''A Little Bit Longer'' is the third studio album by the American band the
Jonas Brothers
The Jonas Brothers () are an American pop rock band. Formed in 2005, they gained popularity from their appearances on the Disney Channel television network. They consist of three brothers: Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Nick Jonas. Raised in W ...
and their second album released on
Hollywood Records
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. It was released on August 12, 2008. The album received generally favorable reviews, and four star reviews from ''Rolling Stone'', AllMusic, and ''Blender''. The album was preceded by three singles, "
Burnin' Up", "
Lovebug
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" and "
Tonight
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". The album was number 40 on ''
Rolling Stone
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''
's Best 50 Albums of 2008. One of the songs from the album, "Video Girl" was also number 49 on ''Rolling Stone''s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008.
Background
The title of the album, "A Little Bit Longer", comes from their song of the same name, which
Nick Jonas
Nicholas Jerry Jonas (born September 16, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter and actor. Jonas began acting on Broadway at the age of seven, and released his debut single in 2002; this caught the attention of Columbia Records, where Jonas ...
wrote about his feelings with having
type 1 diabetes
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. The album artwork was released by Team Jonas, the Jonas Brothers' official fan club, to fan club members via an e-mail newsletter on June 20, 2008.
Promotion
On August 5, 2008, ''A Little Bit Longer'' was uploaded to
MTV
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's The Leak, enabling the album to be streamed before it was released. The brothers performed their second single, "Lovebug" at the
2008 MTV Video Music Awards
One of the extra tracks, "Live to Party", was later the theme song for their television show ''
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''.
Singles
"
Burnin' Up" is the album's first single and was officially released on June 19, 2008. The music video for "Burnin' Up" premiered on
Disney Channel
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, following the premiere of ''
Camp Rock
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'', a day after. The album's second single "
Lovebug
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" was revealed at the
2008 MTV Video Music Awards. It was officially released on September 30, 2008. The official music video for "Lovebug" premiered on the Disney Channel on October 19, 2008. The album's third and final single "
Tonight
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".
;Promotional singles
"
A Little Bit Longer
''A Little Bit Longer'' is the third studio album by the American band the Jonas Brothers and their second album released on Hollywood Records. It was released on August 12, 2008. The album received generally favorable reviews, and four star re ...
" was released on August 5, 2008, as the first promotional single. On March 12, 2009, "Pushin' Me Away" was released as the second and final promotional single.
Commercial performance
''A Little Bit Longer'' debuted at number one on the US
''Billboard'' 200 selling 525,402 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The album also debuted at number one on the US ''Billboard'' Comprehensive Albums, Top Digital Albums, Top Internet Albums, and Tastemakers charts.
In its second week, the album remained at number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200 selling an additional 147,000 copies, making it the band's fastest selling album to date. In its third week, it fell to number four on the chart, selling another 80,000 copies.
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Billboard.com, September 3, 2008. On October 17, 2008, the album was certified
platinum
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by the
Recording Industry Association of America
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(RIAA) for sales of over a million copies in the United States.
[ As of March 2015, the album has sold 2,082,000 million copies in the United States.]
Critical reception
''A Little Bit Longer'' received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic
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, the album received an above average score of 66 out of 100.[ In a 4-star review written by '']Rolling Stone
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'' editor Jody Rosen
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Rosen served as critic-at-large for '' T: The New York Times Style Magaz ...
he stated, "The boys fantastic third album is steeped in the fuzzed-up guitars, three-part harmonies and cotton-candy choruses of Big Star and Cheap Trick. Power-pop die-hards awaiting the genre's commercial saviors must reckon with the fact that the messiahs have arrived".[ Natalie Nichols of the '']Los Angeles Times
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'' wrote, "The third album from the alpha boy band of the moment is certainly of the moment. Jersey-born Jonas siblings Nick (15), Kevin (20), and Joe (18) hit all the right pop notes with such numbers as the romping come-on 'Got Me Going Crazy', the slightly funky 'Burnin' Up' (a very pale imitation of Prince) and the emo-lite of brokenhearted ballad 'Can't Have You'.[ In a mixed review from the '']Toronto Star
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'', Ben Rayner Ben Rayner is a music critic and writer for the ''Toronto Star'' since 1998. His commentary on artists is extensively cited across the industry. Indie88 considers him "of the most respected industry professionals around."
In 2012, he served on t ...
when speaking about the albums demographic wrote, "Young hearts will melt, elder stomachs will churn", and " 'A Little Bit Longer''has one uncritical audience in particular in mind and it serves it as well as can be expected".[
]
Track listing
Japan versions
''A Little Bit Longer'' was released in two different versions in Japan: a standard edition with one 16-track CD, and a deluxe edition with two discs—a CD with bonus tracks (consisting of live versions of some of the album's tracks), and a DVD featuring exclusive content.
CD
DVD
Exclusive DVDs
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Exclusive DVD
The Target edition of ''A Little Bit Longer'' includes a DVD with the following:
*"JB Rules"
*Live videos from the Disney Channel Games
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2008:
** "S.O.S."
** "Burnin' Up"
** "This Is Me" (with Demi Lovato
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)
;Jonas Brothers official site pre-order bonus DVD
Fans that pre-ordered ''A Little Bit Longer'' online before its release received a DVD with the following:
*Jonas Brothers' special message
*''A Little Bit Longer'' album piece
*"A Little Bit Longer" (acoustic live performance)
*"Lovebug" (acoustic performance)
*Band in a Bus trailer
*Jonas Brothers YouTube videos
;Woolworths (UK) Exclusive DVD
Buyers of the CD had the option to get an exclusive DVD at extra cost, As they did with "Jonas Brothers" & "Camp Rock"
*Jonas Brothers' special message
*''A Little Bit Longer'' album piece
*Band in a Bus trailer
*Jonas Brothers YouTube videos
;UK "FanPack"
Released in the UK, a limited edition Fan pack containing
*Regular version of the album cd
*Girls skinny fit teeshirt
*Tote bag
*Bracelet
*4 Pin Badges
*All contained inside a clear vanity case with Jonas Brothers emblem
;Canadian deluxe edition
The Canadian Deluxe Edition of ''A Little Bit Longer'' includes a DVD with the following:
* Live @ Much
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: Jonas Brothers- A MuchMusic
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Special Presentation
* ''A Little Bit Longer'' Album Piece
* Band in a Bus Trailer
* Jonas Brothers YouTube videos;
** DJ Danger
** Nick J Show – Anger
** Tai Chi
** Nick J Show – Revenge
** Gibson Surprise Visit
** Look Me in the Eyes Makes History
** Meet the Queen
* Music videos
** "Burnin' Up"
** "Lovebug"
Personnel
* Nick Jonas
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– lead vocals
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, guitar
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, keyboards, drums
* Joe Jonas
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– lead vocals, guitar
* Kevin Jonas
Paul Kevin Jonas II (born November 5, 1987) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor. He rose to fame as a member of the pop rock band, the Jonas Brothers, alongside his younger brothers Joe and Nick. Jonas became a prominent figur ...
– background vocals
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, guitar, mandolin
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* John Lloyd Taylor
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– guitar, background vocals
* John Fields – bass, keyboards, guitar
* Dorian Crozier
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– drums, percussion, programming
* Stephen Lu - string arrangements, conducting
* Justin Salter – assistant engineer
* Meaghan Martin
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- vocals on "Video Girl"
* Robert "Big Rob" Feggans- rap vocals on "Burnin' Up"
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications and sales
Release history
References
External links
Jonas Brothers official website
Jonas Brothers official MySpace
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2008 albums
Jonas Brothers albums
Hollywood Records albums
Albums produced by John Fields (record producer)