The Best of Hanson: Live and Electric [Bonus Tracks] Hanson

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  • Release Date: 10/11/2005
  • Sales Rank: 73,217
  • Label: THREE CAR GARAGE
  • UPC: 881861051529

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The Best of Hanson: Live and Electric [Bonus Tracks]

1LISTENOptimistic 5:44
2LISTENEver Word I Say 4:41
3LISTENWhere's the Love 4:40
4LISTENLook at You 5:57
5LISTENStrong Enough to Break 4:05
6LISTENI Will Come to You / Isaac Hanson 3:42
7LISTENUnderneath 4:47
8LISTENHand in Hand 6:24
9LISTENIn a Little While 4:48
10LISTENPenny & Me 3:52
11LISTENMMM Bop 3:50
12LISTENThis Time Around / Isaac Hanson 4:03
13LISTENRock 'N' Roll Razorblade 5:01
14LISTENIf Only Bonus Track 4:47
15LISTENA Song to Sing Bonus Track 4:26

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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. [The Best of Hanson: Live and Electric was also released in an edition with a bonus DVD containing three music videos from the Underneath album, two new live videos, and a trailer for the "Strong Enough to Break" documentary.] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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