Name: Now or Never
Brand: Jive (USA)
SKU: 26244
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Performer Notes

Personnel includes: Nick Carter (vocals); Matthew Gerrard (various instruments, programming); Gary Clark (guitar, bass, keyboards, background vocals); Brian Kierulf (guitar, programming); Esbjorn Ohrwall, Peter Kvint (guitar); Steve Mac (keyboards); Josh Schwartz (bass, background vocals); Georff Dugmore (drums); DJ Spinz (scratches); Martin Brammer, Alison Clark (background vocals).
Producers include: Matthew Gerrard, Gary Clark, Brian Kierfulf, Josh Schwartz, Steve Mac.
Personnel: Nick Carter (background vocals); Gary Clark (guitar, keyboards, programming, background vocals); Esbjrn hrwall, Per Aldeheim, Fridrik Karlsson, Paul Gendler, Peter Kvint (guitar); Steve Lee (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Adam Phillips (electric guitar); Steve Mac (keyboards); Rickard Evensand, Geoff Dugmore, Chris Laws (drums); Daniel Pursey, Steve Harvey (percussion); Martin Brammer (programming, background vocals); Matthew Gerrard (programming); Alison Clark, Jos Carlos Schwartz, Max Martin , Wayne Hector, Michelle John Douglas (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Chris Lord-Alge; The Matrix ; Gary Clark ; Martin Brammer; Mark Taylor ; Max Martin ; Michael Brauer; Steve Mac ; Rami; Stefan Glaumann.
Recording information: Angel Studios, London, England; Battery Studios, New York, NY; Crashpad; Decoy Studios, Encino, CA; Maratone Studios, Stockholm, Sweden; Metaphonic Studios, Surrey, England; Polar Studios, Stockholm, Sweden; Rokstone Studios, London, England; Sphere Studios, London, England; The DOJO, Jackson, NJ; The Lab, Santa Monica, CA; The Location, Stockholm, Sweden; Westlake Audio, Hollywood, CA; Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, CA.
Illustrator: Nick Carter.
Photographer: Anthony Mandler.
Arrangers: The Matrix ; Matthew Gerrard; Steve Mac .
With baby brother Aaron wowing the Nickelodeon set and the Backstreet Boys cooling their collective heels, Nick Carter decided it was NOW OR NEVER to drop a debut. Rocking out a bit more than his former group, this New Yorker still manages to strike an even-handed balance between the ballads sure to make the gals swoon and slightly harder-edged fare. Despite these aspirations to break out on his own, Carter is no fool, as he wisely enlisted Swedish bubblegum gurus Max Martin and Rami to maintain a degree of creative presence in this project.
Thus you have numbers like the subtle, mid-tempo pop nugget "Blow Your Mind" and "I Just Wanna Take You Home" (a crash-and-bang song that sounds like a musical sibling of Bon Jovi's "It's My Life"). Otherwise, Carter pleases the girls with potential prom themes like "Do I Have To Cry For You" and the epic "Heart Without A Home (I'll Be Yours)." But like Bryan Adams, Carter realizes kids just wanna rock and he obliges by doing an imitation of the raspy Canuck on the loping "Miss America" and the pseudo-metal anthem "Girls In The USA".

Album: Now or Never
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Help Me
2)	My Confession
3)	I Stand for You
4)	Do I Have to Cry for You
5)	Girls in the USA - (featuring Mr. Vegas)
6)	I Got You
7)	Is It Saturday Yet?
8)	Blow Your Mind
9)	Miss America
10)	I Just Wanna Take You Home
11)	Heart Without a Home (I'll Be Yours)
12)	Who Needs the World

Album: Now or Never
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Help Me
2)	My Confession
3)	I Stand for You
4)	Do I Have to Cry for You
5)	Girls in the USA - (featuring Mr. Vegas)
6)	I Got You
7)	Is It Saturday Yet?
8)	Blow Your Mind
9)	Miss America
10)	I Just Wanna Take You Home
11)	Heart Without a Home (I'll Be Yours)
12)	Who Needs the World