Matchbox Twenty is looking back with a new box set.  On November 20, the band will release the simply-titled 20, a new 7-LP vinyl collection containing all five of their studio albums plus Exile on Mainstream Revisited, a "reimagined" version of the 2007 compilation Exile on Mainstream now featuring numerous rare tracks making their first appearance in the vinyl format.

The box includes:

• Yourself or Someone Like You (1996);
• Mad Season (2000; 2 LPs, new to vinyl);
• More Than You Think You Are (2002, new to vinyl);
• Exile on Mainstream Revisited (2007/2020; 2 LPs); and
• North (2012, new to vinyl).

The albums in 20 were all met with tremendous success.  1996's Yourself or Someone Like You reached 12x Platinum status in the United States and yielded hit singles including "Push," "3 AM," and "Real World."  Mad Season, from 2000, was hotly-anticipated and entered (and peaked) the Billboard 200 at No. 3 while earning a 4x Platinum certification.  Its lead single "Bent" went to No. 1 on the Hot 100, Adult Top 40, and Mainstream Top 40 charts; "If You're Gone" also topped the Adult Top 40 and reached No. 5 on the Hot 100 and No. 4 on the Mainstream Top 40.  More Than You Think You Are (2002) edged the band in a more rock-oriented direction after the pop sounds of Mad Season and peaked within the top ten of the Billboard 200.  Matchbox Twenty's final album with guitarist Adam Gaynor, it yielded three successful singles including "Disease," "Unwell," and "Bright Lights."  The band's last album to date, 2012's North, entered the Billboard 200 at No. 1; lead single "She's So Mean" performed within the U.S. top 40.

The 2007 compilation Exile on Mainstream, which originally featured seven new tracks plus fan favorites and hits, has been rethought for this box.  It includes all seven of those recordings (including the cover of The Kinks' "Come Dancing," originally a download exclusive) but the hits have been dropped in favor of eight rarities from various international and one-off releases.

While the Orlando, Florida-formed, Rob Thomas-fronted band hasn't recorded an album since 2012, they remain committed to touring; a 2020 tour co-headlining with The Wallflowers was delayed (hopefully) to 2021 as a result of COVID-19.  The 20 box set is limited to 5,000 individually numbered units.  It includes a 12 x 12" 24-page booklet including photos, liner notes, and a career retrospective by Billboard journalist Melinda Newman.

20 is currently exclusive to Matchbox 20's online store, and pre-orders are open now at the link below for its November 20 release.

Matchbox Twenty 20 (Atlantic, 2020)

LP 1: Yourself or Someone Like You (Lava/Atlantic/Melisma 92721, 1996)

1. Real World
2. Long Day
3. 3AM
4. Push
5. Girl Like That
6. Back 2 Good
7. Damn
8. Argue
9. Kody
10. Busted
11. Shame
12. Hang

LP 2-3: Mad Season (Lava/Atlantic/Melisma 83339, 2000)

1. Angry
2. Black & White People
3. Crutch
4. Last Beautiful Girl
5. If You're Gone
6. Mad Season
7. Rest Stop
8. The Burn
9. Bent
10. Bed of Lies
11. Leave
12. Stop
13. You Won't Be Mine

LP 4: More Than You Think You Are (Atlantic/Melisma 83612, 2002)

1. Feel
2. Disease
3. Bright Lights
4. Unwell
5. Cold
6. All I Need
7. Hand Me Down
8. Could I Be You
9. Downfall
10. Soul
11. You're So Real
12. The Difference

LP 5-6: Exile on Mainstream Revisited

1. How Far We've Come
2. I'll Believe You When
3. All Your Reasons
4. These Hard Times
5. If I Fall
6. Can't Let You Go
7. Come Dancing
8. You & I & I

1. Never Going Back Again
2. Suffer Me
3. So Sad, So Lonely
4. Waiting on a Train
5. I Don't Wanna Be Loved
6. I Believe in Everything
7. Straight for This Life
8. Help Me Through This

LP 5, Tracks 1-6 from Exile on Mainstream - Atlantic/Melisma 297340, 2007
LP 5, Track 7 from iTunes pre-order edition of Exile on Mainstream
LP 5, Track 8 from digital deluxe edition of Mad Season
LP 6, Track 1 from Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours - Lava/Atlantic 83054, 1998
LP 6, Track 2 from EP - Lava/Atlantic 83701, 2003
LP 6, Track 3 was a hidden track on More Than You Think You Are
LP 6, Tracks 4 and 6-7 from European deluxe edition of North - Emblem/Atlantic 7567876254, 2012
LP 6, Track 5 from Target-exclusive edition of North - Emblem/Atlantic 532264-2, 2012
LP 6, Track 8 from Japanese edition of North - Emblem/Atlantic WPCR-14643, 2012

LP 7: North (Emblem/Atlantic 531746, 2012)

Side One

1. Parade
2. She's So Mean
3. Overjoyed
4. Put Your Hands Up
5. Our Song
6. I Will

Side Two

1. English Town
2. How Long
3. Radio
4. The Way
5. Like Sugar
6. Sleeping at the Wheel