This Time Around is the second studio album by American pop rock group Hanson, released on May 9, 2000, by Island Records. Although Hanson had several albums in between, This Time Around is their first standard studio release since 1997's Middle of Nowhere. This Time Around did not achieve the commercial success of its predecessor Middle of Nowhere. The album does not feature as many bubblegum pop style tunes as Middle of Nowhere; instead, Hanson opted to focus on a more classic rock sound, or as MTV.com stated, "stadium rock".

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|rev8score = 75/100 The song features John Popper of the band Blues Traveler on harmonica. The music video features the group traveling in a desert on their tour bus, unloading their equipment to shoot the video. The song reached the top 10 in Australia, Finland, Italy, and Spain and entered the charts of other European countries.

  • "This Time Around" was released on April 4, 2000, as the lead single in the United States and Canada, peaking at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was also released in Australia as the second single.
  • "Save Me" was released on July 15 only in United Kingdom and Brazil. The song was included in the soundtrack to the Brazilian soap opera Laços de Família (Family Ties). "Save Me" was certified gold by Pro-Música Brasil in 2024.

Track listing

All songs written by Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson and Zac Hanson. Lead vocals by Taylor Hanson, except where noted.

In some locales two additional hidden tracks, "Smile" and "Lonely Again", were also included in the foreign version of the CD. Just like Middle of Nowhere, "A Song to Sing" is track 21 with eight tracks of silence used once again, despite some reissues dropping the silent tracks to make "A Song to Sing" track 13.

Personnel

Hanson

  • Taylor Hanson – piano, keyboards, harmonica, percussion, vocals
  • Isaac Hanson – electric and acoustic guitars, vocals
  • Zachary Hanson – drums, vocals

Additional personnel

  • John Popper, Scott Gordon – harmonica
  • Jonny Lang – electric guitars
  • Stephen Lironi – electric guitars, organ, bass, loops
  • Kevin Wyatt – bass
  • Abe Laboriel, Jr. – drums, percussion
  • Ged Lynch – percussion
  • DJ Swamp – DJ/scratching
  • Michael Fisher – percussion
  • Rose Stone (also director), Lisa Banks, Alfie Silas, Carolyn, Darlene, Sharon & Lori Petty, Howard McCreary, Rick Riso, Cedric Johns – choir
  • Joel Derouin – violin
  • David Campbell – viola
  • Larry Corbett – cello
  • Strings on "Runaway Run" arranged by David Campbell

Production

  • Arranged by Hanson
  • Produced by Hanson and Stephen Lironi; vocals produced by Hanson and Mark Hudson
  • Recording engineers – Scott Gordon (vocal engineer), Doug Trantow, Steve Churchyard ("You Never Know")
  • Second engineers – Annette Cisneros, Pat Burkholder, Brent Riley, Eric Ferguson, Dave Dominguez, Elan Trujillo
  • Additional Pro Tools engineering by Lars Fox
  • Mixed by Tom Lord-Alge
  • Mastered at Sterling Sound

Charts

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Certifications

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