- This Time Around (Hanson album)
Infobox Album |
Name = This Time Around
Type =Album
Artist = Hanson
Released =May 9 ,2000
Recorded = ???
Genre = Rock
Length = 51:30
Label = Island
Producer =Mark Hudson
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kvzyxdgb2olj link]
Last album = "Live from Albertane "
(1998)
This album = "This Time Around"
(2000)
Next album = "Underneath Acoustic "
(2003):"For the album by Paul Brandt, see
This Time Around (Paul Brandt album) ."This Time Around was released in
2000 and is the seventhalbum by American pop/rock group Hanson. Although Hanson had several albums in between, "This Time Around" is their first standard studio release since 1997s "Middle of Nowhere"."This Time Around" didn't have the commercial success of its predecessor "Middle of Nowhere". This may be in part due to the change in Hanson's focus: "This Time Around" doesn't feature any
bubblegum pop style tunes like "Middle of Nowhere". Instead Hanson opted to focus on a moreclassic rock sound, or asMTV .com put it "Yes, we're talking stadium rock". The album is also heavy on ballads, with songs such as "Sure About It" and "A Song to Sing" covering the themes of teenage insecurity and loneliness, much like "Weird" from "Middle of Nowhere".Critically, "This Time Around" was very well received. Billboard noted "It all adds up to a collection that successfully sets Hanson apart from the current teen-pop phenomenon that it helped start -- at least from a creative perspective", and
CDNow said "This Time Around scores with more sophisticated harmonies and storytelling". "Rolling Stone " said, "Like a blond three-headed hydra, Hanson loom over the competition, making all other teen idols sound like Gerber-sucking clowns."AllMusicGuide said, "It's hard not to miss the thrilling way Middle of Nowhere leapt out of the speakers upon its first spin with giddy fun, yet with its carefully considered craft and warmly ingratiating pop songs This Time Around is winning entertainment." However, not everyone was complimentary about the change in musical style, withVillage Voice stating "If you thought they were bad when they were cute, or even that they were cute when they were good, believe me, you don't want to hear them mature", and "New Musical Express " with the even harsher verdict "But damn those cruel hormones - Hanson's collective balls have MmmDropped, and the giddy rush of adolescence seeks to mutate Mercury's finest investment into a trio of crack-voiced hulks".Charts
Worldwide sales
To date, it has sold 1 million copies worldwide, 500,000 of which were sold in the
United States .Track listing
"(All songs written by Hanson)"
# "You Never Know" – 3:04
# "If Only" – 4:30
# "This Time Around" – 4:17
# "Runaway Run" – 3:40
# "Save Me" – 3:40
# "Dying to Be Alive" – 4:37
# "Can't Stop" – 4:24
# "Wish That I Was There" – 3:39
# "Love Song" – 4:06
# "Sure About It" – 3:27
# "Hand in Hand" – 4:37
# "In the City" – 3:27
# "A Song to Sing" – 3:35In some locales two additional
hidden track s, "Smile" and "Lonely Again", were also included in the foreign version of the CD.Personnel
* Jeff Adams - Project Manager
* Lisa Banks - Vocals
* Pat Burkholder - Engineer
* David Campbell - Viola, String Arrangements
*Steve Churchyard - Engineer
* Annette Cisneros - Engineer
* Larry Corbett - Cello
* Joel Derouin - Violin
* David Dominguez - Engineer
* Michael Fisher - Percussion
* Lars Fox - Engineer
* Scott Gordon - Harmonica, Engineer
*Isaac Hanson - Guitar (Acoustic), Composer, Guitar (Electric), Vocals, Producer
*Taylor Hanson - Harmonica, Percussion, Composer, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer
*Zac Hanson - Composer, Drums, Vocals, Producer
*Mark Hudson - Producer
* Cederic Joins - Vocals
*Jonny Lang - Guitar (Electric)
* Stephen Lironi - Organ, Bass, Guitar (Electric), Producer, Loops
*Tom Lord-Alge - Mixing
*Jed Lynch - Percussion
* Howard McCreary - Vocals
* Dewey Nicks - Photography
* Carolyn Perry - Vocals
* Darlene Perry - Vocals
* Lori Perry - Vocals
* Sharon Perry - Vocals
* Dana Pilson - Project Manager
*John Popper - Harmonica
* Rick Riso - Vocals
* Alfie Silas - Vocals
* Cameron Stone - Cello
* Rose Stone - Director, Vocals
* Doug Trantow - Engineer
* Kevin Wyatt - Bass
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