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The Best of Hanson: Live and Electric is not a compilation; it's a live album, capturing the band on their supporting tour for their 2004 album Underneath. It's not their first live album -- about a year and a half after their 1997 major-label debut, they released Live from Albertane, which was a little fast for a live record, but it does illustrate just how crazy Hanson mania was in the late '90s. Here in 2005, Hanson not only have a larger repertoire to draw from, but they're a different band: they're older, stronger, road-tested, and tougher. They're a mature band now, usually for better, but sometimes for worse, as in on their opening gambit of covering Radiohead's crawling "Optimistic." It's a move that practically begs for the band to be taken seriously, to not be thought of as teen pop sensation, and the self-consciousness of the cover is awkward. But that's the only false note on an album that's tight, lean, and quite entertaining. Every song here, whether it's a newer tune or their old hits "Where's the Love" and "MMM Bop," is given an arrangement that is simultaneously stripped down and opened up, giving the trio -- augmented by Pete Griffin on bass and Aaron Kaplan on electric guitar -- plenty of space to jam. In a way, this is as much as a throwback to the era of late-'70s live albums as their first records were a throwback to late-'60s/early-'70s bubblegum: there just aren't many live albums any more that sound like a band in concert, revealing a different side of the band, one where the songs seem to gain strength in a live setting. That's not to say that this is the second coming of Frampton Comes Alive! or, even better, Thin Lizzy's Live and Dangerous, but this is nevertheless a very good live album that will certainly satisfy hardcore fans and, if given a chance, could change the minds of some skeptics.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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T. Yorke, Composer - P. Selway, Composer - C. Greenwood, Composer - E. O'brien, Composer - J. Greenwood, Composer - Hanson, Producer, MainArtist - WB Music Corp (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
(C) 2005 3CG Records (P) 2005 3CG Records
Hanson, Producer, MainArtist - I. Hanson, Composer - T. Hanson, Composer - Z. Hanson, Composer - Jam N Bread Music / Kobalt (SESAC) (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
(C) 2005 3CG Records (P) 2005 3CG Records
M. Hudson, Composer - Hanson, Producer, MainArtist - MCA, MusicPublisher - I. Hanson, Composer - T. Hanson, Composer - Z. Hanson, Composer - Sandblaster Music, MusicPublisher - Jam N Bread Music / Kobalt (SESAC), MusicPublisher - S. Salover, Composer - Beef Puppet (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
(C) 2005 3CG Records (P) 2005 3CG Records
Hanson, Producer, MainArtist - I. Hanson, Composer - T. Hanson, Composer - Z. Hanson, Composer - S. Lironi, Composer - Rondor (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Jam N Bread Music / Kobalt (SESAC), MusicPublisher
(C) 2005 3CG Records (P) 2005 3CG Records
G. Wells, Composer - Hanson, Producer, MainArtist - EMI BLACKWOOD MUSIC, MusicPublisher - I. Hanson, Composer - T. Hanson, Composer - Z. Hanson, Composer - Son of Reverend Bill Music, MusicPublisher - Jam N Bread Music / Kobalt (SESAC), MusicPublisher
(C) 2005 3CG Records (P) 2005 3CG Records
B. MANN, Composer - C. Weil, Composer - Hanson, Producer, MainArtist - I. Hanson, Composer - T. Hanson, Composer - Z. Hanson, Composer - Jam N Bread Music / Kobalt (SESAC), MusicPublisher - Dyad (BMI), MusicPublisher
(C) 2005 3CG Records (P) 2005 3CG Records
M. Sweet, Composer - Hanson, Producer, MainArtist - I. Hanson, Composer - T. Hanson, Composer - Z. Hanson, Composer - Charm Trap Music, MusicPublisher - Jam N Bread Music / Kobalt (SESAC), MusicPublisher
(C) 2005 3CG Records (P) 2005 3CG Records
Hanson, Producer, MainArtist - I. Hanson, Composer - T. Hanson, Composer - Z. Hanson, Composer - Jam N Bread Music / Kobalt (SESAC), MusicPublisher
(C) 2005 3CG Records (P) 2005 3CG Records
P. Hewson, Composer - Hanson, Producer, MainArtist - D. Evans, Composer - A. Clayton, Composer - L. Mullen, Composer - Universal PolyGram International Publishing Inc (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
(C) 2005 3CG Records (P) 2005 3CG Records
Hanson, Producer, MainArtist - I. Hanson, Composer - T. Hanson, Composer - Z. Hanson, Composer - Jam N Bread Music / Kobalt (SESAC), MusicPublisher
(C) 2005 3CG Records (P) 2005 3CG Records
Hanson, Producer, MainArtist - I. Hanson, Composer - T. Hanson, Composer - Z. Hanson, Composer - Jam N Bread Music / Kobalt (SESAC), MusicPublisher
(C) 2005 3CG Records (P) 2005 3CG Records
Hanson, Producer, MainArtist - I. Hanson, Composer - T. Hanson, Composer - Z. Hanson, Composer - Jam N Bread Music / Kobalt (SESAC), MusicPublisher
(C) 2005 3CG Records (P) 2005 3CG Records
Hanson, Producer, MainArtist - I. Hanson, Composer - T. Hanson, Composer - Z. Hanson, Composer - Jam N Bread Music / Kobalt (SESAC), MusicPublisher
(C) 2005 3CG Records (P) 2005 3CG Records
Hanson, Producer, MainArtist - I. Hanson, Composer - T. Hanson, Composer - Z. Hanson, Composer - Jam N Bread Music / Kobalt (SESAC), MusicPublisher
(C) 2005 3CG Records (P) 2005 3CG Records
Hanson, Producer, MainArtist - I. Hanson, Composer - T. Hanson, Composer - Z. Hanson, Composer - Jam N Bread Music / Kobalt (SESAC), MusicPublisher
(C) 2005 3CG Records (P) 2005 3CG Records
Album review
The Best of Hanson: Live and Electric is not a compilation; it's a live album, capturing the band on their supporting tour for their 2004 album Underneath. It's not their first live album -- about a year and a half after their 1997 major-label debut, they released Live from Albertane, which was a little fast for a live record, but it does illustrate just how crazy Hanson mania was in the late '90s. Here in 2005, Hanson not only have a larger repertoire to draw from, but they're a different band: they're older, stronger, road-tested, and tougher. They're a mature band now, usually for better, but sometimes for worse, as in on their opening gambit of covering Radiohead's crawling "Optimistic." It's a move that practically begs for the band to be taken seriously, to not be thought of as teen pop sensation, and the self-consciousness of the cover is awkward. But that's the only false note on an album that's tight, lean, and quite entertaining. Every song here, whether it's a newer tune or their old hits "Where's the Love" and "MMM Bop," is given an arrangement that is simultaneously stripped down and opened up, giving the trio -- augmented by Pete Griffin on bass and Aaron Kaplan on electric guitar -- plenty of space to jam. In a way, this is as much as a throwback to the era of late-'70s live albums as their first records were a throwback to late-'60s/early-'70s bubblegum: there just aren't many live albums any more that sound like a band in concert, revealing a different side of the band, one where the songs seem to gain strength in a live setting. That's not to say that this is the second coming of Frampton Comes Alive! or, even better, Thin Lizzy's Live and Dangerous, but this is nevertheless a very good live album that will certainly satisfy hardcore fans and, if given a chance, could change the minds of some skeptics.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:10:47
- Main artists: Hanson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: 3CG Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
(C) 2005 3CG Records (P) 2005 3CG Records
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