More than You Think You Are [Australia Bonus Track] by Matchbox Twenty (CD, 2002)

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ProducerMatt Serletic
Record LabelAtlantic/Melisma
UPC9325583017551
eBay Product ID (ePID)27050176092

Product Key Features

Release Year2002
FormatCD
GenreAlternative, Rock
Run Time53 Mins 53 Seconds
ArtistMatchbox Twenty
Release TitleMore than You Think You Are [Australia Bonus Track]

Additional Product Features

DistributionMSI Music Distribution
Number of Discs1
EngineerPatrick Woodward; Greg Collins; Mark Dobson
ReviewsRolling Stone (12/12/02, p.96) - "...The quintet no longer comes across desperately commercial or deadly earnest..."
Additional informationMatchbox Twenty: Rob Thomas (vocals, piano); Paul Doucette (acoustic & electric guitar, piano, Clavinet, Mellotron, drums, percussion); Kyle Cook, Adam Gaynor (guitar, background vocals); Brain Yale (bass). Additional personnel includes: Greg Leisz (pedal steel guitar); Carol Webb, Enrico Dicecco, Jonathan Minklage, Maura Giannini, Jan Mullen, Ricky Sortomme, Bonna Tecco (violin); Sue Pray, Sarah Adams, Crystal Garner, Vincent Lionti (viola); Eric Ralshe, Jerome Ashby (French horn); Paul Doucette (synthesizer); Matt Serletic (congas); Vanesse Thomas, Lydia Mann-Jaime, Melanie Daniels, Cheryl Pepsi Riley (background vocals). Recorded at Bearsville Studio, Woodstock, New York and The Hit Factory, New York, New York. MORE THAN YOU THINK YOU ARE was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album. "Unwell" was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal. Australian edition. CD contains 1 bonus track. Personnel: Rob Thomas (vocals, piano, background vocals); Ty'Ann Brown, Dejahnee Richardson (alto); Kyle Cook (guitar, piano, background vocals); Paul Doucette (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, Clavinet, Mellotron, synthesizer, drums, percussion); Enrico DiCecco, Barry Finclair, Donna Tecco, Maura Giannini, Richard Sortomme, Carol Webb, Jan Mullen, Jonathan Dinklage (violin); Sue Pray, Crystal Garner, Vincent Lionti , Sarah Adams (viola); Ahmed Wallace, Joel Lester, William A. Richardson (tenor saxophone); Erik Ralske, Jerome Ashby (French horn); Matt Serletic (keyboards, congas, background vocals); Cheryl Pepsii Riley, Adam Gaynor, Melonie Daniels, Vaneese Thomas (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Greg Collins ; Jim Scott . Recording information: Bearsville Sound Studios, Bearsville, NY; The Hit Factory, New York, NY. Photographers: Mark Seliger; James Minchin; Daniel Corrigan; Ria Lewerke. In between his commitments to the band, Matchbox Twenty singer-songwriter Rob Thomas had spent the time leading up to the group's third album collaborating with everyone from Willie Nelson to Mick Jagger (his resuscitation of Carlos Santana's career already being old news by this point). Despite all these star turns, Thomas returned dutifully to the fold, and MORE THAN YOU THINK YOU ARE definitely sounds like a band effort, not just Rob-and-the-other-guys. While the catchy "Disease" (no pun intended) occasionally comes a little too close to Carly Simon's "You Belong to Me" for comfort, its musical insistence and inventive production make it stick in the memory. "Bright Lights," with it's piano-laden elegiac feel, is somewhat akin to the Train hit "Drops of Jupiter." "Downfall" starts out like a rowdy piece of alt-rock, but eventually drops into a surprising gospel feel, complete with choir. Like the opening track "Feel," "You're So Real" is a hard-charging rocker full of nasty riffs, but it's followed by album-closer (not counting a subsequent hidden track) "The Difference," a power-ballad that's the close
Number of Audio ChannelsStereo

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  • Great with good music.

    Good with good songs and I liked it.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned