Mad Season - Matchbox 20 > Reviews

Advantages: Really good sounds
Disadvantages: can't think of any

...about the band for you. Mad season, this is their second album, which I got for Christmas. I have to be honest, at first when I heard it I didn't find it as good as their first album ('Yourself or someone like you') but once I heard their single 'If You Are Gone' in one of the music channels it inspired me to play the whole album again... and again! It has 13 songs and a bonus track, duration of 1 hour, and it is an enhanced cd. The track list ... Read review

Advantages: Great melodic music with all the trimmings - Powerfull and meaningfull.
Disadvantages: None, i really mean it, There arnt any!

...knew name that they released Mad Season. I am to understand that a third album is currently being recorded and is set to be released in early November, The first single is to be named disease and is due for release in October. <Mad Season> This unique style of music follows throughout this album, and this is what attracts me to them. Few bands have actually attracted me to there music is the same way as Matchbox 20. One of the bands main ... Read review

Advantages: 13 great tracks
Disadvantages: not marketed in UK

My title wasn’t meant to be rude but I am getting more and more disillusioned by the UK music scene and industry. Here we have a soft rock band that could potentially take the UK by storm but they are never marketed in this country! They come to the UK as part of a very small European tour and “do” three venues! The gig in London was great but come on - only 3 venues! All I ask is if you get the chance give this band a listen and ... Read review

Advantages: Great music with a happy beat
Disadvantages: short album

If it weren’t for the fact that just by chance a CD belonging to BJEEE got stuck to my nasty grubby little fingers, I probably would not know about Matchbox Twenty. Matchbox Twenty are a US band that plays a mellow type of weird stuff that I can only describe as brilliant music. It really does put you into the mood for whatever you are doing, be it working, trying to get to sleep, or preparing for a night out on the tiles. Their latest offering ... Read review

Advantages: All Good Songs, bonus video
Disadvantages: None

...UK. Umm marketing maybe. Anyway, Mad Season is a great album. I think the sound is more mature than "Yourself Or Someone Like You." As usual, the lyrics are good and there isnt a bad song on the album. Personally, Mad Season, Bent, Crutch and You Wont Be Mine are the best songs on it. However, I know that many may disagree because all the songs are good, and different ones will appeal to different people. As with "Yourself Or Someone Like You", i'd ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent
Disadvantages: not well known enough

This CD is absolutely excellent. It is even better than `Yourself or Someone Like You`, although that is also excellent. Every song here is great so it would be impossible to choose a favourite track. All of the songs are catchy - in a good way. I haven`t stopped listening since I bought this and I`m sure that it will be living in my CD player for quite some time. It`s amazing that Matchbox 20 haven`t had much commercial success here, but they have ... Read review

Advantages: Very Catchy interesting lyrics
Disadvantages: Slighty weaker than previous album

"Mad Season" is Matchbox 20's most recent release and is brilliant. Many catchy tunes, brilliant chorus's make an absolute stonker of an album. By far, the best tracks on this album are "Bed of lies" And "Last Beautiful Girl". This album is very catchy and makes you think about the lyrics rather than just letting the sound flow over you like a background noise. However, it does not quite live up to Matchbox's first album "Yourself or someone life ... Read review

Advantages: Great Song
Disadvantages: Virtually unknown talent

The latest album from Matchbox twenty is even better than the fanastic 'yourself or somebody like you'. Most of the tunes have more pace then the previous album but the excellent lyrics are still there. The songs are about real emotion and you can feel that and get caught up even more with a catchty chourus. The best songs here are the wonderful 'last beautiful girl', 'weak' and 'reststop'. They sing about subjects that most bands whould just ingnore. ... Read review

Advantages: An Absolutely Perfect Alternative to Rock Music Album
Disadvantages: none other than those who just don't like that genre of music

...to offer. I have played Mad Season in its entirety so many times that I know every song by heart. Rob Thomas, the lead singer of Matchbox 20, penned all of the songs; he is,without question, one of today's most talented songwriters. Fellow band member, Paul Doucette, partnered with him on the song "Stop". Matt Selertic, the talented producer, parnered with Thomas in the writing of "Last Beautiful Girl." It is no wonder that the first single from Mad ... Read review

Advantages: 13 or so GREAT songs
Disadvantages: not long enuf

Mathbox 20 started with a great album that all soft rock fans had to like. It contained songs like 'Push' and 'Real World'. Its ashame that even after writing these songs they still haven't got much recognition. Now even though Rob Thomas (lead singer0 played with one of the greatest guitarists of all time, Santana, their band still does not have the respect it bloody well deserves. This new album kicks serious ass and with a more modern sound it ... Read review

Advantages: Uplifting and inspiring
Disadvantages: Just the one bad track. Otherwise, fantastic

I was inspired to buy this album after hearing the US chart topper 'Bent'. If you like 'bent', then you will almost certainly enjoy this treat of american rock, with a little bit of pop thrown in for good measure. What makes this album so good is rob thomas's wonderful vocals. This man has such distinctive vocals and coupled with the band's ear for a melody and sharp lyrics, it makes the perfect combination. Almost every song is a winner. My ... Read review

Advantages: Melody, backing, lyrics
Disadvantages: Not pushed enough in the Uk, could have been a hit

...actually been playing Matchbox 20. Mad Season, the great title track, is so catchy it is unbelievable, was played a bit over the summer, and people have raved over it. It is a story of how the narrator is depressed with his own life, he knows what is wrong, but is not scared to admit it, and even notices the effect it has on other people: "I feel stupid, but I think I've been catching on, I feel ugly, but I know I still turn you on." THis is the ... Read review