O-Town (album)

O-Town
Studio album by O-Town
Released	January 23, 2001 (U.S.)
Recorded	2000
Genre	Pop, R&B
Length	42:59
Label	J, BMG
Producer	Clive Davis, Steve Mac
O-Town chronology
O-Town (2001) O2 (2002)
Singles from O-Town
"Liquid Dreams" Released: December 5, 2000 "All Or Nothing" Released: July 23, 2001 "We Fit Together" Released: October 22, 2001 "Love Should Be A Crime" Released: February 11, 2002

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	(unfavorable) [2]
Entertainment Weekly	(C-) [3]
Robert Christgau	[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]
USA Today	[6]
Wall of Sound	(57/100) [7]

O-Town was the eponymous debut album released by American boy band O-Town, released on January 23, 2001 in the United States.

Background

The album was first released on January 23, 2001 in the United States. The album contained a total of twelve tracks. Around this time, the album was also released in Japan, with two bonus remixes exclusively for the market. In March 2001, the band were asked into the studio to record a song for the Dr. Dolittle 2 soundtrack. The track, "We Fit Together", featured on the soundtrack, released in June 2001. Following the release of "All or Nothing", the album was released in Europe and the United Kingdom on August 6, 2001 complete with "We Fit Together" as a bonus track, bringing the number of tracks to thirteen. As "We Fit Together" was not included on the original American version of the album, American fans were treated to a 'Special Fan Edition' of the album on May 28, 2002. The fan edition also included an exclusive CD-ROM section. The fan edition was also made available in Germany.

Singles

The album was released following the success of the band's top 10 hit, "Liquid Dreams".^[8] The album peaked at #5 and spawned the follow-up singles "All or Nothing", "We Fit Together" and "Love Should Be A Crime". "All or Nothing" peaked at #3 on the Adult Contemporary chart.^[9] "We Fit Together" stalled at #4 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Chart.^[10] "Love Should Be a Crime", was not featured on any of Billboard's charts at all, although it made it to the top 40 in the UK, becoming the lowest-charting single from the album.^[11]

Critical reception

O-Town received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics. Allmusic gave the following review:

It's finally come to this. The manufacturing of teen pop has reached its nadir with O-Town, a quintet of squeaky-clean boys pulled from a thousand hopefuls whose struggles were detailed, step by step, on Making the Band. Stuffing both reality TV and boy band marketing down the throats of viewers, the limited-run series weeded out a bunch of contenders, through sweat and tears - lots of the latter, to give listeners Ashley, Dan, Erik, Jacob, and Trevor: O-Town! And on their flaccid self-titled debut, the fivesome go through the motions directed to them by a squad of industry moneymakers. To say there isn't an ounce of sincerity to be found within the 12 songs here is pretty much taken for granted. That the entire project whiffs of cynicism is inexcusable."^[1]

Track listing

1. "Liquid Dreams" - 3:30
2. "Every Six Seconds" - 3:13
3. "Girl" - 3:36
4. "Sexiest Woman Alive" - 3:40
5. "Love Should Be a Crime" - 3:18
6. "Shy Girl" - 4:10
7. "All or Nothing" (Wayne Hector, Steve Mac) - 4:41
8. "Sensitive" - 3:23
9. "The Painter" - 3:55
10. "Take Me Under" - 4:08
11. "All for Love" - 3:29
12. "Baby I Would" - 3:53

UK & Europe Bonus Track

13. "We Fit Together" - 3:56

Japanese Bonus Tracks

13. "Liquid Dreams" (HQ2 Radio Mix)

14. "Liquid Dreams" (Mike Rizzo Radio Mix)

Special Fan Edition Bonus Tracks

13. "We Fit Together" - 3:56

14. "Love Should be A Crime" (Music Video)

15. "Girl" (Live In California - Video)

16. "Band Video Greetings"

Single track listings

Liquid Dreams

UK CD1

1. "Liquid Dreams"
2. "Liquid Dreams" (Mike Rizzo Mixshow)
3. "Take Me Under"

UK CD2

1. "Liquid Dreams"
2. "Liquid Dreams" (HQ2 Mixshow)
3. "Liquid Dreams" (HQ2 Instrumental)
4. "Liquid Dreams" (Video)

Europe

1. "Liquid Dreams"
2. "All For Love"
3. "Liquid Dreams" (Matrix Mix)
4. "Liquid Dreams" (Hot Hex Hector Mix)

America

1. "Liquid Dreams"
2. "Liquid Dreams" (Mike Rizzo Mixshow)
3. "All For Love"

All or Nothing

UK CD1

1. "All or Nothing" (Radio Mix)
2. "All or Nothing" (Rizzo Radio Edit)

UK CD2

1. "All or Nothing" (Radio Mix)
2. "All or Nothing" (HQ2 Radio Mix)
3. "Liquid Dreams" (Matrix Mix)
4. "All or Nothing" (Music Video)

Europe

1. "All or Nothing" (Radio Mix)
2. "All or Nothing" (HQ2 Mixshow Mix)
3. "All or Nothing" (Rizzo Club Mix)
4. "Take Me Under" (Live Version)
5. "Baby I Would"

America

1. "All or Nothing" (Radio Mix)
2. "All or Nothing" (HQ2 Radio Mix)
3. "All or Nothing" (Rizzo Radio Edit)
4. "Liquid Dreams" (HQ2 Radio Mix)
5. "Take Me Under" (Live Version)
6. "We Fit Together"

We Fit Together

1. "We Fit Together" (Radio Mix)
2. "Liquid Dreams" (Live Version)
3. "All or Nothing" (Live Version)
4. "We Fit Together" (Video)

Love Should Be A Crime

UK CD1

1. "Love Should Be A Crime" (Radio Mix)
2. "Love Should Be A Crime" (Live Version)

UK CD2

1. "Love Should Be A Crime" (Radio Mix)
2. "Love Should Be A Crime" (Live Version)
3. "Liquid Dreams" (HQ2 Mixshow Version)
4. "Love Should Be A Crime" (Video)

References