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More Than You Think You Are - Matchbox Twenty
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50 out of 100

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9.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 61 Ratings

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  • Summary: Still lowercase, the alt-rock band led by Rob Thomas (who is perhaps more famous for "Smooth" on Santana's 1999 album) returns with their third album, the first on which the band shared songwriting duties as a unit.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Stylus Magazine
    80
    From the onset, this disc excels on a new level.
  2. Rolling Stone
    60
    Matchbox Twenty now seem almost dignified, a fact that is as much a tribute to their advancing abilities as it is to how shamelessly their sellout successors suck.
  3. All Music Guide
    50
    The songs lack hooks, as if melody would be too commercial, while the production has its sights on the radio, resulting in tuneless songs that are polished for mainstream consumption.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 43 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 45
  3. Negative: 2 out of 45
  1. NickK
    10
    Rob Thomas has a great and unique voice, unlike many other bands.
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  2. CodyS
    10
    Matchbox Twenty goes above and beyond anything you will hear in this so-called "popular music" genre. And I listen to everything from ambient Sigur Ros to tech metal Between the Buried and Me. I think it's very impressive when a band can run six string sweeps over a series of diminished7 chords. I think it's even more impressive when a band can make a person relate to their music in such a way that he or she will search the music for answers. This is album, and band, are deeply, deeply touching. As for the mediocrity comments, I think most of us can agree there is nothing, and I mean nothing, mediocre about their style. I've been listening to them my whole life. Never before, never since, have I heard such moving pieces of musical mastery.… Expand
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  3. CraigF.
    0
    MATCHBOX TWENTY are hopelessly mediocre. Pablum.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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