Umvd Import
2000
New Beginning
About This Album
The Irish male group Boyzone has played their cards perfectly (and suspiciously similar to Take That, their predecessor). Take That released three original albums and one greatest-hits album within just a few years, before the group departed and its two lead singers, Gary Barlow and Robbie Williams, took on solo careers. Boyzone has likewise released three original albums and one greatest hits album within a few years, and its two lead singers wasted no time in releasing solo albums even though the group was still officially together. While lead singer Ronan Keating's debut concentrates on thoughtful and moody ballads, Stephen Gately serves up a fast, breezy, and melodic album. With a voice that could be described as lightweight Michael Jackson, Gately has also faced his share of press hounding. In 1999, after speculation about his sexuality, he drew both criticism (mainly from shocked conservative parents and young female fans) and praise from undying loyalists for revealing that he is not only gay but had been dating a member of another boy group. In an earlier decade this could have meant a scandalous end, but Boyzone's Polydor label chose another route, taking him to the utopia that every boy group member dreams of: a solo career.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,4,5 and 7)

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