Boy band assembling ONLINE STREET TEAM to promote Black & Blue, due Nov. 21.

From Sonicnet News...

MTV News Online's Robert Mancini reports:

With a little more than a month until the release of the Backstreet Boys'
Black & Blue, the Boys are busy putting the finishing touches on the album
and are looking to their sizable fanbase for help in marketing it.
Jive Records said that the heartthrobs have lined up the track listing for
Black & Blue, due Nov. 21. Besides the single "Shape of My Heart,"
Backstreet followers can also expect the titles "Get Another Boyfriend," "I
Promise You (With Everything I Am)," "The Answer to Our Life" and "How Did I
Fall in Love With You." The group recently unveiled the first video from Black & Blue, for the
ballad "Shape of My Heart."

****The group is also taking a page from the underground promotion handbook
and putting together an online Backstreet Boys street team to get the word
out about the new release. Fans who visit the Jive Records Web site are
extended an invitation to join what the label hopes will be a massive online
street team. Backstreet devotees who enlist are promised news updates and
gifts as well as additional surprises.

The group recently unveiled the first video from Black & Blue, for the
ballad "Shape of My Heart," and B-Boy A.J. McLean has said that the rest of
the album will boast various influences, from rock and R&B to hip-hop and
country.

For Black & Blue, the group teamed up again with pop mastermind Max Martin,
who produced the group's first two albums as well as tracks for *NSync and
Britney Spears.

Black & Blue's full track listing is: "The Call," "Shape of My Heart," "Get
Another Boyfriend," "Shining Star," "I Promise You (With Everything I Am),"
"The Answer to Our Life," "Everyone," "More Than That," "Time," "Not For
Me," "Yes I Will," "It's True" and "How Did I Fall In Love With You."

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