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New Kids On The Block

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The Boys: Message From The Boys (Motown); New Kids On The Block: Hanging Tough (Columbia)

Review by Amy Linden, Spin, June 1989

IN THE beginning there was the Jackson 5. They were cute, they were blessed with the best producers and material, they oozed personality. They were ...

New Kids on the Block, Tiffany, Tommy Page: Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia MD

Live Review by Geoffrey Himes, Evening Sun (Baltimore), The , 31 July 1989

5 Kids, 5,000 screamers produce A YYYEEEEEYEYEOHOOOWWWW!!! ...

It's the New Kids on the Block!

Interview by Chris Heath, Smash Hits, 16 November 1989

IT'S THE Monday morning after their "triumphant" performance of 'You Got It (The Right Stuff)' at the Smash Hits Poll Winners' Party and New Kids ...

New Kids On The Block: Hangin' Tough (Epic)

Review by David Quantick, New Musical Express, 20 January 1990

TWO SINGLES in the Top Ten! The nation drivelling at their feet! And they don't even play on their own records! ...

New Kids on the Block: Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis TN

Live Review by Lloyd Bradley, The Independent, 23 February 1990

Young bloods in Memphis: the boys from next door ...

New Kids On The Block: Fandemonium

Report and Interview by Tony Fletcher, Spin, June 1990

Riding a wave of fan hysteria and saturation marketing, the New Kids On The Block are teen girl America's favorite group. ...

New Kids On The Block: Step by Step (CBS 466686 1)

Review by David Sinclair, The Times, 22 June 1990

CONCERNED PARENTS may be anxious to discover what exactly has precipitated the recent bouts of querulous mass hysteria among our nation's six to 12 year-olds. ...

New Kids On The Block: Step By Step (CBS)

Review by Ian Gittins, Melody Maker, 30 June 1990

WHAT IS SO odious about New Kids On The Block? Why are they so uniquely dislikeable? Is it the disturbingly cynical way they blunted rap's ...

Kylie Minogue et al: Mild at heart

Report by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 23 October 1990

Today's pop idols seem so insipid that fans are turning to turtles for thrills. Caroline Sullivan on the Kylie/Jason phenomenon. ...

A Secret History of New Kids On The Block

Special Feature by Chuck Eddy, Throat Culture, 1992

"Rap is a toilet, not a design for a toilet, or a better toilet...It is the first toilet. It is a toilet for sitting on, ...

New Kids On The Block: Face The Music (Columbia)

Review by Michael A. Gonzales, Vibe, March 1994

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK have always viewed themselves as a white act making black music, but the young brothers and sisters blasting radios on ...

New Kids On The Block: The Block

Review by Dan Gennoe, dotmusic.co.uk, 8 September 2008

WHILE FEW probably expected the return of the fivesome who practically invented the modern boyband to be great, few could have predicted that it could ...

see also Jordan Knight

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