Mad Season (album)

Mad Season
Studio album by Matchbox Twenty
Released	May 23, 2000
Recorded	1998–99, Atlanta and Nashville
Genre	Alternative rock pop rock[1]
Length	50:30
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Matt Serletic
Matchbox Twenty chronology
Yourself or Someone Like You (1996) Mad Season (2000) More Than You Think You Are (2002)
Singles from Mad Season
"Bent" Released: July 4, 2000 "If You're Gone" Released: October 3, 2000 "Crutch" Released: 2000 "Mad Season (Come Undone)" Released: April 16, 2001 "Angry" Released: 2001 "Last Beautiful Girl" Released: November 12, 2001

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(57/100)[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[4]
NME	(3/10)[5]
Q	[6]
Robert Christgau	C+[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
Sputnikmusic	[9]

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 bands's debut album, Yourself or Someone Like You, as it moved from a straight rock sound to pop 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 songs were written by Rob Thomas, except where noted.

1. "Angry" – 3:44
2. "Black & White People" – 3:45
3. "Crutch" – 3:25
4. "Last Beautiful Girl" (Thomas, Matt Serletic) - 4:03
5. "If You're Gone" – 4:34
6. "Mad Season (Come Undone)" – 5:02
7. "Rest Stop" – 4:29
8. "The Burn" – 3:27
9. "Bent" – 4:16
10. "Bed of Lies" (Thomas, Serletic) – 5:22
11. "Leave" – 4:33
12. "Stop" (Thomas, Paul Doucette) – 3:49
13. "You Won't Be Mine" – 9:52 (actual time is 5:32)
14. "You Won't Be Mine Orchestral Reprise" (hidden track); starts at 7:47 after 2 minutes of silence or separate track depending on edition.

Bonus tracks:

Deluxe Edition
No.	Title	Length
15.	"You & I & I"	3:29
16.	"Suffer Me"	3:10
17.	"Never Going Back Again"	3:47

Chinese Edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	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

• Rob Thomas – lead vocals, piano, guitar
• Kyle Cook – lead guitar, piano, banjo
• Adam Gaynor – rhythm guitar, vocals
• Brian Yale – bass guitar
• Paul Doucette – drums, percussion
• Peter Stuart – backing vocals^[10]

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

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

1. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1 April 2000. p. 103. ISSN 0006-2510.
2. "Critic Reviews for Mad Season at Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-04-05.
3. "Allmusic review".
4. Willman, Chris (2000-05-26). "mad season Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
5. "NME Album Reviews - Mad Season By Matchbox 20". NME. May 29, 2000. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
6. O'Brien, Lucy (July 2000). "Matchbox Twenty: Mad Season". Q. Retrieved 2012-05-05. |archive-url= is malformed: timestamp (help)
7. "Robert Christgau review".
8. Pareles, Jon (2000-06-08). "Recordings: Matchbox Twenty, Mad Season". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2001-06-05. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
9. "Sputnikmusic review".
10. Brown, Mark (2000-10-12). "Thomas Talks Matchbox Twenty Tour". ABC News. Retrieved 2012-09-27.

External links

• Mad Season at Metacritic