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The Definitive BSB Album Ranking Thread
« on: July 25, 2016, 11:39:31 AM »

The conversation in the "new music" thread about our favorite albums and songs made me think we should have a thread to discuss all albums and songs, not just IAWLT.  Here's a survey to get us started!

Copy/paste the list below of all BSB tracklistings and give each song a rating from 0-4 points (0 being the worst, 4 being the best).  Here's the rating scale:

0 = HATE this song, SKIP!
1 = don't like this song, usually skip
2 = this song's okay, sometimes skip
3 = like this song, rarely skip
4 = LOVE this song, never skip!

I am only posting the standard editions, but I know depending on where you bought your album, some albums might have extra songs that could affect your rating, so feel free to add on if you want to.  Also, if there's an album you don't have (like the U.S. Backstreet Boys if you're outside the U.S.), you can just take that one out.

At the end of each album, find an average rating by adding up the points you gave each song and dividing them by the number of tracks on that album.

At the end of your survey, rank the albums in order from your favorite to least favorite, according to the average ratings you gave them.  You're welcome to add comments too!


BSB Album Survey

Album #1:  Backstreet Boys (the red album)
1.  "We've Got It Goin' On"  Rating:
2.  "Anywhere for You"  Rating:
3.  "Get Down (You're the One for Me)"  Rating:
4.  "I'll Never Break Your Heart"  Rating:
5.  "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)"  Rating:
6.  "Boys Will Be Boys"  Rating:
7.  "Just to be Close to You"  Rating:
8.  "I Wanna Be With You"  Rating:
9.  "Every Time I Close My Eyes"  Rating:
10.  "Darlin'"  Rating:
11.  "Let's Have a Party"  Rating:
12.  "Roll With It"  Rating:
13.  "Nobody But You"  Rating:

Total Points:
Average Rating (divide total by 13):  


Album #2:  Backstreet's Back
1.  "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"  Rating:
2.  "As Long As You Love Me"  Rating:
3.  "All I Have to Give"  Rating:
4.  "That's the Way I Like It"  Rating:
5.  "10,000 Promises"  Rating:
6.  "Like a Child"  Rating:
7.  "Hey, Mr. DJ (Keep Playin' This Song)"  Rating:
8.  "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"  Rating:
9.  "That's What She Said"  Rating:
10.  "If You Want It to Be Good Girl (Get Yourself a Bad Boy)"  Rating:
11.  "If I Don't Have You"  Rating:

Total Points:
Average Rating (divide total by 11):


Album #3:  Backstreet Boys (U.S. version)
1.  "We've Got it Goin' On"  Rating:
2.  "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)"  Rating:
3.  "As Long as You Love Me"  Rating:
4.  "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"  Rating:
5.  "All I Have to Give"  Rating:
6.  "Anywhere for You"  Rating:
7.  "Hey Mr. DJ (Keep Playin' This Song)"  Rating:
8.  "I'll Never Break Your Heart"  Rating:
9.  "Darlin'"  Rating:
10.  "Get Down (You're the One for Me)"  Rating:
11.  "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"  Rating:
12.  "If You Want It to Be Good Girl (Get Yourself a Bad Boy)"  Rating:

Total Points:
Average Rating (divide total by 12):  


Album #4:  Millennium
1.  "Larger Than Life"  Rating:
2.  "I Want It That Way"  Rating:
3.  "Show Me the Meaning (Of Being Lonely)"  Rating:
4.  "It's Gotta Be You"  Rating:
5.  "I Need You Tonight"  Rating:
6.  "Don't Want You Back"  Rating:
7.  "Don't Wanna Lose You Now"  Rating:
8.  "The One"  Rating:
9.  "Back to Your Heart"  Rating:
10.  "Spanish Eyes"  Rating:
11.  "No One Else Comes Close to You"  Rating:
12.  "The Perfect Fan"  Rating:

Total Points:
Average Rating (divide total by 12):


Album #5:  Black & Blue
1.  "The Call"  Rating:
2.  "Shape of My Heart"  Rating:
3.  "Get Another Boyfriend"  Rating:
4.  "Shining Star"  Rating:
5.  "I Promise You"  Rating:
6.  "Answer to Our Life"  Rating:
7.  "Everyone"  Rating:
8.  "More Than That"  Rating:
9.  "Time"  Rating:
10.  "Not For Me"  Rating:
11.  "Yes I Will"  Rating:
12.  "It's True"  Rating:
13.  "How Did I Fall in Love With You"  Rating:

Total Points:
Average Rating (divide by 13):


Album #6:  Never Gone
1.  "Incomplete"  Rating:
2.  "Just Want You to Know"  Rating:
3.  "Crawling Back to You"  Rating:
4.  "Weird World"  Rating:
5.  "I Still"  Rating:
6.  "Poster Girl"  Rating:
7.  "Lose It All"  Rating:
8.  "Climbing the Walls"  Rating:
9.  "My Beautiful Woman"  Rating:
10.  "Safest Place to Hide"  Rating:
11.  "Siberia"  Rating:
12.  "Never Gone"  Rating:

Total Points:
Average Rating (divide total by 12):


Album #7:  Unbreakable
1.  "Intro"  Rating:
2.  "Everything But Mine"  Rating:
3.  "Inconsolable"  Rating:
4.  "Something That I Already Know"  Rating:
5.  "Helpless When She Smiles"  Rating:
6.  "Any Other Way"  Rating:
7.  "One In a Million"  Rating:
8.  "Panic"  Rating:
9.  "You Can Let Go"  Rating:
10.  "Trouble Is"  Rating:
11.  "Treat Me Right"  Rating:
12.  "Love Will Keep You Up All Night"  Rating:
13.  "Unmistakable"  Rating:
14.  "Unsuspecting Sunday Afternoon"  Rating:

Total Points:
Average Rating (divide total by 14):


Album #8:  This Is Us
1.  "Straight Through My Heart"  Rating:
2.  "Bigger"  Rating:
3.  "Bye Bye Love"  Rating:
4.  "All of Your Life (You Need Love"  Rating:
5.  "If I Knew Then"  Rating:
6.  "This is Us"  Rating:
7.  "PDA"  Rating:
8.  "Masquerade"  Rating:
9.  "She's a Dream"  Rating:
10.  "Shattered"  Rating:
11.  "Undone"  Rating:

Total Points:
Average Rating (divide total by 11):  


Album #9:  In a World Like This
1.  "In a World Like This"  Rating:
2.  "Permanent Stain"  Rating:
3.  "Breathe"  Rating:
4.  "Madeleine"  Rating:
5.  "Show 'Em (What You're Made Of)"  Rating:
6.  "Make Believe"  Rating:
7.  "Try"  Rating:
8.  "Trust Me"  Rating:
9.  "Love Somebody"  Rating:
10.  "One Phone Call"  Rating:
11.  "Feels Like Home"  Rating:
12.  "Soldier"  Rating:

Total Points:
Average Rating (divide total by 12):


Album #10:  DNA
1.  "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"  Rating:
2.  "Nobody Else"  Rating:
3. "Breathe" Rating:
4.  "New Love"  Rating:
5.  "Passionate"  Rating:
6.  "Is It Just Me"  Rating:
7.  "Chances"  Rating:
8.  "No Place"  Rating:
9.  "Chateau"  Rating:
10.  "The Way It Was"  Rating:
11.  "Just Like You Like It"  Rating:
12.  "OK"  Rating:

Total Points:
Average Rating (divide total by 12):


Your Favorite Albums, ranked from favorite to least favorite
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Re: The Definitive BSB Album Ranking Thread
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2016, 01:04:08 PM »

Here's mine!  This was harder than I thought.  I ended up having to compare songs not just to the other tracks on that particular album, but to all other BSB songs... as in, there are some songs that I never skip when listening to that particular album only, but do sometimes skip when they come up on my playlist of all BSB songs, so I gave those ones a 3 and reserved my 4s for those select few that I hardly ever skip in any context.

Also, I rounded all decimals to the nearest hundredth.


BSB Album Survey

Album #1:  Backstreet Boys (the red album)
1.  "We've Got It Goin' On"  Rating:  3
2.  "Anywhere for You"  Rating:  2
3.  "Get Down (You're the One for Me)"  Rating:  3
4.  "I'll Never Break Your Heart"  Rating:  2
5.  "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)"  Rating:  3
6.  "Boys Will Be Boys"  Rating:  3
7.  "Just to be Close to You"  Rating:  1
8.  "I Wanna Be With You"  Rating:  3
9.  "Every Time I Close My Eyes"  Rating:  1
10.  "Darlin'"  Rating:  1
11.  "Let's Have a Party"  Rating:  2
12.  "Roll With It"  Rating:  3
13.  "Nobody But You"  Rating:  2
14.  "Don't Leave Me"  Rating:  1

Total Points:  30
Average Rating:  2.14


Album #2:  Backstreet's Back
1.  "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"  Rating:  3
2.  "As Long As You Love Me"  Rating:  3
3.  "All I Have to Give"  Rating:  2
4.  "Missing You"  Rating:  2
5.  "That's the Way I Like It"  Rating:  3
6.  "10,000 Promises"  Rating:  2
7.  "Like a Child"  Rating:  4
8.  "Hey, Mr. DJ (Keep Playin' This Song)"  Rating:  1
9.  "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"  Rating:  2
10.  "That's What She Said"  Rating:  2
11.  "If You Want It to Be Good Girl (Get Yourself a Bad Boy)"  Rating:  3
12.  "All I Have to Give (The Conversation Mix)"  Rating:  3 (because it's hilarious!)
13.  "If I Don't Have You"  Rating:  2

Total Points:  32
Average Rating:  2.46


Album #3:  Backstreet Boys (U.S. version)
1.  "We've Got it Goin' On"  Rating:  3
2.  "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)"  Rating:  3
3.  "As Long as You Love Me"  Rating:  3
4.  "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"  Rating:  3
5.  "All I Have to Give"  Rating:  2
6.  "Anywhere for You"  Rating:  2
7.  "Hey Mr. DJ (Keep Playin' This Song)"  Rating:  1
8.  "I'll Never Break Your Heart"  Rating:  2
9.  "Darlin'"  Rating:  1
10.  "Get Down (You're the One for Me)"  Rating:  3
11.  "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"  Rating:  2
12.  "If You Want It to Be Good Girl (Get Yourself a Bad Boy)"  Rating:  3

Total Points:  27
Average Rating:  2.25


Album #4:  Millennium
1.  "Larger Than Life"  Rating:  3
2.  "I Want It That Way"  Rating:  4
3.  "Show Me the Meaning (Of Being Lonely)"  Rating:  3
4.  "It's Gotta Be You"  Rating:  2
5.  "I Need You Tonight"  Rating:  2
6.  "Don't Want You Back"  Rating:  3
7.  "Don't Wanna Lose You Now"  Rating:  4
8.  "The One"  Rating:  3
9.  "Back to Your Heart"  Rating:  2
10.  "Spanish Eyes"  Rating:  2
11.  "No One Else Comes Close to You"  Rating:  2
12.  "The Perfect Fan"  Rating:  3

Total Points:  33
Average Rating:  2.75


Album #5:  Black & Blue
1.  "The Call"  Rating:  3
2.  "Shape of My Heart"  Rating:  3
3.  "Get Another Boyfriend"  Rating:  3
4.  "Shining Star"  Rating:  1
5.  "I Promise You"  Rating:  1
6.  "Answer to Our Life"  Rating:  4
7.  "Everyone"  Rating:  4
8.  "More Than That"  Rating:  3
9.  "Time"  Rating:  1
10.  "Not For Me"  Rating:  3
11.  "Yes I Will"  Rating:  1
12.  "It's True"  Rating:  1
13.  "How Did I Fall in Love With You"  Rating:  4

Total Points:  32
Average Rating:  2.46


Album #6:  Never Gone
1.  "Incomplete"  Rating:  4
2.  "Just Want You to Know"  Rating:  2
3.  "Crawling Back to You"  Rating:  2
4.  "Weird World"  Rating:  2
5.  "I Still"  Rating:  2
6.  "Poster Girl"  Rating:  1
7.  "Lose It All"  Rating:  2
8.  "Climbing the Walls"  Rating:  3
9.  "My Beautiful Woman"  Rating:  4
10.  "Safest Place to Hide"  Rating:  2
11.  "Siberia"  Rating:  4
12.  "Never Gone"  Rating:  2

Total Points:  30
Average Rating:  2.50


Album #7:  Unbreakable
1.  "Intro"  Rating:  2
2.  "Everything But Mine"  Rating:  1
3.  "Inconsolable"  Rating:  2
4.  "Something That I Already Know"  Rating:  3
5.  "Helpless When She Smiles"  Rating:  2
6.  "Any Other Way"  Rating:  2
7.  "One In a Million"  Rating:  1
8.  "Panic"  Rating:  2
9.  "You Can Let Go"  Rating:  2
10.  "Trouble Is"  Rating:  1
11.  "Treat Me Right"  Rating:  3
12.  "Love Will Keep You Up All Night"  Rating:  1
13.  "Unmistakable"  Rating:  3
14.  "Unsuspecting Sunday Afternoon"  Rating:  3
15.  "Downpour"  Rating:  2
16.  "In Pieces"  Rating:  2

Total Points:  32
Average Rating:  2.00


Album #8:  This Is Us
1.  "Straight Through My Heart"  Rating:  3
2.  "Bigger"  Rating:  2
3.  "Bye Bye Love"  Rating:  0
4.  "All of Your Life (You Need Love)"  Rating:  2
5.  "If I Knew Then"  Rating:  3
6.  "This is Us"  Rating:  3
7.  "PDA"  Rating:  0
8.  "Masquerade"  Rating:  3
9.  "She's a Dream"  Rating:  0
10.  "Shattered"  Rating:  2
11.  "Undone"  Rating:  2

Total Points:  20
Average Rating:  1.82


Album #9:  In a World Like This
1.  "In a World Like This"  Rating:  4
2.  "Permanent Stain"  Rating:  2
3.  "Breathe"  Rating:  2
4.  "Madeleine"  Rating:  3
5.  "Show 'Em (What You're Made Of)"  Rating:  3
6.  "Make Believe"  Rating:  3
7.  "Try"  Rating:  1
8.  "Trust Me"  Rating:  2
9.  "Love Somebody"  Rating:  4
10.  "One Phone Call"  Rating:  4
11.  "Feels Like Home"  Rating:  3
12.  "Soldier"  Rating:  4
13.  "In Your Arms"  Rating:  2  
14.  "Take Care"  Rating:  4

Total Points:  41
Average Rating:  2.93


Album #10:  DNA
1.  "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"  Rating:  4
2.  "Nobody Else"  Rating:  2
3. "Breathe"  Rating:  3
4.  "New Love"  Rating:  4
5.  "Passionate"  Rating:  4
6.  "Is It Just Me"  Rating:  2
7.  "Chances"  Rating:  4
8.  "No Place"  Rating:  4
9.  "Chateau"  Rating:  2
10.  "The Way It Was"  Rating:  3
11.  "Just Like You Like It"  Rating:  2
12.  "OK"  Rating:  2

Total Points: 36
Average Rating: 3.00


Your Favorite Albums, ranked from favorite to least favorite
1.  DNA (3.00)
2.  In a World Like This (2.93)
3.  Millennium (2.75)
4.  Never Gone (2.50)
5.  Backstreet's Back (2.46) / Black & Blue (2.46)
7.  Backstreet Boys U.S. (2.25)
8.  Backstreet Boys red album (2.14)
9.  Unbreakable (2.00)
10.  This is Us (1.82)


2021 Edit:  I revisited this post to rank the songs on DNA and was shocked to see it unseat IAWLT as my "favorite" BSB album!  I don't feel like it is my favorite because half the tracks on it are just okay - pleasant, but nothing special - but the other half is still so damn good, my rankings put it on top.  Maybe it's because it's still the newest.  We'll have to see how it holds up after the next album.  I revised some of my rankings on the other albums, realizing I was awfully hard on some of them, especially the red album and Black & Blue.  I've been loving Black & Blue more lately, so it moved up a spot to tie with Backstreet's Back.  Unbreakable moved down a spot because although it's a pleasant album, a lot of the tracks are kind of boring.  It hasn't held up for me as well as other albums.  Also, no Kevin.  This is Us is still the worst, LOL.
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Re: The Definitive BSB Album Ranking Thread
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2016, 01:48:46 PM »

Oooooooh this is just the fun kind of "time waster" that I need right now! I'll play!

BSB Album Survey

Album #1:  Backstreet Boys (the red album)
1.  "We've Got It Goin' On"  Rating: 4
2.  "Anywhere for You"  Rating: 1
3.  "Get Down (You're the One for Me)"  Rating: 4
4.  "I'll Never Break Your Heart"  Rating: 1
5.  "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)"  Rating: 2
6.  "Boys Will Be Boys"  Rating: 2
7.  "Just to be Close to You"  Rating: 1
8.  "I Wanna Be With You"  Rating: 3
9.  "Every Time I Close My Eyes"  Rating: 0
10.  "Darlin'"  Rating: 1
11.  "Let's Have a Party"  Rating: 3
12.  "Roll With It"  Rating: 2
13.  "Nobody But You"  Rating: 2

Total Points: 26
Average Rating (divide total by 13):  2.00


Album #2:  Backstreet's Back
1.  "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"  Rating: 4
2.  "As Long As You Love Me"  Rating: 4
3.  "All I Have to Give"  Rating: 2
4.  "That's the Way I Like It"  Rating: 4
5.  "10,000 Promises"  Rating: 2
6.  "Like a Child"  Rating: 3
7.  "Hey, Mr. DJ (Keep Playin' This Song)"  Rating: 4
8.  "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"  Rating: 1
9.  "That's What She Said"  Rating: 4
10.  "If You Want It to Be Good Girl (Get Yourself a Bad Boy)"  Rating: 2
11.  "If I Don't Have You"  Rating: 1

Total Points: 31
Average Rating (divide total by 11): 2.82


Seeing as how I'm a proud Canadian, I took out Album #3  :D


Album #4:  Millennium
1.  "Larger Than Life"  Rating: 4
2.  "I Want It That Way"  Rating: 4
3.  "Show Me the Meaning (Of Being Lonely)"  Rating: 4
4.  "It's Gotta Be You"  Rating: 4
5.  "I Need You Tonight"  Rating: 3
6.  "Don't Want You Back"  Rating: 4
7.  "Don't Wanna Lose You Now"  Rating: 3
8.  "The One"  Rating: 4
9.  "Back to Your Heart"  Rating: 3
10.  "Spanish Eyes"  Rating: 0
11.  "No One Else Comes Close to You"  Rating: 1
12.  "The Perfect Fan"  Rating: 1

Total Points: 35
Average Rating (divide total by 12): 2.92


Album #5:  Black & Blue
1.  "The Call"  Rating: 4
2.  "Shape of My Heart"  Rating: 4
3.  "Get Another Boyfriend"  Rating: 4
4.  "Shining Star"  Rating: 2
5.  "I Promise You"  Rating: 2
6.  "Answer to Our Life"  Rating: 4
7.  "Everyone"  Rating: 4
8.  "More Than That"  Rating: 1
9.  "Time"  Rating: 1
10.  "Not For Me"  Rating: 4
11.  "Yes I Will"  Rating: 0
12.  "It's True"  Rating: 0
13.  "How Did I Fall in Love With You"  Rating: 1

Total Points: 31
Average Rating (divide by 13): 2.38


Album #6:  Never Gone
1.  "Incomplete"  Rating: 2
2.  "Just Want You to Know"  Rating: 4
3.  "Crawling Back to You"  Rating: 3
4.  "Weird World"  Rating: 3
5.  "I Still"  Rating: 4
6.  "Poster Girl"  Rating: 4
7.  "Lose It All"  Rating: 3
8.  "Climbing the Walls"  Rating: 3
9.  "My Beautiful Woman"  Rating: 3
10.  "Safest Place to Hide"  Rating: 4
11.  "Siberia"  Rating: 4
12.  "Never Gone"  Rating: 4

Total Points: 41
Average Rating (divide total by 12): 3.42


Album #7:  Unbreakable
1.  "Intro"  Rating: 1
2.  "Everything But Mine"  Rating: 0
3.  "Inconsolable"  Rating: 2
4.  "Something That I Already Know"  Rating: 4
5.  "Helpless When She Smiles"  Rating: 4
6.  "Any Other Way"  Rating: 4
7.  "One In a Million"  Rating: 3
8.  "Panic"  Rating: 4
9.  "You Can Let Go"  Rating: 3
10.  "Trouble Is"  Rating: 3
11.  "Treat Me Right"  Rating: 4
12.  "Love Will Keep You Up All Night"  Rating: 3
13.  "Unmistakable"  Rating: 3
14.  "Unsuspecting Sunday Afternoon"  Rating: 4

Total Points: 42
Average Rating (divide total by 14): 3.00


Album #8:  This Is Us
1.  "Straight Through My Heart"  Rating: 4
2.  "Bigger"  Rating: 4
3.  "Bye Bye Love"  Rating: 3
4.  "All of Your Life (You Need Love)"  Rating: 2
5.  "If I Knew Then"  Rating: 3
6.  "This is Us"  Rating: 3
7.  "PDA"  Rating: 3
8.  "Masquerade"  Rating: 3
9.  "She's a Dream"  Rating: 0
10.  "Shattered"  Rating: 1
11.  "Undone"  Rating: 1

Total Points: 27
Average Rating (divide total by 11):  2.46


Album #9:  In a World Like This
1.  "In a World Like This"  Rating: 4
2.  "Permanent Stain"  Rating: 2
3.  "Breathe"  Rating: 4
4.  "Madeleine"  Rating: 4
5.  "Show 'Em (What You're Made Of)"  Rating: 3
6.  "Make Believe"  Rating: 3
7.  "Try"  Rating: 1
8.  "Trust Me"  Rating: 2
9.  "Love Somebody"  Rating: 4
10.  "One Phone Call"  Rating: 4
11.  "Feels Like Home"  Rating: 4
12.  "Soldier"  Rating: 3

Total Points: 38
Average Rating (divide total by 12): 3.17


Your Favorite Albums, ranked from favorite to least favorite
1. Never Gone (3.42)
2. In A World Like This (3.17)
3. Unbreakable (3.00)
4. Millennium (2.92)
5. Backstreet's Back (2.82)
6. This Is Us (2.46)
7. Black and Blue (2.38)
8. Red Album (2.00)
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Why is everyone hating on PDA?? I think it's funny!! BAHAHAHA! My friend and I always turn it up and sing along to it in the car!  :plugears:
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Re: The Definitive BSB Album Ranking Thread
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2016, 02:23:42 PM »

I could get past the lyrics if I liked the music (as evidenced by the many songs with stupid lyrics that I ranked highly LOL), but I don't like any part of PDA.  How you feel about that one is how I feel about Hologram (reject song from the same era), though... I know a lot of people hate it, but it's my jam!  I would have given it a 4 if it were on the album.

Once more people fill this out, it will be interesting to see which songs are universally liked/disliked and which ones are controversial.
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Re: The Definitive BSB Album Ranking Thread
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2016, 02:43:47 PM »

Yes, I agree that it will be interesting to compare and see if there is a general consensus. I couldn't help but notice that your overall average scores were way lover than mine!! LOL Perhaps that shows that I'm not very picky when it comes to BSB. With other bands, I will be quick to dismiss a song, but I tend to always give BSB songs another chance.  ;) After doing this, I realized that I gravitate towards the up-to-mid-tempo songs. Sappy, super-slow love ballads are NOT my jam!

Someone once asked me to choose my top five BSB songs and it was a legit struggle. I told the person that if I HAD to pick, I would probably go with the following, but that my list was somewhat fluid. :)

1. Siberia
2. Something That I Already Know
3. Shape of My Heart
4. I Still
5. In A World Like This

LOL - Hologram!! That's too funny! Although, I have also been known to rock out to "Set It Off".  ::) I'm not sure what era that was rejected from, but I know that it's probably up there with PDA in terms of "lameness".

Also, can we talk about the fact that they did not include "Light On" on an album?! I seriously LOVE that song!
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Re: The Definitive BSB Album Ranking Thread
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2016, 04:51:07 PM »

The conversation in the "new music" thread about our favorite albums and songs made me think we should have a thread to discuss all albums and songs, not just IAWLT.  Here's a survey to get us started!

Copy/paste the list below of all BSB tracklistings and give each song a rating from 0-4 points (0 being the worst, 4 being the best).  Here's the rating scale:

0 = HATE this song, SKIP!
1 = don't like this song, usually skip
2 = this song's okay, sometimes skip
3 = like this song, rarely skip
4 = LOVE this song, never skip!

I am only posting the standard editions, but I know depending on where you bought your album, some albums might have extra songs that could affect your rating, so feel free to add on if you want to.  Also, if there's an album you don't have (like the U.S. Backstreet Boys if you're outside the U.S.), you can just take that one out.

At the end of each album, find an average rating by adding up the points you gave each song and dividing them by the number of tracks on that album.

At the end of your survey, rank the albums in order from your favorite to least favorite, according to the average ratings you gave them.  You're welcome to add comments too!


BSB Album Survey


Album #4:  Millennium
1.  "Larger Than Life"  Rating: 4
2.  "I Want It That Way"  Rating: 4
3.  "Show Me the Meaning (Of Being Lonely)"  Rating: 4
4.  "It's Gotta Be You"  Rating: 3
5.  "I Need You Tonight"  Rating: 2
6.  "Don't Want You Back"  Rating: 2
7.  "Don't Wanna Lose You Now"  Rating: 2
8.  "The One"  Rating: 4
9.  "Back to Your Heart"  Rating: 4
10.  "Spanish Eyes"  Rating: 3
11.  "No One Else Comes Close to You"  Rating: 4
12.  "The Perfect Fan"  Rating: 3

Total Points: 39
Average Rating (divide total by 12): 3.25


Album #5:  Black & Blue
1.  "The Call"  Rating: 3
2.  "Shape of My Heart"  Rating: 3
3.  "Get Another Boyfriend"  Rating: 2
4.  "Shining Star"  Rating: 2
5.  "I Promise You"  Rating: 0
6.  "Answer to Our Life"  Rating: 1
7.  "Everyone"  Rating: 2
8.  "More Than That"  Rating: 4
9.  "Time"  Rating: 0
10.  "Not For Me"  Rating: 1
11.  "Yes I Will"  Rating: 0
12.  "It's True"  Rating: 0
13.  "How Did I Fall in Love With You"  Rating: 4

Total Points: 22
Average Rating (divide by 13): 1.70


Album #6:  Never Gone
1.  "Incomplete"  Rating:4
2.  "Just Want You to Know"  Rating: 2
3.  "Crawling Back to You"  Rating: 3
4.  "Weird World"  Rating: 2
5.  "I Still"  Rating: 4
6.  "Poster Girl"  Rating: 2
7.  "Lose It All"  Rating: 2
8.  "Climbing the Walls"  Rating: 4
9.  "My Beautiful Woman"  Rating: 4
10.  "Safest Place to Hide"  Rating: 3
11.  "Siberia"  Rating: 4
12.  "Never Gone"  Rating: 3

Total Points: 37
Average Rating (divide total by 12): 3.08


Album #7:  Unbreakable
1.  "Intro"  Rating: 4
2.  "Everything But Mine"  Rating: 3
3.  "Inconsolable"  Rating: 3
4.  "Something That I Already Know"  Rating: 2
5.  "Helpless When She Smiles"  Rating: 0
6.  "Any Other Way"  Rating: 4
7.  "One In a Million"  Rating: 3
8.  "Panic"  Rating: 2
9.  "You Can Let Go"  Rating: 0
10.  "Trouble Is"  Rating: 0
11.  "Treat Me Right"  Rating: 2
12.  "Love Will Keep You Up All Night"  Rating: 0
13.  "Unmistakable"  Rating: 3
14.  "Unsuspecting Sunday Afternoon"  Rating: 4

Total Points: 30
Average Rating (divide total by 14): 2.14


Album #8:  This Is Us
1.  "Straight Through My Heart"  Rating: 2
2.  "Bigger"  Rating: 4
3.  "Bye Bye Love"  Rating: 2
4.  "All of Your Life (You Need Love"  Rating: 0
5.  "If I Knew Then"  Rating: 1
6.  "This is Us"  Rating: 1
7.  "PDA"  Rating: 0
8.  "Masquerade"  Rating: 1
9.  "She's a Dream"  Rating: 0
10.  "Shattered"  Rating: 2
11.  "Undone"  Rating: 3

Total Points: 16
Average Rating (divide total by 11): 1.45


Album #9:  In a World Like This
1.  "In a World Like This"  Rating: 3
2.  "Permanent Stain"  Rating: 3
3.  "Breathe"  Rating: 3
4.  "Madeleine"  Rating: 4
5.  "Show 'Em (What You're Made Of)"  Rating: 3
6.  "Make Believe"  Rating: 4
7.  "Try"  Rating: 0
8.  "Trust Me"  Rating: 3
9.  "Love Somebody"  Rating: 3
10.  "One Phone Call"  Rating: 1
11.  "Feels Like Home"  Rating: 3
12.  "Soldier"  Rating: 4

Total Points: 34
Average Rating (divide total by 12): 2.83

Album #10:  DNA
1.  "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"  Rating: 3
2.  "Nobody Else"  Rating: 2
3.  "New Love"  Rating: 4
4.  "Passionate"  Rating: 4
5.  "Is It Just Me"  Rating: 3
6.  "Chances"  Rating: 3
7.  "No Place"  Rating:3
8.  "Chateau"  Rating:3
9.  "The Way It Was"  Rating:3
10.  "Just Like You Like It"  Rating:2
11.  "OK"  Rating:3
12. “Breathe” Rating:

Total points: 37



Your Favorite Albums, ranked from favorite to least favorite
1. Millennium
2. Never Gone/DNA
3. In A World Like This
4. Unbreakable
5. Black and Blue
6. This Is Us
7.
8.
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Well, that was interesting and a lot more math than I ever wanted to do lol

I was kind of surprised that I didn't have the first three albums. I thought I only lacked the red one but actually I lacked a lot more. I was going to rank them anyway but honestly, a lot of those songs I don't think I would even know. I'm also surprised that Never Gone scored a little better than IAWLT. It also really solidified the fact that I really really hate This is Us lol aka the Scissors.
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Re: The Definitive BSB Album Ranking Thread
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2016, 10:53:15 PM »

Yes, I agree that it will be interesting to compare and see if there is a general consensus. I couldn't help but notice that your overall average scores were way lover than mine!! LOL Perhaps that shows that I'm not very picky when it comes to BSB. With other bands, I will be quick to dismiss a song, but I tend to always give BSB songs another chance.  ;) After doing this, I realized that I gravitate towards the up-to-mid-tempo songs. Sappy, super-slow love ballads are NOT my jam!

Someone once asked me to choose my top five BSB songs and it was a legit struggle. I told the person that if I HAD to pick, I would probably go with the following, but that my list was somewhat fluid. :)

1. Siberia
2. Something That I Already Know
3. Shape of My Heart
4. I Still
5. In A World Like This

LOL - Hologram!! That's too funny! Although, I have also been known to rock out to "Set It Off".  ::) I'm not sure what era that was rejected from, but I know that it's probably up there with PDA in terms of "lameness".

Also, can we talk about the fact that they did not include "Light On" on an album?! I seriously LOVE that song!

I tried to save my 4s for the best of the best.  I ended up lowering some scores as I went along and started comparing songs from one album to songs from another.  For example, a few on Unbreakable ended up being lowered from 4s to 3s because even though I never skip them when I listen to Unbreakable specifically, I do skip them sometimes when I listen to my playlist of all BSB songs.  Not that it was necessarily meant to be filled out that way, but it made the most sense to me once I got going and realized that the best songs on one album don't necessarily compare to the best songs on another album.

I'm the same as you in preferring the midtempos and uptempos to ballads.  I think probably the majority of my 0s and 1s were ballads, although they do have some wonderful ballads that I ranked highly.  I'm generally not into the bland, overly R&B, slow jam style ballads.

Choosing favorite songs IS hard!  My top two all-time favorites would have to be Don't Wanna Lose You and Siberia... beyond that, it fluctuates. 

Set it Off is Never Gone era - some great rejects from that album too!  We should do another list like this for all the rejects, b-sides, and bonus tracks, 'cause some of them are amazing.  Drowning and It's Christmas Time Again could be included in that list too, since they weren't technically on an original album (I felt like it wasn't fair to include Chapter 1 on this list).  I love Light On too!
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Re: The Definitive BSB Album Ranking Thread
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2016, 10:58:21 PM »

I was kind of surprised that I didn't have the first three albums. I thought I only lacked the red one but actually I lacked a lot more. I was going to rank them anyway but honestly, a lot of those songs I don't think I would even know. I'm also surprised that Never Gone scored a little better than IAWLT. It also really solidified the fact that I really really hate This is Us lol aka the Scissors.

You need to get yourself some old-school BSB!  Really you just need the red album and Backstreet's Back, since the US Backstreet Boys is just a combination of the two (and not necessarily all the best tracks off the two either).
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Re: The Definitive BSB Album Ranking Thread
« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2016, 09:51:46 AM »

I have the greatest hits album which covers all their old hits. I do agree though, one day I'll buy an old school BSB album lol
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Re: The Definitive BSB Album Ranking Thread
« Reply #9 on: July 26, 2016, 02:04:44 PM »

You should, 'cause there's some good songs on both albums that aren't on their greatest hits.  Like a Child... 10,000 Promises... That's the Way I Like It... I Wanna Be With You... Boys Will Be Boys (a.k.a. The Date Rape Song, which I still love in spite of its awful lyrics)... and the All I Have to Give Conversation Mix, to name a few. LOL
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Re: The Definitive BSB Album Ranking Thread
« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2021, 03:56:32 AM »

Bumping this thread five years later!  The topic of favorite albums came up on Twitter tonight, and I remembered this thread and realized it hadn't been updated to include DNA.  So I updated the first post for anyone who wants to revise their post or take the ranking survey for the first time.

I also revised my rankings, and according to the numbers, DNA is now my favorite album!  That is not what I said on Twitter; I still feel like it's IAWLT with Millennium as a close second, but I can't deny the number of fours on DNA.  Maybe I'm biased because it's still the newest - I probably didn't give as many fours on the old albums because they've been overplayed - but half the DNA album is still amazing, and the other half is just fine.

Anyway, let us know if you add your DNA rankings!
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Re: The Definitive BSB Album Ranking Thread
« Reply #11 on: July 11, 2021, 07:25:39 PM »

You know I love science, but also Millennium and Backstreet's Back are the quintessential best albums! I missed this Twitter thread, because I am a Twitter lurker, but that is my firm opinion.

BSB Album Survey

Album #1:  Backstreet Boys (the red album)
1.  "We've Got It Goin' On"  Rating: 3
2.  "Anywhere for You"  Rating: 4 (It would have been lower a few years ago, but it's regrown on me... like a lot, probably to the point of rating it a 5 now -- see below.)
3.  "Get Down (You're the One for Me)"  Rating: 4
4.  "I'll Never Break Your Heart"  Rating: 3
5.  "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)"  Rating: 4 (Why isn't 5 a choice? lol  5: I would play this song on repeat for an hour and never get sick of it!)
6.  "Boys Will Be Boys"  Rating: 3
7.  "Just to be Close to You"  Rating: 4
8.  "I Wanna Be With You"  Rating: 4
9.  "Every Time I Close My Eyes"  Rating: 3
10.  "Darlin'"  Rating: 2
11.  "Let's Have a Party"  Rating: 4 (This is another 5 for me.)
12.  "Roll With It"  Rating: 4
13.  "Nobody But You"  Rating: 3
14.  "Don't Leave Me" Rating: 4

(I'm not including the remixes on my version because... I do tend to skip them since they're remixes and it's not fair to Don't Leave Me that it was only on the version with them.)

Total Points: 49
Average Rating (divide total by 14):  3.5


Album #2:  Backstreet's Back
1.  "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"  Rating: 4 (5)
2.  "As Long As You Love Me"  Rating: 4 (5)
3.  "All I Have to Give"  Rating: 4 (5)
4.  "Missing You" Rating: 4 (5)
5.  "That's the Way I Like It"  Rating: 4 (5)
6.  "10,000 Promises"  Rating: 4
7.  "Like a Child"  Rating: 4
8.  "Hey, Mr. DJ (Keep Playin' This Song)"  Rating: 3
9.  "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"  Rating: 3
10.  "That's What She Said"  Rating: 3
11.  "If You Want It to Be Good Girl (Get Yourself a Bad Boy)"  Rating: 4
12.  "All I Have To Give -- Conversation Remix" Rating: 4
13.  "If I Don't Have You"  Rating: 4

Total Points: 49
Average Rating (divide total by 13): 3.77


Album #3:  Backstreet Boys (U.S. version)
1.  "We've Got it Goin' On"  Rating: 3
2.  "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)"  Rating: 4 (This is a 6, the best version of this song. My absolute favorite BSB song of all time.)
3.  "As Long as You Love Me"  Rating: 4 (5)
4.  "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"  Rating: 4 (Still good, but I prefer the version with all the verses instead of the extended dance break. I'm a little bummed they never released the version with all the verses and extended dance break.)
5.  "All I Have to Give"  Rating: 4 (5)
6.  "Anywhere for You"  Rating: 4 (5)
7.  "Hey Mr. DJ (Keep Playin' This Song)"  Rating: 3
8.  "I'll Never Break Your Heart"  Rating: 3
9.  "Darlin'"  Rating: 2
10.  "Get Down (You're the One for Me)"  Rating: 4
11.  "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"  Rating: 3
12.  "If You Want It to Be Good Girl (Get Yourself a Bad Boy)"  Rating: 4

Total Points: 42
Average Rating (divide total by 12):  3.5


Album #4:  Millennium
1.  "Larger Than Life"  Rating: 4 (5)
2.  "I Want It That Way"  Rating: 4 (5)
3.  "Show Me the Meaning (Of Being Lonely)"  Rating: 4 (5)
4.  "It's Gotta Be You"  Rating: 3
5.  "I Need You Tonight"  Rating: 4 (5)
6.  "Don't Want You Back"  Rating: 4 (5)
7.  "Don't Wanna Lose You Now"  Rating: 4 (5)
8.  "The One"  Rating: 4 (5)
9.  "Back to Your Heart"  Rating: 3
10.  "Spanish Eyes"  Rating: 3
11.  "No One Else Comes Close to You"  Rating: 4
12.  "The Perfect Fan"  Rating: 3

Total Points: 44
Average Rating (divide total by 12): 3.67


Album #5:  Black & Blue
1.  "The Call"  Rating: 4 (5)
2.  "Shape of My Heart"  Rating: 4 (5)
3.  "Get Another Boyfriend"  Rating: 4 (5)
4.  "Shining Star"  Rating: 4
5.  "I Promise You"  Rating: 4
6.  "Answer to Our Life"  Rating: 4 (5)
7.  "Everyone"  Rating: 4
8.  "More Than That"  Rating: 4
9.  "Time"  Rating: 4
10.  "Not For Me"  Rating: 4 (5)
11.  "Yes I Will"  Rating: 2
12.  "It's True"  Rating: 2
13.  "How Did I Fall in Love With You"  Rating: 2
14.  "What Makes You Different (Makes You Beautiful)" Rating: 3

Total Points: 49
Average Rating (divide by 14): 3.5


Album #6:  Never Gone
1.  "Incomplete"  Rating: 4 (5)
2.  "Just Want You to Know"  Rating: 4
3.  "Crawling Back to You"  Rating: 3
4.  "Weird World"  Rating: 2
5.  "I Still"  Rating: 4 (5)
6.  "Poster Girl"  Rating: 2
7.  "Lose It All"  Rating: 4 (5)
8.  "Climbing the Walls"  Rating: 3
9.  "My Beautiful Woman"  Rating: 4
10.  "Safest Place to Hide"  Rating: 4 (5)
11.  "Siberia"  Rating: 3
12.  "Never Gone"  Rating: 4

Total Points: 41
Average Rating (divide total by 12): 3.42


Album #7:  Unbreakable
1.  "Intro"  Rating: 2
2.  "Everything But Mine"  Rating: 3
3.  "Inconsolable"  Rating: 4
4.  "Something That I Already Know"  Rating: 4
5.  "Helpless When She Smiles"  Rating: 3
6.  "Any Other Way"  Rating: 3
7.  "One In a Million"  Rating: 2
8.  "Panic"  Rating: 3
9.  "You Can Let Go"  Rating: 2
10.  "Trouble Is"  Rating: 2
11.  "Treat Me Right"  Rating: 4
12.  "Love Will Keep You Up All Night"  Rating: 3
13.  "Unmistakable"  Rating: 3
14.  "Unsuspecting Sunday Afternoon"  Rating: 3

Total Points: 41
Average Rating (divide total by 14): 2.93


Album #8:  This Is Us
1.  "Straight Through My Heart"  Rating: 4 (5)
2.  "Bigger"  Rating: 4
3.  "Bye Bye Love"  Rating: 4
4.  "All of Your Life (You Need Love)"  Rating: 4
5.  "If I Knew Then"  Rating: 3
6.  "This is Us"  Rating: 3
7.  "PDA"  Rating: 1
8.  "Masquerade"  Rating: 3
9.  "She's a Dream"  Rating: 1
10.  "Shattered"  Rating: 3
11.  "Undone"  Rating: 2

Total Points: 32
Average Rating (divide total by 11):  2.91


Album #9:  In a World Like This
1.  "In a World Like This"  Rating: 4 (5)
2.  "Permanent Stain"  Rating: 4
3.  "Breathe"  Rating: 2
4.  "Madeleine"  Rating: 3
5.  "Show 'Em (What You're Made Of)"  Rating: 4
6.  "Make Believe"  Rating: 3
7.  "Try"  Rating: 2
8.  "Trust Me"  Rating: 2
9.  "Love Somebody"  Rating: 3
10.  "One Phone Call"  Rating: 4
11.  "Feels Like Home"  Rating: 4
12.  "Soldier"  Rating: 4

Total Points: 39
Average Rating (divide total by 12): 3.25


Album #10:  DNA
1.  "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"  Rating: 4(5)
2.  "Nobody Else"  Rating: 3
3.  "Breathe" Rating: 4 (Very confusing that they have two of these, lol. But this one with the a cappella is a much better song.)
4.  "New Love"  Rating: 2
5.  "Passionate"  Rating: 4
6.  "Is It Just Me"  Rating: 3
7.  "Chances"  Rating: 4 (5)
8.  "No Place"  Rating: 4
9.  "Chateau"  Rating: 3
10.  "The Way It Was"  Rating: 4
11.  "Just Like You Like It"  Rating: 3
12.  "OK"  Rating: 4

Total Points: 42
Average Rating (divide total by 12): 3.5


So, judging by my numbers, I'm going to have to take note of these fictitious 5 rankings I added for the four that are the same, lol.

Your Favorite Albums, ranked from favorite to least favorite
1. Backstreet's Back (3.77) [I knew you were curious, 4.15 when adjusted for 5s.]
2. Millennium (3.67) [I knew you were curious, 4.35 when adjusted for 5s.]
3. Backstreet Boys American (3.5/3.92 when adjusted for 5s and the one six, lol -- that 6 probably skews this ranking. I looked, it's 3.83 without it, so still higher than the red album.)
4. Backstreet Boys red album (3.50/3.71 when adjusted for 5s)
5. DNA (3.5/3.67 when adjusted for 5s)
6. Black and Blue (3.5/3.5 when adjusted for 5s... so B&B is a solid 3.5 album, lol.)
7. Never Gone (3.42)
8. In A World Like This (3.25)
9. Unbreakable (2.93)
10. This Is Us (2.91)

See? When you adjust for the non-existent 5 rating, I was correct before doing the math: Millennium and Backstreet's Back (in that order) are the quintessential best Backstreet Boys albums. I think I was most surprised by This Is Us being lower than Unbreakable, because I felt like I enjoy it more overall, but I guess it's that the songs I do love, I like much better than the songs on Unbreakable, but the songs I don't like as much, I like a lot less. I'm surprised IAWLT is as low as it is.

This took me an hour of math, but it was worth it, lol.
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Re: The Definitive BSB Album Ranking Thread
« Reply #12 on: July 11, 2021, 10:24:08 PM »

It is a lot of math, but isn't it nice to know how they all rank? LOL

Maybe I should have made the scale 1-5 instead of 0-4.  I thought 0-4 would make it easier to add them all up, and songs like "She's a Dream" really don't deserve any points, in my opinion LOL.

Backstreet's Back is a great album!  I wish more people would do this so we could see how everyone's list compares.  It takes a long time, but it's fun!
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Re: The Definitive BSB Album Ranking Thread
« Reply #13 on: July 11, 2021, 10:38:03 PM »

I liked the zero, there's just no song I would always skip, so I never ended up using it. But in the same spirit of the zero, like I said, there are songs I could play on repeat for hours without getting sick of them at all. And I don't mean a playlist of every song I listed as a five, I really do mean just the one song. I could absolutely listen to a playlist of the 5s for days, or weeks even, and be totally fine.

I tried to start comparing the lists, but then I remembered that I was just taking a break from working on PDemons to get in a different head space before working on my other story, lol. But I did have fun.
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Re: The Definitive BSB Album Ranking Thread
« Reply #14 on: July 12, 2021, 02:56:02 AM »

BSB Album Survey

Album #1:  Backstreet Boys (the red album)

1.  "We've Got It Goin' On"  Rating: 3
2.  "Anywhere for You"  Rating: 2
3.  "Get Down (You're the One for Me)"  Rating: 3
4.  "I'll Never Break Your Heart"  Rating: 2
5.  "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)"  Rating: 4
6.  "Boys Will Be Boys"  Rating: 3
7.  "Just to be Close to You"  Rating: 2
8.  "I Wanna Be With You"  Rating: 4
9.  "Every Time I Close My Eyes"  Rating: 2
10.  "Darlin'"  Rating: 2
11.  "Let's Have a Party"  Rating: 2
12.  "Roll With It"  Rating: 3
13.  "Nobody But You"  Rating: 4
14.  "Don't Leave Me: Rating: 4

Total Points: 40
Average Rating (divide total by 14):  2.8


Album #2:  Backstreet's Back
1.  "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"  Rating: 2
2.  "As Long As You Love Me"  Rating: 4
3.  "All I Have to Give"  Rating: 4
4.  "That's the Way I Like It"  Rating: 4
5.  "10,000 Promises"  Rating: 4
6.  "Like a Child"  Rating: 3
7.  "Hey, Mr. DJ (Keep Playin' This Song)"  Rating: 3
8.  "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"  Rating: 1
9.  "That's What She Said"  Rating: 2
10.  "If You Want It to Be Good Girl (Get Yourself a Bad Boy)"  Rating: 4
11.  "If I Don't Have You"  Rating: 2

Total Points: 33
Average Rating (divide total by 11): 3


Album #3:  Backstreet Boys (U.S. version)
1.  "We've Got it Goin' On"  Rating:  3
2.  "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)"  Rating: 4
3.  "As Long as You Love Me"  Rating: 4
4.  "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"  Rating: 2
5.  "All I Have to Give"  Rating: 4
6.  "Anywhere for You"  Rating: 2
7.  "Hey Mr. DJ (Keep Playin' This Song)"  Rating: 3
8.  "I'll Never Break Your Heart"  Rating: 2
9.  "Darlin'"  Rating: 2
10.  "Get Down (You're the One for Me)"  Rating: 3
11.  "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"  Rating: 1
12.  "If You Want It to Be Good Girl (Get Yourself a Bad Boy)"  Rating: 4

Total Points: 34
Average Rating (divide total by 12):  2.8


Album #4:  Millennium
1.  "Larger Than Life"  Rating: 4
2.  "I Want It That Way"  Rating: 4
3.  "Show Me the Meaning (Of Being Lonely)"  Rating: 4
4.  "It's Gotta Be You"  Rating: 4
5.  "I Need You Tonight"  Rating: 3
6.  "Don't Want You Back"  Rating:4
7.  "Don't Wanna Lose You Now"  Rating: 4
8.  "The One"  Rating: 3
9.  "Back to Your Heart"  Rating: 3
10.  "Spanish Eyes"  Rating: 3
11.  "No One Else Comes Close to You"  Rating: 4
12.  "The Perfect Fan"  Rating: 0

Total Points: 40
Average Rating (divide total by 12): 3.3


Album #5:  Black & Blue
1.  "The Call"  Rating: 3
2.  "Shape of My Heart"  Rating: 3
3.  "Get Another Boyfriend"  Rating: 4
4.  "Shining Star"  Rating: 4
5.  "I Promise You"  Rating: 2
6.  "Answer to Our Life"  Rating: 4
7.  "Everyone"  Rating: 3
8.  "More Than That"  Rating: 2
9.  "Time"  Rating: 3
10.  "Not For Me"  Rating: 3
11.  "Yes I Will"  Rating: 3
12.  "It's True"  Rating: 2
13.  "How Did I Fall in Love With You"  Rating: 2

Total Points: 38
Average Rating (divide by 13): 2.9


Album #6:  Never Gone
1.  "Incomplete"  Rating: 2
2.  "Just Want You to Know"  Rating: 3
3.  "Crawling Back to You"  Rating: 1
4.  "Weird World"  Rating: 4
5.  "I Still"  Rating: 4
6.  "Poster Girl"  Rating: 3
7.  "Lose It All"  Rating: 0
8.  "Climbing the Walls"  Rating: 1
9.  "My Beautiful Woman"  Rating: 3
10.  "Safest Place to Hide"  Rating: 3
11.  "Siberia"  Rating: 3
12.  "Never Gone"  Rating: 2

Total Points: 29
Average Rating (divide total by 12): 2.4


Album #7:  Unbreakable
1.  "Intro"  Rating: 4
2.  "Everything But Mine"  Rating: 4
3.  "Inconsolable"  Rating: 3
4.  "Something That I Already Know"  Rating: 2
5.  "Helpless When She Smiles"  Rating: 3
6.  "Any Other Way"  Rating: 3
7.  "One In a Million"  Rating: 2
8.  "Panic"  Rating: 4
9.  "You Can Let Go"  Rating: 2
10.  "Trouble Is"  Rating: 1
11.  "Treat Me Right"  Rating: 2
12.  "Love Will Keep You Up All Night"  Rating: 2
13.  "Unmistakable"  Rating: 4
14.  "Unsuspecting Sunday Afternoon"  Rating: 4

Total Points: 41
Average Rating (divide total by 14): 2.8


Album #8:  This Is Us
1.  "Straight Through My Heart"  Rating: 3
2.  "Bigger"  Rating: 1
3.  "Bye Bye Love"  Rating: 3
4.  "All of Your Life (You Need Love"  Rating: 4
5.  "If I Knew Then"  Rating: 2
6.  "This is Us"  Rating: 4
7.  "PDA"  Rating: 1
8.  "Masquerade"  Rating: 4
9.  "She's a Dream"  Rating: 3
10.  "Shattered"  Rating: 3
11.  "Undone"  Rating: 4

Total Points: 32
Average Rating (divide total by 11):  2.9


Album #9:  In a World Like This
1.  "In a World Like This"  Rating: 4
2.  "Permanent Stain"  Rating: 4
3.  "Breathe"  Rating: 3
4.  "Madeleine"  Rating: 3
5.  "Show 'Em (What You're Made Of)"  Rating: 2
6.  "Make Believe"  Rating: 4
7.  "Try"  Rating: 4
8.  "Trust Me"  Rating: 3
9.  "Love Somebody"  Rating: 4
10.  "One Phone Call"  Rating: 3
11.  "Feels Like Home"  Rating: 4
12.  "Soldier"  Rating: 4

Total Points: 42
Average Rating (divide total by 12): 3.5


Album #10:  DNA
1.  "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"  Rating: 4
2.  "Nobody Else"  Rating: 3
3.  "New Love"  Rating: 4
4.  "Passionate"  Rating: 4
5.  "Is It Just Me"  Rating: 2
6.  "Chances"  Rating: 4
7.  "No Place"  Rating: 4
8.  "Chateau"  Rating: 4
9.  "The Way It Was"  Rating: 4
10.  "Just Like You Like It"  Rating: 2
11.  "OK"  Rating: 3

Total Points: 42
Average Rating (divide total by 11): 3.8

Your Favorite Albums, ranked from favorite to least favorite
1. DNA (3.8)
2. In A World Like This (3.5)
3. Millennium (3.3)
4. Backstreet's Back (3)
5. This Is Us (2.9)
6. Black and Blue (2.9)
7. Unbreakable (2.8)
8. Backstreet Boys (US Version) (2.8)
9. Backstreet Boys (The Red Album) (2.8)
10. Never Gone 2.4

I will say I'm surprised DNA ranked at number one. I knew it was in my top four but top album was surprising but it's one of those albums that are just so solid. The "skip songs" aren't really skip songs and the great songs are just so good. And IAWLT is one of my faves and has been for awhile, my top four I've always said was a mix of DNA, IAWLT, Millennium, and Backstreet's Back. And Never Gone being at the bottom was expected. The latter half are all practically ties which sounds about right. TIU like NG has some great songs but the bad songs are just SO BAD to me LOL. And that's true for NG too. Some of my top faves are on both albums and some of my most hated are also on those albums. This was fun though!
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