The Block (album)

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The Block
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Studio album by New Kids on the Block
Released September 2, 2008
Recorded 2008
Genre Pop, dance-pop, R&B, blue-eyed soul, pop rock
Length 60:43 (deluxe edition)
Label Interscope
Producer Hakim Abdoulsamad, Nasri Atweh, Polow da Don, Fernando Garibay, Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon, Jimmy Iovine (exec.), Adida Kavarro, Martin Kierszenbaum (exec.), Emanuel Kiriakou, Adam Messinger, Ne-Yo, Aaron "AP" Pearce, RedOne, Teddy Riley, Rick Rock, Aliaune "Akon" Thiam, Timbaland, Donnie Wahlberg (also exec.)
New Kids on the Block chronology
Face the Music
(1994)Face the Music1994		 The Block
(2008)		 10
(2013)102013
Singles from The Block
  1. "Summertime"
    Released: May 13, 2008
  2. "Single"
    Released: August 12, 2008
  3. "Dirty Dancing"
    Released: December 19, 2008
  4. "2 in the Morning"
    Released: February 23, 2009
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (51/100)[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 1.5/5 stars[2]
The A.V. Club C+[3]
Digital Spy 2/5 stars[4]
Entertainment Weekly C-[5]
Los Angeles Times 4/4 stars[6]
The Observer 2/5 stars[7]
PopMatters 6/10 stars[8]
Slant Magazine 2.5/5 stars[9]
Virgin Media 3.5/5 stars[10]
Yahoo! Music UK 4/10 stars[11]

The Block is the fifth studio album by New Kids on the Block. The album was released on September 2, 2008, along with a deluxe edition that included four bonus tracks. It sold 100,000 copies in its first week of release and debuted at number one on the U.S. Top Pop Albums chart and at number two on the Billboard 200. Several artists collaborated on the album, such as Ne-Yo, Lady Gaga, The Pussycat Dolls, Akon, Teddy Riley and New Edition.

The first official single from the album is "Summertime" and the song was released on May 13, 2008.[12] The second official single titled "Single" featuring Ne-Yo was released on August 12, 2008. The third single "Dirty Dancing" was released on December 19. The single was the album's most successful single in Europe and Canada, peaking at number 31 and reaching the number-one position on the CHUM Chart in Toronto on February 21, 2009 after twelve weeks on the chart. The album's fourth single, "2 in the Morning", was officially released February 23, 2009 in the United States and the United Kingdom.

It is the group's first studio album in fourteen years since Face the Music.

Release and reception

The Block was released on September 2, 2008 and debuted at number one on the Billboard Pop Album Chart and at number two on the Billboard 200, selling 95,000 copies in its first week of release.[13] As of April 2013, the album had sold 332,000 copies in the United States.[14] On the Canadian Albums Chart, the album debuted at number one, becoming their first and only number-one album there. It sold 9,000 copies in its first week.[15] The Block has been certified gold in Canada.[16]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Click Click Click"   Aliaune Thiam, Hakim Abdoulsamad, Nasri Atweh, Donnie Wahlberg Aliaune "Akon" Thiam, Hakim Abdoulsamad, Nasri Atweh, Adam Messinger 3:44
2. "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo) Jamal Jones, Shaffer Smith Polow da Don, Ne-Yo (co.) 3:55
3. "Big Girl Now" (featuring Lady Gaga) RedOne, Wahlberg, Jordan Knight RedOne 3:28
4. "Summertime"   Wahlberg, Abdulsamad, Atweh Hakim Abdoulsamad 3:22
5. "2 in the Morning"   Emanuel Kiriakou, Kasia Livingston, Wahlberg, Zukhan Bey Emanuel Kiriakou 3:25
6. "Grown Man" (featuring The Pussycat Dolls and Teddy Riley) Dejanee Riley, Adida Kavarro, Richard Stanard, Tyler Thurmond, Don Covay Teddy Riley, Adida Kavarro (co.) 3:00
7. "Dirty Dancing"   RedOne, Wahlberg, Joaquin Bynum RedOne 3:37
8. "Sexify My Love"   RedOne, Wahlberg, Atweh RedOne 3:31
9. "Twisted"   Timothy Mosley, Jerome Harmon, James Fauntleroy II Timbaland, Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon 3:09
10. "Full Service" (featuring New Edition) RedOne, Wahlberg, Lady Gaga RedOne 3:56
11. "Lights, Camera, Action"   Jones, Brian Kennedy, Cornell Haynes, Jasper Cameron, Lloyd Polite Polow da Don 3:05
12. "Put It on My Tab" (featuring Akon) RedOne, Wahlberg, Atweh, Thiam RedOne 3:55
13. "Stare at You"   Atweh, Wahlberg, Adam Messinger, Knight Nasri Atweh, Donnie Wahlberg, Adam Messinger 3:33

Re-recordings

  • "Lights, Camera, Action" was re-recorded with the Pussycat Dolls performing the primary vocals and is included on the deluxe edition of their Doll Domination album.
  • "Lights, Camera, Action' was also re-recorded for Lloyd's mixtape Lessons In Love 2.0.
  • The demo for "Single" appears as the third track on Ne-Yo's album Year of the Gentleman
  • "Click Click Click" was originally a song written, produced, and recorded by Nasri.

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[17] 81
Austrian Albums Chart[18] 69
Canadian Albums Chart[19] 1
German Albums Chart[18] 21
Japanese Albums Chart[20] 170
Scottish Albums Chart[21] 36
Swiss Albums Chart[18] 73
UK Albums Chart[18] 16
U.S. Billboard 200[22] 2
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums[23] 1

References

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