O2 (O-Town album)

O2
The band members are sitting on a grass field with a black-colored tree behind them in the blue sky background.
Studio album by
O-Town
ReleasedNovember 11, 2002 (2002-11-11)
Recorded2001–2002
GenrePop[1]
Length45:55
LabelJ
Producer
O-Town chronology
O-Town
(2001) 		O2
(2002) 		Lines & Circles
(2014)
Singles from O2
  1. "These Are The Days"
    Released: November 26, 2002
  2. "I Showed Her"
    Released: March 14, 2003

O2 is the second studio album by American boy band O-Town. It was released by J Records on November 11, 2002 in the United States. O2 was O-Town's last album to feature Ashley Parker Angel as a member of the group.

Background

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The lead single, "These Are the Days", only reached number 64 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and failed to match the success of "Liquid Dreams" or "All or Nothing". The second single, "I Showed Her", failed to chart anywhere. However, the album showed more creative input from the band, as they co-wrote six of the songs. Despite this, they soon disbanded the following year.

Critical reception

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AllMusic editor found that "backed by buoyant beats and haunting melodies old, new, borrowed and blue, flavored with the usual lyrics of love and loss (many penned by members of the band), O-Town transcends the above pitfalls on an album that stands strong amidst the boy-band world."[2]

Commercial Performance

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O2 debuted and peaked at number 28 on the US Billboard 200, selling over 52,000 copies. It eventually sold over 257,000 copies in the United States and over half a million worldwide.[3] Elsewhere, the album entered the top 20 of the German Albums Chart, reaching number 14.[4]

Track listing

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International standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."From the Damage"
  • Magness
  • Kipner
3:50
2."These Are the Days"
  • Frank
  • Kipner
4:24
3."I Only Dance with You"
The Underdogs3:26
4."Favorite Girl"Cornell Haynes, Jr.
4:05
5."I Showed Her"Shep CrawfordCrawford4:12
6."Been Around the World"
  • Adam Kagan
  • Bradley Spalter
  • Leah Hayworth
Spalter2:51
7."Make Her Say"
  • Theodore
  • Alfieri
  • Estrada[b]
  • Cronin[b]
  • Zach Danziger[b]
3:20
8."The Joint"
  • Scharyj
  • Cantrall
  • Spalter
  • Estrada
  • George Scharyj
Spalter3:15
9."Suddenly"
  • Parker Angel
  • Billy Chapin
  • Cronin
Matthew Wilder3:48
10."Craving"
Magness3:25
11."Over Easy"Jamie HoustonHouston3:33
12."Girl Like That"
  • Theodore
  • Alfieri
  • Danziger[b]
3:04
13."You Can't Lose Me"Diane WarrenWilder3:42
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."We Fit Together"
Cutfather & Joe3:53

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a vocal producer
  • ^[b] signifies an associate vocal producer

Sample credits

Charts

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Weekly chart performance for O2
Chart (2002–03) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] 64
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[6] 38
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4] 14
US Billboard 200[7] 28

References

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  1. ^ "O-Town O2 Allmusic Page". allmusic. allmusic. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  2. ^ "O2". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  3. ^ Gebauer, Dianne (16 February 2017). "What ever happened to O-Town?". NickiSwift.com. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
  4. ^ a b "Offiziellecharts.de – O-Town – O-Town" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
  5. ^ "Austriancharts.at – O-Town – O-Town 2" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
  6. ^ "Albums : Top 100". Jam!. November 28, 2002. Archived from the original on October 26, 2004. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  7. ^ "O-Town Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 5, 2023.



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