By Request

Boyzone have always favoured covers--from their earliest singles (versions of 1970s pop groups the Detroit Spinners’ ”Working My Way Back To You” and the Osmonds’ ”Love Me For A Reason”) to their first million-selling hit, a faithful reading of Australian high-pitched harmony singers, the Bee Gees’ ”Words”. So the release of By Request compilation of cover versions in 1999 came as no real surprise, then. What is a surprise, however, is the amount of emotion and pathos Ronan and co-manage to invest in songs like Cat Stevens’ ”Father & Son” and Tracy Chapman’s ”Baby Can I Hold You”--far exceeding the brief most boy bands have of merely smiling sweetly at the camera and making sure the dance steps are inch perfect. Musically, all the songs here veer towards the brand of harmony-laden, lightweight dance-pop Boyzone have virtually claimed for their own. --Everett True

Track Listings
1 I Love The Way You Love Me
2 No Matter What
3 All That I Need
4 Baby Can I Hold You
5 Picture Of You
6 Isn’t It A Wonder
7 A Different Beat
8 Words
9 Father And Son
10 So Good
11 Coming Home Now
12 Key To My Life
13 Love Me For A Reason
14 When The Going Gets Tough
15 You Needed Me
16 When You Say Nothing At All
17 All The Time In The World
18 I’ll Never Not Need You
19 So They Told Me

Boyzone

1999

731454759922

United Kingdom

CD

N/A

CD185

1.5

R\303\270st

19

Album

1411.2 kbit/s

1

2018-06-28 16:22:32

Jewel Case

CD’s

~$7.00

2026-01-26

2018-06-28 16:22:32