Nick & Knight

Nick & Knight
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 2, 2014
RecordedMarch–July 2014
Genre
Length35:28
Label
  • Nick & Knight
  • Mass Appeal
  • BMG
Producer
  • Mikhail Beltran
  • Louis Biancaniello
  • Nick Carter (exec.)
  • Jamil Chammas
  • Alvin Garrett
  • Jeff Halatrax
  • Keith Harris
  • Jordan Knight (exec.)
  • Anthony Kronfle
  • Andy Love
  • Jared Lee
  • Michael Mani
  • Mario Marchetti
  • Jordan Omley
  • Khaled Rohaim
  • Damon Sharpe
  • Marcus Siskind (also exec.)
  • Jeremy Skaller
  • Stereotypes
  • Johan "Jones" Wetterberg
Nick Carter chronology
I'm Taking Off
(2011)
Nick & Knight
(2014)
All American
(2015)
Jordan Knight chronology
Unfinished
(2011)
Nick & Knight
(2014)
Singles from Nick & Knight
  1. "One More Time"
    Released: July 15, 2014

Nick & Knight is an eponymous collaborative album by American singers Nick Carter and Jordan Knight, under the collective stage name of Nick & Knight. The album was released on September 2, 2014.[1][2] A promotional song, "Just The Two of Us", is available for download with a pre-order of the album.[1] The album's lead single, "One More Time", was released alongside a music video on July 15, 2014. Carter and Knight's respective bands, the Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block, have previously collaborated on an album entitled NKOTBSB, and also went out on a joint tour between 2011 and 2012 as supergroup NKOTBSB.

Background

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In 2011 and 2012 Nick Carter and Jordan Knight performed with their respective bands, Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block as part of the NKOTBSB Tour. During the tour the idea of a collaboration between the two artists came up. Carter said how they explored the idea and eventually it turned into an entire album. According to Knight being part of a group "puts a lot of pressure on the creative process", while the collaboration gave them "a little more freedom to just explore and do something different than what would be expected."[3]

Reception

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Jennifer Gerson of The Guardian said of the album; “Nick & Knight showcase a sad, strange take on a certain kind of masculinity, and thus the whole boyband genre: though pretty and well-choreographed, the duo are aggressive and desperate in their attempt to assert their own importance, and assure us that they’re not impotent.”[4]

Singles

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  • "One More Time" was released as the album's lead single on July 15, 2014.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."One More Time"
3:30
2."Nobody Better"
  • Jordan Omley
  • Isaiah Leavitt
  • Michael Mani
  • Mani
  • Omley
3:36
3."Switch"
  • Harris
  • Alvin Garrett[a]
  • Omley[a]
3:31
4."Drive My Car"
  • Jordan Knight
  • Nick Carter
  • Jacob "J. Kash" Kasher Hindlin
  • Nate Campany
  • Jeff Halavacs
  • Halatrax
  • Wetterberg[a]
3:51
5."Take Me Home"
  • Jared Lee
  • Mario Marchetti
Marchetti4:17
6."Deja Vu"
3:14
7."If You Want It"
  • Halatrax
  • Wetterberg[a]
3:23
8."Paper"
3:01
9."Just the Two of Us"
  • Skaller
  • Chammas
  • Lee[a]
  • Wetterberg[a]
3:07
10."Halfway There"
  • Biancaniello
  • Omley[a]
3:58
Notes
  • ^[a] signifies a vocal producer

Commercial performance

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Nick & Knight debuted at number 24 on the US Billboard 200 with around 9,000 copies sold in its first week.[5] In Canada, it debuted at number 14 on the Canadian Albums Chart.

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (2014) Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[6] 14
US Billboard 200[7] 24

Release history

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Country Release date Format(s)
United Kingdom 1 September 2014 Digital download
United States 2 September 2014 Digital download
Compact disc[8]

Tour

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Nick & Knight Trailer". YouTube. April 29, 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
  2. ^ "Nick & Knight by Nick & Knight". iTunes Store (US). Apple Inc. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  3. ^ Entertainment News, Celebrity and Pop Culture - ABC News
  4. ^ Nick and Knight: a sad, strange take on the whole boyband genre | Music | The Guardian
  5. ^ Graham, Adam (2014-09-25). "Nick Carter, Jordan Knight join forces as Nick & Knight". detroitnews.com. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
  6. ^ Nick Carter - Chart history | Billboard
  7. ^ Nick Carter - Chart history | Billboard
  8. ^ Nick & Knight - Nick & Knight - Amazon.com Music