…Something to Be

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...Something to Be
...Something to Be cover
Studio album by Rob Thomas
Released November 22, 2005
Genre Pop rock
Alternative rock
Length 50:05
Label Atlantic/WEA
Producer Matt Serletic
Professional reviews
Rob Thomas chronology
...Something to Be
(2005)
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...Something to Be is the debut solo album from the Matchbox Twenty lead singer Rob Thomas. The album was released in 2005, and it debuted at #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart, knocking out Mariah Carey's The Emancipation of Mimi. This marked the first time that a male artist from a rock or pop group has debuted at number one with their first solo album since Billboard introduced the chart fifty years ago.

The album spawned the U.S. top ten hit "Lonely No More". It also features John Mayer's guitar on the single "Streetcorner Symphony".[1] The album was released in the DualDisc format, the first major album to be released that way. The album itself has sold 1.4 million copies in the U.S. and consists of several types of sounds, including dance, pop, Latin, rock and roll, and country, although it can be generally classified as closer to pop than to the rock music of Matchbox Twenty's most recent studio album, More Than You Think You Are.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "This Is How a Heart Breaks" – 3:50
  2. "Lonely No More" – 3:47
  3. "Ever the Same" – 4:16
  4. "I Am an Illusion" – 4:53
  5. "When the Heartache Ends" – 2:51
  6. "Something to Be" – 4:31
  7. "All That I Am" – 4:28
  8. "Problem Girl" – 3:55
  9. "Fallin' to Pieces" – 4:11
  10. "My, My, My" – 4:18
  11. "Streetcorner Symphony" – 4:09
  12. "Now Comes the Night" – 4:55

[edit] Australian edition

  1. "Not Just a Woman" – 3:03
  2. "You Know Me" – 3:48
  3. "Lonely No More" (Clear Channel Stripped Version) – 3:44
  4. "This Is How a Heart Breaks" (Pulls Defibrillator Mix) – 6:32
  5. "Fallen" - 4:36

[edit] Chart positions

Year Chart Position
2005 Billboard 200 1

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hiatt, Brian (2005) "Rob Thomas Goes It Alone" RollingStone.com (accessed March 8, 2007)
Preceded by
The Emancipation of Mimi by Mariah Carey
Billboard 200 number-one album
May 7 - May 14, 2005
Succeeded by
Devils & Dust by Bruce Springsteen