For their hard-core under-18 fans, of course, the Backstreet Boys are all that, and a bag of chips and free soda to boot. Millennium, the follow-up to the quintet\'s umpteen-million-selling debut, offers more reasons why so many of the rest of us have found a place for them in our hearts. The Boys\' ultrapackaged look and up-to-date production underscore the quality of their best tracks; only a churl could deny that \"I Want It That Way\" is one fine radio-aimed declaration of love, or that \"Larger Than Life\" makes the most of its Daft Punk sample and double-edged acknowledgment of Backstreet followers\' loyalty. And who can resist an album-closer like \"The Perfect Fan,\" Brian Littrell\'s ode to his mom?
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