Don't Play with Matches explained

Don't Play with Matches
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Tabitha's Secret
Cover:	Don't Play with Matches.jpg
Released:	1997
Recorded:	1993–1995
Length:	58:05
Label:	JTJ Records Inc.
Producer:	Jay Stanley Tabitha's Secret
Next Title:	Live
Next Year:	1999

Don't Play with Matches is the debut album of the American Alternative rock band Tabitha's Secret.^[1] The tracks were recorded in 1993–1995, although the album was released in 1997. It is thought that it was released to capitalise on the popularity of Rob Thomas's next band Matchbox 20's album Yourself Or Someone Like You. The songs "3 A.M." and "Tired" were both rerecorded by Matchbox 20.

Track listing

• All tracks are co-written by Thomas, Stanley, Goff and Yale

1. "3 A.M." (Rob Thomas, John Goff, Jay Stanley, Brian Yale) - 3:43
2. "Forever December" - 5:58
3. "Here Comes Horses" - 4:26
4. "Paint Me Blue" - 4:58
5. "Dear Joan" - 4:51
6. "High" - 4:40
7. "Unkind" - 3:29
8. "Jesus Was An Alien" - 4:37
9. "Tired" - 3:58
10. "Swing" - 3:53
11. "3 A.M." (Rob Thomas, John Goff, Jay Stanley, Brian Yale) - 3:47
12. "Forever December" - 4:32
13. "Dizzy (hidden track)" - 5:08

Credits

Rob Thomas - Lead Vocals, Piano
John Goff - Background Vocals, Guitar
Jay Stanley - Background Vocals, Guitar
Brian Yale - Bass Guitar
Paul Doucette - Drums/Percussion
Engineered and Mixed by Dana Cornock, Dave Bell and Jay Stanley
Mastered by Dana Cornock
Concept by Jay Stanley
Photography by Dominic Casale

Notes and References

1. Web site: Moss . Corey . Early Matchbox Twenty Secret To Be Revealed . https://web.archive.org/web/20240228202627/https://www.mtv.com/news/xzb031/early-matchbox-twenty-secret-to-be-revealed . dead . February 28, 2024 . MTV . February 28, 2024 . August 31, 2001.