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Lines, Vines and Trying Times |  | Artist: Jonas Brothers
Label: Hollywood Records
List Price: $19.98
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Seller: pieceofmindbooks
Rating:  50 reviews
Sales Rank: 184
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 000282012
UPC: 050087130848
EAN: 0050087130848
ASIN: B0026ICMZK
Release Date: June 16, 2009
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| Tracks:
| • | World War III | | • | Paranoid | | • | Fly With Me | | • | Poison Ivy | | • | Hey Baby | | • | Before The Storm | | • | What Did I Do To Your Heart | | • | Much Better | | • | Black Keys | | • | Don't Charge Me For The Crime - featuring Common | | • | Turn Right | | • | Don't Speak | | • | Bonus Track: Keep It Real |
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Album Description
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 (due in theaters May 22), 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 Description
2009 album from the tweenage heartthrobs, an album that showcases their growth as songwriters and musicians. Lines, Vines and Trying Times is the follow up to the band's hit albums A Little Bit Longer and the self-titled Jonas Brothers. Executive produced by Kevin Jonas, Sr., the album was 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.
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 Best Album Yet!!! November 21, 2009
Lizzie
I've liked the Jonas Brothers for a while now, and I was really looking forward for the release of their CD. I was not disappointed at all, but impressed by how much they've improved. Instead of just appealing to young fans, they showed what kind of artist they really are. This album is by far the best one they've released because it has meaningful lyrics, great vocals, and real music. That all adds up to show what talent they have as artists and songwriters. All of the songs have their own identity and are truly well done. They all have a really unique voice, which sets them apart from other bands. The new instruments that they've added in also sets them apart. They also have some awesome guests on the record like Miley Cyrus and Common. Some of my favorites would be "Turn Right", "Before The Storm", and "World War III". Overall, I was really impressed how great this album was and I think anybody would like it.
 Bauble Gum November 20, 2009
Tim Brough (Springfield, PA United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really liked the previous Jonas Brothers album, A Little Bit Longer. The kids seemed to be letting out all their adolescent rock fantasies and made a power pop album worthy of comparisons to Cheap Trick or The Raspberries. But this time, they seem to be hedging their bets. Like all great teen idols, they know the half-life on their fans' attention is a short one, so aiming for a mature sound was bound to happen. The sad part is the unintended consequences. While I love the occasional snappiness of a good bubblegum record, this time "Line Vines and Trying Times" ditches the snappiness in favor of too much polish. There's more bauble than bubble here, and that's not a good thing.
Instead of letting the guitars crunch to the front of the song, horns and strings crowd to the fore on almost every song. These songs sound more like TV commercials than teen-rock, more like show-tunes than arena ready singles. There's even the country ballad, a duet with fellow Disney Kid Miley Cyrus. Rapper Common adds to the ridiculous "Don't Charge Me For The Crime." There's far too many forced attempts at relevancy here, when they were doing just fine with the candy-floss.
Remember when Shaun Cassidy tried to get serious by recording with Todd Rundgren and covering David Bowie and Ian Hunter? The album was called WASP and was such a commercial disaster that it's never even been released on CD. When the Jonas Brothers start trying to pass themselves off as 'serious,' I keep wondering how long it will be before they end up making something similar. The JB's "World War III" and "Paranoid" have the goods, but the rest of the album just tries way too hard.
As a product generally made for adolescents; its great! November 19, 2009
Liolania (Hippyville USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2D947XFGH2FU7 This is a fairly long video, but I felt I couldn't do a good review of the album in wrtten for w/o being very very long and I figured a video review that's long would be slightly more tolerable. :)
So enjoy!
God Bless ~Amy
PS: And as a side note, I'm sure that "Keep it Real" was more released for promoting their TV show, but I still feel they should have released a different 3rd single. In fact, I think they should have a released a different second single because I don't like "Fly with Me" Either which also should have been left off the album as it was fine on "Night at the Museum", but here it is just a reminder of how much better they sound without the pure power pop sound they used to proudly where.
They just keep getting better and better! November 16, 2009
Ann
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been a fan of the Jonas Brothers for a few years now and I was really impressed by their latest album, Lines, Vines and Trying Times. The Jonas Brothers have moved a great deal from their old sound by adding horns, harmonicas, and fiddles to create a more full and grown-up sound. I think they really wanted to show who they were as artists instead of appealing to only younger crowds. This album is great for any age. I don't have many albums where all of the tracks are really fantastic, but this is one of the few! Whether it's on random or just playing through the whole thing, you won't need to skip one. Plus, the Jonas Brothers did a great job of taking the best from older music and making it work for a more modern sound. What also shows their talent is that they at least cowrote every song on the record. The ones they didn't cowrote they wrote all by themselves. Their vocals are truly amazing from ballads to up-beat tunes. Although it is hard to pick favorites from this CD some would be "Much Better", "Don't Speak", and "Paranoid". This album was definitely well worth the money and I would recommend it to anyone.
 WHAT'S THAT I HEAR?? October 26, 2009
Kody (New York,NY)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
its the music industry scrapping at the bottom of the barrel looking to make money off kids who can not sing for their lives. This album proves you don't have to have talent to considered a singer.
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