A Different Beat - Boyzone

Once again this album has a nice mix of up tempo numbers, such as melting pot, the famous bee gees song words, and the slow but beautiful she moves through the fair. This album is a piece of class and very under-rated in my view, fair enough there is alot of covers on it, and michael jacksons ben seems to have lost sentiment and been misplaced, yet stephen gately does sing it well. This is the sort of well rounded album that alot of artists don't produce now a days. I hate hearing the same noise come out of every song, so mush so that each song sounds the same. This album breathes new life into every song, and succeeds with the exception of ben ...

Although I may be the biggest Boyzone fan that ever was, and went out at 9am to buy this album the day it was released, I am still not convinced. It came with the inevitable "we have matured" label, and promised much. However, compared to the first album it is in no-man's land, somewhere between maybe OK and fab cheesy pop. However, it has some listenable tracks such as "Words" and "Isn't it a wonder". "She moves through the fair" is my favourite track on this album, a haunting Irish chant. But some rubbishy songs like "Don't stop looking for love" make Boyzone (well Stephen) look like they have heads ...

This is Boyzone's second album released in 1996 and in my opinion it is much better than the first one. This album has got some really good songs on. One of the best being the title track "A Different Beat". This album really is quite different to their first one. Another highlight in my opinion is the cover of "Melting Pot" which is again a different sound to thier first album. "Isn't It A Wonder" is another good song which was actually a single as were "A Different Beat" and "Words" - the re-make of the BeeGees song. "Paradise", and unreleased track, is one of the best on the album. It's a really ...