Rolling Stone 's Barry Walters called it 'the album's most frenzied cut'. Browne wrote that ' The Call' (a dance-pop song) 'tells how to cheat on your mate by telling her your cell phone battery's low!, but it also has the blowsy feel of a rejected show tune'. It also represented Lou Pearlman's abuse and bruises. ( October 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īccording to Entertainment Weekly editor David Browne, the album title is a nod to their two musical sides: Black (as in the R&B inflections of their upbeat tracks) and Blue (their inclination toward mushy crooning). Please help improve this section if you can. The specific problem is: the section resembles a critical reception section instead of a composition section. This section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. To promote the album, the band embarked on the Black & Blue World Tour in 2001. The band members wrote two songs and co-wrote five songs on this album, a departure from previous albums, which showcased less of their own song-writing. The first single from the album was ' Shape of My Heart', followed by ' The Call', and ' More than That'. It sold over 15 million copies worldwide. In the United States, Black & Blue sold 1.5 million copies in its first week of release, making the Backstreet Boys the first group in Soundscan history to have million-plus first-week sales with back-to-back albums. The album recorded the best international sales in a week for an album in history by selling over 5 million copies in its first week of sales globally. It was released on November 21, 2000, by Jive Records. Black & Blue is the fourth studio album (third in the United States) by American boy band Backstreet Boys.

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