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This Time Around

by Hanson

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8,111
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2000

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Overall Rating: 2.7965 This Time Around is ranked overall as 2.7965 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 2.8453 This Time Around has an avg. critic score of 2.8453 out of 4 stars

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Entertainment Weekly

Hanson fans were understandably concerned when word began filtering out that the Oklahoma sibs were planning to ''rock out'' on their next album. ...more

All Music Guide

Much of This Time Around feels like a conscious attempt at furthering their craft, defining their sound, and honing their songwriting skills. In other words, it's a stab at maturity. ...more

All Music Guide

Give Hanson credit for making a second album (not counting live affairs, demo collections, and holiday records) that virtually ignores the teen-pop boom they kick-started in 1997 with their debut album,Middle of Nowhere. ...more

Entertainment Weekly

The trio's desire to grow is less problematic than what they want to grow into--a preternaturally stodgy, somewhat conservative old-school pop-R&B band. ...more

Rolling Stone

Hanson's style of maturity is old-fashioned classic rock, which they attack with the zest of kids taking their first cruise down the strip in the old man's vintage Mustang. ...more

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The Daily Vault Album Reviews

Hanson. Just naming the group of "Mmm Bop" fame might send some people running for the exits. How could this relatively harmless trio of brothers evoke such a negative response from people?Easy - they made two big mistakes. More correctly, the...read the complete review at The Daily Vault Album Reviews

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Billboard

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....read the complete review at Billboard

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Q Magazine

Hanson's second studio album is better than the first....read the complete review at Q Magazine

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The A.V. Club

The appearance of Hanson in 1997 felt almost inevitable: The flannel revolution of the early '90s was fading fast, thanks in no small part to an endless string of joyless carbon copies. The pop charts abhor a vacuum of fun anyway, and who better to...read the complete review at The A.V. Club

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