This Is Us
Backstreet Boys Vocals (Background) , Backstreet Boys Main Performer
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| 1 | Straight Through My Heart | Red One [3]/Kinnda | 3:27 |
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| 2 | Bigger | Amber/Martin/Shellb | 3:15 |
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| 3 | Bye Bye Love | Schack/Kelly/Karlin | 4:20 |
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| 4 | All of Your Life (You Need Love) | Red One [3]/Red One | 3:55 |
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| 5 | If I Knew Then | Kelly/Karlin/Schack | 3:16 |
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| 6 | This Is Us | Romano/Dorough/Sche | 3:03 |
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| 7 | PDA | Mario "Tex" James/B | 3:48 |
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| 8 | Masquerade | Collins/Busbee/Kenn | 3:03 |
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| 9 | She's a Dream | Dorough/T Pain/Cart | 3:58 |
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| 10 | Shattered | Chad "C-Note" Roper | 3:53 |
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| 11 | Undone | Hoge/Tedder/Johnson | 4:14 |
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This Is Us
Audio Compact Disc
Label: Jive
Category: Pop/Rock
Style: Teen Pop,Dance-Pop,Club/Dance
This Is Us
UPC: 886975650422
Release Date: 10/06/2009
Original Release Date: 10/06/2009
Number of Discs: 1
- Brian Kennedy
Composer
- Brian Kennedy
Producer
- Troy Johnson
Composer
- Al Clay
Engineer
- Bill Malina
Engineer
- Mike Mani
Keyboards
- Mike Mani
Producer
- Dave Pensado
Mixing
- Pat Thrall
Editing
- Serban Ghenea
Mixing
- Karlin
Arranger
- Karlin
Producer
- Francesco Romano
Guitar
- Francesco Romano
Composer
- Backstreet Boys
Vocals (Background)
- Max Martin
Composer
- Max Martin
Keyboards
- Max Martin
Producer
- Max Martin
Engineer
- Emanuel Kiriakou
Programming
- Emanuel Kiriakou
Producer
- Brent Paschke
Engineer
- James Scheffer
Composer
- Dave Russell
Mixing
- Nick Carter
Composer
- Howie Dorough
Composer
- Brian Littrell
Composer
- Carsten Schack
Composer
- Red One
Composer
- Printz Board
Arranger
- Printz Board
Composer
- Printz Board
Producer
- Craig Durrance
Engineer
- Fabian Marasciullo
Mixing
- Martin Cooke
Engineer
- Robert Orton
Mixing
- Jim Jonsin
Keyboards
- Jim Jonsin
Producer
- Jim Jonsin
Drum Programming
- Ryan Tedder
Composer
- Ryan Tedder
Producer
- Javier Valverde
Engineer
- Robert Marks
Engineer
- Robert Marks
Mixing
- T-Pain
Composer
- Claude Kelly
Composer
- Claude Kelly
Vocals (Background)
- Antwoine Collins "T Wizz"
Composer
- Alexander James
Composer
- RedOne
Composer
- RedOne
Programming
- RedOne
Producer
- RedOne
Engineer
- Josh Hoge
Composer
- Jordan Omley
Composer
- Jordan Omley
Producer
- Shellback
Bass
- Shellback
Guitar
- Shellback
Composer
- Shellback
Drums
- Shellback
Engineer
- Busbee
Composer
- Michael Mani
Composer
- Jordan Suecof
Composer
- Howie Dorough
Composer
- Jaycen Joshua
Mixing
- Kenneth Karlin
Composer
- Backstreet Boys
Main Performer
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Since their mid-2000s reunion, the Backstreet Boys have been acting like adults so it's not entirely a surprise that they've decided to shake things up on This Is Us, their third album of the comeback and second since becoming a quartet. Teaming up once again with Max Martin and working with a host of modern hitmakers as RedOne, the group takes a left turn back toward the rhythm-heavy, harmony-laden dance-pop that made their reputation a decade before. Never mind the name of the album -- the group is tellingly quite willing to fade into background, letting the producers do their work, just content to sing the hooks. It's a sharp move in two ways: BSB never had as much on-record charisma as *NSync, their best trait was how they could sell a hook without affect, and that returns here. Of course, it helps that they have a bunch of hooks here, too -- hooks that aren't quite as galvanizing as "I Want It That Way," but easily eclipsing those on the pedestrian Unbreakable, helping the band seem modern without seeming pandering. It's a move that the New Kids on the Block couldn't pull off on their tawdry, sex-obsessed comeback, and it's one that the Backstreets seemed incapable of doing just a few years ago, but on This Is Us, the group sounds great for their age, and they sound like they're at their peak -- which is no guarantee of a hit, but it sure makes for a better album than they've produced in quite a while. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
