''Anthem'' is the sixth studio album released by American

pop rock Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre with an emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than rock music. Originating in the late 1950s as an alternative to normal rock and roll, earl ...

group

Hanson Hanson or Hansson may refer to: People * Hanson (surname) * Hansson (surname) * Hanson (wrestler), ringname of an American professional wrestler Musical groups * Hanson (band), an American pop rock band * Hanson (UK band), an English rock ba ...

. The album is the fourth release through their own label

3CG Records 3CG Records is an independent record label started by the pop group Hanson (band), Hanson in October 2003. "3CG" is an acronym "3 Car Garage" that refers to the building the band used as a recording studio and to the compilation album the band re ...

. The album was released on June 18, 2013 in the US and on July 1, 2013 in the UK and Europe. The album charted at No. 22 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, making it their eighth album to chart in the top 40 of the US ''Billboard'' 200; the album also charted on No. 5 on the US Independent Albums Chart. On April 5, a blog on the group's website written by

Zac Hanson Zac is a masculine given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Zachary or Zechariah. It may refer to: People: * Zac Alexander (born 1989), Australian professional squash player * Zac Brooks (born 1993), American National Football League play ...

revealed that three songs were cut from the album; "Nothing on Me" (lead vocal by Isaac), "Get So Low" (lead vocal by Zac) and "All I Ever Needed" (lead vocal by Taylor).

Track listing

All songs written and produced by

Isaac Hanson Hanson is an American pop band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, formed by brothers Isaac Hanson (guitar, vocals, bass, piano), Taylor Hanson (keyboards, vocals, percussion), and Zac Hanson (drums, vocals, piano). Supporting members include Dimitrius Co ...

Taylor Hanson Jordan Taylor Hanson (born March 14, 1983) is an American musician best known as a member of the pop rock band Hanson. He was born in Jenks, Oklahoma, a suburb of Tulsa. He sings both lead and back-up vocals, and plays keyboard, percussion (incl ...

and

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Hanson

*Taylor Hanson: Acoustic and

Fender Rhodes The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, th ...

electric piano,

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, Hammond organ, clapping, drums, percussion, vocals *Isaac Hanson: Acoustic and electric guitars, bass, clapping, vocals *Zac Hanson: Drums, percussion, clapping, vocals

Additional personnel

*Chad Copelin, Joe Karnes – Bass *

Imani Coppola Imani Francesca Coppola (born April 6, 1978) Imani Coppola profile
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, Curtis Stewart – Violin *Dan Higgins – Saxophone * Bill Reichenbach – Trombone * Tom Malone – Saxophone, trumpet, trombone *Yuri Lemeshev – Accordion *Michael Fitzpatrick – Vocals *Strings arranged by Imani Coppola; horns arranged by

Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's '' Thriller'', ''Rock with You'', ...

and Tom Malone

Production

*Arranged and produced by Hanson *Recording engineers: Steve Churchyard and Ryan Williamson; assisted by Manuel Calderón, Charles Godfrey and David Schwerkolt *Mixed by

Tom Lord-Alge Tom Lord-Alge (born January 17, 1963) is an American music engineer and mixer. He began his career at The Hit Factory in New York. Subsequently, he was the resident mixer at what used to be known as "South Beach Studios", located on the ground f ...

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