UTTERLY BRILLIANT!
Edward Scott | Houston, TX USA | 12/16/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Myself being a huge critic of music, I love Matchbox Twenty. MTYTYA's predecessors were great. But this is beyond even that. The lyrics are as touching as before, but yet somehow more so. Rob tops himself with lyrics in the songs "Bright Lights," "Hand Me Down," and "Unwell" especially, in my opinion. The music is as beautiful as in Mad Season along with some more rock tracks like YOSLY. The most powerful song on cd, in my opinion, is "Hand Me Down." Rob puts so much emotion into this song that it is just tantalizing. When he starts singing from the start it touches you. This is an almost unbeatable album. If you liked Mad Season you should definitely get it. If you're a Matchbox Twenty fan in general, this is more than you can expect."
"I'm not crazy..." this is an excellent CD!!!!
Priscilla Carlson | Park River, ND USA | 12/17/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Wow, this is such an amazing CD! You can tell by the first single "Disease" that it's got the same catchy beats and lyrics as their first two albums, but this one has a more varied style of music...from rock to pop to ballad and back to rock. Rob's voice is amazing, as usual, his range is phenomenal. The lyrics are creative and soulful from talking about falling in love hard on "Disease" to trying to get back to a normal life and reality in "Unwell". And the story of the person left behind when someone they love went looking for a better life in "Bright Lights". They sing about the things that everyone has experienced at one point in their life or another.I highly recommend buying this album if you're a matchbox twenty fan and if you're not really familiar with them, then I recommend it even more."
Sensational, one of the best albums of 2003
James N Simpson | Gold Coast, QLD Australia | 12/18/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Matchbox Twenty's third album shows these guys can keep up the brilliant standard they created with Yourself or Someone Like You and will not be one album wonders like some many other bands who started out when they did have become. This album has already had the hits Disease, Bright Lights, Unwell, and All I Need which is a huge achievement considering this album's time in the charts has not even passed yet. There are thirteen tracks (thirteenth is a hidden track, an unplugged version of Disease). Although there are no fillers on this album they do seem to be experimenting a bit with their writing on tracks nine and ten, Soul and Downfall, which are different sounding then the usual sounds we fans have grown to love. I am not a huge fan of those songs but there are still 10 brilliant tracks on here and you may even like those two experimental ones. Definatley one of the best albums of 2003."
Track Listings (12) - Disc #1