Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully.Like Hanson, the Jonas Brothers are not only a trio of siblings -- ranging in age from 17 to 13 at the time of the release of their first album -- who play their own instruments and write (some of) their own songs; they have a relentlessly sunny spirit that hearkens back to the classic 60s and 70s pop as heard on Time-Life compilations.
If Hanson learned this sound from those original Time-Life collections, the Jonas Brothers picked up the strand from Hanson and then went to Hot Topic, creating a bubblegum type of mall punk thats considerably heavier on the bubblegum than the punk. But thats not the only difference -- where Hanson worked with such hipsters as the Dust Brothers, the Jonas Brothers work with studio pros Michael Mangini and Steve Greenberg, who both did production work for Joss Stone and help bring a similarly slick but consciously classic vibe to Its About Time as they did to the retro-soul of Joss Stone. Despite these hints of commercial punk flair, the Jonas Brothers are at their core Hanson for the new millennium -- and since Steve Greenberg was the executive producer of that trios 1997 debut, Middle of Nowhere, that shouldnt come as too big of a surprise, but if you go into Its About Time not knowing any of this, its kind of a shock to hear 11 fizzy singalongs that sound like reworkings of MMMBop. Of course, thats hardly a bad thing, since at its best, bubblegum has an effervescence that transcends generations, something that the Jonas Brothers come close to achieving here. Theyre a likeable bunch of kids singing likeable, ingratiating melodies that are perhaps a little too sweet but are still irresistible -- a little bit like a Hostess Cup Cake. And like a Hostess Cup Cake, if you think about it too much, this album does show some signs of being mass produced: the choruses seem a little bit too close to Kidz Bop territory, the professionally written songs about school and girls are too crassly cutesy, and Year 3000 in particular grates, from its maddeningly vague lyrics (We drove around in a time machineLike the one in the film Ive seen) to its obsession on their own success and how This song had gone multi-platinumEverybody bought our seventh albumIt had outsold Kelly Clarkson, as if their seventh album -- which would be delivered in 2024 if they take three years between records -- would still have an impact when theyre no longer in their teens, or when there are no longer albums for that matter (never mind that if people are still talking about the Jonas Brothers and Kelly Clarkson in the year 3000, that means their work has lasted longer than Shakespeare has to this day, but thats perhaps nitpicking). But, if you dont think about it too hard -- and, really, you shouldnt -- Its About Time is a fun debut, with more hooks than most teen-oriented music in 2006. SMD 0s, 1s, ifm 0s, title: Frank Sinatra Under the Mistletoe 0s, title:Busty Lena Paul In Anal 0s, av 0s, title: 1s, bayala a magic adventure 0s, Roon 1s, bake off season 7 1s. Nick Jonas, John Legend, Rita Ora Announced For Gary Barlows Finding Neverland (Songs From The Musical) Album. Idolator. Retrieved September 3, 2015. In September 2005, Jonas released his eponymous debut studio album Nicholas Jonas. After serving as a member of the bands the Jonas Brothers and Nick Jonas the Administration, Jonas returned to his solo career in 2012. On May 8, he released Songs from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, an EP containing songs performed on stage during his Broadway musical, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. The albums first single, Jealous, was released on September 7, 2014. ![]() Jonas second studio album, titled Nick Jonas, was released on November 10, 2014, debuting and peaking at number 6 on the Billboard 200, and remaining 46 weeks on the chart. The aforementioned single Chains was re-released to pop radio stations in the US on January 21, 2015, and later peaked at number 13, later receiving a double platinum certification, becoming his second biggest hit in the country. As of August 2015, Nick Jonas had sold 388,000 albums in the United States as a solo artist. Levels peaked at number 44 on the Billboard Hot 100, and received a gold certification from the RIAA. The single peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his third top 15 there, and also receiving a platinum certification. On June 10, 2016, Jonas released his third studio album, Last Year Was Complicated. On July 12, Jonas released Bacon, featuring verses by rapper Ty Dolla ign, as the albums second single. 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