Yourself or Someone Like You

The sound of Southern rock gets a facelift for the '90s on Yourself or Someone Like You, the record that made Florida's Matchbox 20 a success story. Rob Thomas's charismatic and passionate vocal delivery carries this collection of captivating, personal-story songs, based on honest, heart-felt lyrics rich with cathartic emotion. Anyone who's felt so scarred by love that they can't imagine taking the chance of getting hurt again will relate to a song like "Push" (an exhilarating feminist anthem disguised as just another relationship-on-the-rocks song). A much-needed break from the alternative pack. --Gail Worley

• Mad Season
• More Than You Think You Are
• Exile On Mainstream (2CD)
• Something To Be
• North
• Cradlesong
• The Great Unknown
• Chip Tooth Smile
• Third Eye Blind
• Dizzy Up the Girl