Never Gone
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| Studio album by The Backstreet Boys | ||
| Released | June 14, 2005 | |
| Recorded | late 2003-early 2005 Westlake Audio, Hollywood, CA; Dr. Luke's New York, NY; Woodland Ranch, Woodland Hills, CA |
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| Genre | Pop, Adult contemporary | |
| Length | 47:34 | |
| Label | Jive Records | |
| Producer(s) | John Odrasik, John Shanks, Max Martin, Dan Muckala, Gregg Wattenberg, Mark Taylor, billymann, Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, Johan "Brorsan" Brorsson, Paul L. Wiltshire, Jay Orpin Victoria Wu, John Fields | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| The Backstreet Boys chronology | ||
| The Hits: Chapter One (2001) |
Never Gone (2005) |
???? (2007) |
Never Gone is the long awaited follow-up album to the Backstreet Boys' 2000 studio release Black & Blue. Originally to be released in 2004, the release date was pushed back to June 14, 2005 due to unknown difficulties.
The first single off the album is "Incomplete", and is followed by "Just Want You To Know". The third single worldwide is "I Still...", while the next single in the United States is "Crawling Back to You". Other songs are "Weird World", "Beautiful Woman" and "Climbing The Walls". Never Gone has been certified as a platinum record in the U.S. It sold 293,000 copies during its first week of availability, and it debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200.
Never Gone was also released as a DualDisc, which is a CD on one side and a DVD on the other. The DualDisc version features the music video for "Incomplete" and a short documentary showing the making of the video. It was also released in a CD and DVD double-disc edition.
The Never Gone Tour commenced soon after the album's release.
On December 20, 2005 they released Never Gone "The Videos" which had the behind the scenes of "Incomplete" and the video along with "Just Want You To Know" (the behind the scenes, the original video, and the Sphyntker version), and their newest single "I Still" which also includes comments from the Backstreet Boys from the set and the video. This dvd also includes a slideshow with the music of "Just Want You To Know" and an interview in Germany on what to expect on their upcoming tour.
[edit] Track listing
| # | Title | Songwriters | |
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| 1. | "Incomplete" | Dan Muckala, Jess Cates, Lindy Robbins | 3:59 |
| 2. | "Just Want You To Know" | Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, Max Martin | 3:53 |
| 3. | "Crawling Back to You" | Blair Daly, Chris Farren | 3:43 |
| 4. | "Weird World" | John Ondrasik | 4:12 |
| 5. | "I Still..." | Max Martin, Rami | 3:49 |
| 6. | "Poster Girl" | Billymann, Rasmus Bähncke, René Tromborg | 3:56 |
| 7. | "Lose It All" | Alexander Barry, Shelly Peiken, Wally Gagel | 4:04 |
| 8. | "Climbing The Walls" | Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, Max Martin | 3:42 |
| 9. | "My Beautiful Woman" | Paul L. Wiltshire, Victoria Wu | 3:38 |
| 10. | "Safest Place To Hide" | Robin Lerner, Tom Leonard | 4:40 |
| 11. | "Siberia" | Alexandra, Max Martin, Rami | 4:16 |
| 12. | "Never Gone" | Gary Baker, Kevin Richardson, Steve Diamond | 3:46 |
| # | Title (Bonus Tracks) | Songwriters | |
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| 13. | "Song For The Unloved" | Billymann, Christopher Rojas | 3:40 |
| 14. | "Rush Over Me" | Harvey Mason Jr., Damon Thomas, Howie Dorough | 3:29 |
| 15. | "Movin' On" | Howie Dorough, Wade Robson, Nate Butler | 3:31 |
[edit] Credits
- Brent Milligan – Bass
- Jamie Muhoberac – Keyboards
- Shawn Pelton – Drums
- Joe Porter – Drums
- Tim Roberts – Assistant
- Brian Scheuble – Engineer
- Robin Smith – Conductor, String Arrangements
- Ren Swan – Engineer, Mixing
- Frank Wolf – Bass Engineer
- Gavyn Wright – Leader
- Andy Zulla – Mixing
- Serban Ghenea – Mixing
- Dave Dillbeck – Engineer
- Will Malone – Conductor, String Arrangements
- Alex Smith – Assistant
- Backstreet Boys – Vocal Arrangement
- Tom Coyne – Mastering
- John Ondrasik – Executive producer
- John Shanks – Drums, Mixing, Producer
- Shari Sutcliffe – Production Coordination, Contractor
- Adam Brown – Engineer
- Ken Chastain – Percussion, Fx Vocals
- Max Martin – Guitar, Mixing, Engineer, Producer, Instrumentation
- Jackie Murphy – Art Direction, Design
- F. Reid Shippen – Engineer
- Dan Muckala – Piano, String Arrangements, Engineer, Producer, Keyboards
- Greg Suran – Guitar
- Steve Miller – Engineer
- Kevin Richardson – Piano
- Ken Takahashi – Assistant
- Adam Phillips – Guitar
- Keith B. Armstrong – Assistant
- Steve Price – String Engineer
- Pablo Munguia – Engineer, Vocal Engineer
- James Stone – Assistant
- Michael Ilbert – Engineer, Digital Editing
- Gregg Wattenberg – Guitar, Programming, Sequencing, String Arrangements, Producer
- Alan Mason – Assistant Engineer
- Mark Kiczula – Assistant Engineer, Assistant
- Mark Valentine – Engineer
- Skye McCaskey – Engineer
- John Hanes – Digital Editing
- Chris Haggerty – Digital Editing
- Jeff Rothschild – Engineer, Mixing
- Theresa LaBarbera Whites – A&R
- Chris McMurtry – Guitar (Electric)
- Lee Bridges – Assistant Engineer
- Seth Waldmann – Engineer
- Chris Testa – Engineer
- Mark Taylor – Producer, Mixing, String Arrangements, Engineer
- billymann – Guitar (Acoustic), Arranger, Programming, Guitar (Electric), Vocal Arrangement, Producer
- Steve Lunt – A&R
- Lukasz "Doctor Luke" Gottwald – Producer, Engineer, Instrumentation
- Lana Israel – Production Coordination
- Lasse Mårtén – Drum Engineering
- Aaron Fessel – Assistant Engineer
- David Stamm – A&R
- Johan "Brorsan" Brorsson – Bass, Guitar, Engineer, Producer
- Brian Pugh – Assistant
- Brandon Heath – Guitar (Acoustic)
- Matt Beckley – Assistant Engineer, Assistant
- Anthony Carlucci – Design
- Yuri Elizondo – Photography
- Alex Mifolng – Guitar (Electric)
- Johan Reivén – Drums
- John Silas – Engineer
- René Tromberg – Percussion, Drums
- Paul L. Wiltshire – Arranger, Producer, Engineer
- Victoria Wu – Producer
- Alejandro "Alex" Acuña – Percussion
- Chris Lord-Alge – Mixing
- Tom Lord-Alge – Mixing
- Tommy Barbarella – Keyboards, String Arrangements
- Jerry Barnes – Bass
- Michael Bland – Drums
- Paul Buckmaster – String Arrangements, Sequencing
- Paul Bushnell – Bass
- Vinnie Colaiuta – Drums
- John Fields – Bass, Producer, Fx Vocals, Mixing, Engineer, Keyboards, Piano, Guitar
- Isobel Griffiths – String Contractor
- The London Session Orchestra – Strings
Current members: Brian Littrell · AJ McLean · Nick Carter · Howie Dorough
Former member: Kevin Richardson
Studio albums: Backstreet Boys · Backstreet's Back · Millennium · Black & Blue · The Hits: Chapter One · Never Gone
Singles: "We've Got It Goin' On" · "Get Down (You're the One For Me)" · "Anywhere For You" · "Quit Playin' Games (With My Heart)"
"As Long As You Love Me" · "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" · "I'll Never Break Your Heart" · "All I Have to Give"
"I Want It That Way" · "Larger Than Life" · "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" · "The One" · "Shape of My Heart"
"The Call" · "More Than That" · "Drowning" · "Incomplete" · "Just Want You To Know"
"Crawling Back to You" · "I Still"
Related articles: Discography · Awards · Jive
