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51 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critics What's this?

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8.7 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 43 Ratings

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  • Summary: Fourteen years since their last studio record, the Kids are back with their newest album on the Interscope label.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 12
  3. Negative: 2 out of 12
  1. Los Angeles Times
    100
    Believe it or not, though, they've got the right stuff.
  2. NOW Magazine
    60
    Surprisingly, it's a light and catchy bunch of convincing hip-hop- and R&B-influenced Timberlake-esque club pop.
  3. All Music Guide
    30
    The problem facing New Kids on the Block on their 2008 reunion The Block is the same one they had on their last album, 1994's "Face the Music": the quintet are no longer kids and don't quite know how to be adults.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 33
  3. Negative: 3 out of 33
  1. [Anonymous]
    10
    This truly is a great album! A tremendous show of how they have matured and their music has as well. It's one great song after another. I have tricked my husband & friends by making them hear the songs before telling them who it's performed by and every one of them loved what they heard!… Expand
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  2. Jerome
    5
    The 100 rating by the LA Times guy is legit. He gave it 4/4 stars. That being said, he's definitely a shill or trying to earn ironic cred.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. SeanP.
    2
    Believe it or not, the LA Times really is a crappy newspaper. I mean it. I used to read it.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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