O-Town: Trevor, Dan, Erik, Ashley, Jacob (vocals).
Additional personnel: Warryn "Baby Dub" Campell (various instruments, programming); David Kopatz (guitar, keyboards, programming); Anthony Anderson, Dane DeViller, Tony Bataglia (guitar); Byron Chambers (piano); Kevin Clark, Steve Pearce, Scott Borland (bass); David Frank (drums, programming); Bradley Spalter, Michael Norfleet, Adam Kagan, Jack Kugell, Steve Kipner, Skoti Elliot, Michael Mangini (programming); Mark Hudson, Ali Tennant (background vocals).
Producers include: Clive Davis, Quincy Patrick, Joshua P. Thompson, David Kopatz, Dane DeViller.
Engineers include: Adam Kagan, Spider, Adam Barber.
Personnel: Ashley Parker Angel, Trevor Penick, Erik-Michael Estrada, Jacob Underwood, Dan Miller (vocals); David Kopatz (guitar, keyboards, programming); Dave Deviller (guitar, programming); Paul Gendler, John Smith, Anthony Anderson, Tony Battaglia (guitar); David Frank (keyboards, drums); Steve Mac (keyboards); Shawn Pelton, Chris Laws (drums); Adam Kagan, Michael Norfleet, Jack Kugell, Sean Hosein, Steve Smith , Steve Kipner, Warryn Campbell, Bradley Spalter (programming); Michael Mangini (drum programming); Mark Hudson (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Joe Smith ; Manny Marroquin; Kevin Clark; Matt Howe; Rob Chiarelli; Steve Mac .
Recording information: Canyon Reverb, L.A; Classroom, L.A; Olympic Studios, London, England; Quad Studios, New York, NY; Right Track Recording, New York, NY; The Sweatbox, L.A; Trans Continental Studios, Orlando, FL; Tupper Manor Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Cana; WHK Studios, L.A., CA.
Arrangers: Dakari; David Frank; David Kopatz; Jack Kugell; Steve Kipner.
Brought to you under the auspices of no less impressive an entrepreneur than Clive Davis, O-Town seems to be the music mogul's entry in the boy-band sweepstakes. The fivesome's self-titled debut album is so attentive to the details of teen-pop tropes that O-Town almost seems like meta-teen-pop.
This is nowhere so apparent as on the opening track, where the boys name-check Destiny's Child, Janet Jackson, Madonna, and "Jennifer" (it's not clear whether they mean Love Hewitt or Lopez, but that hardly matters) in the space of a 20-second chorus. For lovers of Boyzone, Backstreet Boys, etc., it's all here, from the high-sheen harmonies to the romantic, R&B-laced ballads and pop/hip-hop production blend.
