Backstreet Boys - Millennium 2.0

Millennium sold more than a million copies in its first week in 1999 and spent ten weeks at number one. Twenty-five years on, the Backstreet Boys have gone back into the vault for an anniversary edition that treats it like the pop landmark it is.

"I Want It That Way" remains one of the most perfectly built pop songs ever recorded, a chorus that makes no literal sense and works completely anyway. "Larger Than Life," "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely," and "The One" fill out a record made with Max Martin, Kristian Lundin, and the rest of the Cheiron team at the absolute peak of their powers.

This 2.0 edition adds unreleased material to the original album: an alternate-lyric version of "I Want It That Way," a demo of "The Perfect Fan," and six live recordings from the tour.

Two LPs covering the album and the extras. Pure late-nineties pop maximalism.