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 Backstreet BoysThis Is Us Release Date: 2009 10 06 Label: Jive Records Rating:  |
Since their mid-2000s reunion, the Backstreet Boys have been acting like adults so it's not entirely a surprise that they've decided to shake things up on This Is Us, their third album of the comeback and second since becoming a quartet. Teaming up once again with Max Martin and working with a host of modern hitmakers as RedOne, the group takes a left turn back toward the rhythm-heavy, harmony-laden dance-pop that made their reputation a decade before. Never mind the name of the album -- the group is tellingly quite willing to fade into background, letting the producers do their work, just content to sing the hooks. It's a sharp move in two ways: BSB never had as much on-record charisma as NSync, their best trait was how they could sell a hook without affect, and that returns here. Of course, it helps that they have a bunch of hooks here, too -- hooks that aren't quite as galvanizing as "I Want It That Way," but easily eclipsing those on the pedestrian Unbreakable, helping the band seem modern without seeming pandering. It's a move that the New Kids on the Block couldn't pull off on their tawdry, sex-obsessed comeback, and it's one that the Backstreets seemed incapable of doing just a few years ago, but on This Is Us, the group sounds great for their age, and they sound like they're at their peak -- which is no guarantee of a hit, but it sure makes for a better album than they've produced in quite a while. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | |
| 1 | Straight Through My Heart | Kinnda "Kee" Hamid, Jannusi, Bilal "The Chief" Hajji, Red One [1], Redone, Jannusi | 3:27 |
| 2 | Bigger | Amber, Martin, Shellback | 3:15 |
| 3 | Bye Bye Love | Schack, Kelly, Karlin, Schack | 4:20 |
| 4 | All of Your Life (You Need Love) | Red One [1], Charles Hinshaw, Redone | 3:55 |
| 5 | If I Knew Then | Kelly, Karlin, Schack, Schack | 3:16 |
| 6 | This Is Us | Romano, Dorough, Scheffer, Mani, Mani, Dorough, Omley | 3:03 |
| 7 | PDA | Mario "Tex" James, Board | 3:48 |
| 8 | Masquerade | Collins, Busbee, Kennedy, James | 3:03 |
| 9 | She's a Dream | Dorough, T Pain, Carter, Simmons, Dorough, Littrell, McLean | 3:58 |
| 10 | Shattered | Chad "C-Note" Roper, Tiron "TC" Mack, Suecof, Camper | 3:53 |
| 11 | Undone | Hoge, Tedder, Johnson | 4:14 |
Other Releases:
| This Is Us [Bonus DVD] Release Date: 2009 Label: Jive Records |
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