| Product Summary | | Label: Atlantic/q Records | | UPC: 00075678372322 | | Release Date: 4/19/2005 | | Buy.com Sku: 63910676 | | Item#: MME65M | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 2826 |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. This Is How A Heart Breaks ~ Rob Thomas |  | | 2. Lonely No More ~ Rob Thomas | | | 3. Ever The Same ~ Rob Thomas | | | 4. I Am An Illusion ~ Rob Thomas | | | 5. When The Heartache Ends ~ Rob Thomas | | | 6. Something To Be ~ Rob Thomas | | | 7. All That I Am ~ Rob Thomas | | | 8. Problem Girl ~ Rob Thomas | | | 9. Fallin' To Pieces ~ Rob Thomas | | | 10. My, My, My ~ Rob Thomas | | | 11. Streetcorner Symphony ~ Rob Thomas | | | 12. Now Comes The Night ~ Rob Thomas | |
| As the lead singer to the multi-platinum group Matchbox 20, Rob Thomas penned a remarkable string of chart-topping hits. Rob has also collaborated with a select list of artists-most notably Santana, for whom he wrote and sang the smash pop single, "Smooth," which earned Thomas three Grammy Awards.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | This is a DualDisc, which contains a CD on one side of the disc and a DVD on the other. | | Personnel include: Rob Thomas (vocals, piano); Heitor Pereira, Jeff Trott, John Mayer , Mike Campbell, Wendy Melvoin, Kevin Kadish (guitar); Hasan Isakut (kanun); Dan Willis (duduk); Frank London (shofar); Brandon Fields (saxophone); Gary Grant (trumpet); Reginald Young (trombone); Matt Serletic (keyboards); Mike Elizondo (bass guitar); Gerald Hayward (drums); Greater Anointing, Anika Ellis, Cassidy (background vocals). | | Recording information: Hit Factory, New York City; Conway Studios, Los Angeles, California; Bicoastal Music, Ossining, New York; Henson Studios, Hollywood, California. | | When Matchbox Twenty's first album became a hit, some critics lumped the band in with flash-in-the-pan rock acts of the day. What these early naysayers missed, of course, is that in vocalist Rob Thomas, Matchbox Twenty had one of the finest mainstream pop/rock songwriters in the business. Not only did Thomas rack up a string of hits with the Florida group, but he also co-penned "Smooth" from Santana's Grammy-winning 1999 comeback album, SUPERNATURAL. | | With SOMETHING TO BE, his solo debut, Thomas pulls out all the stylistic stops, revealing that Matchbox Twenty's alternative-rock format provided a somewhat limited forum for his considerable talents. "Lonely No More" mixes an insistent dance beat with an insanely catchy chorus that sounds straight out of the boy-band textbook. The title track is a sly lyrical dig at poseurs of all stripes, backed by an 1980s electro-funk groove, while the burbling synths and Eastern percussion of "All That I Am" recall the world fusion experiments of Peter Gabriel and David Byrne. An ambitious effort by a guy who knows his way around a hit single, SOMETHING TO BE is the sound of an artist breaking out. |
Producer: Matt Serletic |
Engineer: Jimmy Douglas; Greg Collins; Jay Newland |
Musical Guests | | John Mayer |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 04/19/2005 | | Original Release Date : 2005 | | Catalog ID : 83723 | | Label : Atlantic (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00075678372322 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (p.72)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "[T]he fare here is significantly spicier, with Latin and even funk undertones." |
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