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词条 The Block (album)
释义

  1. Release and reception

  2. Track listing

  3. Re-recordings

  4. Charts

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Infobox album
| name = The Block
| type = Studio
| artist = New Kids on the Block
| cover = NKOTB-TheBlock.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2008|9|2|mf=y}}
| recorded = 2008
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{flatlist|
  • Pop
  • dance-pop
  • R&B
  • blue-eyed soul
  • pop rock}}

| length = 60:43 (deluxe edition)
| label = Interscope
| producer = {{flatlist|
  • Hakim Abdoulsamad
  • Nasri Atweh
  • Polow da Don
  • Fernando Garibay
  • Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon
  • Jimmy Iovine (exec.)
  • Adida Kavarro
  • Martin Kierszenbaum (exec.)
  • Emanuel Kiriakou
  • Adam Messinger
  • Ne-Yo
  • Aaron "AP" Pearce
  • RedOne
  • Teddy Riley
  • Rick Rock
  • Aliaune "Akon" Thiam
  • Timbaland
  • Donnie Wahlberg (also exec.)}}

| prev_title = Face the Music
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = 10
| next_year = 2013
| misc = {{Singles
| name = The Block
| type = Studio
| single1 = Summertime
| single1date = May 13, 2008
| single2 = Single
| single2date = August 12, 2008
| single3 = Dirty Dancing
| single3date = December 19, 2008
| single4 = 2 in the Morning
| single4date = February 23, 2009
}}
}}{{Album ratings
|MC = (51/100)[1]
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}[2]
|rev2 = The A.V. Club
|rev2score = C+[3]
|rev3 = Digital Spy
|rev3score = {{Rating|2|5}}[4]
|rev4 = Entertainment Weekly
|rev4score = C-[5]
|rev5 = Los Angeles Times
|rev5score = {{Rating|4|4}}[6]
|rev6 = The Observer
|rev6score = {{Rating|2|5}}[7]
|rev7 = PopMatters
|rev7score = {{Rating|6|10}}[8]
|rev8 = Slant Magazine
|rev8score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}[9]
|rev9 = Virgin Media
|rev9score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[10]
|rev10 = Yahoo! Music UK
|rev10score = {{Rating|4|10}}[11]

}}

The Block is the sixth studio album by New Kids on the Block. The album was released on September 2, 2008, along with a deluxe edition that included four bonus tracks. It sold 95,000 copies in its first week of release and debuted at number one on the U.S. Top Pop Albums chart and at number two on the Billboard 200. Several artists collaborated on the album, such as Ne-Yo, Lady Gaga, The Pussycat Dolls, Akon, Teddy Riley and New Edition.

The first official single from the album is "Summertime" and the song was released on May 13, 2008.[12] The second official single titled "Single" featuring Ne-Yo was released on August 12, 2008. The third single "Dirty Dancing" was released on December 19. The single was the album's most successful single in Europe and Canada, peaking at number 31 and reaching the number-one position on the CHUM Chart in Toronto on February 21, 2009 after twelve weeks on the chart. The album's fourth single, "2 in the Morning", was officially released February 23, 2009 in the United States and the United Kingdom.

It is the group's first studio album in fourteen years since Face the Music.

Release and reception

The Block was released on September 2, 2008 and debuted at number one on the Billboard Pop Album Chart and at number two on the Billboard 200, selling 95,000 copies in its first week of release.[13] As of April 2013, the album had sold 332,000 copies in the United States.[14] On the Canadian Albums Chart, the album debuted at number one, becoming their first and only number-one album there. It sold 9,000 copies in its first week.[15] The Block has been certified gold in Canada.[16]

Track listing

{{Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Click Click Click
| writer1 = Aliaune Thiam, Hakim Abdoulsamad, Nasri Atweh, Donnie Wahlberg
| extra1 = Aliaune "Akon" Thiam, Hakim Abdoulsamad, Nasri Atweh, Adam Messinger
| length1 = 3:44
| title2 = Single
| note2 = with Ne-Yo
| writer2 = Jamal Jones, Shaffer Smith
| extra2 = Polow da Don, Ne-Yo (co.)
| length2 = 3:55
| title3 = Big Girl Now
| note3 = featuring Lady Gaga
| writer3 = RedOne, Wahlberg, Jordan Knight
| extra3 = RedOne
| length3 = 3:28
| title4 = Summertime
| writer4 = Wahlberg, Abdulsamad, Atweh
| extra4 = Hakim Abdoulsamad
| length4 = 3:22
| title5 = 2 in the Morning
| writer5 = Emanuel Kiriakou, Kasia Livingston, Wahlberg, Zukhan Bey
| extra5 = Emanuel Kiriakou
| length5 = 3:25
| title6 = Grown Man
| note6 = featuring The Pussycat Dolls and Teddy Riley
| writer6 = Dejanee Riley, Adida Kavarro, Richard Stanard, Tyler Thurmond, Don Covay
| extra6 = Teddy Riley, Adida Kavarro (co.)
| length6 = 3:00
| title7 = Dirty Dancing
| writer7 = RedOne, Wahlberg, Joaquin Bynum
| extra7 = RedOne
| length7 = 3:37
| title8 = Sexify My Love
| writer8 = RedOne, Wahlberg, Atweh
| extra8 = RedOne
| length8 = 3:31
| title9 = Twisted
| writer9 = Timothy Mosley, Jerome Harmon, James Fauntleroy II
| extra9 = Timbaland, Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon
| length9 = 3:09
| title10 = Full Service
| note10 = featuring New Edition
| writer10 = RedOne, Wahlberg, Lady Gaga
| extra10 = RedOne
| length10 = 3:56
| title11 = Lights, Camera, Action
| writer11 = Jones, Brian Kennedy, Cornell Haynes, Jasper Cameron, Lloyd Polite
| extra11 = Polow da Don
| length11 = 3:05
| title12 = Put It on My Tab
| note12 = featuring Akon
| writer12 = RedOne, Wahlberg, Atweh, Thiam
| extra12 = RedOne
| length12 = 3:55
| title13 = Stare at You
| writer13 = Atweh, Wahlberg, Adam Messinger, Knight
| extra13 = Nasri Atweh, Donnie Wahlberg, Adam Messinger
| length13 = 3:33
}}{{Track listing
| headline = iTunes Store bonus tracks
| collapsed = yes
| title14 = Close to You
| writer14 = Atweh, Messinger, Joey McIntyre, Wahlberg
| length14 = 3:34
| title15 = Summertime
| note15 = RedOne remix featuring Jadakiss) (pre-order only bonus track
| writer15 = Wahlberg, Abdulsamad, Atweh
| length15 = 3:33
}}{{Track listing
| headline = US Deluxe Edition bonus tracks
| collapsed = yes
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title14 = One Song
| writer14 = Aaron Pearce, Atweh, Wahlberg
| extra14 = Aaron "AP" Pearce, Nasri (co.), Adam Messinger (co.)
| length14 = 3:42
| title15 = Don't Cry
| writer15 = Fernando Garibay, Livingston
| extra15 = Fernando Garibay
| length15 = 4:12
| title16 = Officially Over
| writer16 = Attozio Towns, Richardo Thomas
| extra16 = Rick Rock
| length16 = 3:59
| title17 = Looking Like Danger
| writer17 = RedOne, Claude Kelly
| extra17 = RedOne
| length17 = 3:08
}}{{Track listing
| headline = UK bonus tracks
| collapsed = yes
| title14 = Close to You
| writer14 = Atweh, Messinger, McIntyre, Wahlberg
| length14 = 3:34
| title15 = One Song
| writer15 = Pearce, Atweh, Wahlberg
| length15 = 3:42
}}{{tracklist
| headline = Brazilian bonus track
| collapsed = yes
| title14 = Close to You
| writer14 = Atweh, Messinger, McIntyre, Wahlberg
| length14 = 3:34
}}
  • "Grown Man" contains elements of the Aretha Franklin recording "Chain of Fools", as written by Don Covay. It also contains elements of "What Is Success" written and performed by Allen Toussaint.

Re-recordings

  • "Lights, Camera, Action" was re-recorded with the Pussycat Dolls performing the primary vocals and is included on the deluxe edition of their Doll Domination album.
  • "Lights, Camera, Action' was also re-recorded for Lloyd's mixtape Lessons In Love 2.0.
  • The demo for "Single" appears as the third track on Ne-Yo's album Year of the Gentleman
  • "Click Click Click" was originally a song written, produced, and recorded by Nasri.

Charts

{{albumchart|Austria|69|artist=New Kids on The Block|album=The Block}}{{albumchart|Germany|21|artist=New Kids on the Block|album=The Block}}{{albumchart|Switzerland|73|artist=New Kids on The Block|album=The Block}}
Chart (2008)Peak
position
Australian Albums ARIA[17]81
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[18]1
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[19]170
Scottish Albums (OCC)[20]36
UK Albums (OCC)[21]16
UK Digital Albums (OCC)[22]8
U.S. Billboard 200[23]2
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums[24]1

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/the-block/new-kids-on-the-block |title=The Block Reviews |work=Metacritic |accessdate=April 30, 2013}}
2. ^{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1420567|pure_url=yes}} |title=The Block - New Kids on the Block : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |work=Allmusic |author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |accessdate=April 30, 2013}}
3. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/new-kids-on-the-block-the-block,6851/ |title=New Kids On The Block: The Block |newspaper=The A.V. Club |first=Andy |last=Battaglia |date=September 15, 2008 |accessdate=April 30, 2013}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/albumreviews/a129832/new-kids-on-the-block-the-block.html |title=New Kids On The Block: 'The Block' |work=Digital Spy |date=September 8, 2008 |first=Nick |last=Levine |accessdate=April 30, 2013}}
5. ^{{cite journal |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20222131,00.html |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |title=The Block Review |date=August 29, 2008 |first=Nicholas |last=Fonseca |accessdate=April 30, 2013 |issue=#1008 |publication-date=September 5, 2008}}
6. ^{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2008/sep/02/entertainment/et-recordrack2 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |title=They're hangin' tough |date=September 2, 2008 |first1=Mikael |last1=Wood |first2=Randy |last2=Lewis |first3=Jeff |last3=Weiss |accessdate=April 30, 2013}}
7. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/sep/14/popandrock24 |newspaper=The Observer |title=Pop review: New Kids on the Block, The Block |first=Sarah |last=Boden |date=September 14, 2008 |accessdate=April 30, 2013}}
8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/new-kids-on-the-block-the-block |publisher=PopMatters |title=New Kids on the Block: The Block |first=Mike |last=Joseph |date=October 16, 2008 |accessdate=April 30, 2013}}
9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/new-kids-on-the-block-the-block |work=Slant Magazine |title=New Kids on the Block: The Block |date=August 28, 2008 |first=Sal |last=Cinquemani |accessdate=April 30, 2013}}
10. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.virginmedia.com/music/reviews/newkidsontheblock-theblock.php |work=Virgin Media |title=New Kids On The Block: The Block review |first=Johnny |last=Dee |accessdate=April 30, 2013}}
11. ^{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613151418/http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/080916/33/21ztx.html |work=Yahoo! Music |title=New Kids On The Block - The Block |date=September 16, 2008 |archivedate=June 13, 2011 |url=http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/080916/33/21ztx.html |deadurl=yes |accessdate=April 30, 2013 |first=Dan |last=Gennoe}}
12. ^{{cite journal |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20174022,00.html |title=New Kids On The Block Stage Comeback |magazine=People |date=January 26, 2008 |first1=Eileen |last1=Finan |first2=Julie |last2=Jordan |accessdate=April 30, 2013}}
13. ^{{cite web|first=Katie|last=Hasty|title=Young Jeezy Nets Second Album Chart-Topper|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1044130/young-jeezy-nets-second-album-chart-topper|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=14 April 2013|date=10 September 2008}}
14. ^{{cite web|last=Lipshutz|first=Jason|title=New Kids on the Block's Knight: Band Has 'Gone Back Home On This Album'|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/1555854/new-kids-on-the-blocks-knight-band-has-gone-back-home-on-this|work=Billboard|accessdate=13 April 2013|date=2 April 2013}}
15. ^{{cite web|last=Williams|first=John|title=New Kids return to No. 1|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/N/New_Kids_On_The_Block/2008/09/10/6723361-ca.html|publisher=Canoe Inc.|accessdate=14 April 2013}}
16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cria.ca/goldplat.php |title=Gold and Platinum |publisher=Cria.ca |date=2012-01-01 |accessdate=2012-01-16}}
17. ^Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
18. ^HMV Canada: "All Hope is Gone" by Slipknot tops CD sales list {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219000406/http://music.sympatico.msn.ca/HMV+Canada+quotAll+Hope+is+Gonequot+by+Slipknot+tops+CD+sales+list/newsandfeatures/contentposting_news?isfa=1&newsitemid=110049046&feedname=CP-ENTERTAINMENT&show=False&number=0&showbyline=False&subtitle=&detect=&abc=abc&date=False |date=2008-12-19 }}
19. ^http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/120104/ranking/cd_album/
20. ^http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20080914/40/
21. ^{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/album/37593 |title=New Kids On The Block - The Block - Music Charts |publisher=Acharts.us |date= |accessdate=2012-01-16}}
22. ^http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/download-albums-chart/20080914/40/
23. ^{{cite journal |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1044279/slipknot-edges-the-game-atop-billboard-200 |title=Slipknot Edges The Game Atop Billboard 200 |magazine=Billboard |date=September 3, 2008 |first=Katie |last=Hasty |accessdate=April 30, 2013}}
24. ^{{cite web|url=http://allmusic.com/artist/new-kids-on-the-block-p5015/charts-awards |title=New Kids on the Block - Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2012-01-16}}

External links

  • {{metacritic album|the-block/new-kids-on-the-block|title=The Block}}
  • [https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/27043/New-Kids-On-The-Block-The-Block/ Review of The Block] at Sputnikmusic
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