This Time Around | ||||
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Released | May 9, 2000 | |||
Recorded | June – November 1999 | |||
Studio | Los Angeles, California | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Length | 51:30 | |||
Label | Island | |||
Producer | Hanson, Mark Hudson, Stephen Lironi | |||
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Singles from This Time Around | ||||
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This Time Around is the second studio album by American pop rock group Hanson,released in 2000. Although Hanson had several albums in between,This Time Around is their first standard studio release since 1997's Middle of Nowhere . This Time Around did not achieve the commercial success of its predecessor Middle of Nowhere. The album does not feature as many bubblegum pop style tunes as Middle of Nowhere;instead,Hanson opted to focus on a more classic rock sound,or as MTV.com stated,"stadium rock". [1] The album also features numerous 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 received mainly positive reviews. To date,it has sold over one million copies worldwide.
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 67/100 [1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Billboard | (favorable) [3] |
Entertainment Weekly | B [4] |
NME | 4/10 [5] |
Q | [1] |
Robert Christgau | C− [6] |
Rolling Stone | [7] |
Wall of Sound | 75/100 [1] |
Critically,This Time Around received mainly positive reviews. It was given a score of 67 out of 100 by Metacritic. [1] Billboard said,"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," [3] and CDNow said "This Time Around scores with more sophisticated harmonies and storytelling." [1] Rolling Stone said,"Like a blond three-headed hydra,Hanson loom over the competition,making all other teen idols sound like Gerber-sucking clowns." [7] AllMusic 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." [2] However,not everyone was complimentary about the change in musical style,with Robert Christgau of The Village 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," [6] and NME 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." [5]
All songs written by Isaac Hanson,Taylor Hanson and Zac Hanson.
Lead vocals by Taylor Hanson,except where noted.
In some locales two additional hidden tracks,"Smile" and "Lonely Again",were also included in the foreign version of the CD. Just like Middle of Nowhere,"A Song to Sing" is track 21 with eight tracks of silence used once again,despite some reissues dropping the silent tracks to make "A Song to Sing" track 13.
Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [13] | 11 |
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [14] | 12 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [15] | 71 |
European Albums Chart [16] | 36 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [17] | 10 |
French Albums (SNEP) [18] | 50 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [19] | 54 |
Italian Albums (FIMI) [20] | 22 |
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [21] | 18 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [22] | 21 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [23] | 28 |
Scottish Albums (OCC) [24] | 36 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [25] | 9 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [26] | 30 |
UK Albums (OCC) [27] | 33 |
US Billboard 200 [28] | 19 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [29] | Gold | 100,000* |
United States (RIAA) [30] | Gold | 500,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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