| Product Summary | | Label: Universal Music Group | | UPC: 00050087130848 | | Release Date: 6/16/2009 | | Buy.com Sku: 211030522 | | Item#: M4MMSH | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 2010 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. World War III ~ Jonas Brothers |  | | 2. Paranoid ~ Jonas Brothers | | | 3. Fly With Me ~ Jonas Brothers | | | 4. Poison Ivy ~ Jonas Brothers | | | 5. Hey Baby - (featuring Johnny Lang) ~ Jonas Brothers | | | 6. Before the Storm [Featuring Miley Cyrus] - (featuring Miley Cyrus) ~ Jonas Brothers | | | 7. What Did I Do To Your Heart ~ Jonas Brothers | | | 8. Much Better ~ Jonas Brothers | | | 9. Black Keys ~ Jonas Brothers | | | 10. Don't Change Me For The Crime - (featuring Common) ~ Jonas Brothers | | | 11. Turn Right ~ Jonas Brothers | | | 12. Don't Speak ~ Jonas Brothers | | | 13. Keep It Real ~ Jonas Brothers | |
| | Lines, Vines and Trying Times showcases an incredible musical journey by the Jonas Brothers, as well as their growth as songwriters and musicians. They've incorporated horns into several songs, as well as harmonicas and peddle steel guitars. The first single, "Paranoid," is a guitar driven dance evoking song, and the entire CD is a veritable smorgasbord of pop and rock gems. "World War III" is a funk metaphor for a confrontational relationship. Written by Nick Jonas, he asserts, "This is a personal experience for me. "World War III" deals with the challenge of a girl who keeps attacking you, provoking you, trying to fight you, but all the while she's the only one fighting." "Fly with Me" which is also the end title credit for the upcoming Night at the Museum 2 film, was written by Jonas Brothers and their bass player Greg Garbowsky, and is sure to become a love song for the ages. On "Poison Ivy" Jonas Brothers added a horn section. In their summer music preview issue, Rolling Stone described the ultracatchy "Poison Ivy" as a "Weezer-ish tune about a toxic girl that you can't resist." "Hey Baby" is a classic "she done him wrong" song written entirely by Jonas Brothers. "We wrote this song for the last record while on the road and felt the old school sound was more cohesive with our present style," explains Nick Jonas. With all these themes, it's easy to see how Jonas Brothers came up with the title Lines, Vines and Trying Times. Says Joe Jonas, "Lines are the "proverbial" lines people will feed you, and vines are obstacles that get in your way." Adds Kevin Jonas, "Trying times can be relationships, or anything personal to you. No one is alone in that; we all go through it."
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. | | Jonas Brothers: Nick Jonas (vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards, glockenspiel); Kevin Jonas II (vocals, guitars); Joe Jonas (vocals). | | Personnel: John Fields (vocals, guitars, baritone guitar, keyboards, talk box, bass guitar, percussion, programming); John Taylor (vocals, guitars); Ken Chastain (keyboards, percussion, programming); Steve Lu (keyboards); Dorian Crozier (drums, percussion, programming). | | Audio Mixers: John Fields ; Paul David Hager. | | Audio Remasterer: Dave McNair. | | From the opening salvo, "World War III," an intense little prog-funk number written by Nick Jonas, it is clear that the Jonas Brothers' fourth studio album is not a bid for more 'tween stardom, but rather a step towards creative daring and maturity. But those who've been watching the band since the start have noticed that the talented Brothers are anything but a pre-fab studio trick. | | Strong instrumental and writing chops abound here on synth-rockers like "What Did I Do to Your Heart" and melodic power-pop anthems "Paranoid," "Poison Ivy," "Much Better," and "Don't Speak." Not everything works completely; the metallic pseudo-hip-hop track "Don't Charge me for the Crime," featuring rapper Common, seems like a bit of a reach, and some treacly ballads have been allowed to leak in, but the good outweighs the bad, and makes the future for this band seem limitless. | | Subscribing to the time-honored practice of striking when the iron is hot, the Jonas Brothers put out Lines, Vines and Trying Times in June of 2009, making it their third album in one year. True, Lines and A Little Bit Longer were separated by a soundtrack to a concert film, but the flood of product is a true reflection of the peak of the group's popularity, just as how the over-produced, stretched-thin Lines is a reflection of their hectic schedule. Where A Little Bit Longer was built on a strong song foundation, Lines, Vines and Trying Times feels constructed from the outside in, with the concepts coming before the tunes, concepts that all take the Brothers Jonas further away from the fizzy, power pop fun. Lines is designed to showcase a mature Jonas Brothers, who wear their maturation in an increased stylistic range, and fussed-over arrangements that lend this a stiffness of a band well beyond their years. Pop classicists that they are, the Jonases are a bit more comfortable with immaculate arrangements than they are with the expansion, as they fumble through a couple of country songs and "Don't Charge Me for the Crime," a truly bizarre duet with Common where they gamely, lamely affect a hard-boiled pose. Tellingly, most of the forced moments were written in collaboration with outsiders such as Cathy Dennis and Greg Garbowsky, the latter being responsible for co-writing "Poison Ivy," a power pop tune so labored it reveals just how good A Little Bit Longer was. Overthinking and over-production are the primary flaws on Lines, where every point is hammered home by horns transported from the waning days of the Reagan administration. This oddly yuppified production is more Taylor Hicks than Taylor Swift, but the presence of Joe's former girlfriend is felt elsewhere, whether it's in the lyric's heartbroken love songs (as well as a couple of rocking accusations), or how Miley Cyrus stands in for Taylor on one of those country songs. But Swift also comes to mind because she and the Jonas Brothers are trying to do a similar thing: make teen pop that skews adult in its sound and form. The JoBros did it effortlessly on A Little Bit Longer but on Lines, Vines and Trying Times the seams are showing, which makes it a little bit harder to enjoy, even if there are certainly moments where all their craft and charm click, resulting in some fine pop that points out what's missing from the rest of the record. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine |
Producer: John Fields |
Engineer: Wesley Seidman; John Fields; Michael B. Nelson; Paul David Hager; Steven Miller; Will Owsley; Ken Chastain |
Musical Guests | | Jonny Lang | | Miley Cyrus | | Common |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 06/16/2009 | | Original Release Date : 2009 | | Catalog ID : D000282012 | | Label : Hollywood Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00050087130848 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (p.72)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "The boys continue to expand musically, making their kickiest and catchiest CD yet...."Much Better' is a superb bit of Motown-inspired moppet-funk..."Billboard - "[I]t's on songs like 'Before the Storm' -- featuring Miley Cyrus -- where the brothers prove they're still among the best at putting the fizz in pop culture." |
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| | Bio | | | Jonas Brothers Lines, Vines and Trying Times is the follow up to the #1 debut of A Little Bit Longer and the # 5 debut of Jonas Brothers. Executive produced by Kevin Jonas, Sr., the album was A&R'd by Jon Lind and produced by John Fields. The multi-platinum Jonas Brothers received their first Grammy nomination this year, and have won a slew of awards from around the world, including an American Music Award, as well as multiple Kids' Choice and Teen Choice awards. Worldwide, Jonas Brothers have sold a combined 8.1 million albums, and have garnered a resounding total of 36 gold and platinum album certifications. Following the release of Lines, Vines and Trying Times Jonas Brothers are set to embark on the US portion of their "Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009" in Dallas. The tour features guests Jordin Sparks and Honor Society. As previously announced, they will co-host and perform on Canada's Much Music Video Awards the following day. Lines, Vines and Trying Times will be released on Hollywood Records. Disney Music Group encompasses all of the Walt Disney Company's recorded music and music publishing operations including Hollywood Records, Walt Disney Records, Lyric Street Records, Carolwood Records, Buena Vista Concerts and Walt Disney Music Publishing. Jonas Brothers are exclusively managed by Kevin Jonas, Sr. and Philip McIntyre for Jonas Group, and Johnny Wright for Wright Entertainment Group. Creative Artists Agency is the exclusive talent agency representing the group.
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