On December 9, 2003, “Island” label released “Reason”, the second Hoobastank studio album. It was recorded March – August 2003, at “Bay 7 Studios”, “Valley Village Studios”, “Sparky Dog Studios” in Calabasas, California, and was produced by Howard Benson. The album was certified Platinum in Canada by “Music Canada”, 2 x Platinum in the USA by “RIAA”.
Personnel:
- Doug Robb – lead and backing vocals
- Dan Estrin – acoustic and electric guitar
- Markku Lappalainen – bass guitar
- Chris Hesse – drums
- Michael Valerio – upright bass
- Howard Benson – keyboards
- Mark Robertson – violin, string contractor
- Sam Fisher – violin
- Rene Mandel – violin
- Simon Oswell – viola
- Shanti Randall – viola
- Evan Wilson – viola
- Victor Lawrence – cello
- David Low – cello
- David Mergen – cello
- Deborah Lurie – string arrangements
- Jamie Oliver – group vocals
- Ian Watkins – group vocals
- Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
- Mike Plotnikoff – mixing
- Louis Marino – art direction, design, illustrations
- Danny Clinch – band photography
- RJ Muna – cover photography
Track listing:
All lyrics by Doug Robb; all music by Daniel Estrin.
- Same Direction
- Out of Control
- What Happened to Us
- Escape
- Just One
- Lucky
- From the Heart
- The Reason
- Let It Out
- Unaffected
- Never There
- Disappear
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