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Is it 1999…or 2007?

Today, two of the 90’s biggest pop stars, Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys, are both releasing “come-back” albums.

While Britney Spears is a complete mess and is an entire post on her own (see: Boycott Britney), the Backstreet Boys are actually promoting themselves well and trying as hard as they can do get back in the game.

Appearing on the Today show this morning and Regis and Kelly’s special 3-D Halloween episode tomorrow, BSB’s album Unbreakable offers 14 songs of pure pop bliss.

But is this album a replica of their 1999 album with a few tweaks? According to The Canadian Press, this album sounds just like the one they released in 2005 (which sounds, to me, like the one they released in 1999, as well as any other album they’ve ever released…ever).

States The Canadian Press: “And So you’ll be forgiven, upon listening to “Unbreakable,” for thinking you’ve heard this album before. Because you have - it sounds an awful lot like 2005’s “Never Gone,” which produced the hit “Incomplete” and solidified their footing in adult-contemporary territory.”

In fact, their first single is called Inconsolable, and it sounds almost identical to Incomplete. Too many I’s!

The biggest surprise on this album is the missing member, Kevin Richardson, who decided to leave BSB to focus on his family and “pursue other interests.”

I think it’s sad that they’re no longer the fab fivesome. But will that stop my from buying the record? No way.

BSB is an icon in pop music. Hate them or love them, they’re songs are catchy and fun, regardless of if they all sound the same. I encourage you to listen to the new album, for free of course, and tell me what you think! They’ll always be teen heartthrobs in my mind…R.I.P. Kevin!

P.S. They look pretty good. Nick Carter cleans up well!

Via: The Canadian Press

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