All Sides (LMNT album)

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All Sides
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 4, 2002
Studio
  • Big Baby Recording, New York, NY [1]
  • Chung King Studios, NY
  • E.S.P. Sound Studios
  • Epicentre Studio, Stockholm Sweden
  • Hit Factory, NY
  • Kokopelli Sounds, Miami, FL
  • Kondor Music, NY
  • Quad Studios, New York, NY
  • Rhythm Attic Studios, NY
  • Stargate Studios, Norway
  • The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA
Genre Pop, teen pop, dance-pop
Length41:19
Label Atlantic
Producer John Poppo, Soulshock, Ander Wikstrom, Karlin, Craig Kallman, Peter Zizzo, Stargate, Steve Morales, Rich Christina, Jimmy Bralower, Robbie Nevil
LMNT chronology
All Sides
(2002)
The Lizzie McGuire Movie Soundtrack
(2003)

All Sides is a 2002 album by multi-cultural pop music boy band LMNT, and the group's sole album.

Contents

Reception

All 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.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Girl Crazy"Steve Morales, Howell, Sigel, Solomonoff, Bermudez, Soloman3:32
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 Wikstrom3:38
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. Nevelle3:20
7."Keep it Coming" Soulshock, P. Biker, Philip "Silky" White, N. Butler, K. Mantronik3:25
8."Hold Me Down" Stargate, Hallgeir Rustan4:11
9."It's Your Love"Stephony Smith3:54
10."Running Home"Bryan Chan, John Poppo, John Peppard4:16
11."Greatest Gift"J. Kempster, S. Hosford4:16

Charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [5] 40

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