…Something to Be

Infobox Album
Name = ...Something to Be
Type = Studio album
Longtype = (DualDisc)
Longtype =
Artist = Rob Thomas


Released = November 22, 2005
Recorded =
Genre = Pop rock
Alternative rock
Length = 50:05
Label = Atlantic/WEA
Producer = Matt Serletic
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0pd7yl25xpbb link]
*Entertainment Weekly (B) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1049690,00.html link]
*"Rolling Stone" rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/robthomas/albums/album/7243163/review/7263916/something_to_be link]
This album = "...Something to Be"
(2005)
Next album = .

"...Something to Be" is the debut solo album from the Matchbox Twenty lead singer Rob Thomas. The album was released in 2005, and it debuted at #1 on the U.S. "Billboard" 200 albums chart, knocking out Mariah Carey's "The Emancipation of Mimi". This marked the first time that a male artist from a rock or pop group has debuted at number one with their first solo album since "Billboard" introduced the chart fifty years ago.

The album spawned the U.S. top ten hit "Lonely No More". It also features John Mayer's guitar on the single "Streetcorner Symphony". [Hiatt, Brian (2005) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/johnmayer/articles/story/7264515/rob_thomas_goes_it_alone "Rob Thomas Goes It Alone"] RollingStone.com (accessed March 8, 2007)] The album was released in the DualDisc format, the first major album to be released that way. The album itself has sold over 1.5 million copies in the U.S. and consists of several types of sounds, including dance, pop, Latin, rock and roll, and country, although it can be generally classified as closer to pop than to the rock music of Matchbox Twenty's most recent studio album, "More Than You Think You Are".

Track listing

#"This Is How a Heart Breaks" – 3:50
#"Lonely No More" – 3:47
#"Ever the Same" – 4:16
#"I Am an Illusion" – 4:53
#"When the Heartache Ends" – 2:51
#"Something to Be" – 4:31
#"All That I Am" – 4:28
#"Problem Girl" – 3:55
#"Fallin' to Pieces" – 4:11
#"My, My, My" – 4:18
#"Streetcorner Symphony" – 4:09
#"Now Comes the Night" – 4:55

Australian edition

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"Not Just a Woman" – 3:03
#"You Know Me" – 3:48
#"Lonely No More" (Clear Channel Stripped Version) – 3:44
#"This Is How a Heart Breaks" (Pulls Defibrillator Mix) – 6:32
#"Fallen" - 4:36

Chart positions

References

succession box
before = "The Emancipation of Mimi" by Mariah Carey
title = "Billboard" 200 number-one album
years = May 1 2005 - May 7 2005
after = "Devils & Dust" by Bruce Springsteensuccession box
before = "Two Shoes" by The Cat Empire
title = Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
years = May 2 - May 8 2005
after = "Il Divo" by Il Divo