[9.26.02] Matchbox Come Back With “More”
Band to release third album this fall
Matchbox Twenty will release More Than You Think You Are, their third album, on November 19th. As with the band’s previous two releases, 2000’s Mad Season and 1996’s Yourself or Someone Like You, the record was produced by Matt Serletic. While the track listing for the album has not been finalized, it will include a collaboration with Mick Jagger. Returning a favor to Matchbox frontman Rob Thomas — who co-wrote and contributed vocals to “Visions of Paradise” from Jagger’s recent solo album, Goddess in the Doorway — Jagger sings on the band’s “Disease.”
Even after co-writing and singing the smash hit “Smooth” for Santana, Thomas was not above being star-struck in the presence of the Rolling Stones singer. “I was just a nervous kid in a room with Mick Jagger trying not to look like an idiot and I still looked like an idiot,” he told Rolling Stone. “But at least we got a good song out of it.”
Thomas also wrote three songs for Carlos Santana’s upcoming record, Shaman, which is due October 22nd.
–from Rolling Stone
[9.26.02] Jagger to Sing on Matchbox Album
Stones frontman lends vocals to “I Got a Disease”
Mick Jagger will appear on Matchbox Twenty’s third record, which the band will record next year. Returning a favor to Matchbox frontman Rob Thomas — who co-wrote and contributed vocals to “Visions of Paradise” from Jagger’s recent solo album, Goddess in the Doorway — Jagger sings on the band’s “I Got a Disease.” Even after co-writing and singing the smash hit “Smooth” for Santana, Thomas was not above being star-struck in the presence of the Rolling Stones singer. “I was just a nervous kid in a room with Mick Jagger trying not to look like an idiot and I still looked like an idiot,” he says. “But at least we got a good song out of it.”
Matt Serlectic, who produced 1996’s Yourself or Someone Like You and 2000’s Mad Season, will again man the boards. “We’re going to start pre-production at the beginning of the year, so by the summer we should start making a record,” Thomas says. “We’ve got enough songs now to make two records, but once we cut those down to the ones that are really good, then cut those down to the ones we think are really great, we’ll probably have to still write another half a record.”
–from Rolling Stone
[9.1.02] Mick Jagger, Willie Nelson May Guest On New Matchbox Twenty LP
After lending his songwriting skills to rockers like Carlos Santana and Willie Nelson, Matchbox Twenty’s Rob Thomas is finally having the favor returned.
Mick Jagger, who enlisted Thomas to co-write “Visions of Paradise” for his recent solo album, Goddess in the Doorway (see “Mick Jagger Finds ‘Joy’ With Bono On Solo LP”), has co-written a track with Thomas for the next Matchbox Twenty record and may sing on it.
“We’re talking about him coming in to do background vocals,” Thomas said last week at Clive Davis’ annual Grammy Eve party . “But you never know, it’s so hard to get things scheduled sometimes.” The track written by the songwriting team is called “I Got a Disease” and will be recorded by Thomas and his Matchbox Twenty bandmates when they return to the studio in July to record their third album.
Matt Serletic, the producer behind 1996’s Yourself or Someone Like You and 2000’s Mad Season, will again be working with the band, despite his recent agreement to run Virgin Records. “Matt is one of my best friends, and part of his contract allows for him to record Matchbox Twenty records, so that’s very nice,” Thomas said.
Although Thomas’ bandmates are spread around the country, he said they’ve been working on material for a few months. “We have a list of like 100 songs,” he said. “It comes down to a time when you need to make a little list out of the big list, so we’re starting to get into that stage now. You know, ‘What do I really like? If I had to pick 12 songs what would they be?’ “
Like his Santana hit “Smooth,” some of the new material has been inspired by Thomas’ wife of two years, Marisol. “Sometimes we’ll have a fight, and I have to go write about it,” he said with a laugh, followed by an elbow from his wife, who walked the red carpet with her husband.
Nelson, whose January release featured three songs written by Thomas (see “Rob Thomas, Kid Rock Lend A Hand To Willie Nelson”), may also appear on the Matchbox Twenty album. “If he’s around [the studio], I’ll make him play guitar for sure,” Thomas said.
This report is from MTV News.
