Boyzone - Back Again...No Matter What

Boyzone are back...on tour and with this new greatest hits package. The Irish group was the UK's biggest boyband from 1995 to 1999, filling the void between Take That and Westlife, both of whom were arguably more popular. While Take That had a trendier sound, Boyzone favored a more mature approach, despite a name that sounds like a supply store for gay clubbers.

Boyzone's 1999 greatest hits, By Request, was pretty comprehensive, so with this new set you get the three new singles: "Love You Anyway," the upbeat current single, "Better," a remake of Tom Baxter's recent hit, and "Can't Stop Thinking About You," which sounds a lot like Sugababes' "About You Now" and "Push the Button." Plus there's the group's final single before they split up (or took a break, since I'm not sure they ever officially broke) "Everyday I Love You." There's also a live version of Ronan Keating's "Life Is a Rollercoaster." Missing are two of the singles from their first album, "Key to My Life" and "So Good," although the better tracks from that work--"Love Me for a Reason" and "Coming Home Now" are included.

The group scored five top 5 hits from that first album, but their first #1s would come from their second album, the better of which is the soaring love ballad "Words." In 1998 they released their third album, which includes yet more #1 hits, such as "All that I Need" and the band's biggest hit ever "No Matter What," which was their only single to be popular in the US.

Still, as I said above, these are were all included on By Request, so if you've got that, just cherry pick the new tracks that interest you.