Mad Season by Matchbox Twenty

Pros: Well-written, well-orchestrated songs that revolve around a central theme.
Cons: That "central theme" is a depressing one; album seems a little subdued at times.

Pros: Generally more polished than debut, good lyrics, good vocals
Cons: Occasionally cluttered instrumentals

Sophomore albums always receive more scrutiny than the debut, especially when the debut was such a monster of a hit as MatchBox Twenty's "Yourself or Someone Like You." The fact is, following up on an album that had no less than four hit singles and...

Pros: Voice, lyrics and music
Cons: None

Matchbox 20 is striking and setting the world on fire with their sophomore release titled Mad Season. After capturing the nation with their debut album Yourself or Someone Like You, this artistically improved and emotionally charged follow up has proved...

Pros: Great songwriting. Perfect for those lonely nights at the end of a relationship.
Cons: Um...kinda depressing

I gotta admit...i wasn't terribly vrazy about matchbox twenty before "Mad Season". The only song on "Yourself or Someone Like You" i was crazy about was "Back 2 Good". The rest of the album was OK until I heard it on the radio about 150,000,000 times....

Pros: Beautiful, moving songs
Cons: Nothing

Mad Season is the second CD released by Matchbox Twenty. It is the follow up to their first successful CD, Yourself or Someone Like You. Mad Season was released in 2000, and so far, three singles have been released from the CD. I...

Pros: Orchestral arrangements, good not as catchy ballads, well defined
Cons: I don't care for "Stop"

With the incredible breakthrough success of Matchbox 20's debut album "yourself or someone like you" the band jumped into the spotlight, and stayed there for well over two years. Every song released became a hit, it seemed as if the band could...

Pros: Good example of what happens when engineers take over aesthetics
Cons: Sounds like the aesthetic choices were made by the engineers

I was crazy about Matchbox Twenty's hit "Real World" from the earlier "Yourself or Someone Like You". Something about its lyrics, the cadence and the balance of its harmonies made it something I'll never tire of.

I have...

Pros: great songs, lyrics, different sound
Cons: none

It was a long wait but it was definitely worth it. In May of 2000, Matchbox Twenty's second album, Mad Season by Matchbox Twenty, finally hit the stores. The spelling has changed from 20 to twenty but it's still the same great band that many of us have...

Pros: Drastically improved songwriting and production.
Cons: Still the occasional tendency to write a hook that isn't.

They used to be my personal joke. My joke for everything that sucked about pop and rock music. Between myself and my friends, "Rob Thomas" seemed to be the musical punchline for everything. Those terrible songs with rotten lyrics that didn't go anywhere,...

Pros: Such wonderful and touching lyrics. Beautiful album :-)
Cons: Seriously, just 2 or 3 songs...everything else is perfect.

As someone in another review said, I too was very disappointed with the album when I first heard it. And I also when a few months without listening to it. I didn't pay any attention to the lyrics and the whole thing seemed like such a waste of money to...

Pros: great range in song-writing
Cons: sometimes seems formulaic

I know this album is about a year old as of June, 2001, but this review is inspired by Matchbox Twenty's new StoryTellers on VH1, as well as by their summer concert tour.

Matchbox Twenty came out as the same time as Third Eye Blind, and...

Pros: Versatility, Emotion, Universal themes, and all-in-all great tunes
Cons: Not feeling any negative vibes

My favorite band ever is Savage Garden. Why? Because their music is full of emotion and themes that everyone can relate to. Some may say that a lot of bands have both of those things, and that may be true, but honestly: how many of those other bands...

Pros: great follow up CD to first one
Cons: none

I bought Mad Season by Matchbox 20 when it came out and all I have to say is that it's only going to get better from here.

I absolutely love this CD. This is one of those CD's that you can put in the CD player and let it play. This is a...

Pros: “Bent” – Song of the year
Cons: Several Plodding Tracks

I am probably one of only several people on the planet that does not own the first album by this band. I don’t know exactly why, but I think radio overplay might have had 'something' to do with it. Their second effort is a different story. I own it and...

Pros: More of Rob Thomas's Poetic Lyrics
Cons: None

It is a true sad sign of the times that this band is not currently at the forefront of the industry. This album is a clear improvement over what I considered to be an excellent album. I have read elsewhere that they have abandoned their musical...