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Instead, the track sounds nice – the snare slaps loud, and the vocals feel relaxed and delivered with great ease. Again, I’m very much reminded of MN8’s hit, and We’ve Got It Goin’ On from earlier in the album. Then it’s I Wanna Be With You, which brings us some more of those fat acidy synth lines that are synonymous with the Backstreet Boys sound. This track has some almost Barbershop vocal harmonies going on, and it works well over the simple beat. Just To Be Close To You follows that and it’s time to ‘get close to THIS’, whatever ‘this’ is. It’s fairly mellow but there’s are bursts of energy from the vocals, and escalating key change over the simple beat. Meanwhile, its melody reminds me of some of the early Bobby Brown solo new jack swing tracks. Next up is Boys Will Be Boys and this has some nicely subdued synth notes in the background that remind me of a level on my old GameBoy Smurfs game. The song rightly gave them a #2 UK hit single, again with Max Martin on songwriting duties.

Acoustic guitars join in after a while, but the song is an upbeat but mellow track. This gives the boys a perfect platform to show off their vocals, especially in the chorus which is catchy, and warmed nicely by their vocal harmonies. The vocal harmonies are nice, but it’s quite a boring song.įollowing that is Quit Playin’ Games (With My Heart) bringing us a drum machine beat and simple bass before the vocals drop in (and not much else in the first verse).

When re-released 11 months later as the fifth single, it gave them a #8 UK hit. Like We’ve Got It Goin’ On, this track was released as the album’s second UK single, but again it stumbled at #42. It does at least give us some clear vocals from the wider group, but it really could Boyz II Men if I didn’t know, complete with a get-off-those-stools key change in the final third. That’s followed by the sultry spoken word intro of plodding heartfelt song I’ll Never Break Your Heart. This reminds me a bit of I’ve Got A Little Something For You by MN8 which was a hit the year before. Whilst Nick starts the song off, the stronger vocals come from AJ and Brian, with the former briefly sounding like early Jason Donovan the first time he appears. They’re going to make your theirs, but not until Smooth T has literally dropped in (see video) to rap in the middle. Here, the pumping beats and synths return as the boys chat ‘ get down, get down, and move it all around‘. Tempo rises for Get Down (You’re The One For Me), and this was the track that gave the group their UK breakthrough – with a #14 hit.

This was the seventh and final single released for this album, and despite it being a paint-by-numbers American ballad, it gave them a #4 hit in the UK. Again, Brian takes the lead here, showing off his impressive vocal range, and he’s joined here by Nick Carter, who sounds a bit saccharine here in comparison. It is prime Backstreet Boys tune, and the perfect opening track.Īnywhere For You follows that, opening with chime bars and a whispery ‘ oh yeah!‘ as this ballad lands us into heart-throbs sing a schmaltzy ballad. When re-released 10 months later as the fourth single, the UK rightly rewarded it with a #3 position instead. This was actually a rough start for the group, with this single original charting in the UK at #54. With Brian Littrell on lead vocals, and the rap from AJ McLean he even sounds like Michael Jackson has stopped by for luck. This track bounces along perfectly thanks the magic of Swedish songwriter Max Martin (Britney Spears etc) in the first of four collaborations here. This 13 track CD opens with lead single We’ve Got It Goin’ On, and we’re straight into those fat synth sounds, slamming beats, and harmonies ‘aaah!’ tropes of Backstreet Boys. Has this album Got It Goin’ On, or will you want to Quit Playin’ it? Read on… Backstreet Boys – Backstreet Boys (1996) album Today’s Pop Rescue from a fate uncertain, is the 1996 eponymous debut album Backstreet Boys by the American boy band, Backstreet Boys.