I admit I cheated and listened to this c.d before it came out in stores..It made me want to buy it and buy it i did.Overall I think it is a solid debut album from a solid performer,but i still perfer the Matchbox twenty format.Sometimes i felt like He was playing it safe not steering away from the formula that has kept him well fed,which is not necessarily bad just "safe".My favorites are of course "lonely no more" which is recieving alot of airplay as his debut single,but careful it is almost killing it."all that I am" is my absolute favorite and had the laugh when i read someone say it was just horrible.goes to show how different taste can be.and "now comes the night" oh also the title track "something to be" as i said these songs i may be drawn to by the relation of the circumstances thrust upon me in my life...i do wish however there were more up tempo songs because i kinda got bored with it.Overall not a disappointment worth a listen.