Mad Season (album)

Mad Season
Studio album by Matchbox Twenty
Released	May 23, 2000
Recorded	1998–99, Atlanta and Nashville
Genre	Alternative rock post-grunge[1] pop rock[2]
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[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[5]
Los Angeles Times	[6]
NME	3/10[7]
Q	[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[10]
Sputnikmusic	5/5[11]
The Village Voice	C+[12]

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 poppier sounds 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" – 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 5:23)
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 "If You're Gone" single)
16.	"Don't Let Me Down (Live from Australia)" (also on the "If You're Gone" single)

Personnel

• Rob Thomas – lead vocals, piano, rhythm guitar
• Kyle Cook – lead guitar, piano, banjo
• Adam Gaynor – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Brian Yale – bass
• Paul Doucette – drums

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. https://books.google.com/books?id=WQ8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30&dq=matchbox+twenty+mad+season+post-grunge+billboard&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi29JzO6o_OAhVMPiYKHaLYBqoQ6wEIHTAA#v=onepage&q=matchbox%20twenty%20mad%20season%20post-grunge%20billboard&f=false
2. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1 April 2000. p. 103. ISSN 0006-2510.
3. "Reviews for Mad Season by Matchbox Twenty". Metacritic. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
4. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Mad Season – Matchbox Twenty". AllMusic. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
5. Willman, Chris (May 26, 2000). "mad season". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
6. Cromelin, Richard (May 21, 2000). "Matchbox Twenty, 'Mad Season by Matchbox Twenty', Atlantic". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
7. "Mad Season By Matchbox 20". NME. May 29, 2000. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
8. O'Brien, Lucy (July 2000). "Matchbox Twenty: Mad Season". Q. Archived from the original on December 6, 2000. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
9. Pareles, Jon (June 8, 2000). "Recordings: Matchbox Twenty, Mad Season". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 5, 2001. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
10. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 519. ISBN 0-743-20169-8.
11. Hanson, John (May 27, 2006). "Matchbox Twenty – Mad Season". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
12. Christgau, Robert (November 27, 2001). "Turkey Shoot 2001". The Village Voice. Retrieved November 2, 2016.

External links

• Mad Season at Metacritic