Mad Season (Matchbox Twenty album)
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| Released | May 23, 2000 | |||
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| Length | 50:30 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Matt Serletic | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 57/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Baltimore Sun | [5] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C+[6] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [7] |
| NME | 3/10[8] |
| Q | [9] |
| Rolling Stone | [10] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [11] |
| Sputnikmusic | 5/5[12] |
| The Village Voice | C+[13] |
Mad Season, also known as Mad Season by Matchbox Twenty, is the second studio album from American rock band Matchbox Twenty, released in May 2000. 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. While not as successful as its predecessor, the album entered and peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 365,000 and was certified 4× Platinum in the United States in October 2001.
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: | 50:30 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15. | "You & I & I" | Thomas | 3:29 |
| 16. | "Suffer Me" | Thomas | 3:10 |
| 17. | "Never Going Back Again" | Lindsey Buckingham | 3:47 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 14. | "Bent (Live from Seattle)" | |
| 15. | "Back 2 Good (Live from Seattle)" (also on the "Back 2 Good" single) | |
| 16. | "Don't Let Me Down (Live from Australia)" (also on the "Back 2 Good" single) |
Personnel
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- Rob Thomas – lead vocals, piano, rhythm guitar
- Kyle Cook – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Adam Gaynor – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Brian Yale – bass
- Paul Doucette – drums
- Peter Stuart – backing vocals
Charts
Weekly charts
| Charts (2000) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums Chart | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Albums Chart | 3 |
| Dutch Albums Chart | 60 |
| German Albums Chart | 11 |
| Japanese Albums Chart | 71 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart | 7 |
| Swedish Albums Chart | 44 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 57 |
| UK Albums Chart | 31 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 3 |
Decade-end chart
| Chart (2000–09) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australia Album (ARIA) [14] | 96 |
Singles
| Year | Song | U.S. Hot 100 |
U.S. Modern Rock |
U.S. Mainstream Rock |
U.S. Adult Top 40 |
U.S. Top 40 Mainstream |
UK | AUS | CAN | CAN Alt. |
NZ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | "Bent" | 1 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 1 | — | 19 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| "If You're Gone" | 5 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 50 | 18 | 27 | — | 12 | |
| "Crutch" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | |
| 2001 | "Mad Season (Come Undone)" | 48 | — | — | 5 | 20 | — | 42 | — | — | 34 |
| "Angry" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Last Beautiful Girl" | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
References
- ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (2000). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
{{cite book}}:|last1=has generic name (help) - ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1 April 2000. p. 103. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ "Reviews for Mad Season by Matchbox Twenty". Metacritic. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Mad Season – Matchbox Twenty". AllMusic. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
- ^ Considine, J. D. (May 23, 2000). "No growing pains for Matchbox Twenty; Review: Band's second CD proves to be better than its first". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
- ^ Willman, Chris (May 26, 2000). "mad season". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
- ^ Cromelin, Richard (May 21, 2000). "Matchbox Twenty, 'Mad Season by Matchbox Twenty', Atlantic". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
- ^ "Mad Season By Matchbox 20". NME. May 29, 2000. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
- ^ O'Brien, Lucy (July 2000). "Matchbox Twenty: Mad Season". Q (166). Archived from the original on December 6, 2000. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
- ^ Pareles, Jon (June 8, 2000). "Recordings: Matchbox Twenty, Mad Season". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 5, 2001. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
- ^ Harris, Keith (2004). "Matchbox Twenty". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 519. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ Hanson, John (May 27, 2006). "Matchbox Twenty – Mad Season". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (November 27, 2001). "Turkey Shoot 2001". The Village Voice. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
- ^ "2009 ARIA End of Decade Albums Chart". ARIA. January 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2020.