The Block (album)

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The Block
Studio album by New Kids on the Block
Released September 2, 2008 (U.S., Canada)
September 8, 2008 (UK)
September 10, 2008 (Japan)
September 12, 2008 (Germany, Brazil)
Recorded 2008
Genre Pop, dance-pop, R&B, Blue-eyed soul, pop rock
Length 60:43 (deluxe edition)
Label Interscope
Producer RedOne, Polow da Don, Timbaland, Teddy Riley, Nasri, T-Pain, Hakim Abdulsamad, Akon, Ne-Yo, Adam Messinger, Emanuel Kiriakou, Fernando Garibay
New Kids on the Block chronology
Face the Music
(1994)		 The Block
(2008)
Singles from The Block
  1. "Summertime"
    Released: May 13, 2008
  2. "Single"
    Released: August 12, 2008
  3. "Dirty Dancing"
    Released: December 19, 2008
  4. "2 in the Morning"
    Released: February 23, 2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 1.5/5 stars[1]
The A.V. Club (C+)[2]
Digital Spy 2/5 stars[3]
Entertainment Weekly (C-)[4]
The Guardian 2/5 stars[5]
Los Angeles Times 4/4 stars[6]
PopMatters (6/10)[7]
Slant Magazine 2.5/5 stars[8]
Virgin Media 3.5/5 stars[9]
Yahoo! Music UK 4/10 stars[10]

The Block is the fifth studio album by New Kids on the Block. The album was released on September 2, 2008, along with a deluxe edition that included four bonus tracks. It sold 100,000 copies in its first week of release and debuted at number one on the U.S. Top Pop Albums chart and at number two on the Billboard 200. The first official single off the album is "Summertime" and the song was released on May 13, 2008.[11] The second official single titled "Single" featuring Ne-Yo was released on August 12, 2008. The third single "Dirty Dancing" was released on December 19. The single was the album's most successful single in Europe and Canada, peaking at number thirty-one and reaching the number-one position on the CHUM Chart in Toronto on February 21, 2009 after twelve weeks on the chart. The album's fourth single, "2 in the Morning", was officially released February 23, 2009 in the United States and the United Kingdom.

It is the group's first studio album in fourteen years since Face the Music.

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[edit] Release and reception

The Block was released on September 2, 2008 and debuted at number one on the Billboard Pop Album Chart and at number two on the Billboard 200, selling 100,000 copies in its first week of release. On the Canadian Albums Chart, the album debuted at number one, becoming their first and only number-one album there. The Block has been certified gold in Canada.[12]

[edit] Track listing

# Title Featured guests Songwriters Time
1 "Click Click Click" A. Thiam, D. Wahlberg, H. Abdoulsamad, N. Atweh 3:44
2 "Single" Ne-Yo J. Jones, S. Smith 3:55
3 "Big Girl Now" Lady Gaga D. Wahlberg, J. Knight, RedOne, Lady Gaga 3:29
4 "Summertime" D. Wahlberg, H. Abdulsamad, N. Atweh, DB 3:22
5 "2 In The Morning" D. Wahlberg, E. Kiriakou, K. Livingston, Z. Bay 3:25
6 "Grown Man" Pussycat Dolls & Teddy Riley A. Kavarro, A. Toussaint, D. Covay, D. Riley, R. Stanard, T. Thurmond 3:00
7 "Dirty Dancing" D. Wahlberg, J. Bynum, RedOne 3:37
8 "Sexify My Love" D. Wahlberg, N. Atweh, RedOne 3:31
9 "Twisted" Timbaland Fauntleroy, J. II, J. Harmon, T. Mosley 3:09
10 "Full Service" New Edition, Lady Gaga D. Wahlberg, Lady GaGa, RedOne 3:56
11 "Lights, Camera, Action" B. Kennedy, C. Haynes, J. Cameron, J. Jones, L. Politte 3:05
12 "Put It on My Tab" Akon A. Thiam, D. Wahlberg, N Atweh, RedOne 3:55
13 "Stare at You" A. Messinger, D. Wahlberg, J. Knight, N. Atweh 3:33

[edit] Deluxe edition

# Title Featured guest(s) Songwriters Time
14 "One Song" (Also UK bonus track) A. Pearce, D. Wahlberg, N. Atweh 3:42
15 "Don't Cry" F. Garibay; K. Livingston 4:12
16 "Officially Over" A. Towns, R. Thomas 3:59
17 "Looking Like Danger" C. Kelly, RedOne 3:08
18 "Coming Home"

3:57

[edit] iTunes bonus tracks

# Title Featured guest(s) Songwriters Time
14 "Close to You" [also Brazilian and UK bonus track] N. Atweh, A. Messinger, D. Wahlberg 3:34
— "Summertime" (RedOne Remix f/ Jadakiss) [Pre-Order Only] [Also Summertime B-Side] D. Wahlberg, H. Abdulsamad, N. Atweh 3:33

[edit] Re-recordings

  • "Lights, Camera, Action" was re-recorded with the Pussycat Dolls performing the primary vocals and is included on the deluxe edition of their Doll Domination album.
  • "Lights, Camera, Action' was also re-recorded for Lloyd's mixtape Lessons In Love 2.0
  • The demo for "Single" appears as the third track on Ne-Yo's album Year of the Gentleman
  • "Click Click Click" was originally a song written, produced, and recorded by Nasri.

[edit] Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart[13] 69
Canadian Albums Chart[14] 1
German Albums Chart[13] 21
Swiss Albums Chart[13] 73
UK Albums Chart[13] 16
U.S. Billboard 200[15] 2
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums[16] 1

[edit] References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ The A.V. Club review
  3. ^ Digital Spy review
  4. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  5. ^ The Guardian review
  6. ^ Los Angeles Times review
  7. ^ PopMatters review
  8. ^ Slant Magazine review
  9. ^ Virgin Media review
  10. ^ Yahoo! Music UK review
  11. ^ NKOTB Eighteen years later.
  12. ^ "Gold and Platinum". Cria.ca. 2012-01-01. http://www.cria.ca/goldplat.php. Retrieved 2012-01-16. 
  13. ^ a b c d "New Kids On The Block - The Block - Music Charts". Acharts.us. http://acharts.us/album/37593. Retrieved 2012-01-16. 
  14. ^ HMV Canada: "All Hope is Gone" by Slipknot tops CD sales list
  15. ^ Slipknot Edges The Game Atop Billboard 200
  16. ^ "New Kids on the Block". AllMusic. http://allmusic.com/artist/new-kids-on-the-block-p5015/charts-awards. Retrieved 2012-01-16. 

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