Never Gone

Never Gone
Studio album by Backstreet Boys
Released June 14, 2005
Recorded January 26, 2004–March 2005
Studio Westlake Audio, Henson Recording Studios, Conway Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA)
Dr. Luke's New York (New York City)
Woodland Ranch (Woodland Hills, CA)
Maratone Studio (Stockholm, Sweden)
The Village Recorder, The Underlab (Los Angeles, CA)
Turtle Sound Studios (New York City)
Genre Pop rock, pop
Length 47:41
Label Jive
Producer Johan Brorson, Dr. Luke, John Fields, Billy Mann, Max Martin, Dan Muckala, Christian Nilsson, John Shanks, Supa'Flyas, Mark Taylor, Gregg Wattenberg, Paul Wiltshire, Victoria Wu, Rami
Backstreet Boys chronology
The Hits – Chapter One
(2001)The Hits – Chapter One2001		 Never Gone
(2005)		 Unbreakable
(2007)Unbreakable2007
Singles from Never Gone
  1. "Incomplete"
    Released: April 1, 2005
  2. "Just Want You to Know"
    Released: October 4, 2005
  3. "I Still..."
    Released: January 31, 2006

Never Gone is the fifth (fourth in the U.S.) studio album released by American vocal group Backstreet Boys as the follow up to their fourth (third in the U.S.) studio album Black & Blue after a short hiatus. Never Gone was originally due for release in 2004, but the release date for the album was pushed to June 14, 2005 for unknown reasons.

The album varies musically from their previous albums, moving away from teen pop into pop for adults. Unlike previous albums, the album featured only live instruments. The album is named after a song on it which mourns the loss of Kevin Richardson's father, who is also Brian Littrell's uncle.

Background

Backstreet Boys at Never Gone Tour.

Never Gone was the last album to feature Kevin Richardson, who departed from the group in 2006 to pursue other interests, until his return in 2012.

The Never Gone Tour commenced soon after the album's release. On December 20, 2005, the group released the DVD Never Gone: The Videos, which included behind the scenes footage and the music videos for "Incomplete", "Just Want You to Know", and "I Still...". The DVD also includes a slideshow with the instrumental audio of "Just Want You to Know", and an interview in Germany regarding their upcoming tour.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(40/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Blender[1]
E! OnlineC[3]
Entertainment WeeklyC[4]
People[5]
PopMatters[6]
Robert ChristgauC[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
USA Today[9]

Initial critical response to Never Gone were surprisingly generally negative due to the change from the band's traditional pop style to a more mature adult contemporary sound. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 40, based on 7 reviews,[1] becoming the seventeenth worst reviewed album on the site.

Commercial performance

Never Gone was certified as a Platinum record in the U.S., selling 293,000 copies during the first week and debuting at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, making it the band's second platinum-selling album and fifth consecutive top ten album in the U.S. following The Hits – Chapter One in 2001. In Japan, it was the second biggest Western album in 2005 and had sold more than 750,000 copies by January 2006.[10][11] It went on to sell over 10 million copies worldwide.[12] And certificated Gold and Platinum record at 11 different countries.

The singles released in Never Gone included "Incomplete", "Just Want You to Know", "Crawling Back to You" and "I Still...". Following the success of the first single "Incomplete", which peaked at No. 13 and spend 20 weeks on U.S. Billboard Hot 100, the second single "Just Want You to Know" performed moderately well hitting the top ten in the UK and Spain, and reaching the top twenty in Italy, Germany and Ireland, and charting inside the top 40 in most other charts.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Incomplete"Dan Muckala, Jess Cates, Lindy RobbinsMuckala3:59
2."Just Want You to Know"Max Martin, Lukasz GottwaldMartin, Dr. Luke3:53
3."Crawling Back to You"Chris Farren, Blair DalyJohn Fields3:44
4."Weird World"John OndrasikGregg Wattenberg4:12
5."I Still..."Martin, RamiMartin, Rami3:49
6."Poster Girl"Billy Mann, Rasmus Bähncke, René TromborgMann, Supa'Flyas[a]3:56
7."Lose It All"Wally Gagel, Shelly Peiken, Alexander BarryFields4:04
8."Climbing the Walls"Martin, GottwaldMartin, Dr. Luke3:43
9."My Beautiful Woman"Paul Wiltshire, Victoria WuWiltshire, Wu[b]3:38
10."Safest Place to Hide"Tom Leonard, Robin LernerJohn Shanks4:40
11."Siberia"Martin, Rami, Alexandra TalomaaChristian Nilsson, Johan Brorson4:17
12."Never Gone"Kevin Richardson, Gary Baker, Steve DiamondMark Taylor3:45
Notes
  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer
  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer

Charts and certifications

References

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