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Westlife - Turnaround Audio CD

A fair review of the Westlife "Turnaround" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Westlife reviews here, or go back to the Westlife tabs.

Westlife Band: Westlife
Title: Turnaround
Rating:
Release Date: 2003-11-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Mandy 2: Hey Whatever 3: Heal 4: Obvious 5: When a Woman Loves a Man 6: On My Shoulder 7: Turn Around 8: I Did It for You 9: Thank You 10: To Be With You 11: Home 12: What Do They Know?

Not as good as the Face to Face or Unbreakable albums.
D. My favorite songs on this C. are Turn Around (a great, upbeat song) and When a Woman Loves a Man (a beautiful ballad). I also like Mandy (I was skeptical of it at first because it's a Barry Manilow song, but it's nicely done and grows on you). I'm starting to like Obvious.

Some songs are in a different style. Hey Whatever sounds something like To Be With You. Not a typical Westlife sound. I think there are other songs in that style, too. I don't like that many songs on this album, so I'd recommend Face to Face or Unbreakable for better Westlife music. They are a really wonderful group and I plan on getting more of their C. D. 's such as Coast to Coast and World of Our Own because I have listened to samples on this web site and they seem promising. A lot of times samples of import C. D. 's are not available on Amazon, but they are available at Barnes & Noble and Borders Books if you go to the C. D. section and put on the headphones. Borders has snippets from their new one, The Love Album. This makes things easier because you do not want to potentially waste money on an import C. D. when you have never heard the music.


Another Excellent Job Boys!
I have been a Westlife fan since the beginning, and after hearing this release. . . I will be for a very long time.


What A Turnaround!!!
It has a more mature sound and rhythm. I really enjoyed this CD, from the beginning to the end and back. It has songs like the old school ballads and new uptempo tunes. To mention some of them, Obvious 10/10 is one of the best songs in the CD, another one is the catchy Thank You 10/10. I also like the song Lost In You 10/10 because it is a brand new style for the guys, yet they succeeded, it has a Babyface kind-of-rhythm. The covers are also OK. Perhaps this is the my last review on Westlife, it's a shame Bryan quit the group. Westlife has always been, is and will always be the best group ever. Keep It Going Guys!!!.


Different and BETTER
Well Tha lads of westlife told us that this album was going to be there best yet, and when I furst listened to it I whole heartedly agreed with them. Who ever thought that the last four Westlife albums could have been improved upon. The Ballad Kings, Westlife did not disappoint with their heart felt ballads such as the cover of Barry Manilow's Brandy- "Mandy," "Obvious," "Heal" and "What Do They Know?" The ballads were more heartfelt than ever (due to the then pending wedding of member Shane Filan and the likewise recently hitched Nicky Byrne?).

Newer songs such as "Hey Whatever," "Turnaround," and "Thank You" introduced the listener to a more upbeat/updated sound the lads had not presented us with before. While Westlife is in no danger of ridding themselves totally of their staple ballads, and going it the "Hey Whatever" direction anytime soon, these three newer style songs were a definant step towards slowly altering their sound so they can evolve and change as the public's tastes change as well . . .

"Obvious" is most definantly the best song on the whole album, however, and was the second single they released from this album. It was also the last single they released before member Bryan McFadden left Westlife and the spotlight to devote himself to his family and to watch his little children grow.

The maturity of this album, in comparisson to their last four, is astounding. Gone is the bubblegum pop sound, and I even dare say that this world famous pop group is boardering more on adult contemporary now than the teen pop genre where they began. Whatever your opinion, Westlife has proved in "Turnaround" that they are no longer a boyband . . . with three of the five happily married, and them all in their mid 20's, they have evolved and are now a bonified, full-fledged vocal group.

If Westlife (now a four sum) continues to put out albums such as this one, of this quality, they will be around for a very very long time. Good at ya lads, and brilliant work.


It Takes Some Getting Used To
I absolutely love "Hey Whatever" "What Do They Know" and "When A Woman Loves A Man. I must admit that when I first put the CD in my CD player I was unsure of the album, but after listening to it a couple of times I've found that I love this album almost as much as Westlife's other albums. " This album definitely has a more mature feeling to it, I must say that I enjoy it. "Hey Whatever" is an uptempo song, that makes you want to sing along with it. "What Do They Know" and "When A Woman Loves A Man" are the traditional ballads.
This album is definitely different from their past albums, but there are still some similarities, and it's still the same Westlife.
A definite must buy!.


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