O-Town (album)

O-Town is the eponymous debut studio album released by American boy band O-Town, released on January 23, 2001 in the United States by J Records, Trans Continental Records, and BMG.

O-Town
Studio album by
O-Town
ReleasedJanuary 23, 2001
Recorded2000
GenrePop, R&B
Length42:59
LabelJ, Trans Continental, BMG
ProducerPic Conley, Warryn Campbell, Cutfather & Joe, Dakari, Clive Davis (exec.), Dane DeViller, David Frank, Sean Hosein, Mark Hudson, Steve Kipner, David Kopatz, Jack Kugell, Harold Lilly, Steve Mac, Michael Mangini, Quincy Patrick, Bradley Spalter, Joshua Thompson
O-Town chronology
O-Town
(2001)		 O2
(2002)
Singles from O-Town
  1. "Liquid Dreams"
    Released: December 5, 2000
  2. "All or Nothing"
    Released: June 12, 2001
  3. "We Fit Together"
    Released: October 22, 2001
  4. "Love Should Be a Crime"
    Released: February 11, 2002

Background

The album was first released on January 23, 2001 in the United States. It contained a total of twelve tracks. Around this time, the album was also released in Japan, with two bonus remixes exclusively for the market.

In March 2001, the band were asked into the studio to record a song for the Dr. Dolittle 2 soundtrack. The track, "We Fit Together", featured on the soundtrack, released in June 2001.

Following the release of "All or Nothing", the album was released in Europe and the United Kingdom on August 6, 2001 complete with "We Fit Together" as a bonus track, bringing the number of tracks to thirteen. As "We Fit Together" was not included on the original American version of the album, American fans were treated to a "Special Fan Edition" of the album on May 28, 2002. This also included an exclusive CD-ROM section. The fan edition was also made available in Germany.

Singles

The album was released following the success of the band's top 10 hit, "Liquid Dreams".[1] The album peaked at #5 and spawned the follow-up singles "All or Nothing", "We Fit Together" and "Love Should Be A Crime". "All or Nothing" peaked at #3 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[2] "We Fit Together" stalled at #4 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Chart.[3] "Love Should Be a Crime" was not featured on any Billboard charts at all, although it made it to the top 40 in the UK, becoming the lowest-charting single from the album.[4]

Commercial performance

In the United States, the album debut at number five on the Billboard 200, selling over 150,000 copies in the first week.[5] Just one month after it released, the album was certified platinum by RIAA. It eventually hit 1,700,000 copies, becoming the band most successful album [6] and over 3 million worldwide.[7]

The album was a commercial success across Europe and North America, debuting in the Top 10 of Canada, Iceland and United Kingdom.

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [8]
Chicago Tribune(unfavorable) [9]
Entertainment Weekly(C-)[10]
Robert Christgau[11]
Rolling Stone [12]
USA Today [13]
Wall of Sound(57/100) [14]

O-Town received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics. Allmusic gave the following review:

It's finally come to this. The manufacturing of teen pop has reached its nadir with O-Town, a quintet of squeaky-clean boys pulled from a thousand hopefuls whose struggles were detailed, step by step, on Making the Band. Stuffing both reality TV and boy band marketing down the throats of viewers, the limited-run series weeded out a bunch of contenders, through sweat and tears - lots of the latter, to give listeners Ashley, Dan, Erik, Jacob, and Trevor: O-Town! And on their flaccid self-titled debut, the fivesome go through the motions directed to them by a squad of industry moneymakers. To say there isn't an ounce of sincerity to be found within the 12 songs here is pretty much taken for granted. That the entire project whiffs of cynicism is inexcusable."[8]

Track listing
International standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Liquid Dreams"Quincy Patrick, Joshua Thompson, Bradley Spalter, Michael NorfleetThompson, Spalter, Patrick[a]3:30
2."Every Six Seconds"Steve Kipner, David Kopatz, Jack KugellKopatz, Kugell, Kipner3:13
3."Girl"Harold Lilly, Warryn Campbell, John "Jubu" SmithCampbell, Lilly[a]3:36
4."Sexiest Woman Alive"Spalter, Thompson, Patrick, NorfleetSpalter, Thompson, Patrick3:40
5."Love Should Be a Crime"Desmond Child, Gregg Sutton, Jesse James DupreeMichael Mangini, Mark Hudson3:18
6."Shy Girl"Dane DeViller, Sean Hosein, KipnerDeViller, Hosein, Kipner4:10
7."All or Nothing"Wayne Hector, Steve MacMac4:41
8."Sensitive"Kipner, David Frank, Herbie CrichlowFrank, Kipner3:23
9."The Painter"DeViller, HoseinDeViller, Hosein3:55
10."Take Me Under"Jacob Underwood, Dakari, Tony Dawson-HarrisonDakari4:08
11."All for Love"DakariDakari3:29
12."Baby I Would"Diane WarrenDakari3:53
North American standard edition and European bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."We Fit Together"Mich Hansen, Joe Belmaati, RemeeCutfather & Joe3:56
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."Liquid Dreams" (HQ2 radio mix)Patrick, Thompson, Spalter, NorfleetThompson, Spalter, Patrick[a], Conley[b]3:56
14."Liquid Dreams" (Mike Rizzo radio mix)Patrick, Thompson, Spalter, NorfleetThompson, Spalter, Patrick[a][b]3:56
Special Fan Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."We Fit Together"Mich Hansen, Joe Belmaati, RemeeCutfather & Joe3:56
14."Love Should be A Crime" (music video)   
15."Girl" (Live in California) (video)   
16."Band Video Greetings" (video)   
Notes
  • ^[a] signifies a vocal producer
  • ^[b] signifies an associate vocal producer

Single track listings

We Fit Together
  1. "We Fit Together" (Radio Mix)
  2. "Liquid Dreams" (Live Version)
  3. "All or Nothing" (Live Version)
  4. "We Fit Together" (Video)

Love Should Be a Crime
UK CD1
  1. "Love Should Be a Crime" (Radio Mix)
  2. "Love Should Be a Crime" (Live Version)
UK CD2
  1. "Love Should Be a Crime" (Radio Mix)
  2. "Love Should Be a Crime" (Live Version)
  3. "Liquid Dreams" (HQ2 Mixshow Version)
  4. "Love Should Be a Crime" (Video)

Charts and certifications

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