Yourself or Someone Like You

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Yourself or Someone Like You

Studio album by Matchbox Twenty
Released	October 1, 1996
Recorded	Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	46:43
Label	Atlantic
Producer(s)	Matt Serletic
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Matchbox Twenty chronology
	Yourself or Someone Like You (1996)	Mad Season (2000)

Yourself or Someone Like You, the debut album by Matchbox Twenty, released in 1996, contained five U.S. hit singles, and sold over twelve million copies in the U.S. alone. It also went multi-platinum in Canada and Australia. The band's rock-based sound appealed to many listeners, despite a depressing theme with songs on topics such as loneliness, domestic violence, humiliation, anger, and drunkenness. The band's next album, Mad Season, was regarded as being a step down in overall quality, which was reflected in the charts. More Than You Think You Are, generally considered to be a much better album, also failed to sell even a third as many copies as the band's first effort.

In May 2005, New York resident Frank Torres sued Matchbox Twenty, claiming that the band had never sought his consent to use his photo on the album's cover. In the litigation, Torres claimed the photo was taken as he was walking down the street after being asked to pose. He also claimed the album photo had caused him mental anguish. Torres justified the delay in suing Matchbox Twenty by claiming he had only seen the album photo within the last two years.^[1]