I love Hey Kid and Superman as well!  Superman was probably my favorite of all the songs we'd heard before the album came out.  Stages is also really good; I'm surprised that didn't make the album, considering it's also really personal and one of his more recent releases.  But I love that we got an album with so much new material as well as all those other songs he just released as singles.

I actually like the 80s vibe to Help Me!  I don't think it's better than the original by any means, but it's a fun, fresh take on an old song.  I love your idea of giving it a Lost Boys sound, though.  I've always loved the song Cry Little Sister; something along those lines could have been really cool.

I’m loving the album as well; and I’m super happy that it’s getting some recognition on the iTunes Store as well (I feel like most people ignored All American and I’m Taking off… so I’m glad that this one is getting more eyes on it) I’m a sucker for introspection (Now or Never is my favorite of Nick’s solo works) so my favorites so far are ‘hey kid’, and ‘superman’. I also really liked ‘stages’ but that one didn’t make the album. As with most albums the more I listen the more the other songs grow on me. Storms is one that is growing on me slowly… ‘searchlight’ and ‘good love’ are also in that group.

The only song that I’m really disappointed with is the rerelease of ’help me’. It’s one of my favorite Nick songs so I was super excited… the backing beat for the rerelease feels too generic 80s music (like rushed internet music vibes) to me and it’s so upbeat that I feel like it over powers the message and emotions of the song (I feel like it would have worked better if he had gone a slower deeper route with it like in the score of The Lost Boys.)

The comic videos are really fun. I’m loving the art! I just wish that they had real dialogue in the artwork instead of just being lyric videos…

I'm loving the new album! I've only listened to it a few times in my car so far, so I'm still getting to know the new songs, but so far, my favorite is Storms.  I love the lyrics, but it's also a very pretty song and so personal to him.  Dirty Laundry has grown on me; I still prefer the 80s vibe of the original, but I like Nick's stripped down version too, and his vocals sound really good.  I agree about the video.  The extreme close-ups are kinda hot but also made me notice that his bottom teeth are more crooked than I ever realized before LOL.  Not that I mind; I prefer his real teeth to the veneers he got on the top.  I haven't watched any of the comic book videos yet.  Have you been enjoying them so far?

I will definitely take videos! I'm going two nights; we got pit tickets for one night and 200-level seats for the other night, which is supposed to give the best overall view of the big screen and stage. The seats cost more than I've ever paid for concert tickets before, so I hope it will be as awesome as it's been talked up to be and that it won't give me vertigo LOL.

Anyone else excited for Nick's solo album to drop Thursday?  I was beginning to think he would never release an actual album, but just continue to release random singles, and then BAM!  Out of nowhere, he announces a release date a week in advance LOL.

I've really been looking forward to hearing his cover of Dirty Laundry, so I was glad to see that on the tracklisting.  It was such a nice surprise to discover that he dropped the music video for it today!  In all honesty, I don't love his version as much as I thought I would.  It's not bad, but it's different from what I was expecting and not as good as the original.  The music video is kinda hot but also kinda cringe with the bad green screen effects when they're in front of the flame background.  It makes it look really low-budget and amateur, like Nick made it himself... and maybe he did. LOL  Not complaining, though; at least Nick delivers when he says he's working on a new album.  I appreciate him giving us new music to tide us over until the next BSB album.

I'm beyond stoked for a new album. All of Nick's solo stuff brings a smile to my face; I really enjoy how he's not afraid to play around with sound and what not. I liked the dirty laundry cover- it made me think of that 'Nick Carter: Before the Backstreet Boys' album that was released by Mark Dye and Dynamic Discs (that was all covers and stuff from when he was like 11-12 which he used for like talent shows and stuff). This time around I think I'm most excited for the comic book video's Nick keeps showing clips of as teasers- the one I'm most excited for is the saving the cat scene from the 'superman' teaser the other day.

I also thought the dirty laundry vid was cheesy but in a good way- I like that Nick is able to truly have fun with things now and then. Though all of the lip/mouth close ups made me think of like a dentist/toothpaste commercial lol.

I can't wait to see your videos of the Sphere, looks like it will be awesome!

I'm going to have to watch this new video.

Yes I think Howie and Paul Rudd probably are vampires lol.  I think Howie looks the youngest and has actually got better looking as he's got older in my opinion.

Anyone else excited for Nick's solo album to drop Thursday?  I was beginning to think he would never release an actual album, but just continue to release random singles, and then BAM!  Out of nowhere, he announces a release date a week in advance LOL.

I've really been looking forward to hearing his cover of Dirty Laundry, so I was glad to see that on the tracklisting.  It was such a nice surprise to discover that he dropped the music video for it today!  In all honesty, I don't love his version as much as I thought I would.  It's not bad, but it's different from what I was expecting and not as good as the original.  The music video is kinda hot but also kinda cringe with the bad green screen effects when they're in front of the flame background.  It makes it look really low-budget and amateur, like Nick made it himself... and maybe he did. LOL  Not complaining, though; at least Nick delivers when he says he's working on a new album.  I appreciate him giving us new music to tide us over until the next BSB album.

Right!  I'm glad 4 out of 5 of the boys have given their kids a normal childhood.

Howie may actually be a vampire.  He and Paul Rudd LOL.

I don't understand why parents would want their kids to be famous either, when you see how a lot of child stars turn out.  Especially if they have gone through it themselves, you would think they would want their child to have a normal childhood.  But some parents just want to live off their kids, like Nick's parents.

I only saw the BSB and Rascal Flats performance on You Tube and really enjoyed it.  I don't know about tired but they are aged between 45 and 54 so are bound to show some signs of aging now, would be a bit suspicious of them being vampires or something if they didn't age lol.