Unbreakable (Backstreet Boys album)
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| Studio album by Backstreet Boys | ||||
| Released | October 24, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | June 25, 2006 – July 14, 2007 | |||
| Studio | The Sound Kitchen (Nashville, TN) Westlake Audio, Chalice Recording Studios, Henson Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA) The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, CA) Turtle Sound Studios, (New York City) |
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| Length | 48:50 | |||
| Label | Jive | |||
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| Metacritic | (56/100) |
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| Amazon.com | (positive) |
| The A.V. Club | C- |
| BBC Music | (favorable) |
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| Entertainment Weekly | B- |
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Unbreakable is the Backstreet Boys' sixth studio album, fifth in the United States. It was released on October 24, 2007 in Japan and October 30 in the United States by Jive Records.
This is the first of two Backstreet Boys albums without Kevin Richardson, who departed from the group in 2006 to pursue other interests. It is also the group's only album without involvement from longtime producers and friends Max Martin and Kristian Lundin, who had worked on the group's previous albums.
In July 2007, it was announced that the Backstreet Boys would release a new album on October 30, 2007, their first album of new material in two years. Rumored titles of the album included End to Beginning,Picking Up the Pieces, and Motivation before Brian Littrell and A. J. McLean confirmed on August 13, 2007 that the title of the album would be Unbreakable. Producers include Dan Muckala, who produced the band's 2005 hit single "Incomplete", and Rob Wells. It is the first Backstreet Boys album that former member Kevin Richardson is not involved in, as he had left the group in June the previous year.
Footage of the Backstreet Boys in pre-production and recording the album was featured on the reality series House of Carters which documents Nick Carter reuniting his siblings in Los Angeles to try and reconnect as a family in between.
In an interview with INROCK magazine, Brian Littrell said the album would include various music styles, combining their earlier late-1990s sound with their more recent guitar-driven pop rock sound. Members of the Backstreet Boys themselves co-wrote five tracks on this album along with longtime songwriter Jeremy Carpenter from Kentucky, including "Intro". A. J. McLean revealed to MTV News at the Moto 8 Party in Hollywood that "The boys and I are finishing up the new record, coming out at the top of the year." "We're about three-quarters of the way through. We just got new mixes, we're just kind of going through the top eight [songs] we have right now, and getting the mix [done] properly. But everyone's really stoked about it. The songs are great, man."
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