| | Arena [ mp3 ]album: Songs From The Lion's Cage
format: mp3
release: 1995
bitrate: 192
length: 58:25 min
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 Tracks of Songs From The Lion's Cage:
 Out Of The Wilderness.mp3
Crying For Help I.mp3
Valley Of The Kings.mp3
Crying For Help II.mp3
Jericho.mp3
Crying For Help III.mp3
Midas Vision.mp3
Crying For Help IV.mp3
Solomon.mp3
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| | Arena [ mp3 ]album: Pride
format: mp3
release: 1996
bitrate: 192
length: 55:26 min
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Tracks of Pride:Welcome To The Cage.mp3
Crying For Help V.mp3
Empire Of A Thousand Days.mp3
Crying For Help VI.mp3
Medusa.mp3
Crying For Help VII.mp3
Fool's Gold.mp3
Crying For Help VIII.mp3
Sirens.mp3
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| | Arena [ mp3 ]album: The Cry
format: mp3
release: 1997
bitrate: 192
length: 35:49 min
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Tracks of The Cry:Theme.mp3
The Cry.mp3
The Offering.mp3
Problem Line.mp3
Isolation.mp3
Fallen Idols.mp3
Guidance.mp3
Only Child.mp3
Stolen Promise.mp3
The Healer.mp3
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| | Arena [ mp3 ]album: Welcome To The Stage
format: mp3
release: 1997
bitrate: 192
length: 73:28 min
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Tracks of Welcome To The Stage:William Tell Overture.mp3
Valley Of The Kings.mp3
Out Of The Wilderness.mp3
Midas Vision.mp3
The Healer.mp3
Sirens.mp3
Medusa.mp3
Welcome To The Cage.mp3
Jericho.mp3
Solomon.mp3
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| | Arena [ mp3 ]album: The Visitor
format: mp3
release: 1998
bitrate: 192
length: 61:39 min
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Tracks of The Visitor:A Crack In The Ice.mp3
Pins And Needles.mp3
Double Vision.mp3
Elea.mp3
The Hanging Tree.mp3
A State Of Grace.mp3
Blood Red Room.mp3
In The Blink Of An Eye.mp3
(Don't Forget To) Breathe.mp3
Serenity.mp3
Tears In The Rain.mp3
Enemy Without.mp3
Running From Damascus.mp3
The Visitor.mp3
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| | Arena [ mp3 ]album: Immortal?
format: mp3
release: 2000
bitrate: 192
length: 55:19 min
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Tracks of Immortal?:Chosen.mp3
Waiting For The Flood.mp3
The Butterfly Man.mp3
Ghost In The Firewall.mp3
Climbing The Net.mp3
Moviedrome.mp3
Friday's Dream.mp3
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| | Arena [ mp3 ]album: Breakfast in Biarritz
format: mp3
release: 2001
bitrate: 192
length: 69:35 min
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Tracks of Breakfast in Biarritz:Moviedrome.mp3
Crack In The Ice.mp3
Double Vision.mp3
Midas Vision.mp3
Serenity.mp3
The Butterfly Man.mp3
The Hanging Tree.mp3
A State Of Grace.mp3
Enemy Without.mp3
Crying For Help VII.mp3
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| | Arena [ mp3 ]album: Contagion
format: mp3
release: 2003
bitrate: 192
length: 58:48 min
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Tracks of Contagion:Witch Hunt.mp3
An Angel Falls.mp3
Painted Man.mp3
(This Way) Madness Lies.mp3
A Spectre At The Feast.mp3
Never Ending Night.mp3
Skin Game.mp3
Salamander.mp3
On The Box (Instrumental).mp3
Tsunami.mp3
Bitter Harvest.mp3
The City Of Lanterns.mp3
Riding The Tide.mp3
Mea Culpa.mp3
Cutting The Cards.mp3
Ascension.mp3
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| | Arena [ mp3 ]album: Contagium
format: mp3
release: 2004
bitrate: 191
length: 23:36 min
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Tracks of Contagium:On The Edge Of Despair.mp3
The March Of Time.mp3
Confrontation.mp3
Salamander (Special Remix).mp3
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| | Arena [ mp3 ]album: Pepper's Ghost
format: mp3
release: 2005
bitrate: 224
length: 52:35 min
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Tracks of Pepper's Ghost:Bedlam Fayre.mp3
Smoke And Mirrors.mp3
The Shattered Room.mp3
The Eyes Of Lara Moon.mp3
Tantalus.mp3
Purgatory Road.mp3
Opera Fanatica.mp3
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News from our arhive: Backstreet Set Out To Prove Themselves At NY Club |
NEW YORK — It's easy to make fun of the Backstreet Boys — and blame them for the bygone boy-band era, which appealed largely to pre-pubescent girls (read: non-discriminating music fans) on the basis that they were safe to crush on. To swap from being a throwback to having a comeback, the Boys are going to have to prove a lot — like that they're still relevant, that they're more than pretty faces, and that they're all grown up now — which is why they're road-testing a chunk of new material on a club tour that kicked off with a two-night stand at Irving Plaza on Monday and Tuesday.
Backstreet previewed a half dozen new songs, interspersed with a collection of their greatest hits Tuesday on Irving Plaza's small stage — perhaps not the best place to move around in synchronized formation in their matching white dinner jackets and white fedoras. They tried to have some fun with the tight space — as well as break out of the box, climbing on speakers and reaching out to female fans in the crowd and up on the balcony. But perhaps most telling was when it came time for a new song, they took off the jackets, dropped the choreography and just sang. That's ultimately what's going to be the test — does the harmonizing hold up? Are the new songs any good?
The new material is decidedly more mature, less bubbly and sappy than their guilty pleasure hits like "I Want It That Way" and "Shape of My Heart" — with the juxtaposition all the more clear in a set list that jumped back and forth between old and new. With the help of songwriting partners that took them in more of a light rock direction, new songs like "I Still" and the uplifting "Weird World" sound at home in a Maroon 5 world, a transition they seem eager to make. The difference, though, is that while Backstreet are a band, they're also not, really — not in a rock sense. While Nick Carter tried to change that perception by picking up a six-string during the wistful, guitar-driven "Climbing the Walls" and playing along with the live backing band, the fact remains — they're a vocal group. That said, Backstreet seem to have figured out that their best vocalists are A.J. McLean, Nick Carter and Brian Littrell, as they handled most of the verses and solos on the new songs, with Kevin Richardson and Howie Dorough relegated to backup. McLean sings the bulk of the verses of the power ballad "Incomplete," trading off with Carter for the chorus, who sings the bluesy ending to "Beautiful Woman" and owns "Poster Girl," a sweet ode to a party girl with a taste for danger (Paris, anyone?). Where Littrell came off as too earnest and Richardson as too serious, McLean and Carter seemed the most at home with the new direction — their voices were smooth, their moves casual and seemingly effortless even when obviously choreographed. They also seemed to be having the most fun with it, and with each other — leaning on one another, singing to each other, and trading silly stage banter about the meaning of songs and life. Because no matter how seriously the Backstreet Boys want to be taken now, they didn't take themselves too seriously — which is the only way they're going to win us over again. |
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