3 Car Garage

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The surprise of 3 Car Garage, which collects pre-fame recordings by the mighty under-18 trio, isn't in the somewhat rough production, but how well-formed the Hanson aesthetic was before they met song doctors and the Dust Brothers. That production team streamlined "MmmBop" from the perceptibly slower version here; it was the boys, though, who tried their hands at a "Sweet Jane" soundalike ("Stories") and the pomp-rock play of "Day Has Come." Isaac, Taylor, and Zac take everything with such honest enthusiasm, it's clear that they would've set up amps and drums with or without their parents' encouragement. The place to start a Hanson collection is still last year's Middle of Nowhere, but these kids' Garage days are more proof that their millions of fans aren't wrong. --Rickey Wright

Entertainment Weekly
On 3 Car Garage--a collection of "early" songs recorded in 1995 and '96--Ike's voice is competent but charmless. It's when Taylor takes the token lead, with his hint of a rasp and intuitive grasp of how to slide around a melody, that the trio is immediately transformed.... If nothing else, these unpolished but promising recordings prove that Hanson is no novelty act ... but while Garage makes for fascinating history, as a listening experience it's far less transfixing.

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Another HIT
From little things big things grow
The day has come to figure out that hanson has talent
Plast From the Past
Fun Little CD

3 Car Garage
Hanson
Manufacturer: Island / Mercury
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Pop | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Teen Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music
Similar Items:

Middle of Nowhere
Live from Albertane
This Time Around
Snowed In
Hanson - At the Fillmore

ASIN: B000006NXH
Release Date: 1998-05-12

Tracks:

Day Has Come
Two Tears
Thinking Of You
River
Surely As The Sun
Mmmbop
Soldier
Stories
Pictures
Sometimes
With You In Your Dreams

Amazon.com

The surprise of 3 Car Garage, which collects pre-fame recordings by the mighty under-18 trio, isn't in the somewhat rough production, but how well-formed the Hanson aesthetic was before they met song doctors and the Dust Brothers. That production team streamlined "MmmBop" from the perceptibly slower version here; it was the boys, though, who tried their hands at a "Sweet Jane" soundalike ("Stories") and the pomp-rock play of "Day Has Come." Isaac, Taylor, and Zac take everything with such honest enthusiasm, it's clear that they would've set up amps and drums with or without their parents' encouragement. The place to start a Hanson collection is still last year's Middle of Nowhere, but these kids' Garage days are more proof that their millions of fans aren't wrong. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Another HIT.......2007-06-10

Hanson just keeps 'em coming. Good music, good sound. I enjoy this CD along with other Hanson CDs. A must get for any true music fan.

From little things big things grow.......2004-05-06

This 1998 CD album collects eleven pre-fame recordings made by Oklahoma juniors Isaac, Taylor and Zac Hanson in 1995-96 some time before their talents were finally spotted by a major-label talent scout and they were signed to Mercury Records. Before their mega-successful 1997 breakout with the Middle Of Nowhere album, the Hanson brothers had been singing together for their whole lives and had performed publicly for 5 years in their hometown Tulsa,OK. This record has good harmonies , some poppy songs and some dynamic boy singing that helped Hanson win a contract that led to their future success. Early versions of Middle Of Nowhere tracks Thinking Of You, MmmBop and the beautiful piano ballad With You In Your Dreams are all good; so too is the guitar-based pop song River , the childrens' tale Soldier and the teen-pop of Sometimes. Overall it's good and I've given it 4 stars because I am a big fan of these guys. These tunes were NOT demo recordings, but independently-recorded songs the young musicians wrote themselves and recorded in a studio in Tulsa. Now, eight years later in 2004, it is interesting that Hanson are again an independent band, though this time around they are in control of their own destiny as a band, have formed thir own record company (incidentally called 3CG after 3 Car Garage) and have grown up to be splendid artists. But here are their first recordings. From little things...

The day has come to figure out that hanson has talent.......2004-01-15

I like this cd it's a good cd to add to their first because it shows that they have talent!!! i love sometimes stories and two tears!! what you have to remember is that they are younger, so they sound a little different but they sing so well for such a young age!! i gave it four stars because the songs don't sound as smooth ,which it isn't because it was their demo songs to get them signed ,i just MON because it's perfected to sound great!! -mg

Plast From the Past.......2003-09-23

This album I will admit is not my favorite. But I enjoy hearing how people that young can do so much. The talent they possessed at such a young age was incredible! The songs that were cut from Middle of Nowhere were great to hear.

Fun Little CD.......2003-05-04

This is a fun little CD that gives you a peak into Hanson's earlier recordings of songs that have been released, and some songs that have never before been released! It includes the ever popular MMMBop (of course!) and other great songs on their "Middle Of Nowhere" CD in their early stages. This is a fun CD to listen to. I like the whole idea of the "this is us before we were famous" thing. I wish other artists would release a CD of their earliest work, the songs that they recorded before their careers took off. Listening to Mariah Carey's demo-tape would be really fun! It's not my favorite CD, though, because it's a bit slow paced. I prefer "Middle Of Nowhere". But, I still like the sound of their early songs! They have some great songs on here. Great purchase right here! Enjoy!