{"product_id":"rob-thomas-something-to-be","title":"SOMETHING TO BE","description":"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).\nAudio Mixers: David Thoener; Jimmy Douglass; Tony Maserati .\nRecording 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.\nPhotographer: Mark Seliger.\nWhen 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.\nWith 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.","brand":"Rob Thomas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44563860390121,"sku":"VENZFU-EJY1-00","price":14.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/Rob-Thomas-SOMETHING-TO-BE_dvlQ9_cdf1ffec-9a8f-4d8b-b72d-2993cc273514.jpg?v=1759317891","url":"https:\/\/www.vibinvinyl.com\/products\/rob-thomas-something-to-be","provider":"Vibin' Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}