This Is Us (2009)

This Is Us isn't Backstreet's first album since their days on 
the boy-band A list. It's not even their first since the departure of Kevin Richardson, who split prior to 2007's snoozy Unbreakable. But the new disc does mark the band's return after a decade to its old teen-pop sound, and considering these guys' combined age, the result is surprisingly unembarrassing. Credit goes in large part to 
 au courant producers such as T-Pain (''She's a Dream''), RedOne (''Straight Through My Heart''), and Max Martin (''Bigger''), the group's original Svengali. The strong vocals certainly don't hurt 
 either. B

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