Underneath (Hanson album)

Underneath
Studio album by Hanson
Released April 20, 2004
Recorded Late 2001–Late 2003 at Rocket Carousel Studios
Genre Pop rock
Length 60:28
Label 3CG/Cooking Vinyl
Producer Greg Wells and Hanson
Hanson chronology
Underneath Acoustic
(2003)
Underneath
(2004)
The Best of Hanson: Live & Electric
(2005)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(69/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Billboard(positive)[3]
Blender[4]
Entertainment.ie[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[6]
Q[1]
Rolling Stone[7]
The Village Voice(favorable)[8]
Yahoo! Music UK[9]

Underneath is the third album by American pop rock group Hanson. It was released in 2004 by 3CG Records. It is the band's first release on their own independent record label.

Track listing

All songs written by Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson and Zac Hanson; additional writers in parentheses.
Lead vocals by Taylor Hanson, except where noted.

  1. "Strong Enough to Break" (Greg Wells) – 3:32
  2. "Dancin' in the Wind" – 4:04
  3. "Penny & Me" – 4:03
  4. "Underneath" (Matthew Sweet) – 4:40
  5. "Misery" – 3:08 (Lead vocals: Zac Hanson)
  6. "Lost Without Each Other" (Gregg Alexander) – 3:44
  7. "When You're Gone" – 4:31
  8. "Broken Angel" – 4:49 (Lead vocals: Zac Hanson)
  9. "Deeper" – 4:10 (Lead vocals: Isaac Hanson)
  10. "Get Up and Go" – 4:08
  11. "Crazy Beautiful" – 4:02
  12. "Hey" (Greg Wells) – 4:17
  13. "Believe" – 12:17

Notes:

French version bonus track

  1. "Someone (Laissons nous une chance)" (featuring Emma Daumas) (Damon Lee, Dominique Grimaldi, Emma Daumas)

Australian bonus tracks (live from House of Blues, Chicago)

  1. "If Only"
  2. "I Will Come to You" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil)

Japanese bonus tracks

  1. "Dream Girl"
  2. "I Almost Care" (Matthew Sweet)
  3. "With You in Your Dreams" (live)

Note: The Japanese version does not include "Get Up and Go".

Personnel

Worldwide sales

To date, the album has sold more than 350,000 copies, 137,000 of which were US sales and around 17,000 of which were sold in the UK, making this their lowest-selling official release. Despite this, the lead single "Penny & Me" achieved some success, reaching #2 on the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart and #10 on the UK Top 40. The second single, "Lost Without Each Other", did not chart in most countries, and only reached number #39 on the UK Top 40. Hanson themselves have said that they endured a financial loss in making and releasing the album, to the point where in some places, the album itself transitioned from mainstream retail locations to discount stores, particularly across England. It has been speculated that any loss endured has been made up from tour proceeds, as they tend to generate more direct income for bands than record sales can.

Chart positions

Chart (2004) Peak
position
French Albums Chart[10] 173
Italian Albums Chart[11] 53
Japanese Oricon Top Albums[12] 70
Scottish Albums Chart[13] 41
UK Top 75[14] 49
US Billboard Top 200 25
US Billboard Top Independent Albums 1

References

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