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''Help Me''

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Lead Performance: Nick Carter

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By Tom Sinclair

Tom Sinclair

Tom Sinclair is a senior writer for EW and has been called "the handsomest man in rock criticism'' (by his wife)

No, it's not the Joni Mitchell classic -- damn! -- only Backstreet Boy Carter's first solo single, a competent, if busy, bit of pop-rock fluff that may strike a chord with listeners who think Avril Lavigne's ''Complicated'' is edgy. ''I've got so much information here/But nothing I can really grasp,'' Carter sings breathily over churning synths and guitars, inadvertently nailing the problem -- lots of studio gloss, little emotional substance.

Posted Sep 27, 2002

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