This Is Us Album by Backstreet Boys

This Is Us Album by Backstreet Boys

This Is Us is the seventh studio album, sixth in the United States, from American pop group Backstreet Boys. It is their second and last album as a quartet. It was released on September 30, 2009 in Japan through Sony Music Japan, October 5, 2009 in the UK through RCA, and October 6 in the U.S. as the final studio album through Jive Records.

On the album, the group has reunited with previous collaborator and producer Max Martin (responsible for the previous hit "I Want It That Way") to try and create their best record since their 1999 worldwide hit album Millennium. They worked with Ryan Tedder, Claude Kelly, Jim Jonsin, RedOne, Ne-Yo, Brian Kennedy, Alex James, Pitbull, Eddie Galan, Rami Yacoub, Kristian Lundin, and T-Pain amongst others for the album as well.

The album debuted at number 9 on the US Billboard 200 making it their seventh top ten album following Unbreakable in 2007. RedOne produced the album's lead single "Straight Through My Heart" which was released in August/September 2009 and reached number 1 in Taiwan, number 3 in Japan, number 5 in Spain, number 106 in Billboard Hot 100, 19 in Canada, 72 in the UK, and 18 on the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart. It was their final album under Jive and their last album as a quartet before original member Kevin Richardson rejoined the band on April 29, 2012.

Track listing


1. "Straight Through My Heart"



2. "Bigger"



3. "Bye Bye Love"





4. "All of Your Life (You Need Love)"





5. "If I Knew Then"



6. "This Is Us"



7. "PDA"





8. "Masquerade"



9. "She's a Dream"



10. "Shattered"



11. "Undone"



12. "Helpless" (featuring Pitbull)



13. "International Luv"



14. "On Without You"

B Side



1. "Figured You Out"



2. "Best That I Can"



3. "Bigger (Version 2)"



4. "Don't Try This at Home"



5. "Fallen Angel"



6. "Story Of My Life"



7. "Hologram"



8. "Hologram (Version 2)"



9. "I Did It for You"



10. "All in My Head"



11. "Lost in Space"



12. "Funny Face"



13. "Trouble (feat. Ne-yo & Usher)"



14. "Rebel"