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Backstreet Boys Album: “Millennium [International Edition]”
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Millennium [International Edition] |
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Release Date:2001-07-31
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Pop, Love Songs, Greatest Pop Ballads
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Label:Jive International
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:8888487205895
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Review - :
The {$Backstreet Boys} finally broke (and broke big) in America during 1998, as if by design. They had been Euro sensations for a couple of years, but it wasn't until {^Backstreet's Back} was unleashed in the U.S. in 1997 that they had a presence in the States, and it was no small presence, either -- after selling over ten million copies, the album remained in the Top 40 on the eve of the release of its sequel, {^Millennium}. And sequel is the appropriate word -- {^Millennium} has no pretense of being anything other than an album for the moment, delivering more of everything that made {^Backstreet's Back} a blockbuster. There's a familiar blend of {\ballads} and {\dance-pop}, a similar shiny production, a reliance on {$the Boys}' charisma that brings to mind their debut. If {^Millennium} were anything other than big, glossy mainstream {\pop}, such calculation may be a little unseemly, but in this context, it can be rather fun. True, the album doesn't pack as much punch as its predecessor -- there are a number of good songs, but more filler than before, and the {$Backstreet} sound isn't as fresh as it was the first time around -- but it does deliver what fans want: more of the same. And since there are singles as infectious as {&"I Want It That Way"} and a handful of good {\ballads}, that will be enough to satisfy anyone craving more, more, more. [There is also an international version that includes the single {&"I'll Be There for You"} and a Japanese version that includes numerous other bonus tracks.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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