{"product_id":"matchbox-twenty-mad-season-blue","title":"Matchbox Twenty - Mad Season [2LP Blue]","description":"\u003cp\u003eMad Season is the sound of Matchbox Twenty going widescreen, trading post-grunge grit for horns, strings and big pop ambition in 2000, here pressed on blue vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir debut had made them one of the biggest rock bands in America, and Rob Thomas had just added a mammoth hit with Santana to his name. Rather than repeat themselves, the band reunited with producer Matt Serletic and reached for a grander, glossier sound. Thomas's songs got more personal too, wrestling with fame, relationships and the strange loneliness of success.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Bent\" gave the band their first Billboard Hot 100 number one, a desperate plea wrapped in a soaring chorus. \"If You're Gone\" swaps crunch for a laid-back sway and warm brass, becoming one of the defining soft-rock songs of its era. The title track \"Mad Season\" broods and stomps, while closing epic \"You Won't Be Mine\" unfolds with sweeping strings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe arrangements are lush without losing the band's backbone. Horn sections pop up where you least expect them, the guitars still bite when they need to, and Thomas sings with a raw, rasping urgency that keeps everything human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who grew up with these songs on the radio, this blue pressing lands like a postcard from a very good year.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67763387662626,"sku":"075678640926","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/2080\/8994\/files\/Matchbox_Twenty-Mad_Season_2LP_Blue.jpg?v=1794324314","url":"https:\/\/soulfulvinyl.com\/products\/matchbox-twenty-mad-season-blue","provider":"Soulful Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}