Yourself Or Someone Like You - Matchbox Twenty

Did I say I'm going to see Matchbox20 in March? Well in anticipation of this event I thought it would be a good idea to start listening to their last two CD's - "Mad Season" (2000) and "More than you think you are" ( 2002) as with all good intentions I ended up listening to my favourite album of theirs "Yourself or Someone Like You" again! You know how you get a new CD plonk it into the CD player and suddenly feel as if you've listened to it for always? Well that's how I first felt when I played this CD. It grabbed me in a way the the four other CD's I'd got that week just didn't do. In fact if you asked ...  Read the complete review

At the risk of sounding like that bloke from the Fast Show, aren’t impulse buys great? I mean, you go out, you grab something because the advert looks appealing or you overheard a bloke down the pub say that some bloke he works with’s sister thought it was brilliant. I’ve wasted thousands on lipstick that way, but that’s a story for another day, I guess. What I’m far more likely to do is buy a book as the cover looks nice, or the stuff on the back sounds OK. Or I’ll buy a CD because the cover looks good, or because the first single sounded like my thing, or there was a favourable review, and it sounded like an album ...  Read the complete review

I've reviewed Matchbox 20's latest offering on Dooyoo already, and I thought I'd review their back catalogue too! For those of you unfamiliar with the band, they are a 5 piece US rock group fronted by Rob Thomas, who is probably more famous than his band over here after solo success with 'Lonely no More' and the duet 'Smooth' with Carlos Santana. 'Yourself or Someone Like You' was Matchbox 20's first album released back in 1996. It a firm favourite of mine and one that I constantly go back to and play again. It's one of those albums that you don't need to listen a few times to get into. I instantly fell in love with the music on first listen. Since this debut ...  Read the complete review

MATCHBOX 20 - YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU ------------------------------------------- It all started a few years ago, when a friend let me borrow his copy of the album, which ended up staying in my collection for a lot longer than it was supposed to. Well I couldn't keep 'forgetting' to give it him back, so I had to brave the real world and buy my own copy, which has stayed next to my cd player ever since. Matchbox 20 are a band which are still relatively unknown in this country, which is a major shame as people are missing out on some fine top quality songwriting. The band started life as a group called 'Tabithas ...  Read the complete review

Oh no, sorry it's just my keyboard. Oh yes opinion. Matchbox 20 are: Lead vocals : Rob Thomas Lead guitar : Kyle Cook Rhythm guitar : Adam Gaynor Bass : Brian Yale and Drums : Paul Doucette. Now that you feel like friends with Matchbox 20 we can get on with the review. Real World kicks off with a catchy riff and a flurry of drums, followed closely by Rob Thomas' very American voice, sometimes growly, always amazing. Anyone who knows Santana's Smooth will have heard it, as he does lead vocals. This song is lively, catchy and the chorus ends with a line we can all relate to "I wish the real world would just ...  Read the complete review