Dave Matthews Band

Busted Stuff is Matthews' dark album. Its core tracks -- introspective jam-rock far removed from his radio hits -- were recorded in 2000. For various reasons the band shelved the project until Matthews bowed to a growing number of fans demanding its release. Though the band added tracks and applied some touch-up work, Busted Stuff retains the mood of the original sessions. Half these songs are really nothing more than extended grooves laced with the most personal lyrics of Matthews' career.

Dave Matthews is rightly regarded as an artist who found success on his own terms --
critics, record companies and mainstream convention be damned. But that reputation took
a hit last year when Matthews scrapped an unusually somber, nearly finished album with
longtime producer Steve Lillywhite and instead released Everyday, a collection of bright,
concise tunes recorded with pop producer Glen Ballard that muted his quintet's... More >