Underneath (Hanson album)

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Underneath
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 20, 2004
RecordedLate 2001 – Late 2003
StudioRocket Carousel Studios
Genre Pop rock
Length60:28
Label 3CG/Cooking Vinyl
Producer Greg Wells and Hanson
Hanson chronology
Underneath Acoustic
(2003)
Underneath
(2004)
The Best of Hanson: Live & Electric
(2005)
Singles from Underneath
  1. "Penny & Me"
    Released: March 24, 2004
  2. "Someone (Laissons nous une chance)"
    Released: February 2, 2005
  3. "Lost Without Each Other"
    Released: March 20, 2005
  4. "Crazy Beautiful"
    Released: August 30, 2005 [1]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 69/100 [2]
Review scores
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Billboard (positive) [4]
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Entertainment Weekly B− [7]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Village Voice (favorable) [9]
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Underneath is the third album by American pop rock group Hanson. It was released in 2004 by 3CG Records. It is the band's first release on their own independent record label. The making of the album was the main subject in Hanson's documentary film, Strong Enough to Break , that follows the band during the recording process and the struggles they faced to release it.

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Worldwide sales

To date, the album has sold more than 350,000 copies, 137,000 of which were US sales and around 17,000 of which were sold in the UK, making this their lowest-selling official release. Despite this, the lead single "Penny & Me" achieved some success, reaching number 2 on the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart and number 10 on the UK Top 40. The second single, "Lost Without Each Other", did not chart in most countries, and only reached number 39 on the UK Top 40. Hanson themselves have said that they endured a financial loss in making and releasing the album, to the point where in some places, the album itself transitioned from mainstream retail locations to discount stores, particularly across the UK. It has been speculated that any loss endured has been made up from tour proceeds, as they tend to generate more direct income for bands than record sales can.

Track listing

All songs written by Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson and Zac Hanson; additional writers in parentheses.
Lead vocals by Taylor Hanson, except where noted.

  1. "Strong Enough to Break" (Greg Wells) – 3:32
  2. "Dancin' in the Wind" – 4:04
  3. "Penny & Me" – 4:03
  4. "Underneath" (Matthew Sweet) – 4:40
  5. "Misery" – 3:08 (Lead vocals: Zac Hanson)
  6. "Lost Without Each Other" (Gregg Alexander) – 3:44
  7. "When You're Gone" – 4:31
  8. "Broken Angel" – 4:49 (Lead vocals: Zac Hanson)
  9. "Deeper" – 4:10 (Lead vocals: Isaac Hanson)
  10. "Get Up and Go" – 4:08
  11. "Crazy Beautiful" – 4:02
  12. "Hey" (Greg Wells) – 4:17
  13. "Believe" – 12:17

French version bonus track

  1. "Someone (Laissons nous une chance)" (featuring Emma Daumas) (Damon Lee, Dominique Grimaldi, Emma Daumas)

Australian bonus tracks (live from House of Blues, Chicago)

  1. "If Only"
  2. "I Will Come to You" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil)

Japanese bonus tracks

  1. "Dream Girl"
  2. "I Almost Care" (Matthew Sweet)
  3. "With You in Your Dreams" (live)

Notes:

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2004–2005)Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP) [11] 173
Italian Albums (FIMI) [12] 53
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [13] 70
Scottish Albums (OCC) [14] 41
UK Albums (OCC) [15] 49
US Billboard 200 [16] 25
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [17] 1

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