Lines, Vines and Trying Times
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June 12, 2009 |
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February 2009 - April 2009 |
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| Label (s) | Hollywood Records | ||||||
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CD, CD + DVD, digital |
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13 |
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47:54 min. |
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Lines, Vines and Trying Times is the fourth studio album by the American band Jonas Brothers . It was released on June 12, 2009 on Hollywood Records and reached number one on the Billboard 200 . The album wasn't quite as successful as its predecessor, A Little Bit Longer .
background
The band's fourth album came out about ten months after the previous one, A Little Bit Longer . The CD was named after a poem that the three brothers came up with while filming their series JONAS LA . Singer Nick Jonas explained the meaning of the title as follows: “Lines are something that you are provided with, whether it is good or bad. Tendrils are the things that you will encounter on your life path. And hard times - well [...] we perceive what is going on in the world and we try to bring it to the public. "
Publication and promotion
The album was released on June 12, 2009 in large parts of Europe, for example in Italy, France, Austria, Spain and Ireland. In the USA it was released on June 16, in Germany on June 26 of that year. From December 1, 2009, a so-called Limited Box Set Edition of the CD was available in some countries.
The album was promoted with the help of the band's first world tour, the Jonas Brothers World Tour in 2009 . The tour includes 86 shows in North America, South America, Europe, Central America, and the Caribbean. During the tour, the Jonas Brothers also played as headliners in Germany for the first time. The concerts were very successful commercially, in North America alone the shows brought in just under $ 69.8 million.
Track list
| # | title | Songwriting | length | |
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| 1. | World War III | Nick Jonas | 3:13 | |
| 2. | Paranoid | Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas , Kevin Jonas , Cathy Dennis | 3:39 | |
| 3. | Fly with Me | Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas, Greg Garbowsky | 3:54 | |
| 4th | Poison ivy | Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas, Greg Garbowsky | 4:09 | |
| 5. | Hey baby | Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas, Michael B. Nelson | 3:19 | |
| 6th | Before the Storm (feat. Miley Cyrus ) | Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas, Miley Cyrus | 4:26 | |
| 7th | What Did I Do to Your Heart | Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas | 3:17 | |
| 8th. | Much Better | Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas | 4:36 | |
| 9. | Black Keys | Nick Jonas | 3:48 | |
| 10. | Don't Charge Me for the Crime ( feat.Common ) | Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas, Ryan Liestman , Common | 3:59 | |
| 11. | Turn Right | Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas | 2:48 | |
| 12. | Don't speak | Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas, John Fields | 3:55 | |
| Bonus track | ||||
| 13. | Keep It Real (From the Original TV Series JONAS LA ) | Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas | 2:51 | |
| Japan bonus track | ||||
| 14th | Infatuation | Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas | 3:30 | |
Singles
- Paranoid
Paranoid was the first single and was released on May 12, 2009. The song was ranked 65th in Germany and 37th in the USA.
- Fly with Me
The song Fly with Me was released as the second single on June 9, 2009 and reached number 89 in Germany and number 83 in the USA. It can also be heard in the credits of the film Night at Museum 2 . In the English version of the film, the three brothers also had a speaking role.
- Keep It Real
Keep It Real was the third and final release of the album and was released on September 8, 2009. It missed any chart placement. The song was featured in the fourth episode of the first season of the JONAS LA television series, Keeping It Real .
Commercial win
Songs
The first two singles from the album, Paranoid and Fly with Me , were able to place in the charts in the USA as well as in Germany. However, the third release, Keep It Real , missed a chart placement.
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| 2009 | Paranoid Lines, Vines and Trying Times |
DE65 (6 weeks) DE |
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UK56 (4 weeks) UK |
US37 (5 weeks) US |
First published: May 12, 2009
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Fly with Me Lines, Vines and Trying Times |
DE89 (1 week) DE |
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US83 (1 week) US |
First published: June 9, 2009
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album
In the first week after its release, the album sold around 247,000 copies and climbed to number one. However, it was significantly less successful in the week of release than the third album A Little Bit Longer , which had sold 525,000 CDs a year earlier. By June 2010 the band had sold 640,000 CDs.
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Germany (GfK)
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56 (1 week) | 1 |
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Austria (Ö3)
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33 (4 weeks) | 4th |
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Switzerland (IFPI)
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46 (4 weeks) | 4th |
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United Kingdom (OCC)
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9 (4 weeks) | 4th |
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United States (Billboard)
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1 (14 weeks) | 14th |
Awards for music sales
The following list is an overview of the records that the album could achieve. It is only a selection and not complete.
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Mexico
- Canada
reception
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| Metacritic | 56% |
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| Entertainment Weekly | (B-) |
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The album got average ratings from music critics. Entertainment Weekly , for example, was of the opinion that with this album the band was trying to get rid of their child star image. Allmusic wrote in its review that this album has more rough edges than its predecessor, which is why the CD is harder to enjoy. However, the band still shows their musical skills in some places. The Los Angeles Times noted that the melodies of the songs are well versed. The Boston Phoenix newspaper stated that this CD was tastier than the previous album , A Little Bit Longer .
Individual evidence
- ^ Daniel Kreps: Jonas Brothers Talk World Tour, Fourth Album and TV Show . rollingstone.com. March 20, 2009. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
- ↑ Joe Reinartz: The Pollstar Top 50 . pollstar.com. December 30th, 2009. Archived from the original on January 21st, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
- ↑ a b c d e f Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ^ Daniel Kreps: On the Charts: Jonas Brothers Climb "Lines, Vines" To Top Spot . rollingstone.com. June 24, 2009. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
- ^ Nicole LaPorte: Exclusive: Disney's Troubling Internal Research on the Jonas Brothers . thedailybeast.com. June 17, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
- ↑ Awards for music sales: AR ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Awards for music sales: BR
- ↑ Awards for music sales: ME ( Memento of the original from March 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Awards for Music Sales: CA
- ^ Lines, Vines and Trying Times - Jonas Brothers . metacritic.com. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
- ^ A b Leah Greenblatt: Music Review - Lines, Vines and Trying Times (2009) Jonas Brothers . ew.com. June 10, 2009. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
- ↑ Jim Farber: New Music Tuesday: The Jonas Brothers `` Lines, Vines and Trying Times' more Chipmunks than Monkees . nydailynews.com. June 15, 2009. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
- ↑ a b Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Lines, Vines and Trying Times . allmusic.com. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
- ↑ a b August Brown: Album review: Jonas Brothers 'Lines, Vines and Trying Times' . latimes.com. June 15, 2009. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
- ^ A b Mikael Wood: The Jonas Brothers: Lines, Vines and Trying Times. In: ThePhoenix.com. June 23, 2009, archived from the original on January 11, 2012 ; accessed on May 1, 2016 .
