It's been nearly five years since the Backstreet Boys have released a new album, but as the all-too-literal title of 2005's Never Gone makes clear, they don't want you to call their fourth LP a comeback -- in their mind, they've been here for years. That's not strictly true, since all five members have disappeared from the charts, if not the ...
It may have taken a long time for the Now That's What I Call Music! series to cross the ocean from the U.K. to the U.S., but it was worth the wait, since no other compilations offer such accurate portraits of pop radio -- it's a Polaroid, really, of a particular, brief moment of time. In the case of Now, Vol. 5, it's a Polaroid of the summer of ...
When 'N Sync usurped the Backstreet Boys' record of number of albums sold in a single week early in 2000, it had to hurt the Backstreets, since it was played in the press as if they had lost the teen pop throne. By the time the group released their third album, Black & Blue, Thanksgiving week 2000, 'N Sync was still popular, but the arc of No ...
The Backstreet Boys finally broke (and broke big) in America during 1998, as if by design. They had been Euro sensations for a couple of years, but it wasn't until Backstreet's Back was unleashed in the U.S. in 1997 that they had a presence in the States, and it was no small presence, either -- after selling over ten million copies, the album ...
In its short history in the U.S., the Now anthology series has developed a rigid approach to its arrangement of recent hits on successive albums, and the ninth volume is typical. It begins its 20-track sequence with big, broad-based, dance-oriented hits like Pink's "Get the Party Started" and the Billboard chart-toppers "Family Affair," by Mary J. ...
The purpose of Grammy Nominees 2000: Pop is pretty self-explanatory: It contains 13 highlights from the Grammy's 2000 nominees, which really are hits from 1999. Since space is limited to 13 songs, and a compilation of current hits, by its very nature, needs to be crosslicensed, it should come as no surprise that there are several noteworthy ...
Yes, the title of the Now That's What I Call Music series is corny, but the compilations are undeniably entertaining and even useful. For instance, Now, Vol. 2 contains 18 tracks, almost all of them hits from 1998 and 1999 (Sublime's 1996 hit "What I Got" being the major exception to the rule). The only thing tying these songs together is that ...
The Backstreet Boys' eponymous debut album was released in America nearly a full year after its original European release, and the wait proved to be a blessing in disguise. In that year, light dance-pop -- such as the Spice Girls and Hanson -- returned to the top of the American charts, paving the way for the frothy pleasures of Backstreet Boys. ...
A collection of traditional and original holiday songs makes up this release from BMG/Jive Records. Contemporary hitmakers TLC, 'N Sync, Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys, Christina Aguilera, and others perform their own takes on Christmas cheer. While the majority of the artists are bright pop stars or soulful urban vocalists, the Christian ...
Radio Disney: Kid Jams collects 18 kid-friendly pop and rock tracks from artists like Hanson, Weird Al Yankovic, James Brown, and Donny Osmond. MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This," Ray Parker, Jr.'s "Ghostbusters," Technotronic's "Pump Up the Jam," and the Backstreet Boys' "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" are among the contemporary pop hits on ...
The original Now That's What I Call Music! series began in the U.K. in 1983. Since then, a few additional volumes have been added during each successive year. For pop fans in the U.K., the series has become a reliable and timely way to pick up a bunch of chart hits in one shot, and it tends not to discriminate between genres, meaning that it ...
The Backstreet Boys struck a defensive stance on their 2005 comeback, titling it Never Gone as if they hadn't been dormant for about five years. Never Gone was greeted by the requisite flurry of press and a modest amount of success, turning platinum without really generating any real hits -- enough to revive their career but falling just short of ...
Radio Disney, Vol. 4 is a fun collection showcasing some of Disney's biggest pop acts among their teen audience. Acts such as Jessica Simpson ("I Wanna Love You Forever"), Backstreet Boys ("Answer to Our Life"), 3LW ("No More (Baby I'ma Do Right)"), and Eiffel 65 ("Blue") contribute some of the album's chart-topping dance hits, however it excludes ...
The fourth volume in the Jock Jams series alternates then-current club and pop tracks like "Mo Money, Mo Problems," "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It," "Tubthumping" and Fatboy Slim's "Going Out of My Head" with more timeless (sports) arena-rockers such as "Jump Around," "Push It" and "Mueve La Cadera (Move Your Body)." ~ Keith Farley, All Music Guide
The fifth volume in the Jock Jams series gets the balance just right, alternating American R&B and hip-hop tracks with the best of Euro-dance. From the R&B world comes "Miami" by Will Smith, "Turn It Up/Fire It Up" by Busta Rhymes, "Nice and Slow" by Usher, and "All I Have to Give" by Backstreet Boys. The flip-side, club music, includes tracks by ...
Ultimate Dance Party 1999 is a collection of urban and pop hits from 1998, including "Walkin' on the Sun" by Smash Mouth, "Still Not a Player" by Big Punisher, "I'm Leavin" by Lisa Stansfield, "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" by Busta Rhymes and "Free" by Ultra Naté, among others. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
Now That's What I Call Music!, Vol. 3 continues to prove that Universal/EMI's long-standing British series of Top 40 hits compilations (of which this particular volume is not a part) can be just as successful in America. There isn't anything tying these singles together musically, except for the fact that they were hits, but all in all, it makes ...
Radio Disney: Kid Jams 2 collects kid-friendly pop and rock from Weird Al Yankovic, Queen, Sister Sledge, Aaron Carter, and Jason Raize. Christina Aguilera's "Reflection," Britney Spears' "Sodapop," Will Smith's "Just the Two of Us," and Lou Bega's "Disney Mambo #5 (A Little Bit Of...)" are some of the highlights from this enjoyable compilation. ~ ...
Anybody who complains about the presence of the Now compilation on the U.S. charts in the late '90s/early 2000s should just grow up and realize what a blessing they are for the average consumer and pop fan. Long ago, the Brits realized that a lot of music fans don't want to buy a full album for one single; they'd also rather have one collection ...
As the title suggests, Dance Hits Super Mix 2000 collects 20 of the biggest, shiniest dance pop hits, including the Backstreet Boys' "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" N Trance's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?," and B*Witched's "C'Est La Vie" presented in a continous mix. Jordan Knight's "Give It to You," Jennifer Paige's "Crush," Bob Marley vs. Funkstar De ...
The Backstreet Boys' eponymous debut album was released in America nearly a full year after its original European release, and the wait proved to be a blessing in disguise. In that year, light dance-pop -- such as the Spice Girls and Hanson -- returned to the top of the American charts, paving the way for the frothy pleasures of Backstreet Boys. ...
Madonna's label Maverick became involved in Latin music with the release of Platinum Rhythm through WEA International, debuting with a compilation of remixes performed by major numbers in the Spanish-language scene, an up-tempo version of her hit "Music," mixed by Robbie Rivera, Pablo Flores' remake of "The One" by Backstreet Boys, and teen-pop ...
Here comes the fourth volume of this widely popular televised compilation. Now, Vol. 4 includes tracks from 1999's chart toppers, such as the Backstreet Boys, Jennifer Lopez, Lenny Kravitz, Eiffel 65, Mandy Moore, Britney Spears, Savage Garden, and more. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, All Music Guide
Reflecting what a strong year 2001 was for most kinds of music, Grammy Nominees 2002 collects a surprisingly diverse range of songs by new and time-tested acts alike. As with the previous Grammy compilations, this volume concentrates on the nominees for some of the most prominent categories: Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, ...
MTV Party to Go 2000 blends original versions and remixes of mostly dance-pop and R&B-pop hit singles, with a heavy -- almost exclusive -- concentration on the new breed of late-'90s teen idols (Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, Joey McIntyre, Monica, Aaliyah, Jennifer Love Hewitt, 98 Degrees, etc.; there's even a dance remix of Leann ...
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