A Little Bit Longer | 
 enlarge | Artist: Jonas Brothers
Label: Hollywood Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  44 reviews
Sales Rank: 15
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 000194412
UPC: 050087121587
EAN: 0050087121587
ASIN: B001AJVR5M
Release Date: August 12, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Condition: Brand New, still factory-sealed!! Case may have hairline crack.
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| Tracks:
| • | BB Good | | • | Burnin' Up | | • | Shelf | | • | One Man Show | | • | Lovebug | | • | Tonight | | • | Can't Have You | | • | Video Girl | | • | Pushin' Me Away | | • | Sorry | | • | Got Me Going Crazy | | • | A Little Bit Longer |
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Album Description
Produced by John Fields (with Jon Lind and Kevin Jonas, Sr., serving as executive producers), "A Little Bit Longer" covers much musical and emotional ground, kicking off with the joyful jam "BB Good." Says Joe of the track, "It's a big sing-along song, and it's fun." The funky and danceable debut single, "Burnin' Up," keeps the party going, with Big Rob, the brothers' hefty security guard, rapping midtrack. "It's about this girl," adds Joe. "Maybe she's at a party, and you feel that immediate connection. You both know it's there." Though relentlessly upbeat, most songs on "A Little Bit Longer" explore star-crossed standoffs and missed romantic opportunities. Songs like "Shelf," the hard-rocking "Pushin' Me Away" and "One Man Show" survey love's unequal playing field, bad break-ups and the defiant isolation that follows. "'Shelf' is one my favorite songs on the record," says Nick. "Basically, it's about a girl that has a gallery of hearts." Other songs take a light-hearted look at the craziness of fame and fortune. "Video Girl" paints a portrait of the shallow wannabees dotting the entertainment landscape (" Move to L.A., got no talent/Not even like you won a Miss Teen pageant"), while "Lovebug" starts out as sweet-tempered acoustic love song before ending up a crashing Queen-like rocker. Of course, the brothers made sure the album breathes. The power ballad "Sorry" features classic JB harmonies and an eternal message of forgiveness. But the song that will have people talking is "A Little Bit Longer," Nick's stunning account of his struggle with diabetes. With strings underscoring a plaintive piano/vocal, he sings about his battle ("A little bit longer and I'll be fine/Waitin' on a cure/But none of them are sure"). Recalls Nick, "I was having one of those days where I was discouraged. So I went into this empty hotel ballroom and wrote this song." Adds brother Kevin, "Nick sings this song every night and it brings people to tears. It's amazing." The brand new album from the Jonas Brothers includes a 30 page CDVU+ experience including: Exclusive Video Performances 60 Printable Photos Complete Album Lyrics Downloadable Graphics Hidden Links Package Made from 100% Recycled Materials!
Album Description
A Little Bit Longer is the 2008 album from the Jonas Brothers which includes the smash hit 'Burnin' Up'.This is their follow up album to their platinum debut. The CDVU + 30 page Experience features exclusive video performance and interviews, 60 printable photos, complete album lyrics, downloadable graphics and hidden links. The Jonas Bros. are the stars of Camp Rock, a Disney Channel Original Movie. 12 tracks.
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 Hoping for More in the Future... September 3, 2008
Liolania (Hippyville USA)
I remember first seeing the Jonas Brothers in a music video for "The Year 3000" over two years ago and being curious about them. I finally broke down and figured I might as well see why teenagers like them so much, and I got their new album "A Little Bit Longer".
It is nice that they write their own songs, and they are very sincere, and it is nice to see a group of young men who are not singing about sex. So, I defnitely understand their appeal. At the same time, since I am 23yrs, I can't help but wonder if this band will evolve or stay in the mold that Disney will try to keep them, or will they end up like Lindsay Lohan or Hilary Duff?
As for this album, it is actually a very pleasant experience. There is nothing offensive on it, but at the same time that is what keeps it from being really enjoyable. The lead-off track "BB Good" is cute, and that is about it, it has such sickeningly sweet lyrics like "You better bb good to me and I'll bb good to you, we'll be as happy as can be..." Its hard to believe these words are written by 15, 19, 20yrs because they sound like something a 12yr would write. I do not want this to sound like it means I dislike the song or anything because I actually really like it. I'm merely saying that the lyrics despite the lovely music, is what keeps them from being absolutely great.
I really enjoyed the track "Burnin' Up", it is at least a stab at creativity with the lines "And I'm sinking into the Lava, and I'm trying to keep from going under." Still, the whole time, the words never seem to rise above the mundane tween audience they cater to. Even tracks like "A Little Bit Longer" which is about Nick's type 1 Diabetes, it still kind of feels contrived and too vague and sweet.
As much as I enjoy listening to the music on here, all of the songs sound a bit alike, and the lyrical themse almost universally revolve around women, whether it is about finding love "Lovebug" or giving someone the kiss off "One Man Show", the songs never really get past the shallow "Love at first sight" mentality.
I am hoping that they will mature as musicians and song writers, and that in the future they will explore more complicated themes. At the same time, what makes The Jonas Brothers appealing is their wide-eyed innocence, but there is no reason they cannot keep that while exploring new themes. I detest the Hanson comparisons because in my humble opinion, Hanson was always on another level over the Jonas Brothers because Hanson had more complicated themes in their music at a younger age than the Jonas Brothers (See album "3 Car Garage", and "Middle of Nowhere" tracks "Yearbook" & "With You in Your Dreams"). However, they are similar to Hanson in their unique ability to craft pop songs (although JB has not created anything close to "Mmmbop"), and it is my hope that the Jonas Brothers can evolve as Hanson did and maybe even avoid the mistakes Hanson made.
God Bless ~Amy
 Cutesy pop September 2, 2008
bon_jovi_babe (IL)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
So I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Backstreet Boys and am pretty much loving the new NKOTB CD that came out today... so now that I'm in boy-band mode I thought I'd give the Jonas Brothers a listen. I am now painfully aware that I am not the target audience for this group. This whole CD is cutesy, squeaky pop at it's heart-throb finest. I can definitely see why the tweens LOVE them and I don't. Hanson was never this squeaky but they also weren't as cute as the Jonas Brothers. The only song I thoroughly enjoy on this CD is Burnin' Up. Save your money or better yet, spend it on the real thing - BACKSTREET BOYS!! :)
 More generic overhyped crap from the Disney factory August 31, 2008
R. E. Jorden (Calgary)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Clearly I am not in their target demographic. But they still seem to have found a fanbase outside of that. How, I do not know. Every song sounds the same, generic and with the exact same drum beat. It is not music, it is an overproduced product, the result of boardroom decisions and Disney engineers. And I'm not sure which one of them it is, but one of them has the most annoying voice I have heard since I don't know when. Horrible. Just horrible. But the kids seem to love it. Kids who don't know anything about music, only what's supposed to be 'cool' at the time. Gotta love the Jonas Brothers, everyone else at school does...bottom line is nobody will be listening to this crap in 5, 10, 20 or 40 years. It will not stand the test of time. Time/Warner will not have any of these in a box set 50 years from now, detailing the best music of the first half of the 21st Century. They will find their place on the rubbish heap of musical history soon enough and the kids who like this crap will then be embarrassed to say they listened to it and made their parents shell out $500 for scalped tickets. Just like they did with Hanson and every other flavour of the minute crap teen outing since and before.
Bah!
Jonas Brothers August 28, 2008
Teri Wesselman
This has to be my favorite album from them! All of the songs are great and I listen to them everyday. Most of their songs are a little slower that they usually are, so that did take one or two listens to get used to. But, ALL of the songs on this CD are great!!
BB' Good: has a nice beat and really wants to make you get up and move. The lyrics are great also.
Burnin Up: Is just the best!! I love that song!!! I have the music video on my ipod. One of my favorite songs off of this CD!!! I have this song in my head all of the time.
Shelf: Is also another great song. Talking about girls who don't really pay attention to a guys feelings. Nice, sweet song.
One Man Show: Steals the show!! Very nice beat!! Saying that he will be fine alone because he is a "One Man Show"!
Lovebug: My favorite!! So, so sweet and has a great sound to it. Makes you feel like you are at the beach. It starts off a little slow, and them speeds up to the Jonas Brothers tempo. I have this song in my head all of the time too.
Tonight: Song about how we aren't going to work this out tonight. Or maybe we will? Really sweet.
Can't Have You: Is really sad to me! It's about how they are coping with their break-up. It's still a very nice song to listen too.
Video Girl: Has a great, get up and dance beat! I have that song in my head all of the time. Great song to listen to at any time.
Pushin' Me Away: Joe really kinda sings this by himself and does a great job. One of my favorites. Nice lyrics, like all of their songs.
Sorry: Another semi sad song. It's really sweet though. I love listening to all of their songs, even it's its sad.
Got Me Going Crazy: One of my top 5 favorites!! GREAT beat and talks about true love. A favorite.
A Little Bit Longer: Save the best for last. So sweet, makes you want to cry. A song about Nick and his diabetes, saying how he will need to go "A little bit longer" and he will be fine. This is a great song for anyone at anytime when they are going through a tough time or anything like that.
Overall, I totally give this album 5 stars!!!!
Brothers in Arms August 27, 2008
Otto Luck (Detroit)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Rest easy, Cheap Trick. Don't fret, Velvet Crush. Stop looking over your shoulder, Matthew Sweet. And for God's sake, Doug Fieger, put down that razor blade.
Despite being hailed as saviors by no less than those harbingers of good taste "Rolling Stone," the Jonas Brothers' "A Little Bit Longer" is unlikely to cause the power pop world to wobble off its axis or threaten a demographical expansion of the band's immense, rabid, fanbase beyond an army of swooning, pre-pube, Disney girls who have allowed their Hannah Montana fan club dues to lapse.
But discounting what these three precocious pups bring to the table as mere teen pop fodder may be extremely cynical or at the very least preemptively dismissive and coming from a guy whose musical boundaries can best be described as "rigid," that's really saying something. Simply put, this album is about the most tolerable thing my kids have ever taken a shine to outside of novelty anomalies like Dr. Hook's "The Cover of `Rolling Stone'" or Loudon Wainwright III's "Dead Skunk."
Although it's doubtful many who buy this album will really pay all that much attention to song craft, preferring instead to gaze dreamily at Nick, Kevin, and Joe, a quick listen demonstrates the band have begun to show a nascent knack for big-riffed, straight-between-the-eyes, nuked pop, but they still seem torn between surrendering to the loud guitars which earmark all great power pop and remaining generic enough for the unwashed masses who pay their bills. Credit management for still being able to get them to toe the company line.
As expected from three guys still cozying up to the idea of driver's licenses, voting rights, the smell of the greasepaint, and the roar of the crowd, most songs pay homage to The Girl, sonic marvels like "Lovebug," "Tonight," "BB Good," and "Pushin' Me Away" bursting forth with equal parts bubblegum sparkle, wonder, and good old-fashioned twin Les Paul/SG guitar skirmishes.
At first blush, most of the hooks the Jonases have come up with here seem to have a requisite amount of staying power, but quickly become tiresome after repeated exposure, some bordering on tortuous. But it's obviously what the girls want, "A Little Bit Longer" staking its claim as a certifiable chart buster, knocking `em dead from Boston to Beijing.
It would sure be interesting to spool forward four or five years to see where the Jonas Brothers' journey takes them, particularly if they ever get out from under the oppressive thumb of Disney's evil empire. Whether they're eternally stuck on auto pilot playing to a Pavlovian audience or actually able to form an independent thought in their pretty little heads remains to be seen.
Now to get this thing back into my daughter's Disney princesses CD player before she starts asking questions.
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