2002 studio album by Dave Matthews Band

Busted Stuff is the fifth studio album by Dave Matthews Band, released on July 16, 2002 by RCA Records. Produced by Stephen Harris, it was the band's second album not to feature longtime producer Steve Lillywhite.

Nine of the album's eleven tracks are re-recorded versions of songs that first appeared on an album the band had abandoned in 2000, a project that had come to be known as The Lillywhite Sessions; "Where Are You Going"—the first single from Busted Stuff—and "You Never Know" were not from The Lillywhite Sessions.

Recording [ edit ]

Work on the album began in January 2002 at Record Plant Studios in Sausalito, California. The band had been road testing much of the material from the abandoned Steve Lillywhite sessions and felt that these songs deserved a spot on their followup to Everyday. Matthews reworked many of the lyrics while the rest of the band continued to evolve the arrangements. Through the recording process, two new songs were created: "Where Are You Going" and "You Never Know".

Busted Stuff is the first album the band recorded without any special guests.[11]

Track listing [ edit ]

All tracks written by David J. Matthews.

Deleted tracks

These songs were recorded during the Busted Stuff sessions but weren't included on the final cut of the album:[12]

"JTR" – previously recorded during the Lillywhite sessions

"Sweet Up and Down" – previously recorded during the Lillywhite sessions

"Monkey Man" – previously recorded during the Lillywhite sessions

"Counting the Stars" – an early version of a song that merged with another piece of music to become "You Never Know"

"Save Me" – later re-recorded for Dave Matthews's solo album Some Devil

"Gravedigger" – later re-recorded for Matthews's Some Devil

Bonus DVD

Busted Stuff came with a bonus DVD, titled Some Other Stuff, featuring two live performances from Boulder, Colorado from July 11, 2001—"When the World Ends" and "Bartender"—as well as 5.1 audio of the studio version of "Bartender."

Personnel [ edit ]

Dave Matthews Band

Production personnel[citation needed]

Stephen Harris – producer

John Nelson – engineering

John Alagía – mixing

Ted Jensen – mastering

Danny Clinch – art direction, design, photography

Catherine Dee – art direction, design

Thane Kerner – art direction, design, digital collage

Gary Ashley – photography assistant

Jonathan Adler – assistant editor

Jared Miller – assistant engineer

Enrique Gonzalez Müller – 2nd engineer

Leff Lefferts – 2nd engineer

Erik Porter – bass & violin technician

Henry Luniewski – drum technician

Robert Montgomery – guitar technician

David Saull – horn technician

Chart performance [ edit ]

Busted Stuff debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 622,000 copies sold in its first week.[13] The album was certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA on August 29, 2002.[14]

Year Chart Position 2002 The Billboard 200 1[15] 2002 Top Canadian Albums 1[16] 2002 Top Internet Albums 1[16]