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This article is about the Hoobastank album. For the album by Beanie Sigel, see The Reason (2001 album).
The Reason
The Reason cover
Studio album by Hoobastank
Released 9 December 2003
Recorded March 2003 - August 2003 in Turner Broadcasting Studios in Atlanta, Georgia
Genre Post-Grunge
Alternative Metal
Hard Rock
Length 42:00
Label Island
Producer Howard Benson
Professional reviews
Hoobastank chronology
The Target
(2002)		 The Reason
(2003)		 Every Man for Himself
(2006)

The Reason is Hoobastank's second album. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Hoobastank is an American Post-grunge band best known for their 2004 hit " The Reason " Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Post-grunge is a subgenre of Alternative rock that emerged in the early 1990s as a derivative of Grunge music. Alternative metal is an eclectic form of Heavy metal music that gained popularity in the early 1990s alongside grunge. Hard rock (also referred to as heavy rock) is a variation of Rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and Psychedelic rock In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Island Records is a Record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Howard Benson (born in Havertown, Pennsylvania) is a Grammy nominated Music producer and Aerospace engineer. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published Founded in 1994, Artistdirect Inc is an online digital media entertainment company Hoobastank is an American Post-grunge band best known for their 2004 hit " The Reason " The Target is an EP released by Hoobastank in 2002 It features three original tracks not heard on other Hoobastank recordings as well as acoustic Every Man for Himself is the third Album by Hoobastank. It was released on May 16, 2006, and May 8 of the same year Hoobastank is an American Post-grunge band best known for their 2004 hit " The Reason " It was released on December 9, 2003, under the Island Records label. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Island Records is a Record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica. It has been certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA. Platinum (ˈplætɪnəm is a Chemical element with the Atomic symbol Pt and an Atomic number of 78

Contents

Making of the album

The band entered the studio in 2003 with producer Howard Benson, who has produced records by P.O.D., Cold and The Crystal Method. Howard Benson (born in Havertown, Pennsylvania) is a Grammy nominated Music producer and Aerospace engineer. POD, initials standing for Payable On Death, is a rock band from San Diego California. Cold is a American five-piece Post-grunge / Alternative metal band based in Jacksonville, Florida. The Crystal Method is an American Electronic music duo consisting of Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland However, recording was disrupted for a month when guitarist Dan Estrin was seriously injured in a minibike accident in August. Dan Estrin (born July 9, 1976) is the guitarist of the band Hoobastank. Estrin had recovered by October and the band headed off on a Nokia Unwired Tour with the All-American Rejects and Ozomatli in November. The All-American Rejects are a Rock band sometimes referred to as AAR, from Stillwater Oklahoma formed by Tyson Ritter and Nick Wheeler Ozomatli is a multiethnic currently eight piece band (although they have had as many as ten members and as few as six playing primarily Latin hip hop and rock formed in

Lyricist and vocalist Doug Robb said in a biography on the band's website that several songs on the album are about questioning what you are told. "A lot of it is about asking questions or questioning all that people see. It's not all about religion. "Out Of Control" is about that and about opening your eyes after being blinded by being devoted to anything".

Chart success

The Reason was released in December 2003. The first single "Out Of Control" was made available for download on the band's website. The song would reach number nine on the U. S. modern rock chart, number sixteen on the mainstream rock chart, and number sixteen on a composite world modern rock chart (based on the U. S. , Germany, Sweden, Finland, Canada and Australia). The Reason initially reached a peak of number forty-five on the Billboard 200.

The title track was released as a single in the first half of 2004. It became a massive hit worldwide, reaching number two on the Billboard Hot 100, number one on the U. S. and world modern rock charts, number one on the world airplay chart, and number ten in Australia. The Reason album received a new lease of life on the U. S. album charts reaching #3 on the Billboard 200.

"Same Direction" is featured as the main soundtrack for Madden NFL 2005. Madden NFL 2005 is a football Video game. It features Ravens star linebacker Ray Lewis on the cover

Track listing

All tracks composed by Daniel Estrin and Douglas Robb

  1. "Same Direction" – 3:17
  2. "Out of Control" – 2:44
  3. "What Happened to Us?" – 4:02
  4. "Escape" – 3:46
  5. "Just One" – 3:21
  6. "Lucky" – 3:01
  7. "From the Heart" – 3:05
  8. "The Reason" – 3:53
  9. "Let It Out" – 3:20
  10. "Unaffected" – 3:35
  11. "Never There" – 3:05
  12. "Disappear" – 5:08

(Some copies contained an extra track entitled "Never Saw It Coming" and "Open Your Eyes")

Personnel


Dan Estrin (born July 9, 1976) is the guitarist of the band Hoobastank. Douglas Seann Robb (born January 2, 1975, in Agoura Hills, California) commonly referred to simply as Doug Robb, is an "Same Direction" is the third single from Hoobastank's second major studio album The Reason. " Out of Control " was the first single released by the American Alternative rock band Hoobastank from their highly successful album The Reason "Disappear" is the 4th single from Hoobastank's second major studio album The Reason. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the The drum is a member of the percussion group technically classified as a Membranophone.
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