Some Mad Hope is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Matt Nathanson

Matt Nathanson

Matt Nathanson is an American singer-songwriter whose work is a blend of folk and rock music. In addition to singing, he plays acoustic and electric guitar, and has played both solo and with a full band. His work includes the platinum-selling song "Come On Get Higher".-Early life and college...

, released on August 14, 2007 on Vanguard Records

Vanguard Records

Vanguard Records is a record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York. It started as a classical label, but is perhaps best known for its catalogue of recordings by a number of pivotal folk and blues artists from the 1960s; the Bach Guild was a subsidiary...

. It peaked on the Billboard 200 at #60, and peaked at 3 on the Top Independent Albums. Some Mad Hope was Nathanson's first album for Vanguard Records, and contained two singles that became AAA

Adult album alternative

Adult album alternative is a radio format. A spinoff from the album-oriented rock format, its roots trace to the 1960s and 1970s from the earlier freeform and progressive formats....

 airplay staples, "Car Crash" and "Come On Get Higher

Come On Get Higher

"Come On Get Higher" is the title of a song co-written by Matt Nathanson and Mark Weinberg. It was recorded by Nathanson and released as the second single from his album Some Mad Hope in 2008. The song had commercial success, reaching the Billboard Hot 100 at number 59 as well as charting within...

". In September 2008 Vanguard Records announced "All We Are" and "To the Beat of Our Noisy Hearts" as future singles, Nathanson has expressed live that he feels "Falling Apart" is the hit on the album but it remains to be seen if this will see release to radio. To date, it is Nathanson's most successful album.

The album has sold 234,960 copies to date.

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

Philips GoGear

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Track listing

All songs written by Matt Nathanson except where noted.

1. "Car Crash" (Nathanson and Mark Weinberg) – 3:28
2. "Come On Get Higher
   Come On Get Higher
   "Come On Get Higher" is the title of a song co-written by Matt Nathanson and Mark Weinberg. It was recorded by Nathanson and released as the second single from his album Some Mad Hope in 2008. The song had commercial success, reaching the Billboard Hot 100 at number 59 as well as charting within...
   
   " (Nathanson and Mark Weinberg) – 3:34
3. "Heartbreak World" – 3:27
4. "Gone" (Nathanson and Mark Weinberg) – 3:31
5. "Wedding Dress" – 3:54
6. "Bulletproof Weeks" (Nathanson and Troy Verges) – 4:01
7. "To the Beat of Our Noisy Hearts" – 3:01
8. "Still" – 3:51
9. "Detroit Waves" – 3:13
10. "Falling Apart" – 3:28
11. "Sooner Surrender" – 4:29
12. "All We Are" (Nathanson and Marshall Altman) – 3:36

Personnel

• Matt Nathanson
  Matt Nathanson
  Matt Nathanson is an American singer-songwriter whose work is a blend of folk and rock music. In addition to singing, he plays acoustic and electric guitar, and has played both solo and with a full band. His work includes the platinum-selling song "Come On Get Higher".-Early life and college...
  
   – vocals, guitar
• John Thomasson – electric and string bass
• Aaron Tap
  Aaron Tap
  Aaron Tap is a musician best known for playing guitar with Matt Nathanson and Paula Kelley. Tap grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts and graduated from Lexington High School...
  
   – guitar
• Jason McGerr
  Jason McGerr
  Jason McGerr is the current drummer for the band Death Cab for Cutie. McGerr was previously in Krusters Kronomid and Eureka Farm as well as the Seattle jazz trio Rockin' Teenage Combo. McGerr is an instructor at the Seattle Drum School when not playing drums for Death Cab for Cutie...
  
   – drums, percussion (tracks 2, 4, 7, 8, 12)
• Jason McKenzie – drums, percussion (tracks 1, 3, 5, 9, 10, 11)
• Jim McGorman
  Jim McGorman
  Jim McGorman, a native of Philadelphia, is an American musician, songwriter/producer and multi- instrumentalist: guitarist, keyboardist, drummer and vocalist. Best known for his work with the House Band on the CBS television shows Rockstar: INXS and Rockstar: Supernova, he has been musical director...
  
   – 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
  Suzie McNeil
  Susan Jane "Suzie" McNeil is a Canadian pop rock recording artist.-Early life:McNeil was born in Mississauga, Ontario. She has a sister, Laura Norris, a teacher at a public high school in Toronto.-Rock Star: INXS:...
  
   – background vocals on tracks 6 & 11
• Marshall Altman
  Marshall Altman
  Marshall Noah Altman is a Nashville-based record producer and songwriter who owns the Galt Line studio in Nashville, Tennessee. He was formerly an A&R person for such labels as Capitol Records, Hollywood Records and Columbia Records, as well as the former frontman for the alternative band Farmer...
  
  – percussion, background vocals (tracks 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
• Mark Weinberg – electric guitar (tracks 9 & 10)