debut album, 1996's YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU. Thomas's guest vocal on the Santana smash "Smooth" didn't hurt Matchbox 20's profile either.

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