<P> For their third album, More Than You Think You Are, the band used more of a pop punk / pop rock sound . Thomas shared the songwriting efforts with the other band members on several songs . The album was recorded at Icon Recording Studios in Hollywood, California . Icon Recording Studios owner and Chief Engineer - Andrew Troy, Assistant Engineer - Aaron Kaplay, 2nd Assistant Engineer - Pablo Solorzano . Additional recording at Bearsville Studios and Hit Factory in New York and was released on November 19, 2002 . The album was produced by Matt Serletic, who at the time was the current chairman for Virgin Records . The album again spawned successful singles "Disease" (written with Mick Jagger), "Unwell", and "Bright Lights". The album was not as successful commercially as the previous two, and received mixed reviews from critics . However, the album had an enormous radio presence for well over a year . </P> <P> During 2003, the band released EP, consisting of six songs . The EP had never before released live and acoustic versions of previously released songs like "Push" and "If You're Gone", as well as a new track, "Suffer Me". In 2004, the band released a live DVD, Show: A Night in the Life of Matchbox Twenty, filmed in Atlanta and featuring 20 songs, including all of their previous successful singles . Before taking a hiatus later that year to allow other members to pursue side projects, rhythm guitarist Adam Gaynor officially left the group . Rob Thomas released a solo album,...Something to Be, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 . The album featured four successful singles: "Lonely No More", "This Is How a Heart Breaks", "Ever the Same", and "Streetcorner Symphony". In January 2007, Rob Thomas released a single, "Little Wonders", which he wrote for the Disney movie Meet the Robinsons . </P> <P> The group reunited and began performing during 2007, with the release of their' retrospective' album Exile on Mainstream, on October 2, 2007 . "How Far We've Come" was the first single from the new album, which was followed by the second single, "These Hard Times". "Exile on Mainstream" included four other new songs and a complete collection of all eleven of their previously released singles . The album was also released in the new MVI (Music Video Interactive) format, which included two video interviews discussing the six new songs and eleven greatest hits, plus extras including a photo gallery, U-MYX (to remix "How Far We've Come"), buddy icons and wallpapers . "How Far We've Come" was released on the band's MySpace page in July 2007, with the video released on September 6, 2007 . Matchbox Twenty toured during early 2008 with Alanis Morissette and opener Mutemath . The band began their US tour on January 25, 2008, in Hollywood, FL, and concluded in Las Vegas, NV, on March 18, 2008 before heading to Australia and New Zealand, where the Australian band Thirsty Merc was the supporting act . Following Australia, Matchbox Twenty visited the UK for the first time in five years to play six concerts in Cardiff, Wembley, Birmingham, Glasgow, and Manchester . Matchbox Twenty performed at the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup award ceremony . </P> <P> When the band finished touring later during 2008, Rob Thomas began work on his second solo album, Cradlesong . He stated in an interview to Billboard that he expected that the other members of the band might begin work on Matchbox Twenty's next album without him . At the concert at Mohegan Sun Casino on December 18, 2009, Rob Thomas said that he was not frequently playing Matchbox Twenty songs at his 2009 tour stops because the band was planning to tour together in 2010 . </P>

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