Some Mad Hope

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Some Mad Hope
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 14, 2007
Genre Rock, pop, acoustic
Label Vanguard Records
Acrobat Records
Producer Marshall Altman, Mark Weinberg
Matt Nathanson chronology
Beneath These Fireworks
(2003)
Some Mad Hope
(2007)
Modern Love
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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IGN 7.9/10 [2]
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Some Mad Hope is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson, released on August 14, 2007, on Vanguard Records. It peaked on the Billboard 200 at #60,[ citation needed ] and peaked at 3 on the Top Independent Albums.[ citation needed ]Some Mad Hope was Nathanson's first album for Vanguard Records, and contained two singles that became AAA airplay staples, "Car Crash" and "Come On Get Higher". In September 2008, Vanguard Records announced "All We Are" and "To the Beat of Our Noisy Hearts" as future singles. The city skyline that's featured on the album's cover is that of Los Angeles. [4]

Contents

As of August 2016, the album has sold 500,000 copies. [5] Come On Get Higher was certified 2x Multi-Platinum on September 16, 2016. [6]

The "Car Crash" song is also a sample song on Philips GoGear RaGa.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Matt Nathanson and Mark Weinberg, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Car Crash"3:28
2."Come On Get Higher"3:34
3."Heartbreak World"3:27
4."Gone"3:31
5."Wedding Dress"3:54
6."Bulletproof Weeks" (Nathanson, Troy Verges)4:01
7."To the Beat of Our Noisy Hearts"3:01
8."Still"3:51
9."Detroit Waves"3:13
10."Falling Apart"3:28
11."Sooner Surrender"4:29
12."All We Are" (Nathanson and Marshall Altman)3:36

Personnel

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