This Is Us - Backstreet Boys
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67 out of 100

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8.4 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 52 Ratings

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  • Summary: The Backstreet Boys second album without Kevin Richardson reunites them with producer Max Martin.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. All Music Guide
    80
    On This Is Us, the group sounds great for their age, and they sound like they're at their peak.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    75
    The new disc does mark the band's return after a decade to its old teen-pop sound, and considering these guys' combined age, the result is surprisingly unembarrassing.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    50
    A competent but very late-adopted pop-trance slurry.
  4. Slant Magazine
    30
    Most of the songs are just complete misfires.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 22
  3. Negative: 3 out of 22
  1. khn786moid
    10
    this album rockzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz :-) the way the brian sings is more nice than before all albums and the linkin park should learn from them bsb forever… Expand
  2. FloD
    8
    First didn't like their "new" sound , but now it sound great!
  3. NoreenO
    7
    I'm pretty disappointed by this album, since the boys apparently can't steer their own careers at all...but their voices are still as amazing as ever. As a fan from the beginning, I still love them, but the only songs I can really listen to intentionally are Undone, Straight Through My Heart, This is Us, and All Your Life (You Need Love). Its upsetting that these guys have such potential and they keep missing the mark when you'd think the decisions they need to make would be obvious. And what happened to AJ's pretty amazing solo album?… Expand
  4. daveh
    0
    Horrible. This is one of the gayest bands on earth.

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