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Classic Album Review: Boyzone | By Request

Come back A.J., all is forgiven.

This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):

 


For those teenage girls who find Backstreet Boys too heavy and dangerous, there’s this quintet of wimpy teenypop balladeers from Dublin.

On this compilation, the closest they come to rock is with a couple of soul-pop confections, such as a cover of Billy Ocean’s When The Going Gets Tough. Otherwise, this 18-song set is one great blob of mushy pablum whose songs are as trite and indistinguishable from each other as their titles: I Love The Way You Love Me, No Matter What, You’re All That I Need, Baby Can I Hold You. Egad. Come back A.J., all is forgiven.