With the Backstreet Boys tour back on track, the group is now planning to release their first-ever greatest hits package on October 23rd. The collection, titled Chapter 1, features favorites like "I Want It That Way," "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" and "Larger Than Life." The tracks on the record will vary depending on the country of release, but all albums will contain the new single, "Drowning." A companion VHS and DVD will accompany the album.

The boys shot a video for "Drowning," which features BSB Kevin Richardson on piano, in Los Angeles last week, and the song hits radio on September 17th.

BSB resumed their tour, which was postponed back in July when AJ McLean entered an alcohol rehabilitation facility, on Friday night in Milwaukee. The tour wraps up October 20th in San Diego.

The U.S./Canada version of Chapter 1's track listing:

Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)
Everybody (Backstreet's Back)
I Want It That Way
As Long as You Love Me
I'll Never Break Your Heart
Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely
Larger Than Life
Shape of My Heart
More Than That
The Call
The One
Drowning

CHRISTINA SARACENO
(August 29, 2001)