| A Different Beat | ||||
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| Released | 28 October 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1995–96 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 54:42 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Phil Coulter, Ian Curnow, Phil Harding, Ray Hedges, Ric Wake | |||
| Boyzone chronology | ||||
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| Singles from A Different Beat | ||||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Guardian | [2] |
| Music Week | [3] |
A Different Beat is the second studio album released by Irish boy band Boyzone on 28 October 1996 by Polydor Records.
Like their debut album Said and Done , much of the original material on the album was co-written by members of the group. After the success of their debut, the release of A Different Beat occurred on a much bigger scale. As Said and Done was never released in France, when "Love Me for a Reason" was released as the group's debut single there, it ended up being included on A Different Beat, exclusively in the region. The first international single, "Words", was released pretty much worldwide, as were the two follow-up singles, "A Different Beat" and "Isn't It a Wonder". By this time, the album had been released in the UK and France, complete with each region's respective singles. However, the album had not yet been issued in Australia. Thus, by the time the release of A Different Beat arrived in the country, "Picture of You" had already been released as the lead single from Where We Belong in the UK, so the Australian market decided to include "Picture of You" on A Different Beat instead, releasing it as the fourth single from the album. "Picture of You" was also included on the Tour Souvenir Edition of the album, and the New Edition, which was marketed in certain areas of Europe. The limited edition version of the album released in the UK came encased in a slipcase, with five limited edition postcards, each containing one member of the band.
The United States became the last country to receive a release, as the band were asked by their US management to tweak the album for the US market. As such, "Picture of You" also became included on the US track listing, as well as a Spanglish version of "Words", and an all-new track, "Mystical Experience", which was released in the US as the first single from the album. [4] The album, however, was noted for including a cover of the Don Black & Walter Scharf song "Ben", performed previously by Michael Jackson. A Different Beat was certified three times platinum in the UK. [5]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Paradise" (lead vocals: Keating) | Ronan Keating, Ray Hedges, Martin Brannigan | Hedges | 3:30 |
| 2. | "A Different Beat" (lead vocals: Gately, Keating) | Keating, Stephen Gately, Shane Lynch, Keith Duffy, Brannigan, Hedges | Hedges | 4:10 |
| 3. | "Melting Pot" (lead vocals: Keating featuring Madeline Bell) | Roger Cook, Roger Greenway | Hedges, Phil Harding, Ian Curnow | 3:33 |
| 4. | "Ben" (lead vocals: Gately) | Don Black, Walter Scharf | Ric Wake | 2:44 |
| 5. | "Don't Stop Looking for Love" (lead vocals: Gately) | Billy Mann | Wake | 4:12 |
| 6. | "Isn't It a Wonder" (lead vocals: Keating) | Keating, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 3:30 |
| 7. | "Words" (lead vocals: Keating) | Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb | Harding, Curnow | 3:55 |
| 8. | "It's Time" (lead vocals: Keating, Gately) | Keating, Gately, Lynch, Duffy, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 3:32 |
| 9. | "Games of Love" (lead vocals: Gately) | Gately, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 3:35 |
| 10. | "Strong Enough" (lead vocals: Keating, Lynch (rap)) | Keating, Curnow, Julian Gallagher, Harding | Harding, Curnow | 3:37 |
| 11. | "Heaven Knows" (lead vocals: Keating) | Keating, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 4:02 |
| 12. | "Crying in the Night" (lead vocals: Keating) | Keating, Gately, Lynch, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 3:03 |
| 13. | "Give a Little" (lead vocals: Gately, Keating) | Gately, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 3:20 |
| 14. | "She Moves through the Fair" (lead vocals: Keating) | Traditional | Phil Coulter | 4:20 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15. | "Angel" (lead vocals: Gately) | Gately, Brannigan, Hedges | Hedges | 3:43 |
| 16. | "What Can You Do for Me?" (lead vocals: Keating) | Keating, Hedges, Brannigan, Mikey Graham | Hedges | 3:03 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15. | "Picture of You" (lead vocals: Keating) | Paul Watkins, Paul Wilson, Nigel Kennedy, Ronan Keating | Absolute | 3:28 |
| 16. | "Words" (lead vocals: Keating) | Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb | Ray Hedges, Rafael Pérez-Botija | 3:55 |
| 17. | "Let the Message Run Free" | Ronan Keating, Hedges, Martin Brannigan | Hedges | 5:03 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15. | "Picture of You" (lead vocals: Keating) | Paul Watkins, Paul Wilson, Nigel Kennedy, Ronan Keating | Absolute | 3:28 |
| 16. | "Angel" (lead vocals: Keating) | Stephen Gately, Ray Hedges, Martin Brannigan | Hedges | 3:43 |
| 17. | "What Can You Do for Me?" (lead vocals: Keating) | Ronan Keating, Hedges, Brannigan, Mikey Graham | Hedges | 3:03 |
| 18. | "Get Up and Get Over" (lead vocals: Keating) | Keating, Gately, Brannigan, Hedges | Hedges | 3:14 |
| 19. | "A Different Beat" (remix) | Keating, Hedges, Brannigan, Keith Duffy, Shane Lynch, Gately | Hedges | 6:45 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Interview" (Boyzone interviewed by Pete Lorraine, editor of Top of the Pops magazine) | 4:48 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Paradise" | Ronan Keating, Ray Hedges, Martin Brannigan | Hedges | 3:30 |
| 2. | "A Different Beat" | Keating, Stephen Gately, Shane Lynch, Keith Duffy, Brannigan, Hedges | Hedges | 4:10 |
| 3. | "Melting Pot" | Roger Cook, Roger Greenway | Hedges, Phil Harding, Ian Curnow | 3:33 |
| 4. | "Ben" | Don Black, Walter Scharf | Ric Wake | 2:44 |
| 5. | "Don't Stop Looking for Love" | Billy Mann | Wake | 4:12 |
| 6. | "Isn't It a Wonder" | Keating, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 3:30 |
| 7. | "Words" | Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb | Harding, Curnow | 3:55 |
| 8. | "It's Time" | Keating, Gately, Lynch, Duffy, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 3:32 |
| 9. | "Games of Love" | Gately, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 3:35 |
| 10. | "Strong Enough" | Keating, Curnow, Julian Gallagher, Harding | Harding, Curnow | 3:37 |
| 11. | "Heaven Knows" | Keating, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 4:02 |
| 12. | "Crying in the Night" | Keating, Gately, Lynch, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 3:03 |
| 13. | "Give a Little" | Gately, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 3:20 |
| 14. | "Love Me for a Reason" | Johnny Bristol, Wade Brown, David Jones Jr. | Ray Hedges | 3:39 |
| 15. | "She Moves through the Fair" | Traditional | Phil Coulter | 4:20 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Picture of You" | Paul Watkins, Paul Wilson, Nigel Kennedy, Ronan Keating | Absolute | 3:28 |
| 2. | "Working My Way Back to You" | Sandy Linzer Denny Randell | Ian Levine | 3:49 |
| 3. | "Paradise" | Ronan Keating, Ray Hedges, Martin Brannigan | Hedges | 3:30 |
| 4. | "A Different Beat" | Keating, Stephen Gately, Shane Lynch, Keith Duffy, Brannigan, Hedges | Hedges | 4:17 |
| 5. | "Melting Pot" | Roger Cook, Roger Greenway | Hedges, Phil Harding, Ian Curnow | 3:33 |
| 6. | "Ben" | Don Black, Walter Scharf | Ric Wake | 2:47 |
| 7. | "Don't Stop Looking for Love" | Billy Mann | Wake | 4:19 |
| 8. | "Isn't It a Wonder" | Keating, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 3:44 |
| 9. | "Words" | Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb | Harding, Curnow | 3:55 |
| 10. | "It's Time" | Keating, Gately, Lynch, Duffy, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 3:32 |
| 11. | "Games of Love" | Gately, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 3:44 |
| 12. | "Strong Enough" | Keating, Curnow, Julian Gallagher, Harding | Harding, Curnow | 3:37 |
| 13. | "Heaven Knows" | Keating, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 4:02 |
| 14. | "Crying in the Night" | Keating, Gately, Lynch, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 3:03 |
| 15. | "Give a Little" | Gately, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 3:20 |
| 16. | "Love Me for a Reason" | Johnny Bristol, Wade Brown, David Jones Jr. | Ray Hedges | 3:39 |
| 17. | "She Moves through the Fair" | Traditional | Phil Coulter | 4:25 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Picture of You" | Paul Watkins, Paul Wilson, Nigel Kennedy, Ronan Keating | Absolute | 3:30 |
| 2. | "Paradise" | Ronan Keating, Ray Hedges, Martin Brannigan | Hedges | 3:30 |
| 3. | "A Different Beat" | Keating, Stephen Gately, Shane Lynch, Keith Duffy, Brannigan, Hedges | Hedges | 4:10 |
| 4. | "Melting Pot" | Roger Cook, Roger Greenway | Hedges, Phil Harding, Ian Curnow | 3:33 |
| 5. | "Ben" | Don Black, Walter Scharf | Ric Wake | 2:44 |
| 6. | "Don't Stop Looking for Love" | Billy Mann | Wake | 4:12 |
| 7. | "Isn't It a Wonder" | Keating, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 3:30 |
| 8. | "Words" | Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb | Harding, Curnow | 3:55 |
| 9. | "It's Time" | Keating, Gately, Lynch, Duffy, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 3:32 |
| 10. | "Games of Love" | Gately, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 3:35 |
| 11. | "Strong Enough" | Keating, Curnow, Julian Gallagher, Harding | Harding, Curnow | 3:37 |
| 12. | "Heaven Knows" | Keating, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 4:02 |
| 13. | "Crying in the Night" | Keating, Gately, Lynch, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 3:03 |
| 14. | "Give a Little" | Gately, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 3:20 |
| 15. | "She Moves through the Fair" | Traditional | Phil Coulter | 4:20 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mystical Experience" | Chein García-Alonso | Ray Hedges, Rafael Pérez-Botija | 4:09 |
| 2. | "A Different Beat" | Ronan Keating, Stephen Gately, Shane Lynch, Keith Duffy, Martin Brannigan, Hedges | Hedges | 4:10 |
| 3. | "Paradise" | Keating, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 3:30 |
| 4. | "Melting Pot" | Roger Cook, Roger Greenway | Hedges, Phil Harding, Ian Curnow | 3:33 |
| 5. | "Games of Love" | Gately, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 3:35 |
| 6. | "Ben" | Don Black, Walter Scharf | Ric Wake | 2:44 |
| 7. | "Isn't It a Wonder" | Keating, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 3:30 |
| 8. | "Mystical Experience (Experiencia Religiosa)" (Spanglish) | Chein García-Alonso | Hedges, Pérez-Botija | 4:14 |
| 9. | "Strong Enough" | Keating, Curnow, Julian Gallagher, Harding | Harding, Curnow | 3:37 |
| 10. | "Words (Palabras)" (Spanglish) | Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb | Hedges, Pérez-Botija | 4:01 |
| 11. | "Give a Little" | Gately, Hedges, Brannigan | Hedges | 3:20 |
| 12. | "Don't Stop Looking for Love" | Billy Mann | Wake | 4:12 |
Weekly charts
| Year-end charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom (BPI) [23] | 3× Platinum | 900,000^ |
| Summaries | ||
| Europe (IFPI) [24] | Platinum | 1,000,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
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