Bye, bye, bye to that doubt! ‘NSync might be one of the biggest boy bands of the ‘90s, but there was a time when they didn’t even think they’d make it past their debut album.

The self-titled debut was them still finding their footing and, while good, it is pretty dated. And 'Celebrity' had some decent songs on it, but was mostly filler. 'No Strings Attached' was when 'N Sync was at the height of their competing-with-BSB fame, and while I will always be Team BSB, I can't deny that this album had power. Mar 20, 2000 View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2000 CD release of 'No Strings Attached' on Discogs. Referencing No Strings Attached, CD, Album, 2-2 This album along with their whole three album discography is getting a limited colored pressing on vinyl at UO this July. Snag a pre-order, because my guess is they'll fly off the shelves before then.

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Listen to No Strings Attached on Spotify.NSYNC Album 2000 16 songs. No Strings Attached easily outdistances the pack; Eminem, Britney Spears, Metallica, Beatles, Santana also have strong showing. Archive-David-Basham Heading into the final week of 2000.

The group — Lance Bass, Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick — formed in 1995 and went on to be nominated for eight Grammys and sell over 2.4 million copies of their 2001 smash, No Strings Attached, within the first week.

“It was a crazy time in our lives because that’s when we were having the fight with [record producer] Lou Pearlman and he was trying to destroy our careers. It was just a really weird time for us,” Bass, 41, exclusively told Us Weekly on Thursday, April 15, while promoting his new Fruit Smash partnership. “I was very young. I think I was 19 years old or 18 years old at the time, so I didn’t really know what the hell I was doing. But I knew that we had such success with the first album that the second album is your make it or break it type album. If it flops, it’s hard to recover from that. So going into it, we were scared because we didn’t know what we were going to be able to do with the second album.”

The group claimed that Pearlman cheated them out of millions at the time. When their attorneys found a loophole in their contract, they made the move to Jive Records.

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“We didn’t know which label we were going to be at. We left RCA. And then we didn’t have a name. So we were gonna be artists formerly known as ‘NSync, like, [we] had no idea how we were going to present ourselves,” he explained. “And thank goodness the courts sided with us and we got our name back. And that really is what launched the whole theme of No Strings Attached with us. Getting away from Lou Pearlman. And it just inspired us to write more than we’ve ever written. And some magic really happened.”

That would be an understatement. The group — already with “Tearin’ Up My Heart” under their belts — would crank out hit after hit, including “It’s Gonna Be Me,” “This I Promise You,” “Gone,” “Pop” and more.

“My favorite song from No Strings Attached is ‘It Makes Me Ill,’” Bass told Us. “The one that Kandi Burruss wrote. It’s still such a bomb.”

In honor of the album’s 21st anniversary, Bass is helping fans say goodbye to everything basic in their lives with the Say Bye to Basic hotline. On Friday, April 16, the musician will be taking the calls himself, and giving three lucky callers the chance to score an $850 VISA Gift Card to purchase a year’s worth of free Fruit Smash.

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As for Bass’ basic thing he’d like to move on from? He teased: “My No. 1 is always going to be the DIY frosted tips!”

‘NSync may have disbanded in 2001, but the longtime pals have reunited over the years, and even performed at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards for Timberlake’s Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award set. According to Bass, there are just too many “incredible moments” to pinpoint just one.

“I’m glad there was no social media during that round because who knows what sweets will be coming back to us these days,” he joked to Us. “My fondest memories are when we first got together, back in ’95, ’96 in Orlando, Florida. And, you know, we were children. I was 16 years old, doing this really crazy thing. The bond that we all had so early, it was just a beautiful thing. We all lived in a house together and we were all desperately trying to get a record deal and rehearsing every day, writing songs. I loved that. The beginning was just really fun and you just hoped for a great future.”

To talk to Bass, eligible U.S. seltzer fans can call 1-833-UNBASIC (1-833-868-8742). Bass will be available between 3-3:30 pm ET!

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I’ve never been a huge *NSYNC fan. I’ve liked the “hits” but didn’t listen to their full albums until later in life. Most people were shocked to hear that I’ve never listened to their iconic album “No Strings Attached” in full. I’ve listened to the singles, and I like the singles but just never heard the record until now. It’s time to walk about what is considered to be the best *NSYNC album “No Strings Attached.”

But in the end, ya know it’s gonna be me

Released on March 21, 2000, “No Strings Attached” was the first album under their new label, Jive Records. The group had a very public legal battle with their former label RCA Records and their management team Trans Continental. There’s a whole big YouTube Original documentary on it called “Boy Boy Con,” and that would explain well better than I could. Long story short was that: The band got conned out of a lot of money by their manager, who claimed to be the sixth member of *NSYNC. The title of the album is based on a metaphor for the newfound freedom.

“We were all in a taxicab, and it was the first time we finally got our name back, and it was like, ‘This is it. We finally get to work on this album. What’s the concept?’” Lance Bass recalled on his Podcast ” The Daily Popcast With Lance Bass, “Chris Kirkpatrick was like, ‘Something about I got no strings on me… Pinocchio.’ I was like, ‘Perfect. Like, no strings attached.'”

Nsync No Strings Attached Album

“No Strings Attached” was their first step into the R&B genre, which they continued with for the rest of their career. With this album, *NSYNC influenced many artists and bands into genre-crossing. When they did it with “No Strings Attached,” it made them stand out more than their now label mates Backstreet Boys.

thoughts on the album

The album itself isn’t a very good one. It’s not a bad album, and I can see why it was highly rated at the time of its release. The record is excellent vocally as Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez are heard the most on the album. That’s not a bad thing, but it would just be nice to listen to the other voices like on their self-titled debut album.

Because they are testing out different genres with this album, the flow of the album not really there, it starts heavy with the first two singles, which was pretty much standard practice with Jive records releases. The songs are kind of all over the place. A lot of the songs are just filler and frankly not that good. The R&B influenced songs are rather good and the highlights. JC and Justin’s vocals sound well with R&B.

The lyrics are rather mature for a boy band at this time. They have a song called “Digital Get Down,” and it’s about cybersex. For those who don’t know what that is, it’s called sexting these days. Just instead of being through texting, it was done in a chatroom or an instant messenger. The lyrics were refreshing with how mature the lyrics were. The lyrics were refreshing. The only song that I honestly just hate with a burning passion is “Space Cowboy (Yippie Yi-yay).” There’s no redeeming quality from that song. It the worst song on the album. It’s not even Lance Bass singing it, so what’s the point of it?

Verdict

“No Strings Attached” didn’t age well. It’s still an influential and iconic album, but it’s just not a fun listening experience. The R&B influenced songs are the highlights of the album while the pop songs were filler songs that weren’t so good. I do recommend checking out the album as it’s a pop classic. We are still feeling the influences in it today through Ariana Grande’s “break up with your girlfriend i’m bored” sampling “It Makes Me Ill” and artists and bands using it as inspirations for switching genres.

Rating: 3 out of 5

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