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Learning To Love Hanson’s ‘Anthem’

My relationship with Hanson’s sixth studio album, Anthem, has gone through many phases since it was released two years ago. My love for its predecessor, Shout It Out, had been so complete it couldn’t possibly have measured up to that. … Continue reading

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Waiting for Hanson’s ‘Anthem’

A certain hack columnist has for years been arguing that our globalized world is now «flat», but even in the supposedly ever-flattening world of the music industry there are still some limitations to the global availability of music, at least … Continue reading

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“Hanson Day” Reflections

As May 6 is drawing to a close here in Norway, I just wanted to wish everybody a happy Hanson Day, and, while I’m at it, try to address some comments that have kept on tricklinf in over the years … Continue reading

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The Hanson of the ‘Best of 5’ DVD

This week, I received my second copy of Hanson’s Shout It Out. Sure, It wasn’t because I’d worn out my first copy (although, if I still played CDs, I’m sure that could’ve been a distinct possibility.) No, the occasion was … Continue reading

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The 25 Best Hanson Songs

One of the multiple upsides of watching Hanson’s re-broadcast of their 5 of 5 concert series (during which they played their way, chronologically, through their five studio albums, from 1997’s Middle of Nowhere to Shout It Out, released this week), … Continue reading

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‘Shout It Out’ Is More Hanson Than Ever

Not long ago, I was still hoping that the new Hanson album Shout It Out (out June 8, full preview here) would sound more like the Taylor Hanson-helmed supergroup Tinted Windows (whose 2009 debut album has accompanied me throughout the … Continue reading

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Hanson’s Really ‘Somethin’

I had just sat down to think about what I wanted to say in my upcoming second essay on the Hanson discography (the first, on Middle of Nowhere, is here), when Hanson decided to steal all my points by previewing … Continue reading

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