This came out in 2000 — or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Boy Band Rule No. 1: The quality of a boy band decreases in inverse proportion to the typographical silliness of its name.
Ergo, Backstreet Boys > ’N Sync; ’N Sync > 5ive; and so on. This Vancouver teen-soul trio’s handle is soulDecision — no space, no hyphen, lower-case s and capital D in the middle. You do the math. Rule No. 2: A boy band must have no sense of irony whatsoever. Case in point: With straight faces, soulDecision complain they’ve “had enough of plastic people wasting (their) time.” So have I, boys. Rule No. 3: A boy band must be sexually non-threatening — nice young men who can make Up With People seem like drooling perverts. soulDecision accomplish this with syrupy, parent-approved lines such as “I like the way you’re making me wait.” Rule No. 4: The title of a boy band record is always the opposite of reality.
