Backstreet Boys Review
There
are only four of them now, and two are in their thirties, but they are still
Boys, and they are more thoroughly bland and cheesy than ever. Like the Boys'
2005 comeback album (Never Gone &
surely you haven't forgotten), Unbreakable makes small nods to adult pop,
peppering the processed music with tasteful piano and light guitar riffs and
keeping bright, danceable grooves to a minimum. But the material stinks worse
than ever. Songs like "Something That I Already Know" are all
lovelorn sentiments and giant, slick power-ballad choruses. "Trouble
Is," another big ballad with a mildly rootsy groove, could actually do well on
country radio, where melodrama rules, and things improve slightly when the Boys
crank up the tempos on songs like "Any Other Way," a light funk
rocker with a catchy minor-key tune. Still, there's just no saving "Love
Will Keep You Up All Night" and "Helpless When She Smiles," the
titles of which alone should give you an idea of how little the Backstreet Men
have to offer.
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