The Reason (album)

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The reason
Studio album by Hoobastank

Publication
(s)

December 9, 2003

Label (s) Island Records

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Alternative rock , post grunge

Title (number)

12

running time

42 minutes

occupation
  • Markku Lappalainen ( bass )
  • Ian Watkins (backing vocals)
  • Jamie Oliver (backing vocals)

production

Howard Benson

Studio (s)

Turner Broadcasting Studios

chronology
Hoobastank
(2001) 		The reason Every Man for Himself
(2006)

The Reason is the second studio album by the American grunge band Hoobastank . It was recorded at Turner Broadcasting Studios in Atlanta and was released on December 9, 2003 by Island Records distribution . In the US alone, more than 2.3 million copies were sold, making the album twice gold .

production

The album was recorded from March to August 2003. The album was produced by Howard Benson , who has also worked with bands such as The Crystal Method , Cold and POD . Recordings were stopped for a short time after guitarist Dan Estrin sustained serious injuries in an accident in August.

success

The album reached number 45 on the Billboard Hot 200. Same Direction , The Reason and Out Of Control were released as singles. The latter is included in the soundtrack of the racing game MX Unleashed and reached number 9 on the modern rock charts and number 16 on the mainstream rock charts on Billboard. The theme song reached number 2 on the Billboard charts and number 10 in Australia. Same Direction can be heard in Madden NFL , Just One in Top Spin 2 .

In 2005 the album was nominated for three Grammys at the 47th Grammy Awards in the categories Song of the Year , Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best Rock Album .

Chart placements

Charts Top
position
Austrian album charts 19th
German album charts 51
Swiss album charts 13
UK album charts 41
US Billboard 200 3

Track list

  1. Same direction
  2. Out of control
  3. What Happened To Us?
  4. Escape
  5. Just one
  6. Lucky
  7. From the heart
  8. The reason
  9. Let it out
  10. Unaffected
  11. Never there
  12. Disappear

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ musicnotes.com presents: All grammy nomines in 2005
  2. ↑ Chart placement of the album (except DE)
  3. ↑ Musiksampler.de 2004 single charts

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