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! scope="row"|Argentine Albums (CAPIF)WEB,weblink Argentina - Albums February 08 - 14, 2009, CAPIF, en, October 30, 2023,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140108063056weblink">weblink January 8, 2014, dead, ! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)RYAN, 201, | 81{{album chart|Austria|69|artist=New Kids on The Block|album=The Block|rowheader=true}}{{album chart|BillboardCanada|1|artist=Ed Sheeran|rowheader=true|access-date=October 19, 2021}}{{album chart|Germany4|21|id=95939|artist=New Kids on the Block|album=The Block|rowheader=true}}! scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon)WEB,weblink ニュー・キッズ・オン・ザ・ブロックのアルバム売上ランキング, | 170{{album chart|Scotland|36|date=20080914|rowheader=true|access-date=October 19, 2021}}{{album chart|Switzerland|73|artist=New Kids on The Block|album=The Block|rowheader=true}}{{album chart|UK2|16|date=20080914|rowheader=true|access-date=October 19, 2021}}{{album chart|Billboard200|2|artist=Ed Sheeran|rowheader=true|access-date=October 19, 2021}}

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name	The Block| type = studio| artist = New Kids on the Block| cover = New Kids on The Block (album cover).png| alt = length 60:43 (deluxe edition) producer prev_year 1994 10 (New Kids on the Block album)>10| next_year = 2013| misc = {hide}Singles name The Block | type = studio | single1 = Summertime | single1date = May 13, 2008 | single2 = Single | single2date = August 12, 2008 | single3 = Dirty Dancing | single3date = December 19, 2008 | single4 = 2 in the Morning | single4date = February 23, 2009 {edih}The Block is the sixth studio album by New Kids on the Block. The album was released on September 2, 2008, along with a deluxe edition that included four bonus tracks. It sold 95,000 copies in its first week of release and debuted at number one on the U.S. Top Pop Albums chart and at number two on the Billboard 200. Several artists collaborated on the album, such as Ne-Yo, Lady Gaga, The Pussycat Dolls, Akon, Teddy Riley and New Edition.The first official single from the album is "Summertime" and the song was released on May 13, 2008.JOURNAL,weblink New Kids On The Block Stage Comeback, People (magazine), People, January 26, 2008, Eileen, Finan, Julie, Jordan, April 30, 2013, The second official single titled "Single" featuring Ne-Yo was released on August 12, 2008. The third single "Dirty Dancing" was released on December 19. The single was the album's most successful single in Europe and Canada, peaking at number 31 and reaching the number-one position on the CHUM Chart in Toronto on February 21, 2009 after twelve weeks on the chart. The album's fourth single, "2 in the Morning", was officially released February 23, 2009 in the United States and the United Kingdom.It is the group's first studio album in fourteen years since Face the Music. Release and reception {{Music ratings		WORK=METACRITIC, April 30, 2013, |rev1 = AllMusic	1.5		ID=R1420567	title=The Block - New Kids on the Block : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards	author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |access-date=April 30, 2013}}|rev2 = The A.V. Club		NEWSPAPER=THE A.V. CLUB	LAST=BATTAGLIA	ACCESS-DATE=APRIL 30, 2013, |rev3 = Digital Spy	2		WORK=DIGITAL SPY	FIRST=NICK	ACCESS-DATE=APRIL 30, 2013, |rev4 = Entertainment Weekly		TITLE=THE BLOCK REVIEW	FIRST=NICHOLAS	ACCESS-DATE=APRIL 30, 2013	PUBLICATION-DATE=SEPTEMBER 5, 2008, |rev5 = Los Angeles Times	4		LOS ANGELES TIMES >TITLE=THEY'RE HANGIN' TOUGH	FIRST1=MIKAEL	FIRST2=RANDY	FIRST3=JEFF	ACCESS-DATE=APRIL 30, 2013, |rev6 = The Observer	2		THE OBSERVER >TITLE=POP REVIEW: NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK, THE BLOCK	LAST=BODEN	ACCESS-DATE=APRIL 30, 2013, |rev7 = PopMatters	6		POPMATTERS >TITLE=NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK: THE BLOCK	LAST=JOSEPH	ACCESS-DATE=APRIL 30, 2013, |rev8 = Slant Magazine	2.5		TITLE=NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK: THE BLOCK	FIRST=SAL	ACCESS-DATE=APRIL 30, 2013, |rev9 = Virgin Media	3.5		TITLE=NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK: THE BLOCK REVIEW	LAST=DEE, April 30, 2013,	Yahoo! Music>Yahoo! Music UK	4		TITLE=NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK - THE BLOCK	ARCHIVE-DATE=JUNE 13, 2011	URL-STATUS=DEAD	FIRST=DAN, Gennoe, }}The Block was released on September 2, 2008 and debuted at number one on the Billboard Pop Album Chart and at number two on the Billboard 200, selling 95,000 copies in its first week of release.MAGAZINE, Katie, Hasty, Young Jeezy Nets Second Album Chart-Topper,weblink Billboard (magazine), Billboard, 14 April 2013, 10 September 2008, As of April 2013, the album had sold 332,000 copies in the United States.MAGAZINE, Lipshutz, Jason, New Kids on the Block's Knight: Band Has 'Gone Back Home On This Album',weblink Billboard, 13 April 2013, 2 April 2013, On the Canadian Albums Chart, the album debuted at number one, becoming their first and only number-one album there. It sold 9,000 copies in its first week.WEB, Williams, John, New Kids return to No. 1,weblinkweblink" title="archive.today/20130628045430weblink">weblink usurped, June 28, 2013, Canoe Inc., 14 April 2013, The Block has been certified gold in Canada.WEB,weblink Gold and Platinum, Cria.ca, 2012-01-01, 2012-01-16, In honor of the album's 15th anniversary, the album was re-released as The Block Revisited. In addition to the main album, it compiles the bonus tracks from all previously released editions of the album as well as new remixes and a previously unreleased song, "Coming Home". Track listing {{Track listing| headline = The Block track listing| extra_column = Producer(s)| title1 = Click Click Click	Akon>Aliaune Thiam, The Boys (American band)	, Nasri (songwriter)>Nasri Atweh, Donnie Wahlberg| extra1 = Aliaune "Akon" Thiam, Hakim Abdoulsamad, Nasri Atweh, Adam Messinger| length1 = 3:44	Single (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song)>Single| note2 = with Ne-Yo	Polow da Don>Jamal Jones, Shaffer Smith| extra2 = Polow da Don, Ne-Yo (co.)| length2 = 3:55| title3 = Big Girl Now| note3 = featuring Lady Gaga| writer3 = RedOne, Lady Gaga, Wahlberg, Jordan Knight| extra3 = RedOne| length3 = 3:28	Summertime (New Kids on the Block song)>Summertime| writer4 = Wahlberg, Abdulsamad, Atweh| extra4 = Hakim Abdoulsamad| length4 = 3:22	2 in the Morning (New Kids on the Block song)>2 in the Morning| writer5 = Emanuel Kiriakou, Kasia Livingston, Wahlberg, Zukhan Bey| extra5 = Emanuel Kiriakou| length5 = 3:25| title6 = Grown Man	Pussycat Dolls>The Pussycat Dolls and Teddy Riley| writer6 = Dejanee Riley, Adida Kavarro, Richard Stanard, Tyler Thurmond, Don Covay| extra6 = Teddy Riley, Adida Kavarro (co.)| length6 = 3:00	Dirty Dancing (New Kids on the Block song)>Dirty Dancing| writer7 = RedOne, Wahlberg, Joaquin Bynum| extra7 = RedOne| length7 = 3:37| title8 = Sexify My Love| writer8 = RedOne, Wahlberg, Atweh| extra8 = RedOne| length8 = 3:31| title9 = Twisted	Timbaland>Timothy Mosley, Jerome Harmon, James Fauntleroy II| extra9 = Timbaland, Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon| length9 = 3:09| title10 = Full Service| note10 = featuring New Edition| writer10 = RedOne, Wahlberg, Lady Gaga| extra10 = RedOne| length10 = 3:56| title11 = Lights, Camera, Action	Brian Kennedy (record producer)>Brian Kennedy, Nelly	, Jasper Cameron, Lloyd (singer)>Lloyd Polite| extra11 = Polow da Don| length11 = 3:05| title12 = Put It on My Tab| note12 = featuring Akon| writer12 = RedOne, Wahlberg, Atweh, Thiam| extra12 = RedOne| length12 = 3:55| title13 = Stare at You| writer13 = Atweh, Wahlberg, Adam Messinger, Knight| extra13 = Nasri Atweh, Donnie Wahlberg, Adam Messinger| length13 = 3:33}}{{Track listing| headline = iTunes Store bonus tracks| title14 = Close to You| writer14 = Atweh, Messinger, Joey McIntyre, Wahlberg| length14 = 3:34| title15 = Summertime| note15 = RedOne remix featuring Jadakiss) (pre-order only bonus track| writer15 = Wahlberg, Abdulsamad, Atweh| length15 = 3:33}}{{Track listing| headline = US deluxe edition bonus tracks| extra_column = Producer(s)| title14 = One Song| writer14 = Aaron Pearce, Atweh, Wahlberg| extra14 = Aaron "AP" Pearce, Nasri (co.), Adam Messinger (co.)| length14 = 3:42| title15 = Don't Cry| writer15 = Fernando Garibay, Livingston| extra15 = Fernando Garibay| length15 = 4:12| title16 = Officially Over	Rick Rock>Richardo Thomas| extra16 = Rick Rock| length16 = 3:59| title17 = Looking Like Danger | writer17 = RedOne, Claude Kelly| extra17 = RedOne| length17 = 3:08}}{{Track listing| headline = UK bonus tracks| title14 = Close to You| writer14 = Atweh, Messinger, McIntyre, Wahlberg| length14 = 3:34| title15 = One Song| writer15 = Pearce, Atweh, Wahlberg| length15 = 3:42}}{{Track listing| headline = Brazilian bonus track| title14 = Close to You| writer14 = Atweh, Messinger, McIntyre, Wahlberg| length14 = 3:34}} "Grown Man" contains elements of the Aretha Franklin recording "Chain of Fools", as written by Don Covay. It also contains elements of "What Is Success" written and performed by Allen Toussaint. Re-recordings "Lights, Camera, Action" was re-recorded with the Pussycat Dolls performing the primary vocals and is included on the deluxe edition of their Doll Domination album. "Lights, Camera, Action' was also re-recorded for Lloyd's mixtape Lessons In Love 2.0. The demo for "Single" appears as the third track on Ne-Yo's album Year of the Gentleman "Click Click Click" was originally a song written, produced, and recorded by Nasri. Charts {{col-begin}}{{col-2}}The Block"> Weekly charts {| class"wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style"text-align:center"|+Weekly chart performance for The Block ! scope="col"| Chart (2008)! scope="col"| Peakposition
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! scope="col"| Chart (2008)! scope="col"| Position! scope="row"| US Billboard 200MAGAZINE,weblink Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2008, Billboard, 2 January 2013, October 19, 2021, | 177{{col-end}}

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External links

• {{Metacritic album|title=The Block}}
• Review of The Block at Sputnikmusic

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