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  • Audio CD (31 May 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Polydor Group
  • ASIN: B00000JG3B
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,946 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Listen  1. I Love The Way You Love Me 3:47£0.69
Listen  2. No Matter What 4:35£0.79
Listen  3. All That I Need 3:40£0.69
Listen  4. Baby Can I Hold You 3:15£0.69
Listen  5. Picture Of You 3:29£0.69
Listen  6. Isn't It A Wonder 3:45£0.69
Listen  7. A Different Beat 4:15£0.59
Listen  8. Words 4:04£0.69
Listen  9. Father And Son 2:47£0.69
Listen10. So Good 3:02£0.69
Listen11. Coming Home Now 3:46£0.69
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Listen13. Love Me For A Reason 3:39£0.69
Listen14. When The Going Gets Tough 3:37£0.69
Listen15. You Needed Me 3:29£0.69
Listen16. When You Say Nothing At All 4:18£0.79
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Listen18. I'll Never Not Need You 4:10£0.69
Listen19. So They Told Me 3:30£0.69

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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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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic-Boyzone have done it again!, 16 Jan 2000
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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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5.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars, 29 Sep 2003
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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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Irish quintet very popular in nineties Britain, 3 Feb 2005
By Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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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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5.0 out of 5 stars an all round quality album
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5.0 out of 5 stars 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
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5.0 out of 5 stars Well Worth It!!!!!
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