WELL, SHE'S GOT A LITTLE BIT
OF SOMETHIN'
AND GOD,
IT'S BETTER THAN NOTHIN'
Yourself or Someone Like You
is the
debut album
by American Rock Band
It was released on
October 1, 1996,
by Lava Records
and
Atlantic Records.
The album has been certified
12× Platinum by
the Recording Industry
Association of America.
The album features a
sound similar to
traditional rock
and post-grunge.
The album features themes of
adolescence,
adultery,
loneliness,
domestic violence,
psychological abuse,
humiliation,
depression,
anger,
and
alcoholism.
According to
Rob Thomas,
the album's title
was originally to be
Woodshed Diaries.
However,
that changed when
Thomas and Paul Doucette
were at a woman's
musical performance at
Café Largo
when the singer said
"this song is for you,
or someone like you".
They loved the phrase so much
that they insisted on
changing the album's title,
despite the fact that
3,500 copies
of the album with
the original title
had already been made.
Their labels agreed;
however, t
he name change
resulted in the
album's release
being delayed
The album sold a
mere 610 copies
in its first week;
however,
it eventually went on
to sell several
million copies
in the United States.
Yourself or Someone Like You
became one of the
few albums
to achieve the
prestigious
Diamond certification,
and it was also
certified
multi-platinum
in Australia,
Canada
and
New Zealand.
To date,
the album has
sold more than
15 million copies
worldwide.
Artwork Lawsuit
In 2005,
almost a decade
after the album's release,
the band was sued by
Frank Torres,
the man on the album's cover.
Torres claimed
the band never asked
for his permission
to use his image
on the sleeve.
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 photo had caused him
emotional distress.
Torres justified the delay
in suing Matchbox 20
by claiming he had
first seen the album photo
within two years
of the litigation.
Torres died in 2016
at age 73
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