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Jane Magazine Review
of "This Time Around" Album
typed up by Cris
Instead of using stars to rate CD's. Jane Magazine uses teeth: No bite, Too many gaps, Nice
punch, and Pearly whites being the *best*. Hanson got the pearly whites!
Hanson
This Time Around (Island)
I have a vision of the parking-lot scene at a 2034 Hanson concert. Bootleg
copies of the '02 tour are sold out of a van to middle-aged women wearing
vintage '90s platform sandals. Grizzled, with subtly graying hair, the three
bros take the stage . . . and it actually rocks. Hanson easily has the
musical chops to become the future Phish, Blues Traveler (John Popper
provides snorty harmonica on the CD) or, with 20 more years of wisdom, even
the Grateful Dead. The first three songs have moved beyond the bubblegum
"MMMBop" and are first-class psychedelic spin-dance jammy-jams. And all over
this disc, evidence of the brothers' excellent song writing capabilities
abounds. I just wish they'd skipped the fussy production (occasional
scratches, drum loops and bleeps). But I'm sure they'll figure that out by
2034. - Brant Louck
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