Name: Something to Be
Brand: Alliance Entertainment
SKU: 319177
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Something to Be

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Album: Something to Be
#	Song Title		Time
1)	This Is How A Heart Breaks	More Info...
2)	Lonely No More	More Info...
3)	Ever The Same	More Info...
4)	I Am An Illusion	More Info...
5)	When The Heartache Ends	More Info...
6)	Something To Be	More Info...
7)	All That I Am	More Info...
8)	Problem Girl	More Info...
9)	Fallin' To Pieces	More Info...
10)	My My My	More Info...
11)	Streetcorner Symphony	More Info...
12)	Now Comes The Night	More Info...

Tracks

1. This Is How A Heart Breaks

2. Lonely No More

3. Ever The Same

4. I Am An Illusion

5. When The Heartache Ends

6. Something To Be

7. All That I Am

8. Problem Girl

9. Fallin' To Pieces

10. My My My

11. Streetcorner Symphony

12. Now Comest The Night

Performer Notes

Personnel: Heitor Teixeira Pereira, Jeff Trott, Wendy Melvoin, Kevin Kadish, Kyle Cook (guitar); Hasan Isakkut (kanun); Frank London (shofar); Brandon Fields (saxophone); Gary Grant, Jerry Hey (trumpet); Reginald Young (trombone); Matt Serletic (keyboards, background vocals); Eric Poland, Benjamin Herman, Gordon Gottlieb, Joe Passaro (marimba, bells); Gerald Heyward (drums); Harley Allen, Matt Beck, Pat Enright (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: David Thoener; Jimmy Douglass; Tony Maserati .
Recording information: BiCoastal Music, Ossining, NY; Conway Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Henson Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Hit Factory, New York, NY; Minutia Studio, Nashville, TN.
Photographer: Mark Seliger.
When Matchbox Twenty's first album became a hit, some critics lumped the band in with flash-in-the-pan rock acts of the day. What these early naysayers missed, of course, is that in vocalist Rob Thomas, Matchbox Twenty had one of the finest mainstream pop/rock songwriters in the business. Not only did Thomas rack up a string of hits with the Florida group, but he also co-penned "Smooth" from Santana's Grammy-winning 1999 comeback album, SUPERNATURAL.
With SOMETHING TO BE, his solo debut, Thomas pulls out all the stylistic stops, revealing that Matchbox Twenty's alternative-rock format provided a somewhat limited forum for his considerable talents. "Lonely No More" mixes an insistent dance beat with an insanely catchy chorus that sounds straight out of the boy-band textbook. The title track is a sly lyrical dig at poseurs of all stripes, backed by an 1980s electro-funk groove, while the burbling synths and Eastern percussion of "All That I Am" recall the world fusion experiments of Peter Gabriel and David Byrne. An ambitious effort by a guy who knows his way around a hit single, SOMETHING TO BE is the sound of an artist breaking out.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (p.72) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[T]he fare here is significantly spicier, with Latin and even funk undertones."