DNA
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DNA
DNA is the ninth studio album by the Backstreet Boys (eighth in the U.S). It was released on January 25, 2019 by RCA Records. The album features tracks written by Lauv, Andy Grammer, and Stuart Crichton. It was preceded by the singles "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", "Chances", "No Place", and will be supported by a world tour, the band's most expansive in 18 years, beginning on May 11, 2019, in Lisbon, Portugal,[2]before visiting North America in July 2019. The album is their first on Sony Music Entertainment since In a World Like This (2013) which was released independently through BMG. - Wikipedia
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Billboard
2019 - The Backstreet Boys have become men – and aren’t going anywhere anytime soon.
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The Guardian
2019 - This, the band suggests, is what is in Backstreet’s new DNA: well-manicured music that cannily plunders contemporary chart sounds and plonks a pitch-perfect harmony on them. Rating: 3/5
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The Young Folks
2019 - What’s more, the record definitively proves that they are anything but the nostalgia act audiences expect them to be.
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The Musical Hype
2019 - All in all, there are lots of things to like about DNA. Rating: 3.5/5
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Entertainment Focus
2019 - DNA is the strongest album that Backstreet Boys have released since their classic 2000 release Black & Blue. Rating: 4.5/5
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Newsday
2019 - “DNA” marks the boys-to-men evolution of Backstreet, showing that the New Kids on the Block’s successful strategy of working hard and accepting change is no fluke. Rating: 3/4
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WHO Magazine
2019 - DNA features no surprises among its slickly produced, closely harmonised tracklisting.
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Schummthing Special
2019 - Overall, this is not a good album. Rating: C
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The Times
2019 - The Florida five-piece have emerged from post-boy band life with a surprising degree of dignity — and they can actually sing. Rating: 4/5
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Independent
2019 - The production is tight, if overdone. Rating: 2/5
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Konx News
2019 - Backstreet Boys show good chemistry on 'DNA'. Rating: 3.5/5
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Girlfriend
2019 - That’s not to say the quintet’s ninth album, DNA, features no surprises among its slickly produced, closely harmonised tracklisting. Rating: 3.5/5
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The National Student
2019 - DNA is, therefore, an album which exemplifies an acceptance of change both vocally, musically, and in terms of its social reception. Rating: 3/5
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All Music
2019 - With DNA, a revitalized Backstreet Boys exude an assured confidence, taking enough steps forward to continue their pop maturation without ignoring the hooks and harmonies that carried them all this way. Rating: 4/5
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The Art Desk
2019 - There is some great pop on DNA – mostly on the singles which bring to mind Backstreet Boys’ glory days
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Washburn Review
2019 - The Backstreet Boys have truly put their DNA into this album, proving that while they are older, they still understand the emotions that go along with new love and can now add wisdom and experience to the spectrum.
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The Edge
2019 - The boys might be back, but we need to hear the rest of the album to see if they are stronger than ever. Rating: 4/5
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