Where the Light Goes | ||||
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Released | May 26, 2023 | |||
Recorded | 2022 | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Length | 44:38 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
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Where the Light Goes is the fifth studio album by American rock band Matchbox Twenty, released on May 26, 2023, by Atlantic Records. [3] On March 17, 2023, the band released the first single from the album, "Wild Dogs (Running in a Slow Dream)". The album debuted at number 53 on the US Billboard 200 with 13,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. [4]
Where the Light Goes is the band's first album in over a decade since North in 2012. [5] This is also the first album of new material by the band not to be produced by longtime producer Matt Serletic, and also the first to not have any of it singles chart on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. The album was produced by Gregg Wattenberg with band members Paul Doucette and Kyle Cook.
As they were about to embark on a 2020 tour, the members of Matchbox Twenty had come to the conclusion that they had no desire to make a new album and were now primarily a touring band that would occasionally release new songs. The tour was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and though the band announced new dates for 2022, those were subsequently postponed as well. With the tour rescheduled once again to 2023, Kyle Cook suggested that the band record a new album after all in order to give their fans something new to make up for their long period of inactivity. [6]
Paul Doucette claimed that Where the Light Goes is the "most joyful" album the band has ever made, stating: "I also think this is a record where we let ourselves not be defined by the word 'band'." Rob Thomas stated: "It sounded like who we are, we know who we are, but also a glimpse of what we sound like in 2023, which I'm glad". Thomas continued: "Of everything about this record, the one thing I'm glad is that I got to see a glimpse of what we sound like when we make music together now". [7]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Friends" | Paul Doucette |
| 4:46 |
2. | "Wild Dogs (Running in a Slow Dream)" |
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| 3:30 |
3. | "Rebels" |
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| 3:44 |
4. | "One Hit Love" |
| Wattenberg | 3:43 |
5. | "Warm Blood" | Doucette |
| 3:48 |
6. | "Queen of New York City" |
| Wattenberg | 3:32 |
7. | "Where the Light Goes" | Thomas | Wattenberg | 3:52 |
8. | "Hang on Every Word" | Doucette | Wattenberg | 4:08 |
9. | "Don't Get Me Wrong" |
| Wattenberg | 2:53 |
10. | "I Know Better" | Kyle Cook | Wattenberg | 3:48 |
11. | "No Other Love" (featuring Amanda Shires) |
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| 3:36 |
12. | "Selling Faith" | Thomas |
| 3:18 |
Total length: | 44:38 |
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Chart (2023) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [8] | 2 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] | 77 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [10] | 26 |
Scottish Albums (OCC) [11] | 9 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] | 79 |
UK Album Downloads (OCC) [13] | 10 |
UK Physical Albums (OCC) [14] | 12 |
US Billboard 200 [15] | 53 |
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [16] | 7 |
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