Lines, Vines and Trying Times [Digipak]

Performer: Jonas Brothers
Artist: Johnny Lang; Miley Cyrus; Common
Engineer: Wesley Seidman; John Fields; Michael B. Nelson; Paul David Hager; Steven Miller; Will Owsley; Ken Chastain
Producer: John Fields
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: 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.

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."

New Jersey's Nick Jonas began appearing in Broadway musicals at the tender age of six, and by the time he formed the mop-topped 'tween-pop band the Jonas Brothers at the age of 13 with his two older siblings Kevin and Joe, he was a seasoned stage performer. A charming explosion of crunchy power chords and sweet vocal harmonies, the Brothers' first album, released on Columbia in 2006, charted high and netted the boys slots on several lucrative tours. They made guest appearances on kid-aimed TV shows like HANNAH MONTANA and released a chart-topping second album in 2007 on Hollywood Records, inciting the ardor of their mostly prepubescent female audience.

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