All Sides is a 2002 album by multi-cultural pop music boy band LMNT, and the group's sole album.
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| Released | June 4, 2002 | |||
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| Genre | Pop, teen pop, dance-pop | |||
| Length | 41:19 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | John Poppo, Soulshock, Ander Wikstrom, Karlin, Craig Kallman, Peter Zizzo, Stargate, Steve Morales, Rich Christina, Jimmy Bralower, Robbie Nevil | |||
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Reception
editAll Sides was released after the American boy band craze had already peaked; the bands NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys, for example, were already on hiatus by June 2002. The album did gain some modest success, as the single "Juliet" managed to reach number one on Radio Disney, where it remained for eight consecutive weeks. It also reached No. 49 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales Chart.[2] However, it ultimately failed to gain the group any significant popularity.
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | D[3] |
The album received generally negative reviews. AllMusic.com reviewer Michael Gallucci stated: "Their debut album is filled with post-millennium teen pop and all of its trappings", criticizing the use of "forced slang, suburban hip-hop touches, and a canned, manufactured sound that's both insincere and fake".[1] Entertainment Weekly reviewer Kristen Baldwin wasn't impressed, either: "[LMNT] is unlikely to revive the [Boy Band] genre".[3] Both reviewers also stated that they were little more than rejects from the ABC/MTV reality show, "Making the Band", and as such, there wasn't much to be expected from their sound.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Girl Crazy" | Steve Morales, Howell, Sigel, Solomonoff, Bermudez, Soloman | 3:32 |
| 2. | "Juliet" (Top 40 Edit) | Tony Marty, Anders Wikstrom, Fredrik Thomander[4] | 3:40 |
| 3. | "Get It All" | Kasia Livingston, Robbie Nevil, Fredrik Thomander, Anders Wikstrom | 3:38 |
| 4. | "The Best" | Jason Blume, Keith Follesé | 4:07 |
| 5. | "Forget to Forget" | Billy Crawford, Peter Zizzo | 3:40 |
| 6. | "Shangri La" | Stargate, Hallgeir Rustan, S. Robinson, R. Nevelle | 3:20 |
| 7. | "Keep it Coming" | Soulshock, P. Biker, Philip "Silky" White, N. Butler, K. Mantronik | 3:25 |
| 8. | "Hold Me Down" | Stargate, Hallgeir Rustan | 4:11 |
| 9. | "It's Your Love" | Stephony Smith | 3:54 |
| 10. | "Running Home" | Bryan Chan, John Poppo, John Peppard | 4:16 |
| 11. | "Greatest Gift" | J. Kempster, S. Hosford | 4:16 |
Charts
edit| Chart (2002) | Peak position |
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| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[5] | 40 |
References
edit- ^ a b c Gallucci, Michael. "All Sides - LMNT / Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
- ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (January 19, 2002). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
{{cite book}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ a b Baldwin, Kristen (June 7, 2002). "All Sides". Retrieved October 3, 2022.
- ^ "Into the Mouths of Babes". Phoenix New Times Jimmy Magahern | July 18, 2002
- ^ "LMNT Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 14, 2019.