Westlife - Westlife

Can we embrace yet another boy band? Bring 'em on! Here come Kian, Mark, Bryan, Shane, and Nicky--five knock-out Irish lads who were selling millions of CDs in Europe while the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync competed for teenaged hearts in the U.S. Thank goodness for Westlife that pubescent crushes are as transferable as a comic strip to Silly Putty; the group is geared to storm the States head-on and threatening to overtake a few well-entrenched heartthrobs. Citing the Backstreet Boys as an early influence (when 3 years is more than 10 percent of your whole life, it scales ), the vocal-harmony quintet's sound is exactly like you'd expect. The album contains no Backstreet-bombast dance singles--these guys opt for Boyz II Men balladeering. Their perfectly melded voices wail, soar, and sooth with impressive emotional impact capable of igniting countless gymnasium-turned-dance-hall romances. Those who remember will wince at the implications of Westlife's verbatim cover of Extreme's "More Than Words." --Beth Massa Amazon.com

Westlife is a breath of fresh air

I just discovered this group while looking for love song lyrics to send to my boyfriend. I found "I Wanna Grow Old With You" and that fit my situation perfectly as I have just reconnected with my very first love (43 yrs ago). I ended up buying all of their CDs. I would say at least 80% of their songs have some personal meaning to me relating to my reconnection with my first love. Westlife as a great sound and I am hoping they will do a US tour soon.
Gail July 25, 2006

Their first and their best

I think this is a very good album, maybe the best album Westlife have ever made, apart from their greatest hits...In my opinion this deserves at least 4 stars. June 8, 2005

westlife it's amazing

well i have to say that i've heard about this group a couple of years ago but it didn't impressed me ...but all of this changed when a friend give me this cd as a present for my birthday and since then i become a fan of this guys who i found very talented and unique and this cd is one of the best i love all of their songs especially flying without wings it has such beautiful lyrics i have to say that this group it's amazing!!! April 4, 2005

Can't just get enough

These men are awsome. If you like love songs, westlife will send you carzy and think of your honey more than ever. I bought this ulbam and it's one of my best cds. I always liked reggea but westlife changed my taste to their taste. Go for this album and i promise you you won't waste your dollar. February 11, 2005

One long power ballad to me

While Westlife has some good voices, I just don't like this album as much. It felt like one endless power ballad to me. Nearly all the songs copy the same cliches found in every late-80s heavy metal band power ballad by Bon Jovi, Winger, Poison or some others. Seemed like orchestral arrangements on most of the stuff Most of the ballads were surprisingly bland. There's one or two uptempos, but that's about it. At least Ruben Studdard remade one of their songs, Flying Without Wings, and made it sound better than them. They're not as exciting as Backstreet, not as chance taking as NSYNC. More than Words and Swear It Again were quite good, but they're the only 2 good songs on an otherwise flat-sounding album. September 7, 2004

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