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The Block [Deluxe Edition] | ![The Block [Deluxe Edition]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/315WAaAT3BL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Artist: New Kids On The Block
Label: Interscope Records
Category: Music
List Price: $19.98
Buy New: $8.22
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Avg. Customer Rating:  122 reviews
Sales Rank: 417
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 001179572
UPC: 602517814035
EAN: 6025178140352
Release Date: September 2, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Click Click Click | | • | Single (New Kids on the Block & Ne-Yo) | | • | Big Girl Now (featuring Lady Gaga) | | • | Summertime | | • | 2 In The Morning | | • | Grown Man (featuring Pussycat Dolls & Teddy Riley) | | • | Dirty Dancing | | • | Sexify My Love | | • | Twisted | | • | Full Service (featuring New Edition) | | • | Lights, Camera, Action | | • | Put It on My Tab (featuring Akon) | | • | Stare at You | | • | One Song | | • | Don't Cry | | • | Officially Over | | • | Looking Like Danger |
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You know 'em, You love 'em, you can't live without them. New Kids on The Block are back with their first new music in 14 years. This is the deluxe version of the Block CD. It comes with 4 extra songs, a fold out poster booklet. Their recent appearance on the Today Show's summer concert series drew one of the biggest crowds the network has seen for such a show. New Kids on the Block Photos
Album Description
You know 'em, You love 'em, you can't live without them. New Kids on The Block are back with their first new music in 14 years. This is the deluxe version of the Block CD. It comes with 4 extra songs, a fold out poster booklet. Their recent appearance on the Today Show's summer concert series drew one of the biggest crowds the network has seen for such a show.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 117 more reviews...
 I'd give it 6 if I could September 4, 2008
22 out of 23 found this review helpful
This is a great album. Whether you're a new 'new kids' fan or an old one, this album will not disappoint. NKOTB went thru the extra steps to make sure that each song was an all or nothing effort. Lady Gaga, Ne-Yo, Pussycat Dolls, New Edition and many others make great appearances on this album (including a production by Timbaland). But be forewarned... this is not...I repeat NOT...the 80s/90s boyband you once knew. Forget the #1 balads. You won't find that here. The 'kids' have certainly grown up, and their music and lyrics reflect that. This is not a kidd-ish dance album...it's reflective of today's R&B/Pop sexy standards. Sex is the standard...that's a fact of life... and without flat out saying that, the 'kids' have included some songs with some serious adult undertones. Let's face it....their fan base is now in the range of 30-ish, and what their fans listen to has changed over the last 20 years....so the 'kids' knew that they too had to change to fit to what was currently being played on those fans' mp3 players. So! Gone are the 'ohohohohoh' and cheesy keyboards that we all once loved back in the day.... they've now been replaced by a sound that certainly has done a good job of keeping up and changing with the times. Buy the album....and listen to it with an UNBIAS view of who NKOTB once was. This is a new band thru and thru. It may be a reunion for those of us 'block heads'....but it really can not possibly be compared to Hangin' Tough or Step by Step. And this is both in the song types/sounds....and in their voices. Apparently the years have been kind to their voices and ability to haromonize. They are better at that then they were in the past. Possibly because the bar has been raised by other 'accapella' singing boy bands like Nsync. Now I don't claim them to have sung accapella on this album (they did not)...but pop in Hangin' Tough and then follow it up with a few songs from this album, and the difference will hit you in the face. It's that much better. And the songs are that much richer. Fuller.
A few side notes: The album version of "Click Click Click" is slightly different then the version that leaked out on to the internet and file sharing sites, like Limewire a few months ago. Their is a new interlude and some tone and backround elements were stylized. Also, I'd suggest getting the deluxe version of this album. It includes 4 bonus tracks and also unlocks a 'deluxe' section of NKOTB's website. The 4 bonus tracks are 'okay'...but track 15 "Don't Cry" is well worth the price of admission. It's probably the closest thing you'll find to a encore of the 'kids' 90's balads..... a little more up-beat then your average balad, but some great harmonizing and lyrics. All total, I personally like Grown Man, Full Service, Click Click Click, and Dirty Dancing best.
Speaking of lyrics... I am compeled to comment on a few 'bad' reviews that are lingering out there concerning the choice of lyrics on this album. I realize that you can't please all of the people all of the time. But one person even went as far to give it 1 star and then say that the sex-type lyrics and songs merely only represent the shallowness of what the 'kids' stand for. All I can say to that is... check your reality meter. Lyrics in songs normally have nothing to do with what an artist stands for. I think a certain artist named Eminem proved that. And if your looking to avoid adult undertones in your music, you may want to just turn your radio off completely. (LOL)
So, in conclusion... buy it... forget about the boy band stereotypes...forget about what you once knew was 'nkotb'....loose the bias....listen to it...and enjoy it as a NEW band.
Full Service For Sure September 2, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Great album. Very upbeat and danceable songs combined with some of the most perfect ballads. After 15 years, they certainly deliver without an ounce of disappointment. Ok, I'm not really so fond of "Grown Man", but that's definitely not enough to rate it anything less than five stars. I'm so glad they're back.
Top songs:
Single
Don't Cry
2 In the Morning
Full Service
Stare At You
AMAZING!!!! September 2, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This album is by far the best the New Kids have ever put out! The songs are up with the times and very catchy. They have brought in a more adult feel, excellent collaberations and have amazed even their biggest fans with just how great The Block is! I highly recommend it! It is my favorite album this decade!
Take a Fresh Look at these Grown Men! September 2, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
ABSOLUTELY two thumbs WAY up ... People love to immediately associate 'New Kids on the Block' as a cheesy 80 boy band has been - but I dare you to be UNBIASED and give this album a listen. With collaborations with Akon, Pussycat Dolls, Lady GaGa, Ne-Yo and Timbaland - there is nothing HASBEEN about it - NKOTB is back - they are fresh, current and have definitely kicked it up a notch. This album proves they are BETTER 14 years later than they were - and with good reason. These grown men deserve some positive feedback - and they will definitely find it with me! A name is just a name - but their music? Amazing - they still got it!
Vocals shine through on ballads like Stare at You and 2 in the Morning ... but their R&B and sexy sides come out with head noddin beats like Dirty Dancin, Put it on my Tab, Full Service and Big Girl Now.
Congrats boys!
Whoa Oh Oh Oh No! Great album - Highly Recommend Deluxe Edition! September 3, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
It's about time. :)
The New Kids' ballads were some of their most popular and strongest songs. I was truly hoping to hear a better balance of the more truly powerful swoony tunes and the good old radio staple R&B, but they did go back to their roots in the way of what I think were original intentions as a group of being more R&B than Pop. (Do not expect to hear the same sound of back in the day, there is little POP on this album.)
I think some of the songs are way too focused on sexy themes. What originally made the New Kids so popular was that their music was absolutely good, clean fun. Also, some of the new songs are somewhat base and formulaic (I blame writers -- I gather this album was mostly written for the NKOTB, not by them -- and producers for that), which can be a good thing to some and not so good to others. Fortunately, the latter half of the Deluxe edition easily makes up for it.
Regardless of some of the formula songs, I still like the New Kids' music, and I think the last half of the Deluxe version is awesome, so I'm not disappointed with my purchase. Besides, I'd give the CD a 4 for nostalgia alone. :)
That being said, I like the CD, it's New Kids! I've got my tickets for the tour and am very excited!
P.S. Spend the little extra and BUY THE DELUXE VERSION. Most of the last few songs on the Deluxe album are the ballads and beautiful, especially Stare At You, Close to You, and Don't Cry (I LOVE this one).
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