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Lines, Vines and Trying Times - Jonas Brothers
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Metascore
56 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critics What's this?

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2.1 out of 10

Generally unfavorable- based on 118 Ratings

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  • Summary: The pop group's fourth album features Miley Cyrus, Common, and Jonny Long.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    67
    On their fourth release in as many years, the boys don't entirely topple their Tiger Beat pedestal, but with Lines' PG-13 sentiments and wailing guitars, they try hard to leave their tween-dream innocence behind.
  2. Dot Music
    60
    In a number of 'mature' developments to their sound they've laid down impeccably produced horns (see bombastic opener 'World War III'), come within millimetres of salacious classic rock in the excellent "Poison Ivy" (watch out for the implied "bitch" in the chorus!) and, on lead single 'Paranoid,' dispensed a chilled-out post-baggy number.
  3. PopMatters
    30
    As a piece of product, this album modestly accomplishes the goal of keeping the Jonas Brothers name out there, reenergizing the fickle base. But as an album, it is a failure, weighed down by the painfully bland production and a team of uninspired professional songwriters who add little to Nick's developing skills.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 23
  3. Negative: 16 out of 23
  1. Erynn
    10
    Overall, i thought that this CD was better than the last. It shows how much they are growing and how talented they are. I love it.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. D.S.
    0
    This is what music has come to. It has "I make music for the industry" written all over it. If it wasnt for computers, these guys would be, - can you believe it? - even far worse. Notice how these are not the usual critics for these newspapers/review sites: meaning these sites looked really hard for a reviewer who liked this stuff probably because they were coerced my the music industry.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. dude
    0
    the meaning of zero...! another teenage **** you kidding me !!!? And the exiting part is that their fans are even more annoying !!! All thanks to disney for giving us this geniuses...!… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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