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Backstreet Boys - The Hits: Chapter One [Canada Bonus Tracks]

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Backstreet Boys
Album Title
The Hits: Chapter One [Canada Bonus Tracks]
Release Date
October 23, 2001 
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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
The Backstreet Boys were the first and best of the boy bands of the great teen pop bands of the late '90s/early 2000s, even if 'N Sync eventually usurped their title of "the biggest boy band." Their reign seemed long, but it really wasn't -- only three albums before the bottom started to fall out with 2000's Black & Blue. If everything had gone right, Black & Blue would have ruled the charts for about two years, but about a year after its release, the group and their label unleashed The Hits, Chapter One, a sure sign not only that Black & Blue didn't perform to expectations, but they were worried about the shifting tastes of their audience. Read More
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