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This is the second album by Hoobastank. Douglas Robb on Vocals, Dan Estrin on Guitar, Markku Lappalainen plays Bass and Chris Hesse on Drums. Album produced by Howard Benson.

Tracks in playing order: 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.

Honestly! After listening to this album, my opinion of Hoobastank went sky high. Thier first and self-titled album is great... so The Reason exceeded all of my expectations.

Vocally, and lyrically the band has improved in absolute leaps and bounds, as well as in their musical arrangements. The music overall has more depth and maturity without losing any of the bands uniqueness or rock feel.

The Reason really is a fantastic album without even one song I feel inclined to skip over based on not liking it or finding it boring.