By Request (Boyzone album)

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By Request
Greatest hits album by Boyzone
Released 31 May 1999
Recorded 1994-1999
Genre Pop
Length 73:02
Label Universal
Producer Mike Mangini, Trevor Steel, Carl Sturken, Nigel Wright, Absolute, Jim Steinman, Ian Curnow, Mark Hudson
Boyzone chronology
Where We Belong
(1998)		 By Request
(1999)		 Ballads - The Love Song Collection
(2003)
Singles from By Request
  1. "When the Going Gets Tough"
    Released: 1 March 1999
  2. "You Needed Me"
    Released: 10 May 1999
  3. "When You Say Nothing at All"
    Released: 26 July 1999
  4. "Everyday I Love You"
    Released: 22 November 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]

By Request is the first greatest hits compilation released by Irish boyband Boyzone.

Contents

[edit] Background

The album contains a compilation of the group's material recorded between 1994 and 1999. As well as containing all of the group's singles, the album includes three unreleased singles, Ronan Keating's first solo outing, plus three tracks only ever previously issued in the United States. The album was released on 31 May 1999 by Universal, and was preceded by the album's lead single, When the Going Gets Tough. The album was the second best selling album of 1999 in the UK. The album was certified as 6x Platinum in the UK and has sold 4 million copies to date.[2] Despite being released as a single in the UK, "Everyday I Love You" only features on Asian versions of the album, and in the UK, was a single-only release.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "I Love the Way You Love Me" – 3:46
  2. "No Matter What" – 4:34
  3. "All That I Need" – 3:42
  4. "Baby Can I Hold You" – 3:15
  5. "Picture of You" – 3:29
  6. "Isn't It a Wonder" – 3:45
  7. "A Different Beat" – 4:15
  8. "Words" – 4:04
  9. "Father and Son" – 2:46
  10. "So Good" – 3:45
  11. "Coming Home Now" – 3:39
  12. "Key to My Life" – 3:37
  13. "Love Me for a Reason" – 3:29
  14. "When the Going Gets Tough" – 4:07
  15. "You Needed Me" – 4:14
  16. "When You Say Nothing at All" – 3:03
  17. "All the Time in the World" – 3:45
  18. "I'll Never Not Need You" – 4:10
  • UK Bonus Track
19. "So They Told Me" – 3:29
  • French Bonus Track[3]
18. "Te Garder Pres De Moi" (Duet with Alliage) - 3:58
  • Asian Bonus Disc[4]
  1. "Everyday I Love You" - 4:04
  2. "Will I Ever See You" - 4:36
  3. "No Matter" - 3:58
  • Australian Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc[5]
  1. "I've Got You" - 3:45
  2. "Let The Message Run Free" - 5:04
  3. "Get Up And Get Over" - 3:03
  4. "Mystical Experience" - 4:12
  • B-Sides
  1. "What a Wonderful World" (Alison Moyet featuring Boyzone) - 4:00
  2. "Love Can Build A Bridge" (Boyzone featuring Comic Relief Supporters) - 3:59
  3. "Words Can't Describe" - 3:33
  4. "Too Late Tonight" - 4:01
  5. "Love To Infinity Megamix" - 8:33
  6. "This is Your Song" - 4:02
  7. "At the End of a Perfect Day" - 4:37
  8. "I Will Miss You" - 3:05

[edit] Charts

Chart (1999)[6][7][7][8][9] Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 1
Danish Albums Chart 1
Irish Albums Chart 1
New Zealand Albums Chart 1
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart 1
Norwegian Albums Chart 1
Japanese Albums Chart 1
Australian Albums Chart 3
Dutch Albums Chart 3
German Albums Chart 4
Austrian Albums Chart 4
Swedish Albums Chart 4
Swiss Albums Chart 5
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart 15
Finnish Albums Chart 19
Hungarian Albums Chart 21

[edit] Year-end charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart 50
Austrian Albums Chart 45
UK Albums Chart 2

[edit] Certifications

Country Certifications
Europe 2x Platinum[10]
Norway 2× Platinum[11]
Germany Gold[12]
Ireland 10× Platinum[13]
Netherlands Platinum[14]
Australia Platinum[15]
Switzerland Gold[16]
United Kingdom 6× Platinum[17]

[edit] Credits

  • Boyzone – vocals
  • Mike Mangini – guitar, producer
  • James McNally – accordion, whistle
  • Ann Morfee – violin
  • Steve Morris – Violin
  • Tessa Niles – background vocals
  • Graeme Perkins – organizer
  • Audrey Riley – cello
  • Trevor Steel – programming, producer
  • Miriam Stockley – background vocals
  • Carl Sturken – arranger, producer
  • Philip Todd – saxophone
  • Peter-John Vettese – keyboards
  • Warren Wiebe – background vocals
  • Gavyn Wright – string director
  • Nigel Wright – keyboards, producer
  • Guy Baker – trumpet
  • Clare Finnimore – viola
  • Matt Howe – mix engineer
  • Gillian Kent – violin
  • Michael Hart Thompson – guitar
  • Jeremy Wheatley – mix engineer
  • Andy Caine – background vocals
  • Clare Thompson – violin
  • Bruce White – viola
  • John Matthews – background vocals
  • Andy Earl – photography
  • Alex Black – assistant engineer
  • Tim Willis – assistant engineer
  • Ben Allen – guitar
  • John R. Angier – keyboards
  • Emma Black – cello
  • Deborah Widdup – violin
  • Nastee – DJ
  • Anna Hemery – violin
  • Wayne Hector – background vocals, vocal arrangement
  • Yvonne John Lewis – background vocals
  • Absolute – Producer, mix engineer
  • Richard George – violin
  • Skoti-Alain Elliot – bass, programming, track engineer
  • Laura Melhuish – violin
  • Orla Quirke – design, direction
  • Jim Steinman – producer, executive producer
  • Paul Martin – viola
  • Tracie Ackerman – background vocals
  • Tom Lord-Alge – mix engineer
  • Andy Bradfield – remixing
  • Nick Cooper – cello
  • Ian Curnow – producer
  • Danny G. – keyboards
  • Sue Dench – viola
  • Andy Duncan – drums
  • Simon Franglen – keyboards, engineer, programming
  • Scott Gordon – vocal engineer
  • Mark Hudson – vocal arrangement, vocal producer
  • Eric Lijestrand – digital editing
  • Steve Lipson – bass, producer, programming, mandolin
Preceded by
Gold: Greatest Hits by ABBA
Surrender by The Chemical Brothers		 UK number one album
12 June 1999 – 25 June 1999
10 July 1999 – 27 August 1999		 Succeeded by
Synkronized by Jamiroquai
The Man Who by Travis

[edit] References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. 25 October 2002. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx. Retrieved 19 October 2010. 
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  5. ^ "Boyzone By Request Australia DOUBLE CD (148317)". Eil.com. 6 December 1999. http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=148317. Retrieved 2012-01-10. 
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  8. ^ "ボーイゾーンの画像、ボーイゾーンの経歴・プロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". Oricon.co.jp. http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/154428/. Retrieved 2012-01-10. 
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  11. ^ "IFPI Norsk platebransje". Ifpi.no. http://www.ifpi.no/sok/index_trofe.htm. Retrieved 2012-01-10. 
  12. ^ "Bundesverband Musikindustrie: Gold-/Platin-Datenbank". Musikindustrie.de. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/. Retrieved 2012-01-10. 
  13. ^ Jaclyn Ward - Fireball Media Ltd. - http://www.fireballmedia.ie+(1 October 1962). "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. http://www.irishcharts.ie/. Retrieved 2012-01-10. 
  14. ^ "Goud / Platina | NVPI". Nvpi.nl. http://www.nvpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=60461#resultaat. Retrieved 2012-01-10. 
  15. ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 1999 Albums". Aria.com.au. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-1999.htm. Retrieved 2012-01-10. 
  16. ^ Steffen Hung. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community". Swisscharts.com. http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=boyzone. Retrieved 2012-01-10. 
  17. ^ http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx

[edit] External links

Boyzone
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Boyzone singles
Said and Done (1994-1996)
A Different Beat (1996-1997)
Where We Belong (1997-1998)
By Request (1999)
Back Again... No Matter What (2008)
Brother (2010)
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