Some Mad Hope

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox album | name = Some Mad Hope | type = studio | artist = Matt Nathanson | cover = SMH.jpg | alt = | released = August 14, 2007 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Rock, pop, acoustic | length = | label = Vanguard Records<br>Acrobat Records | producer = Marshall Altman, Mark Weinberg | prev_title = Beneath These Fireworks | prev_year = 2003 | next_title = Modern Love | next_year = 2011 }} {{Album ratings |rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Citation |title=Matt Nathanson - Some Mad Hope Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/some-mad-hope-mw0000577223 |access-date=2024-01-15 |language=en}}</ref> | rev2 = IGN | rev2Score = 7.9/10<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/08/14/matt-nathanson-some-mad-hope|title=Matt Nathanson – Some Mad Hope – IGN review|first=Chad|last=Grischow|publisher=IGN|date=August 14, 2007}}</ref> | rev3=Alternative Addiction | rev3Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-10-11 |title=Review of "Some Mad Hope" by Matt Nathanson Alternative Addiction - Get Addicted First. |url=http://www.alternativeaddiction.com/newmusic/exec/albumreviews.asp?id=430 |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=alternativeaddiction.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011231707/http://www.alternativeaddiction.com/newmusic/exec/albumreviews.asp?id=430 |archive-date=October 11, 2007 }}</ref>}} '''''Some Mad Hope''''' is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson, released on August 14, 2007, on Vanguard Records. It peaked on the ''Billboard'' 200 at #60,{{Citation needed|date=October 2012}} and peaked at 3 on the Top Independent Albums.{{Citation needed|date=October 2012}} ''Some Mad Hope'' was Nathanson's first album for Vanguard Records, and contained two singles that became AAA airplay staples, "Car Crash" and "Come On Get Higher". In September 2008, Vanguard Records announced "All We Are" and "To the Beat of Our Noisy Hearts" as future singles. The city skyline that's featured on the album's cover is that of Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://forum.mattnathanson.com/viewtopic.php?t=5050&sid=3ed2a0e0897462a74b744ad6d0dafcaf|title=What city is pictured on the cover of Some Mad Hope? – Acrobat Records: The Official Matt Nathanson Forum|accessdate=October 9, 2012}}</ref>

As of August 2016, the album has sold 500,000 copies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Matt+Nathanson#search_section|title=Gold & Platinum|website=Recording Industry Association of America}}</ref> "Come On Get Higher" was certified 2x Multi-Platinum on September 16, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Matt+Nathanson#search_section|title=Gold & Platinum|website=Recording Industry Association of America}}</ref>

The "Car Crash" song is also a sample song on Philips GoGear RaGa.

==Track listing== {{tracklist | all_writing = Matt Nathanson and Mark Weinberg, except where noted | title1 = Car Crash | length1 = 3:28 | title2 = Come On Get Higher | length2 = 3:34 | title3 = Heartbreak World | length3 = 3:27 | title4 = Gone | length4 = 3:31 | title5 = Wedding Dress | length5 = 3:54 | title6 = Bulletproof Weeks | note6 = Nathanson, Troy Verges | length6 = 4:01 | title7 = To the Beat of Our Noisy Hearts | length7 = 3:01 | title8 = Still | length8 = 3:51 | title9 = Detroit Waves | length9 = 3:13 | title10 = Falling Apart | length10 = 3:28 | title11 = Sooner Surrender | length11 = 4:29 | title12 = All We Are | note12 = Nathanson and Marshall Altman | length12 = 3:36 }}

==Personnel== * Matt Nathanson – vocals, guitar * John Thomasson – electric and string bass * Aaron Tap – guitar * Jason McGerr – drums, percussion (tracks 2, 4, 7, 8, 12) * Jason McKenzie – drums, percussion (tracks 1, 3, 5, 9, 10, 11) * Jim McGorman – guitar (tracks 1, 3, 5, 9, 11), keys (3, 5, 11), background vocals on track 1 * Michael Chaves – guitar (tracks 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12) * Ben West – piano, keys (tracks 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12) * Suzie McNeil – background vocals on tracks 6 & 11 * Marshall Altman – percussion, background vocals (tracks 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) * Mark Weinberg – electric guitar (tracks 9 & 10)

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Category:2007 albums Category:Matt Nathanson albums Category:Albums produced by Marshall Altman Category:Vanguard Records albums