Yourself or Someone Like You

Yourself or Someone Like You
Studio album by Matchbox Twenty
Released October 1, 1996
Recorded June 1996 Atlanta, Georgia
Genre Alternative rock, post-grunge
Length 46:43
Label Atlantic
Producer Matt Serletic
Matchbox Twenty chronology
Yourself or Someone Like You
(1996)		 Mad Season
(2000)
Singles from Yourself or Someone Like You
  1. "Long Day"
    Released: 1996
  2. "Push"
    Released: 1997
  3. "3 a.m."
    Released: 1997
  4. "Real World"
    Released: 1998
  5. "Back 2 Good"
    Released: 1998 (US), 1999 (WW)
  6. "Girl Like That"
    Released: 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau [2]
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Yourself or Someone Like You is the debut album by American rock band Matchbox Twenty, released in 1996. Featuring a traditional rock sound and themes of loneliness, psychological abuse, humiliation, anger, and alcoholism, the album sold more than twelve million copies in the U.S and was certified Diamond. It was also certified multi-platinum in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. To date, the album has sold more than 15 million copies worldwide.[3]

Contents

Controversy

In May 2005, New York resident Frank Torres, whose photo was on the cover of the album, sued Matchbox Twenty, claiming that the band had never sought his consent to use his photo on the album's cover. In the litigation, Torres claimed the photo was taken as he was walking down the street after being asked to pose. He also claimed the photo had caused him mental anguish. Torres justified the delay in suing Matchbox Twenty by claiming he had only seen the album photo within the last two years.[4]

Track listing

  1. "Real World" – 3:50
  2. "Long Day" – 3:45
  3. "3 A.M." (Thomas, John Leslie Goff, John Joseph Stanley, Brian Yale) – 3:46
  4. "Push" (Thomas, Matt Serletic) – 3:59
  5. "Girl Like That" – 3:45
  6. "Back 2 Good" (Thomas, Serletic) – 5:40
  7. "Damn" – 3:20
  8. "Argue" – 2:58
  9. "Kody" – 4:03
  10. "Busted" – 4:15
  11. "Shame" – 3:35
  12. "Hang" – 3:47
  13. "Tired" – 3:57 (Japanese bonus track)

Personnel

Additional Musicians

Production

Charts

Charts (1997) Peak
position
Top Canadian Albums 11
Dutch Albums Chart 50
German Albums Chart 21
New Zealand Albums Chart 3
Swiss Albums Chart 46
UK Albums Chart 50
U.S. Billboard 200 5
Charts (1998) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart 1

End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999) Position
U.S. Billboard 200[5] 28

Certifications

Country Providers Certification Sales or
Shipments
Australia ARIA 9× Platinum[6] 630,000[7]
Canada CRIA 8× Platinum[8] 800,000[7]
New Zealand RIANZ 5× Platinum[9] 75,000[7]
United Kingdom BPI Silver[10] 100,000[7]
United States RIAA 12× Platinum (Diamond)[11] 12,000,000[11]

Singles

Year Song U.S.
Hot 100		 U.S.
Modern Rock		 U.S.
Main-
stream Rock		 U.S.
Adult Top 40		 U.S.
Top 40 Main-
stream		 U.S.
Pop 100		 UK AUS CAN CAN
Alt.
1996 "Long Day" — — 8 — — — — 83 43 18
1997 "Push" — 1 4 6 3 — 38 8 6 4
1997 "3 A.M." — 3 2 1 2 — 64 31 1 1
1998 "Real World" 38 13 17 3 4 — 119 40 5 8
1998 "Back 2 Good" 24 — — 4 8 — — — 11 —
1998 "Girl Like That" — — — — — — — — — —

See also

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Matchbox Twenty". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=Matchbox+20. 
  3. ^ "Bio". Matchbox Twenty. http://www.matchboxtwenty.com/bio/. Retrieved 2011-12-03. 
  4. ^ "Matchbox Twenty sued over album cover". Archived from the original on 2005-05-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20050527022404/http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=5778. 
  5. ^ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. http://books.google.co.kr/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&lr&rview=1&pg=RA1-PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved October 15, 2010. 
  6. ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2000 Albums". Aria.com.au. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-2000.htm. Retrieved 2011-12-03. 
  7. ^ a b c d Various (2005). "Standard for Certifying Awards of Countries" (PDF). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Archived from the original on 2009-08-02. http://www.riaj.or.jp/e/issue/pdf/RIAJ2005E.pdf. Retrieved July 13, 2009. 
  8. ^ "Gold and Platinum". Cria.ca. 2011-11-01. http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php. Retrieved 2011-12-03. 
  9. ^ "Press Releases- Newsroom". Time Warner. http://www.timewarner.com/corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,666648,00.html. Retrieved 2011-12-03. 
  10. ^ http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx
  11. ^ a b "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Matchbox%20Twenty&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50. Retrieved 2011-12-03. 
Preceded by
Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk
by Jeff Buckley		 Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
May 24 - June 6, 1998
July 26 - August 15, 1998
September 13–19, 1998		 Succeeded by
You Am I's #4 Record by You Am I
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