New Kids on the Block is the debut studio album from American pop boy band New Kids on the Block released on April 1, 1986, by Columbia Records. The album failed to garner any attention at the time of its release. In August 1989, during the success of their second album, Hangin' Tough, Columbia released the New Kids on the Block track "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind)" as a single, in an attempt to bring this album to the attention of the group's growing fan-base. As a result, album sales spiked, causing it to be released outside the United States around the same time. Subsequently, the New Kids on the Block album would eventually be certified 3ÃÂ Platinum by the RIAA, peaking at number 25 on the US Billboard 200.
Track listing
Personnel
New Kids on the Block
Production
- Larkin Arnold â executive producer
- Paul Arnold â engineer
- Christopher Austopchuk â art direction
- Sidney Burton â engineer, mixing
- Phaedra Butler â backing vocals and duet vocals on "Don't Give Up on Me"
- Pat Costa â engineer
- William Garrett â engineer
- Phil Greene â engineer, mixing
- Caroline Greyshock â photography
- Frank Heller â engineer, mixing
- Jimmy Johnson â conga
- Erik Nuri â executive producer
- Maurice Starr â producer and all instruments
- Christopher Rich â beat box
- Gordon Worthy â keyboards
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Footnotes
- The group was originally named Nynuk. The name was changed to New Kids on the Block following the recording of the Donnie Wahlberg-written album track of the same name.
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