Stand Up by Dave Matthews Band

Stand Up, Dave Matthews Band's sixth studio album, came out on RCA on May 10, 2005, and it's the sound of a jam band handing the controls to someone new. Mark Batson produced, the first time the group had worked with him, and most of it was cut at Haunted Hollow Studio back home in Charlottesville, Virginia. Critics mostly liked what they heard, crediting the band for freshening its sound with shots of soul and funk.

In hindsight there's a shadow over it: it was the last album with saxophonist LeRoi Moore fully on board before his death in 2008, playing alongside Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, drummer Carter Beauford and violinist Boyd Tinsley. "American Baby" was the lone proper single and became their highest-charting song, while "Dreamgirl", "Everybody Wake Up (Our Finest Hour Arrives)" and "Smooth Rider" went out as promo singles. It gave them a fourth straight number one on the Billboard 200.

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