SOURCE: Atlantic Records
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September 28, 2007 12:13 ET
MATCHBOX TWENTY Releases "EXILE ON MAINSTREAM": Album of New Tracks and Greatest Hits Out October 2nd; First Single, "How Far We've Come," Scores at Radio/Video; TV Appearance Blitz on Tap
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - September 28, 2007) - "EXILE ON MAINSTREAM," the much-anticipated
new album from Melisma/Atlantic recording group MATCHBOX TWENTY, is set for
release next Tuesday, October 2nd. A look back and a look ahead, "EXILE ON
MAINSTREAM" combines a six-track EP of new songs, produced by Grammy winner
Steve Lillywhite, with a retrospective of the band's greatest hits culled
from their previous three albums. The album is closing in on the top of
iTunes' album pre-order list, ranking at #2.
The album's first single, the Lillywhite-produced "How Far We've Come," is
already shooting up the Hot AC chart, where it is #5 with-a-bullet this
week, as well as quickly climbing the Triple-A and CHR/Top 40 charts. The
track's companion video is in Gung Ho! rotation on VH1, where it is the
channel's most-played video. The song is also #1 in Australia and #1 on
iTunes in Canada.
MATCHBOX TWENTY will herald the album's release with a string of
high-profile television appearances, including "The Tonight Show with Jay
Leno" on October 4th, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on October 5th, "Today" on
October 8th, and "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," also on the 8th.
Recorded in Los Angeles, the six new songs embody a central change for the
band, with all group members writing the songs together at once. This is
in contrast to MATCHBOX TWENTY's past three multi-platinum albums, where
lead singer Rob Thomas wrote the lion's share of the material, with his
bandmates adding their parts later. This time, guitarist Paul Doucette,
guitarist Kyle Cook, and bassist Brian Yale were included from the
beginning, and the collaborative effort spawned a distinctly new sound on
the tracks, which marked the band's first work with Lillywhite.
When not working on the new material, the band selected 11 songs for the
greatest hits disc, deciding to present them in chronological order to
trace their musical evolution. The result is a rare greatest hits set that
really is all greatest hits -- every song was a chart-topping single and
every one has a companion video. Included are such smashes as "Push," "3
am," "If You're Gone," "Bent," "Real World," "Back 2 Good," "Mad Season,"
"Disease," "Unwell," and "Bright Lights." Over the past eleven years,
MATCHBOX has earned the distinction of having had more #1 hits and spending
more weeks at #1 on both the national Modern AC and Adult Top 40 charts
than any other artist in history.
MATCHBOX TWENTY was named Best New Band in the 1997 Rolling Stone Readers
Poll, and they followed the RIAA Diamond Award success of their 1996
breakthrough debut, "YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU," with two more
multi-platinum sets -- 2000's "MAD SEASON" and 2002's "MORE THAN YOU THINK
YOU ARE." Among their many accolades are five Grammy nominations and three
American Music Award nominations, while Rob Thomas has earned three Grammy
Awards, 11 BMI Awards, and has been twice named Billboard Songwriter of the
Year.
When the members of MATCHBOX TWENTY gathered together at Thomas's home
studio in New York to begin work on "EXILE ON MAINSTREAM," each brought
personal experience and musical growth to the band's first writing sessions
since their last album together, 2002's "MORE THAN YOU THINK YOU ARE."
Since then, individual members had remained busy, with Thomas releasing the
#1, multi-platinum "...SOMETHING TO BE," Doucette crafting a solo album
under the name The Break and Repair Method and scoring a film for
Nickelodeon, and Cook releasing a CD via his other project, The New Left.
In addition, Doucette had shifted from drummer to guitarist after Adam
Gaynor left the band in 2005.
Now, with some 30 million records sold to date, MATCHBOX TWENTY'S
decade-long collaboration comes full circle on "EXILE ON MAINSTREAM,"
celebrating the past and looking ahead to a new beginning for the next
generation of fans. Together, the members of MATCHBOX TWENTY are focused on
their future, and looking forward to their first tour in four years.
MATCHBOX TWENTY: "EXILE ON MAINSTREAM"
Disc 1/New Songs:
Produced by Steve Lillywhite
1. How Far We've Come
2. I'll Believe You When
3. All Your Reasons
4. These Hard Times
5. If I Fall
6. Can't Let You Go
Disc 2/Greatest Hits:
Produced by Matt Serletic
1. Long Day
2. Push
3. 3 am
4. Real World
5. Back 2 Good
6. Bent
7. If You're Gone
8. Mad Season
9. Disease
10. Unwell
11. Bright Lights