Millennium

Backstreet Boys

Genre: music4me > Pop > Pop

Format: CD Album

Released: Mon 24 May 1999

Catalogue Number: 0523572

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Description:
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 US in 1997 that they had a presence in the States, and it was no small presence, either -- after selling over 10 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 a dance-pop, a similar shiny production, a reliance on the Boys' charisma that brings to mind the 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's 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. [Millennium is also available in an import release, with bonus tracks.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AMG

Track Listing:

1.	Larger Than Life
2.	I Want It That Way
3.	Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely
4.	It's Gotta Be You
5.	I Need You Tonight
6.	Don't Want You Back
7.	Don't Wanna Lose You Now
8.	The One
9.	Back to Your Heart
10.	Spanish Eyes
11.	No One Else Comes Close
12.	The Perfect Fan
13.	I'll Be There for You (Bonus Track)
14.	You Wrote the Book On Love (Bonus Track)