Some Mad Hope

Some Mad Hope
Studio album by Matt Nathanson
Released	August 14, 2007
Genre	Rock, pop, acoustic
Label	Vanguard Records Acrobat Records
Producer	Marshall Altman, Mark Weinberg
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Matt Nathanson chronology
Beneath These Fireworks (2003) Some Mad Hope (2007) Modern Love (2011)

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, and peaked at 3 on the Top Independent Albums. 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, Nathanson has expressed live that he feels "Falling Apart" is the hit on the album but it remains to be seen if this will see release to radio. To date, it is Nathanson's most successful album.

The album has sold 234,960 copies to date.

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

Track listing

All songs written by Matt Nathanson except where noted.

1. "Car Crash" (Nathanson and Mark Weinberg) – 3:28
2. "Come On Get Higher" (Nathanson and Mark Weinberg) – 3:34
3. "Heartbreak World" – 3:27
4. "Gone" (Nathanson and Mark Weinberg) – 3:31
5. "Wedding Dress" – 3:54
6. "Bulletproof Weeks" (Nathanson and 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

• Matt Nathanson – vocals, guitar
• John Thomasson – electric and string bass
• Aaron Tap – guitar
• Jason McGerr – drums, percussion (tracks 2, 4, 7, 8, 12)
• Jason McKenzie – drums, percussion (tracks 1, 3, 5, 9, 10, 11)
• Jim McGorman – guitar (tracks 1, 3, 5, 9, 11), keys (3, 5, 11), background vocals on track 1
• Michael Chaves – guitar (tracks 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12)
• Ben West – piano, keys (tracks 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12)
• Suzie McNeil – background vocals on tracks 6 & 11
• Marshall Altman – percussion, background vocals (tracks 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
• Mark Weinberg – electric guitar (tracks 9 & 10)