Mad Season (Matchbox Twenty album)

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Mad Season
Mad Season Matchbox Twenty album.jpg
Studio album by
Matchbox Twenty
ReleasedMay 23, 2000
Studio
  • Tree Sound, Atlanta, Georgia
  • East Iris, Nashville
  • Ocean Way, Nashville
Genre
Length60:28
Label Atlantic
Producer Matt Serletic
Matchbox Twenty chronology
Yourself or Someone Like You
(1996)		Mad Season
(2000)		 More Than You Think You Are
(2002)
Singles from Mad Season
  1. "Bent"
    Released: April 17, 2000 [3]
  2. "If You're Gone"
    Released: September 18, 2000 [4]
  3. "Mad Season"
    Released: April 2, 2001 [5]
  4. "Last Beautiful Girl"
    Released: September 4, 2001 [6]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 57/100 [7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Baltimore Sun Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Entertainment Weekly C+ [10]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]
NME 3/10 [12]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [14]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [15]
Sputnikmusic5/5 [16]
The Village Voice C+ [17]

Mad Season is the second studio album by American rock band Matchbox Twenty. It was released on May 23, 2000, by Atlantic Records.

Contents

Recording and release

The album was a significant departure from the band's debut album, Yourself or Someone Like You , as it moved from a straight rock sound to poppier sounds and experimental rock. Mad Season's sound is grander and more innovative than the band's previous album, as it includes orchestra and horn sections. While not as successful as its predecessor, the album entered and peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 [18] with first week sales of 365,000 and was certified 4× Platinum in the United States in October 2001. [19]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Rob Thomas except where noted.

Mad Season track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Angry" 3:44
2."Black & White People" 3:45
3."Crutch" 3:25
4."Last Beautiful Girl"
4:03
5."If You're Gone" 4:34
6."Mad Season" 5:02
7."Rest Stop" 4:29
8."The Burn" 3:27
9."Bent" 4:16
10."Bed of Lies"
  • Serletic
  • Thomas
5:22
11."Leave" 4:33
12."Stop"
3:49
13."You Won't Be Mine" 9:52
Total length:60:28
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."You Won't Be Mine" (Orchestral Reprise) 2:04
15."You & I & I" 3:29
16."Suffer Me" 3:10
17."Never Going Back Again" Lindsey Buckingham 3:47
Malaysian edition bonus tracks [20]
No.TitleLength
14."Bent" (live in Seattle) 
15."Back 2 Good" (live in Seattle; also on the "Back 2 Good" single) 
16."Don't Let Me Down" (live in Australia; also on the "Back 2 Good" single) 

Personnel

Matchbox Twenty

Additional musicians

Production

Artwork

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Mad Season
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [38] 4× Platinum280,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [39] 3× Platinum300,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [40] Gold7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI) [41] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [19] 4× Platinum4,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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