Never Gone Explained

Never Gone
Type:studio
Artist:Backstreet Boys
Cover:Never_gone.jpg
Border:yes
Released:June 14, 2005
Recorded:January 26, 2004 – March 2005
Genre:Pop[1]
Length:47:41
Label:Jive
Prev Title:The Hits – Chapter One
Prev Year:2001
Next Title:Unbreakable
Next Year:2007

Never Gone is the fifth studio album (fourth in the US) released by American vocal group Backstreet Boys as the follow-up to their fourth (third in the U.S.) studio album Black & Blue (2000), after a short hiatus. Never Gone was originally due for release in 2004, but the release date for the album was pushed to June 14, 2005, for unknown reasons.

The album differs musically from their previous albums, moving away from teen pop into pop rock tendencies. Unlike previous albums, it featured only live instruments. The album's title track mourns the loss of Kevin Richardson's father, Jerald, who is also Brian Littrell's uncle. It sold over 3 million copies worldwide.

Background

The Never Gone Tour commenced soon after the album's release. On December 20, 2005, the group released the DVD Never Gone: The Videos, which included behind-the-scenes footage and the music videos for "Incomplete," "Just Want You to Know," and "I Still...". The DVD consists of a slideshow with the instrumental audio of "Just Want You to Know" and an interview in Germany regarding their upcoming tour.

Singles

The singles released from Never Gone were "Incomplete", "Just Want You to Know", "Crawling Back to You" and "I Still...". Following the success of the first single, "Incomplete," which peaked at No. 13 and spent 20 weeks on U.S. Billboard Hot 100, the second single, "Just Want You to Know," performed moderately well, hitting the top ten in the UK and Spain, and reaching the top twenty in Italy, Germany and Ireland, and charting inside the top 40 in most other charts.

Critical reception

Critical response to Never Gone was generally mixed to negative, with most critics ambivalent about changing the band's traditional pop style to a more mature adult contemporary sound. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 40, based on seven reviews.[2]

Commercial performance

Never Gone debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200, selling 293,000 copies in its first week of release. This is the band's fifth consecutive top ten album on the chart, following The Hits – Chapter One in 2001. On July 14, 2005, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling over a million copies in the United States.[3]

In Japan, it was the second biggest Western album in 2005 and had sold more than 750,000 copies by January 2006.[4] [5] And certificated Gold and Platinum record at 11 different countries.

The album sold over 3 million copies worldwide.[6] [7]

Track listing

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from album’s liner notes.[8]

Backstreet Boys

Additional personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2005)Peak
position
Brazilian Albums (ABPD)[9] 7
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[10] 29
European Albums (Billboard)[11] 2
Greek Albums (IFPI)[12] 1
Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[13] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (2005)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] 92
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[15] 78
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16] 35
Italian Albums (FIMI)[17] 57
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[18] 99
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 22
US Billboard 200[20] 98
Worldwide Albums (IFPI)[21] 25

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Backstreet Boys. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. AllMusic. 15 August 2021. In the 2000s, they took steps away from the Max Martin hitmaking sound that shot them to stardom, maturing with their fan base via adult contemporary pop on the reinventive Never Gone (2005), Unbreakable (2007), and This Is Us (2009).
  2. Web site: Backstreet Boys: Never Gone (2005): Reviews . . . March 19, 2009 .
  3. Web site: Gold & Platinum. Recording Industry Association of America.
  4. Web site: 2005年年間洋楽チャート . 2005 Annual Western Music Sales Chart . ja . Oricon . 21 December 2005 . 19 August 2016.
  5. Web site: バックストリート・ボーイズ『貴重映像も大公開！2年ぶりの来日公演を最速レポート！』. Breaking report of Backstreet Boys' first public performance in Japan in 2 years, including valuable footage . ja . Oricon . 11 January 2006 . 19 August 2016.
  6. News: Cute, menschy boy bands make traditional tunes cool. Leah. Hochbaum. The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. November 30, 2006. January 7, 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120713113927/http://www.jewishjournal.com/arts/article/cute_menschy_boy_bands_make_traditional_tunes_cool_20061201/. July 13, 2012.
  7. News: Backstreet Boys Unite!. Josh. Grossberg. E! Entertainment Television. July 25, 2007. January 7, 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131030142835/http://www.eonline.com/news/55725/backstreet-boys-unite. October 30, 2013.
  8. Never Gone . 2005 . booklet . Jive.
  9. Book: Billboard magazine: Hits of the World (July 9, 2005). 86. 2005-07-09. Billboard . 2013-05-28.
  10. Web site: Oficiální česká hitparáda IFPI ČR – 37. týden 2005 . Marketing & Media . cs . September 16, 2005 . January 5, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240105214035/https://mam.cz/novinky/2005-09/oficialni-ceska-hitparada-ifpi-cr-37-tyden-2005/ . January 5, 2024.
  11. Book: Billboard magazine: Hits of the World (July 2, 2005). 2 July 2005. Billboard . 2013-05-28.
  12. Web site: Hits of the World: August 13, 2005 (Pages 70, 71). Billboard. Billboard Magazine. 2005-08-13. 2017-06-10.
  13. Web site: Hits of the World: July 16, 2005 (Pages 77, 78). Billboard. Billboard Magazine. 2005-07-16. 2017-06-10.
  14. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums 2005. ARIA. 8 August 2018.
  15. https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2005&cat=a "Jaaroverzichten – Album 2005"
  16. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. de. GfK Entertainment. offiziellecharts.de. July 6, 2020.
  17. Web site: Classifiche annuali 2005 FIMI Nielsen. it. Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. May 4, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20060506075305/http://www.fimi.it/dettaglio_documento.asp?id=637&idtipo_documento=1 . May 6, 2006.
  18. https://web.archive.org/web/20170916225231/http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=83&dfom=20050001 "Årslista Album – År 2005"
  19. https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2005 "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2005"
  20. https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2005/top-billboard-200-albums "Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2005"
  21. Web site: Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2005. IFPI. https://web.archive.org/web/20081117003309/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2005.pdf. November 17, 2008. February 2, 2023.

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