Never Gone
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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
Name = Never Gone |
Type = [[Album]] |
Artist = The [[Backstreet Boys]] |
Cover = Never_gone.jpg |
Released = [[June 14]], [[2005]] |
Recorded = late 2003-early 2005<br>Westlake Audio, [[Hollywood]], [[California|CA]]; Dr. Luke's New York, [[New York|NY]]; Woodland Ranch, [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California|Woodland Hills]], [[California|CA]] | Genre = [[Pop Rock]], [[Piano Pop]], [[Adult contemporary]]
| Label = [[Jive Records]]
| Producers = [[Max Martin]], [[John Shanks]], [[John Ondrasik]], [[Dan Muckala]], [[Gregg Wattenberg]], [[Mark Taylor (producer)|Mark Taylor]], [[billymann]], [[Dr. Luke|Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald]], [[Johan "Brorsan" Brorsson]], [[Paul L. Wiltshire]], [[Jay Orpin]] [[Victoria Wu]], [[John Fields]] |
| Reviews =
*[[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|3}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:sgogtq4zxu47 link]
*''[[E! Online]]'' {{rating-5|2.5}} [http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,3482,00.html link]
*''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' {{rating-5|2.5}}
*''[[Village Voice]]'' {{rating-5|2.5}} [http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0547,christgau,70199,22.html link]
*''[[Blender]]'' {{rating-5|2}}
*''[[PopMatters]]'' {{rating-5|1}} [http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/b/backstreetboys-never.shtml link]
*''[[Rolling Stone]]'' {{rating-5|1}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/backstreetboys/albums/album/7372446/review/7373586/never_gone link]|
Last album = ''[[The Hits: Chapter One]]''<br />(2001) |
This album = '''''Never Gone''''' <br /> (2005) |
Next album = ''[[Unbreakable (Backstreet Boys album)|Unbreakable]]''<br />(2007)|
| Misc = {{Singles
| Name = Never Gone
| Type = studio
| Single 1 = [[Incomplete (Backstreet Boys song)|Incomplete]]
| Single 1 date = [[March 28]], [[2005]]
| Single 2 = [[Just Want You To Know]]
| Single 2 date = October 4, 2005
| Single 3 = [[I Still...]]
| Single 3 date = January 31, 2006}}
| Single 4 = [[Crawling Back to You]]
| Single 4 date = January 31, 2006 (US only)
}}
'''''Never Gone''''' is the 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]] for unknown reasons.
The album's first single is "[[Incomplete (Backstreet Boys song)|Incomplete]]", and is followed by "[[Just Want You To Know]]". The third single worldwide is "[[I Still...]]". 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 debuted at #3 on the [[Billboard 200]]. In Japan, it sold 528,000 copies and was second biggest western artist's album for 2005<ref>[http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=ja%7Cen&u=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/specialeng/051221_01_best30.html Oricon Top 30 Western Artist's Sale 2005]</ref>
''Never Gone'' was also released as a [[DualDisc]]. 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.
This is the final album that former member [[Kevin Richardson (musician)|Kevin Richardson]] had involvement in, as one year after this album came out, he left to pursue other interests.
[[The Never Gone Tour]] commenced soon after the album's release.
On December 20, 2005 they released [[Never Gone "The Videos"]] which included behind the scenes footage 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", including comments from the Backstreet Boys from the set and video. The DVD also includes a slideshow with the music of "Just Want You To Know" and an interview in Germany about their upcoming tour.
==Track listing==
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! # !! width="300"|Title !! Songwriters!!
|-
| 1. || "[[Incomplete (Backstreet Boys song)|Incomplete]]" || <small>Dan Muckala, Jess Cates, Lindy Robbins</small> || 3:59
|-
| 2. || "[[Just Want You to Know]]" || <small>[[Max Martin]], [[Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald]]</small> || 3:53
|-
| 3. || "[[Crawling Back to You]]" || <small>Blair Daly, Chris Farren</small> || 3:43
|-
| 4. ||"Weird World" || <small>[[John Ondrasik]]</small> || 4:12
|-
| 5. || "[[I Still...]]" || <small>[[Max Martin]], [[Rami Yacoub|Rami]]</small> || 3:49
|-
| 6. || "Poster Girl" || <small>[[Billymann]], Rasmus Bähncke, René Tromborg</small> || 3:56
|-
| 7. || "Lose It All" || <small>[[Alexander Barry]], [[Shelly Peiken]], Wally Gagel</small> || 4:04
|-
| 8. || "Climbing the Walls" || <small>[[Max Martin]], [[Dr. Luke|Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald]]<small> || 3:42
|-
| 9. || "My Beautiful Woman" || <small>Paul L. Wiltshire, Victoria Wu</small> || 3:38
|-
| 10. || "Safest Place to Hide" || <small>Robin Lerner, [[Tom Leonard]]<small> || 4:40
|-
| 11. || "Siberia" || <small>[[Max Martin]], Alexandra Talomaa, [[Rami Yacoub|Rami]]</small> || 4:16
|-
| 12. || "Never Gone" || <small>[[Gary Baker]], [[Kevin Richardson (musician)|Kevin Richardson]], Steve Diamond</small> || 3:46
|}
Bonus Tracks: 13. Song For The Unloved
14. Rush Over Me
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! # !! width="300"|Title (Cut Tracks) !! Songwriters!! Producer(s)!! Time
|-
|. || "Set It Off" || <small>Neptunes, Dan Muckala</small> || <small>[[Neptunes]]</small> ||4:19
|}
==Credits==
*[[Brent Milligan]] – [[Bass (instrument)|Bass]]
*[[Jamie Muhoberac]] – [[Keyboard instrument|Keyboards]]
*[[Shawn Pelton]] – [[Drum]]s
*[[Joe Porter]] – Drums
*[[Tim Roberts]] – [[Assistant]]
*[[Brian Scheuble]] – [[Engineer]]
*[[Robin Smith]] – [[Conducting|Conductor]], [[String instrument|String]] [[Arrangement]]s
*[[Ren Swan]] – Engineer, [[Audio mixing|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]] – [[Audio mastering|Mastering]]
*John Ondrasik – [[Executive producer]]
*[[John Shanks]] – Drums, Mixing, [[Record producer|Producer]]
*[[Christopher Rojas]] – keyboards, guitars, programmer, arranger, engineer
*[[Shari Sutcliffe]] – Production Coordination, Contractor
*[[Adam Brown]] – Engineer
*[[Ken Chastain]] – [[Percussion instrument|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
*[[Steven Miller]] – Mixing, Engineer
*[[Kevin Richardson (musician)|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 (music)|Programming]], [[Music Sequencer|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)|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
*[[London Philharmonic Orchestra|The London Session Orchestra]] – Strings
==References==
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[[Category:Jive Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by John Shanks]]
[[Category:Albums produced by The Neptunes]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Rami Yacoub]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Max Martin]]
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