This Time Around (CD) by Hanson

'(Hanson)'s infectious melodies and sunny harmonies remain intact on the tracks readied for the group's true follow-up disc, 'This Time Around,' but the expected bubble-gummy, cavity-causing sweetness has been displaced by grit, gospel, and a few strong whiffs of patchouli and incense. Jackson 5 comparisons of old will be lost as you find yourself making sonic allusions to the Black Crows (and in the band's more romantic moments, Matchbox 20). Hooking up on the LP with H.O.R.D.E. tour-ready folk as Blues Traveler harpsman John Popper and blues-travelin' guitarist Jonny Lang (who appears on the title track, which is also the first single) seems only to point up the group's metamorphosis from a cute lil' caterpillar into a groovy-colored butterfly.'