Never Gone

Never Gone
Never Gone
Studio album by Backstreet Boys
Released	June 14, 2005
Recorded	December 2003 – November 2004
Studio	Westlake Audio, Henson Recording, Conway Recording (Hollywood, California); Dr. Luke's New York, Turtle Sound (New York City); Woodland Ranch (Woodland Hills, California); Maratone (Stockholm, Sweden); The Village Recorder, The Underlab (Los Angeles, California);
Genre	Pop
Length	47:41
Label	Jive
Producer	Johan Brorson; Dr. Luke; John Fields; Billy Mann; Max Martin; Dan Muckala; Christian Nilsson; John Shanks; Supa'Flyas; Mark Taylor; Gregg Wattenberg; Paul Wiltshire; Victoria Wu; Rami;
Backstreet Boys chronology
Singles from Never Gone
	"Incomplete"; Released: April 11, 2005; "Just Want You to Know"; Released: July 18, 2005; "Crawling Back to You"; Released: October 24, 2005; "I Still..."; Released: November 25, 2005;

Never Gone is the fifth studio album (fourth in the US) released by American vocal group Backstreet Boys as the follow-up to their fourth (third in the U.S.) studio album Black & Blue (2000), after a short hiatus. Never Gone was originally due for release in 2004, but the release date for the album was pushed to June 14, 2005, for unknown reasons.

The album differs musically from their previous albums, moving away from teen pop into pop rock tendencies. Unlike previous albums, it featured only live instruments. The album's title track mourns the loss of Kevin Richardson's father, Jerald, who is also Brian Littrell's uncle. It sold over 3 million copies worldwide.

^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Backstreet Boys". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 August 2021. In the 2000s, they took steps away from the Max Martin hitmaking sound that shot them to stardom, maturing with their fan base via adult contemporary pop on the reinventive Never Gone (2005), Unbreakable (2007), and This Is Us (2009)
^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1601. April 8, 2005. p. 21.
^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1615. July 15, 2005. p. 19.
^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1629. October 21, 2005. p. 22.
^ "Backstreet Boys: I Still..." GfK Entertainment. Retrieved July 12, 2022.

[1] Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Backstreet Boys". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 August 2021. In the 2000s, they took steps away from the Max Martin hitmaking sound that shot them to stardom, maturing with their fan base via adult contemporary pop on the reinventive Never Gone (2005), Unbreakable (2007), and This Is Us (2009)

[2] "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1601. April 8, 2005. p. 21.

[3] "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1615. July 15, 2005. p. 19.

[4] "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1629. October 21, 2005. p. 22.

[5] "Backstreet Boys: I Still..." GfK Entertainment. Retrieved July 12, 2022.

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