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BOYZONE DUBLIN TO DETROIT

IT'S easy to see why Boyzone wanted to make this album. The tracklist boasts some brilliant Motown classics, from The Supremes' You Can't Hurry Love to Jackie Wilson's Higher And Higher. It's toe-tapping, sing-along, dancefloor-filling stuff. However, the deep, crooning tones of Ronan Keating and the lads just don't suit these tunes. Of course Boyzone can sing, and Mikey Graham has really come into his voice of late, as he proved on their last album BZ20. But the mojo is lacking from this music. It's a bit like listening to a karaoke session or a wedding band, just going through the motions. And what's really sad is it really highlights the absence of the late Stephen Gately, who died so tragically aged just 33 in 2009. For your next album, guys why not stay a little closer to home?