When the members of the Dave Matthews Band commenced recording STAND UP, they did so with the express intent of creating an album markedly different from their past efforts. To this end, they hired R&B/hip-hop producer Mark Batson and started down a path of experimentation thatre-defined the group's creative process. Whether on the loop-like electric mandolin lines on "American Baby", the spooky, slowed-down vocal on "Stand Up (For It)", or the psychedelic echo effect on the chorus of "Everybody Wake Up (Our Finest Hour Arrives)", artistic freedom is in the air here, and the musicians sound like they're having the time of their lives. Even Matthews's idiosyncratic vocals are looser andfriendlier, and his lyrics seem more in sync with the music. In fact, the album's overall sense of liberation and quirkiness lends it a sound reminiscent of Mitchell Froom's work on Los Lobos' landmark KIKO. Of course, longtime fans of the Dave Matthews Band will find all of their favourite elements here, including syncopated, world-music-inspired grooves, jaw-dropping drum chops, a few extended jams, and the dark, immediately identifiable singing of Matthews himself.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Dreamgirl
2. Old Dirt Hill (Bring That Beat Back)
3. Stand Up (For It)
4. American Baby Intro
5. American Baby
6. Smooth Rider
7. Everybody Wake Up (Our Finest Hour Arrives)
8. Out Of My Hands
9. Hello Again
10. Louisiana Bayou
11. Stolen Away On 55Th & 3Rd
12. You Might Die Trying
13. Steady As We Go
14. Hunger For The Great Light