More Than You Think You Are [ECD] - Matchbox Twenty

...album “Mad Season” or the more rocking style of their debut “Yourself or Someone Like You”. It took a visit to the USA last year for me to start getting into the album. The American Airlines flight we were on had a track from the album on one of the in-flight “radio” stations and, while we were there, MTV was playing “Unwell” on their daily chart countdown. As the show happened at pretty much the same time I was getting ready to go out most days, ...
...heavier on the bass and more towards the rock end of the spectrum than a lot of their others. The vocals sound as if they’re more shouted than sung, which is a bit of a shame as Rob Thomas does have a great voice, but it fits in with the rest of the track and you’re getting a pretty decent rock-pop tune. The introduction to “Disease” is a little bit of a worry at first, as it sounds almost as if it could have an electronic style edge to it. Fortunately, ...

Soho_Black 12.09.2004 · Read full review
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Review of More Than You Think You Are [ECD] - Matchbox Twenty

...to not bother downloading any more from the band and to merely run down to the nearest music shop and purchase the first two albums. I began my research on Matchbox Twenty following listening to the albums, my mission, to find out weather the band was still in full swing, or weather like my other idols “Savage Garden” they had ceased action and thrown in the microphone. The Second album “Mad Season was released in the Year 2000, ...
...now growing site were becoming more and more evident. Then, without warning I saw that magical sentence “19th November set for release of upcoming single disease”. Not long after that I found the new album was to be called “More than you think you are”. Unfortunately as is so evident with most of the Matchbox Twenty saga the UK was not to have a slice of the pie, we were left without a release date and as of yet none has been ...

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Review of More Than You Think You Are [ECD] - Matchbox Twenty

...E N T Y ------------------------------------ MORE THAN YOU THINK YOU ARE ------------------------------------------- When the band appeared in 1996, not many people were ready for what was to follow. Rising from the ashes of Tabitha's Secret, the band soon started to gain a following, this following got a whole lot bigger with the release of the bands debut album, 'Yourself or someone like you'. This album reached over 10 million sales, undoubtedly ...
...sound and gave it a more polished poppy edge, which worked but overall the album seemed a little too overproduced, and even the band themselves have dubbed it the kitchen sink album, due to the amount of different instruments and sounds they incorporated into it. Also between the first two albums lead singer Rob Thomas had a hit single with guitar genius Santana, with the massive single 'Smooth'. So two years later after intensive touring and various ...

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Review of More Than You Think You Are [ECD] - Matchbox Twenty

...was born. With More Than You Think You Are, Rob and his cohorts have followed up on their previous album, 2001’s Mad Season, which sold more than ten million units worldwide. Before you pop this disc into your player – if you do – I want you to settle down, that’s right just relax. Find yourself a comfy chair somewhere, preferably a nice cushiony one. Are you feeling comfortable now? Come on, just close your eyes and lie back. Good. Now you should ...
...This album sounds more like a band effort lyrically and melody wise, probably because it is. Not since I first encountered 1996’s Lava/Atlantic Yourself Or Someone Like You have I heard such co-ordinated rhythm. “When we made our first record, we hadn’t really been a band for very long,” Thomas says of Yourself. “We hadn’t had any really good fights, we hadn’t had any really good laughs, we hadn’t done much of anything together. But now, so much ...

sargonau 17.08.2003 (18.08.2003) · Read full review
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Review of More Than You Think You Are [ECD] - Matchbox Twenty

...no way of finding out more about them. Eventually I did emerge from the dark ages unharmed and got the net, first thing I looked for was MB20 'Push', now about 3 years old. When I eventually found that, I started finding more and better songs, and lets just say the excitement was flowing. So now, here I am all grown up and with their three albums, and its to the third album that we'll go for a quick description. I'm beginning to think that someone ...
...Downfall is one of the more lively. There's even an appearance by a choir at the chorus. I definitely don't have the room to go through all the tracks and describe them, just don't listen to them if you're in a fragile state of mind. Rob Thomas puts in a great effort, as does all of the band, but as so often is the way, he's the lead singer, he gets the coverage, the attention and the fans. But he deserves them, not only did he do a duet with Santana ...

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Review of More Than You Think You Are [ECD] - Matchbox Twenty

..."You're so real" are much more upbeat affairs that stick in your mind and can't stop humming for the rest of the day. Then there's "Unwell", which is a bit of both and is both musically and lyrically the best song on the album, and is one of my favourites ever. Words doesn't do this album justice, it needs to be heard. Because once it has spun in your CD player it will be hard to take it out again. Highest recommendation ...

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Review of More Than You Think You Are [ECD] - Matchbox Twenty

The opening track, Feel (Not to be confused with hit single from Robbie Williams), is a passionate, heavier Matchbox 20. It is a great song with good vocals & good music. But it gets much better. Diseae is a highlight with Rob claiming he has a disease. Doesn't sound nice but in the song it sounds great. Bright Lights would have to be the best with it starting off quiet with Piano & ROb then builing into huge power crunching rock song with great ...

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Review of More Than You Think You Are [ECD] - Matchbox Twenty

I went to see them in Birmingham UK in September 2003 for the 'More Than You Think You Are' tour and I can honestly say, they are the best band I have seen live! I couldn't believe the buzz of everyone there. It was amazing to see such a small crowd of people (compared to the likes of Destiny's Child and Christina Aguilera) and yet all the people at the NEC were, what can only described as, proper fans. Everyone was really into them and there was ...

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Review of More Than You Think You Are [ECD] - Matchbox Twenty

I love this album, it has the some of the greatest songs but they're all quite similar. You can listen to all the songs on the album on matchbox twenty's offical website: http://www.matchboxtwenty.com/music/ , This might take a long while to load if your computer is slow though, and may well prevent you from buying the album at all. The songs are actually quite meaningful to me, I liked hand me down intially but so sad so lonely is by far one of ...

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Review of More Than You Think You Are [ECD] - Matchbox Twenty

With More Than You Think You Are, Rob and his cohorts have followed up on their previous album, 2001’s Mad Season, which sold more than ten million units worldwide. Before you pop this disc into your player – if you do – I want you to settle down, that’s right just relax. Find yourself a comfy chair somewhere, preferably a nice cushiony one. Are you feeling comfortable now? Come on, just close your eyes and lie back. Good. Now you should be in the ...
...release. This album sounds more like a band effort lyrically and melody wise, probably because it is. Songs like ‘Cold’ and ‘Soul’ and 'bright lights' set this band apart from the competition. Musically, the entire record is insistent: it wants you to listen; in fact, it tries its best to not let you pull away. From the full-bodied hard rocking ‘Feel’ to the powerful gospel style ballad of ‘Downfall’, Matchbox Twenty continually shows themselves ...

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Review of More Than You Think You Are [ECD] - Matchbox Twenty