...by Request - Boyzone

OK OK, so we have loads of boy band's out there, but have we not had them for years, although most people won't think of it like this but what were "The Beatles" and "The Rolling Stones" believe it or not they were boy band's in their days!! So we move on a few decades, we have a completly different style in music from all those years ago, but why does that mean we should not have serious boy band's, Beatlemania was all to do with good looks and good tunes, I would say Boyzone are just the same!! By Request is their Greatest hits album that covers all three of their massive selling albums, with 8 number one's and ...

I always thought a “best of” album, was a compilation of some of your greatest hits, not just a collection of every song you have released to date. I always think that releasing a “best of” album is a signal that the artist(es) will not be releasing anymore material (i.e they are splitting up). In this case it appears the latter is indeed true, it seems Boyzone have split, and I can’t say I am sad. The band have previously released only 3 albeit successful albums, but surely this is not enough material for a greatest hits. They had 8 numbers ones, and they are all on here, along with most of the other songs they released in their ...

Honestly, I have never thought of myself being a fan of Boyzone until I heard A Different Beat, one of their earlier hits. Although I do not own any of the groups other album, I just had to get one..like some people say, if you had to buy just one album from the group, buy this. It has all their hits from the very beginning to some of the latest e.g. Isn't It A Wonder, A Different Beat, No Matter What (from the Whistle Down the Wind musical), I Love the Way you Love Me etc. etc. It even has Ronan Keating's first hit - When You Say Nothing At All (from the movie Notting Hill). Some may think this as just another boy band.. maybe they are.. ...