# Beneath These Fireworks

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{{short description|2003 album by Matt Nathanson}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = Beneath These Fireworks
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Matt Nathanson](/source/Matt_Nathanson)
| cover      = Beneath These Fireworks.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = October 14, 2003
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Rock](/source/Rock_(music)), [pop](/source/Pop_(music)), [acoustic](/source/Acoustic_music)
| length     =
| label      = [Universal Records](/source/Universal_Records)<br>[Acrobat Records](/source/Acrobat_Records)
| producer   = [Ron Aniello](/source/Ron_Aniello)
| prev_title = [Still Waiting for Spring](/source/Still_Waiting_for_Spring)
| prev_year  = 1999
| next_title = [Some Mad Hope](/source/Some_Mad_Hope)
| next_year  = 2007
}}

{{Music ratings
| rev1      = ''[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)''
| rev1Score = favorable<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071002082847/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/mattnathanson/albums/album/300900/review/6222770/beneath_these_fireworks Rolling Stone review]</ref>
}}

'''''Beneath These Fireworks''''' is the major label debut and fifth album by [Matt Nathanson](/source/Matt_Nathanson), released on October 14, 2003 on [Universal Records](/source/Universal_Records). Shortly after its release, Nathanson was dropped from Universal thus causing the album to go mostly unnoticed.

==Track listing==
All songs written by Matt Nathanson/Mark Weinberg except where noted.

#"Angel" – 1:32
#"Suspended" (Nathanson/Weinberg/[Eric Bazilian](/source/Eric_Bazilian)) – 3:09
#"Sad Songs" – 3:53
#"I Saw" – 3:54
#"Bare" – 3:05
#"Little Victories" (Nathanson) – 2:38
#"Pretty the World" – 3:07
#"Curve of the Earth" – 3:29
#"Bent" – 3:51
#"Lucky Boy" – 4:10
#"Weight of It All" (Nathanson) – 3:14
#"Sing Me Sweet" – 4:06

== Personnel ==
* [Matt Nathanson](/source/Matt_Nathanson) – vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
* [David Garza](/source/David_Garza_(musician)) - electric guitar, nylon string guitar, piano
* [Ron Aniello](/source/Ron_Aniello) - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards
* [Sergio Andrade](/source/Sergio_Andrade_(bassist)) – bass
* [Matt Chamberlain](/source/Matt_Chamberlain) – drums, loops, percussion
* [Jamie Muhoberac](/source/Jamie_Muhoberac) – keyboards, piano
* [Matt Fish](/source/Matt_Fish_(cellist)) - cello
* Gunter Fliszar - percussion
* [Glen Phillips](/source/Glen_Phillips_(singer)) - background vocals on "Pretty the World" and "Sad Songs"
* [Mark Weinberg](/source/Mark_Weinberg_(bassist)) – bass on "Pretty the World" and "Sing Me Sweet"
* [Emm Gryner](/source/Emm_Gryner) - background vocals on "Sing Me Sweet"
* [Marcus Barone](/source/Marcus_Barone) - Conductor on "Little Victories"

==References==
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Category:Matt Nathanson albums
Category:Albums produced by Ron Aniello

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