Coolin' at the Playground Ya Know (1991)

About this title: The formula is all too painfully simple, and equally successful: take young boys and have them singing pop songs with catchy hooks targeted at a pre-teen audience. It's worked since the early evolution of the teen idol. But in the 1980s, Maurice Starr re-ignited the formula and remains unparalleled by anyone in history, brining to the forefront New Kids on the Block and New Edition, among others. Trying to re-create that formula for their own benefit, Motown established the Boys in the late '80s, and were mildly successful. The second attempt at this formula was Another Bad Creation and ... read more

Tracks:

1. Parents [Austin]
2. Playground [Austin/Bivins/Wales]
3. Mental (So Pay Attention) [Austin]
4. Little Soldiers [Austin/Wales]
5. My World [Austin/Wales]
6. Iesha [Austin/Bivins]
7. Spydermann [Pugh/Shelton/Strait]
8. That's My Girl [Austin/Morris]
9. Jealous Girl [Johnson/Starr]
10. A.B.C. [Anderson/Shelton/St]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.