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  • Audio CD (21 Oct 2002)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: Polydor
  • ASIN: B00000JM2E
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 123,720 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Listen  1. I Love The Way You Love Me 3:47£0.89
Listen  2. No Matter What 4:35£0.89
Listen  3. All That I Need 3:40£0.89
Listen  4. Baby Can I Hold You 3:15£0.89
Listen  5. Picture Of You 3:29£0.89
Listen  6. Isn't It A Wonder 3:45£0.89
Listen  7. A Different Beat 4:15£0.89
Listen  8. Words 4:04£0.89
Listen  9. Father And Son 2:47£0.89
Listen10. So Good 3:02£0.89
Listen11. Coming Home Now 3:47£0.89
Listen12. Key To My Life 3:44£0.89
Listen13. Love Me For A Reason 3:39£0.69
Listen14. When The Going Gets Tough 3:37£0.89
Listen15. You Needed Me 3:29£0.89
Listen16. When You Say Nothing At All 4:18£0.89
Listen17. All The Time In The World 4:14£0.89
Listen18. I'll Never Not Need You 4:10£0.89

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Amazon.co.uk Review

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

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Audio CD
Well, it doesn't surprise anyone that this album went straight to the top, least of all me. This album helps you think back to when Boyzone first came out and realise how much they and their style of music has changed. A brilliant album that any fan would love, it's a real credit to the lads.Well Done!!!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Peter Durward Harris #1 HALL OF FAME TOP 10 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
Ronan Keating, Stephen Gately, Keith Duffy, Shane Lynch and Mikey Graham together made up Boyzone. Although UK singles charts of the nineties (and since) are much less important than charts from earlier decades (because of the dwindling singles market), Boyzone had an impressive run in the singles charts (every track here made the UK top four - seven made number one and six others made number two) while they were together and they also sold over ten million albums (including this one to me) - so their appeal stretched far beyond singles buyers. I suppose their style of music would best be described as soft rock.

Their hits were a mix of originals and covers, the latter coming from a wide range of sources. The covers include Love me for a reason (Osmonds), Father and son (Cat Stevens), Words (Bee Gees), Baby can I hold you (Tracy Chapman), When the going gets tough (Billy Ocean) and You needed me (Anne Murray). When you say nothing at all (originally recorded by country singer Keith Whitley but made more famous by bluegrass singer Alison Krauss) is actually a Ronan Keating solo track. The opening track, I love the way you love me, also began as a country song, being co-written by Victoria Shaw who has written songs for Garth Brooks among others. The members of Boyzone wrote some of their own songs including Picture of you, Isn't it a wonder, A different beat, So good, Coming home now and Key to my life.

At around the time this compilation was originally released, Ronan Keating went solo and the group disbanded. Ronan has been very successful as a solo singer and his solo greatest hits album (which also includes When you say nothing at all) was a big seller in the UK when released in time for Christmas 2004. The music on this compilation is the best of what he and the others did before he went solo.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5 stars 28 Sep 2003
Format:Audio CD
Firstly I must say that I have been a Boyzone fan since I was 12, and listening to Boyzone's greatest hits album takes me back to that time, going to concerts with my best friends and screaming our hearts out at Ronan, Stephen, Keith, Shane and Mikey. At the time of release it was repeatly stated that the group were not going to split up and this was a their greatest hits "part one", but as we all know this is the last album the group were to release together.

All the hits are here, from the first UK single "Love me for a reason" from 1994 right up to "You needed me" which hit the No.1 spot in 1999, and famously outsold Geri Halliwell's debut solo single. The album starts with, in my opinion, Boyzone's best single "I love the way you love me" one of many cover versions, the track first appeared on "Where we belong" the groups last studio album, and reached no.2 in November 1998.

Other hightlights include "No matter what", taken from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Whistle down the wind", "A Different Beat", "Father and Son" and Ronan Keating's debut solo single "When you say nothing at all". Also featured is three new tracks which first appeared on the American release of "Where we belong". "All the time in the world" is not bad, it's a bit bland in comparison with the other ballads on this album. "I'll never not need you" is one of my favourites as it's more uptempo and a great pop track. "So they told me" is a more RnB track and is very different to anything Boyzone have ever done before.

All in all a great album and well worth buying if you don't own a Boyzone album.

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Published 9 months ago by Boon
Oh pleeeese
Pass me a bucket.... The best album / band in the world. Give me a break and some perspective. Unoriginal boytripe, mostly sickly covers of other artist's songs. Read more
Published 17 months ago by A. Richards
the best of album
I like Boyzone, they are my favourite white boy band alongsides with Take That, Westlife, Backstreet Boys, East 17. Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2006 by lady rataxes
About time they got the recognition they deserve.
I don't think it's yet possible to be imprisoned for showing an affinity for Boyzone, but has there ever been a band with a greater negative stigma attached to their name? Read more
Published on 1 Dec 2000
Boyzone rules the world!
Boyzone is a great boyband and this album is better than any other CD I have ever bought. This is all of Boyzones greatest hits (and there are many! Read more
Published on 29 Feb 2000
A Good summary of six very successful years
This album shows how successful the boyz are and how far they have come in their six years. It features best-sellers such as No Matter What and Father and Son but also the great... Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2000
From Boy Band To Mass Appeal
This album proves more than ever that Boyzone has successfully managed the transition from being merely a boy band to a band with mass popular appeal accross a variety of barriers. Read more
Published on 30 Dec 1999 by M. A. Kelly
Boyzone prove to the rest that they're the best!
Boybands come and go, but not Boyzone. No-one knows exactly what part of their formula has guarenteed them success for the past six years, but band manager's all over the globe... Read more
Published on 21 Dec 1999
an all round quality album
the album is a long awaited 'greatest hits' album which documents how the boys have matured throughout the boy band era. Read more
Published on 10 Dec 1999
EXCELLENT!
The boyz sure have matured throughout their 6 years' career in the music industry. They have often silent critics about their songs by getting numerous NO.1 hits. Read more
Published on 18 Nov 1999 by jcchuah@pop2.jaring.my
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