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Track Listing
1. World War III
2. Paranoid
3. Fly With Me
4. Poison Ivy
5. Hey Baby - (featuring Johnny Lang)
6. Before the Storm [Featuring Miley Cyrus] - (featuring Miley Cyrus)
7. What Did I Do To Your Heart
8. Much Better
9. Black Keys
10. Don't Change Me For the Crime - (featuring Common)
11. Turn Right
12. Don't Speak
13. Keep It Real
Album 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.
Industry Reviews
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.
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