Mad Season (Matchbox Twenty album)

Mad Season
Studio album by Matchbox Twenty
Released	May 23, 2000
Studio	Tree Sound, Atlanta, Georgia East Iris, Nashville Ocean Way, Nashville
Genre	Alternative rock post-grunge [1] pop rock [2]
Length	60:28
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
"Bent" Released: April 17, 2000 [3] "If You're Gone" Released: September 18, 2000 [4] "Mad Season" Released: February 26, 2001 [5] "Last Beautiful Girl" Released: September 4, 2001 [6]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	57/100 [7]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[8]
The Baltimore Sun	[9]
Entertainment Weekly	C+ [10]
Los Angeles Times	[11]
NME	3/10 [12]
Q	[13]
Rolling Stone	[14]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[15]
Sputnikmusic	5/5 [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.

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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Angry"		3:44
2.	"Black & White People"		3:45
3.	"Crutch"		3:25
4.	"Last Beautiful Girl"	Matt Serletic Thomas	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"	Paul Doucette Thomas	3:49
13.	"You Won't Be Mine"		9:52
Total length:			60:28

Deluxe edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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)	Lennon–McCartney

Personnel

Matchbox Twenty

• Rob Thomas – lead vocals, piano, rhythm guitar
• Kyle Cook – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Adam Gaynor – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Brian Yale – bass guitar
• Paul Doucette – drums, acoustic guitar on "Stop"

Additional musicians

• Angie Aparo – background vocals on "Stop"
• Peter Stuart – background vocals on "The Burn"
• Sam Bacco – percussion on "Last Beautiful Girl"
• Tony Adams – additional drums on "Stop"
• Matt Serletic – orchestra composer
• Nashville String Machine – string arrangements on "Rest Stop", "Leave", "You Won't Be Mine" and "Bed of Lies"
• Atlanta Brass Society – Horn arrangements on "If You're Gone" and "Black and White People"

Production

• Mark Dobson – additional engineering, Pro-Tools and digital editing
• David Thoener – mixing
• Shawn Grove – additional Pro-Tool editing, assistant engineering
• Robert Hannon – assistant engineering
• Greg Fogie – assistant engineering
• Kevin Szymanski – assistant engineering
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• Stewart Whitmore – mastering

Artwork

• Ria Lewerke, Doug Reichert, Paul Doucette, Imagic – art direction and design
• Michael Sowa – cover art
• Dean Karr – photography
• Andrew Macpherson – photography (center spread and page 19)

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Mad Season Chart (2000) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) [21] 1 Canadian Albums (Billboard) [22] 3 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [23] 60 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [24] 11 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [25] 7 Scottish Albums (OCC) [26] 18 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [27] 44 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [28] 57 UK Albums (OCC) [29] 31 US Billboard 200 [18] 3

Year-end charts 2000 year-end chart performance for Mad Season Chart (2000) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) [30] 15 Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [31] 23 US Billboard 200 [32] 39 2001 year-end chart performance for Mad Season Chart (2001) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) [33] 30 Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [34] 81 US Billboard 200 [35] 46 Decade-end charts Decade-end chart performance for Mad Season Chart (2000–2009) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) [36] 96 US Billboard 200 [37] 85

Certifications

Certifications for Mad Season

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [38]	4× Platinum	280,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [39]	3× Platinum	300,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [40]	Gold	7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI) [41]	Gold	100,000^
United States (RIAA) [19]	4× Platinum	4,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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