The Block
by New Kids on the Block
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 48 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 39 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 48
  3. Negative: 7 out of 48

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  1. SeanP.
    Sep 25, 2008
    2
    Believe it or not, the LA Times really is a crappy newspaper. I mean it. I used to read it.
  2. JamesB.
    Sep 8, 2008
    0
    God help us, this recycled trash sticking its ugly head out of obscurity is anything BUT music.
  3. DirkDiggler
    Sep 4, 2008
    0
    I doubt the LA Times writer would agree to the 100 rating that MetaCritic assigned to his review. It was a 70 at best.

Awards & Rankings

54
#54 Most Discussed Album of 2008

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
51

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 12
  3. Negative: 2 out of 12
  1. AllMusic
    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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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    42
    The Block bears no distinguishing marks aside from a compulsion for sex, sex, sex with a lover whose name, apparently, is Girl.
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  3. Los Angeles Times
    100
    Believe it or not, though, they've got the right stuff.
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