IT'S TIME. The rate Buzzjack has been dying for. Been BEGGING for!

 

One of the most successful UK & Irish boy bands and groups of all time. Lets see what Buzzjack vibe to and what we don't really care for. I feel like they have more bops than people like to care to admit :ph34r: I've gone via Wikipedia. I think I have all the main singles. There were one or 2 that were used as a "double A-Side" that I decided to ignore as I doubt many people bar the die-hards actually know those (I've kept their newer stuff in though)

 

RULES:

- Rate every track in the below list on a scale of 0 through to 10 (0 for your least fave(s) and 10 for your fave(s))

- You can have ONE score of 11 and/or ONE score of -01 to separate your absolute favourite and least favourites from your lower scores. THIS IS OPTIONAL. NOT COMPULSORY.

- Please rank and rate as much as you can for completeness. There is a playlist that will be embedded, listen to the clips or the full song... whatever. Just not 10 tracks rated and the rest of them unscored please.

- ".5" rates ARE allowed if you so wish. But NO 10.5's please.

- Anyone not following the rules will be PM'd and asked to fix their scores, otherwise their rate will not be added.

- DEADLINE: 28th August 2022; 23:59 (Numbers pending)

 

 

xx.x Swear It Again

xx.x If I Let You Go

xx.x Flying Without Wings

xx.x I Have A Dream

xx.x Seasons In the Sun

xx.x Fool Again

xx.x Against All Odds (Mariah Carey feat. Westlife)

xx.x My Love

xx.x What Makes A Man

xx.x Uptown Girl

xx.x When You're Looking Like That

xx.x Queen Of My Heart

xx.x World Of Our Own

xx.x Bop Bop Baby

xx.x Unbreakable

xx.x Tonight

xx.x Hey Whatever

xx.x Mandy

xx.x Obvious

xx.x Ain't That A Kick In the Head

xx.x Smile

xx.x You Raise Me Up

xx.x When You Tell Me That You Love Me (feat. Diana Ross)

xx.x Amazing

xx.x The Rose

xx.x Home

xx.x Us Against the World

xx.x What About Now

xx.x Safe

xx.x Lighthouse

xx.x Hello My Love

xx.x Better Man

xx.x Dynamite

xx.x My Blood

xx.x Starlight

xx.x My Hero

xx.x Alone Together

Playlist now added.

 

Thanks for the playlist Jon. I haven't heard any of theirs songs since they reunited so hopefully they've upper it compared to their dull covers that they were peddling in the 2000's!

Edited August 14, 20222 yr by Roba.

 

Thanks for the playlist Jon. I haven't heard any of theirs songs since they reunited so hopefully they've upper it compared to their dull covers that they were peddling in the 2000's!

You've not heard 'Hello My Love'!?

 

OMG.

Also... yes, I am aware that 'When You're Looking Like That' was cancelled as a single, but it still charted due to "leaks" and I figured it's still relatively popular enough to be included in this rate!

I haven’t heard much post Bop Bop Baby bar a handful of songs like You Raise Me Up and a few others. I’ll try and get involved with this as it seems like it’ll be good.

You've not heard 'Hello My Love'!?

 

OMG.

Nope somehow lol. Even on radio :')

09.5 Swear It Again

08.5 If I Let You Go (I begrudge rating it highly as it kept Better Off Alone from No.1 by 500 copies, but it's one of their better songs)

08.0 Flying Without Wings

07.0 I Have A Dream

07.0 Seasons In the Sun

08.5 Fool Again

10.0 Against All Odds (Mariah Carey feat. Westlife) (Love it, bought it, it will need the help)

08.0 My Love

08.5 What Makes A Man (I laughed that Bob kept it from No.1, but it's a decent original ballad)

07.0 Uptown Girl

09.5 When You're Looking Like That (I listen to this a lot, pretty crazy it was never an official UK single)

03.0 Queen Of My Heart (so bland and plodding, like a crap Rod Stewart single)

08.0 World Of Our Own

07.0 Bop Bop Baby (kudos for bringing the word Bop back into vogue before it became fashionable again)

07.5 Unbreakable

05.0 Tonight

10.0 Hey Whatever (deserved SO much more than it got, Mark's vocals are awesome on this)

-1 Mandy (This was the moment they moved into mum covers territory, no doubt partly thanks to the unfairly poor reception to Hey Whatever)

07.0 Obvious

05.0 Ain't That A Kick In the Head

05.0 Smile

08.5 You Raise Me Up (finally a decent cover)

05.0 When You Tell Me That You Love Me (feat. Diana Ross)

07.0 Amazing (bit like an average BSB song, but better than the covers)

06.0 The Rose

06.5 Home

07.0 Us Against the World

08.0 What About Now (another decent cover)

05.0 Safe (wasn't it just)

06.0 Lighthouse

11.0 Hello My Love (a very, very good comeback - shame it missed the top ten, I play this a lot)

08.5 Better Man

07.5 Dynamite

07.0 My Blood

08.5 Starlight

07.0 My Hero

07.0 Alone Together

 

I appreciate that they've stopped the covers since their comeback, there were some really solid singles on Spectrum.

Edited August 14, 20222 yr by gooddelta

 

9 Swear It Again

8 If I Let You Go

10 Flying Without Wings

7 I Have A Dream

7.5 Seasons In the Sun

7.5 Fool Again

7 Against All Odds (Mariah Carey feat. Westlife)

9 My Love

7 What Makes A Man

8.5 Uptown Girl

8.5 When You're Looking Like That

7 Queen Of My Heart

9.5 World Of Our Own

7.5 Bop Bop Baby

8 Unbreakable

6.5 Tonight

7 Hey Whatever

7 Mandy

7.5 Obvious

4 Ain't That A Kick In the Head

3.5 Smile

9.5 You Raise Me Up

8 When You Tell Me That You Love Me (feat. Diana Ross)

7.5 Amazing

6 The Rose

6.5 Home

8 Us Against the World

7.5 What About Now

7 Safe

4 Lighthouse

8.5 Hello My Love

7 Better Man

6 Dynamite

6.5 My Blood

7.5 Starlight

7 My Hero

7 Alone Together

 

08 Swear It Again

08 If I Let You Go

07.5 Flying Without Wings

06 I Have A Dream

05 Seasons In the Sun

07 Fool Again

07.5 Against All Odds (Mariah Carey feat. Westlife)

11 My Love

04 What Makes A Man

09 Uptown Girl

07.5 When You're Looking Like That

06 Queen Of My Heart

10 World Of Our Own

03 Bop Bop Baby

06 Unbreakable

06 Tonight

02 Hey Whatever

03 Mandy

04 Obvious

05 Ain't That A Kick In the Head

06 Smile

09 You Raise Me Up

06 When You Tell Me That You Love Me (feat. Diana Ross)

06.5 Amazing

06.5 The Rose

07 Home

06 Us Against the World

07 What About Now

05 Safe

06 Lighthouse

05 Hello My Love

05 Better Man

05 Dynamite

05 My Blood

06.5 Starlight

07 My Hero

05.5Alone Together

06.0 Swear It Again > Blehhh <

07.0 If I Let You Go

10.0 Flying Without Wings > Top tier pop ballad. Very empowering and uplifting. <

05.0 I Have A Dream > At least they touched ABBA's blandest song. But they still shouldn't have done that. <

04.5 Seasons In the Sun

05.0 Fool Again

08.0 Against All Odds (Mariah Carey feat. Westlife) > I actually really like this. I love their harmonies and they actually work really well with Mariah! <

06.0 My Love

07.5 What Makes A Man

08.0 Uptown Girl > One of those fun covers for charity. <[/b]

11.0 When You're Looking Like That > This is a SMASHHHHH! Gutted it was cancelled as a single. Wonder what the reasoning was. One of my fave boy band songs <

04.0 Queen Of My Heart

08.5 World Of Our Own > It's a BOP. Extremely catchy. <

07.0 Bop Bop Baby > The bridges in this are so catchy. This is very early 00's safe, MOR, radio fodder lol. It's good though. <

07.0 Unbreakable > I actually don't mind this. It gives me 00's romance movie vibes. <

05.5 Tonight

06.0 Hey Whatever > There's something about this that just makes it sound like a mess. I can't describe it! <

03.0 Mandy

04.5 Obvious

02.0 Ain't That A Kick In the Head > Nobody ever asked for a Westlife swing album. Ever. <

03.0 Smile

10.0 You Raise Me Up > Sorry, not sorry. I'm a sucker for this! Oops. <

05.0 When You Tell Me That You Love Me (feat. Diana Ross)

07.0 Amazing > This is better than I remembered it being... lmao. <

08.0 The Rose > Sorry. I kinda like this too lmao. <

04.0 Home

06.0 Us Against the World

08.5 What About Now > I feel like they should do more pop-rock type tracks. Imo that's where they excel. <

06.0 Safe

04.5 Lighthouse

10.0 Hello My Love > WHAT A COMEBACK. So, so, SO good! I go back to this regularly! <

07.0 Better Man

06.0 Dynamite > This doesn't pop off the way it should. It sounds incredibly cheaply produced! There's a banger in there somewhere though! <

05.5 My Blood

06.5 Starlight > Similar to 'Dynamite' tbh. <

05.0 My Hero

05.5 Alone Together

 

Shane's voice is so good (Mark's obviously is too!)

Oh I do enjoy Westlife. I'll try to remember to do this!

02 Swear It Again

06 If I Let You Go

01 Flying Without Wings

00 I Have A Dream

00 Seasons In the Sun

02 Fool Again

00 Against All Odds (Mariah Carey feat. Westlife)

03 My Love

01 What Makes A Man

05 Uptown Girl

07 When You're Looking Like That

00 Queen Of My Heart

11 World Of Our Own

00 Bop Bop Baby

04 Unbreakable

05 Tonight

00 Hey Whatever

-1 Mandy

01 Obvious

00 Ain't That A Kick In the Head

00 Smile

00 You Raise Me Up

01 When You Tell Me That You Love Me (feat. Diana Ross)

01 Amazing

00 The Rose

00 Home

02 Us Against the World

01 What About Now

00 Safe

02 Lighthouse

08 Hello My Love

02 Better Man

03 Dynamite

06 My Blood

07 Starlight

03 My Hero

05 Alone Together

08 Swear It Again

07 If I Let You Go

06 Flying Without Wings

06 I Have A Dream

06 Seasons In the Sun

04 Fool Again

07 Against All Odds (Mariah Carey feat. Westlife)

07 My Love

05 What Makes A Man

08 Uptown Girl

04 When You're Looking Like That

06 Queen Of My Heart

06 World Of Our Own

03 Bop Bop Baby

02 Unbreakable

02 Tonight

09 Hey Whatever

07 Mandy

05 Obvious

05 Ain't That A Kick In the Head

03 Smile

05 You Raise Me Up

06 When You Tell Me That You Love Me (feat. Diana Ross)

09 Amazing

08 The Rose

03 Home

03 Us Against the World

04 What About Now

08 Safe

02 Lighthouse

08 Hello My Love

05 Better Man

09 Dynamite

05 My Blood

10 Starlight

04 My Hero

07 Alone Together

10.0 Swear It Again
11.0 If I Let You Go
10.0 Flying Without Wings
08.0 I Have A Dream
07.5 Seasons In the Sun
10.0 Fool Again
09.0 Against All Odds (Mariah Carey feat. Westlife)
08.5 My Love
06.5 What Makes A Man
09.0 Uptown Girl
10.0 When You're Looking Like That
05.0 Queen Of My Heart
09.0 World Of Our Own
07.0 Bop Bop Baby
05.5 Unbreakable
06.0 Tonight
04.5 Hey Whatever
04.0 Mandy
08.5 Obvious
03.0 Ain't That A Kick In the Head
02.0 Smile
09.0 You Raise Me Up
05.0 When You Tell Me That You Love Me (feat. Diana Ross)
07.5 Amazing
04.0 The Rose
08.0 Home
02.5 Us Against the World
06.5 What About Now
01.0 Safe
-1 Lighthouse
10.0 Hello My Love
08.0 Better Man
07.0 Dynamite
06.0 My Blood
07.5 Starlight
03.5 My Hero
05.5 Alone Together

06.0 Swear It Again

10.0 If I Let You Go

09.0 Flying Without Wings

07.0 I Have A Dream

07.0 Seasons In the Sun

08.5 Fool Again

07.0 Against All Odds (Mariah Carey feat. Westlife)

08.0 My Love

08.0 What Makes A Man

07.5 Uptown Girl

11.0 When You're Looking Like That

08.5 Queen Of My Heart

09.0 World Of Our Own

10.0 Bop Bop Baby

08.0 Unbreakable

08.0 Tonight

06.5 Hey Whatever

-1.0 Mandy

10.0 Obvious

01.0 Ain't That A Kick In the Head

01.0 Smile

06.5 You Raise Me Up

02.0 When You Tell Me That You Love Me (feat. Diana Ross)

10.0 Amazing

07.5 The Rose

05.5 Home

09.5 Us Against the World

10.0 What About Now

09.0 Safe

06.5 Lighthouse

10.0 Hello My Love

06.0 Better Man

07.0 Dynamite

04.0 My Blood

08.0 Starlight

04.0 My Hero

10.0 Alone Together

 

 

8 Swear It Again

8 If I Let You Go

10 Flying Without Wings

6 I Have A Dream

7 Seasons In the Sun

7 Fool Again

7 Against All Odds (Mariah Carey feat. Westlife)

8 My Love

8 What Makes A Man

9 Uptown Girl

9 When You're Looking Like That

9 Queen Of My Heart

10 World Of Our Own

7. Bop Bop Baby

8 Unbreakable

8 Tonight

10 Hey Whatever

4 Mandy

7 Obvious

4 Ain't That A Kick In the Head

5 Smile

9 You Raise Me Up

5 When You Tell Me That You Love Me (feat. Diana Ross)

7 Amazing

6 The Rose

6 Home

8 Us Against the World

8 What About Now

6 Safe

5 Lighthouse

10 Hello My Love

6 Better Man

7 Dynamite

8 My Blood

9 Starlight

6 My Hero

7 Alone Together

05 Swear It Again

04 If I Let You Go

07 Flying Without Wings

00 I Have A Dream

02 Seasons In the Sun

04 Fool Again

00 Against All Odds (Mariah Carey feat. Westlife)

07 My Love

03 What Makes A Man

05 Uptown Girl

06 When You're Looking Like That

00 Queen Of My Heart

06 World Of Our Own

00 Bop Bop Baby

07 Unbreakable

05 Tonight

00 Hey Whatever

-1 Mandy

04 Obvious

00 Ain't That A Kick In the Head

00 Smile

04 You Raise Me Up

03 When You Tell Me That You Love Me (feat. Diana Ross)

03 Amazing

00 The Rose

05 Home

04 Us Against the World

06 What About Now

05 Safe

03 Lighthouse

00 Hello My Love (those lyrics!!!! "Cause you could have someone without a belly or a temper

Perfect teeth, hair growing where it's meant to")

00 Better Man (those lyrics!!!!"I felt things when we were naked")

00 Dynamite (those lyrics!!!!)

00 My Blood (those lyrics!!!!)

xx Starlight

xx My Hero

xx Alone Together

Edited August 18, 20222 yr by Bjork

Some good pop songs in amongst filler. Always thought Mark should have been the lead singer

 

9.0 Swear It Again

8.5 If I Let You Go

10.0 Flying Without Wings

7.5 I Have A Dream

7.5 Seasons In the Sun

8.5 Fool Again

9.5 Against All Odds (Mariah Carey feat. Westlife)

5.0 My Love

8.5 What Makes A Man

9.5 Uptown Girl

7.5 When You're Looking Like That

5.5 Queen Of My Heart

11.0 World Of Our Own

6.5 Bop Bop Baby

7.0 Unbreakable

6.0 Tonight

7.5 Hey Whatever

8.0 Mandy

6.0 Obvious

2.0 Ain't That A Kick In the Head

5.0 Smile

9.0 You Raise Me Up

8.0 When You Tell Me That You Love Me (feat. Diana Ross)

5.0 Amazing

7.5 The Rose

7.0 Home

6.0 Us Against the World

8.0 What About Now

6.5 Safe

6.0 Lighthouse

8.5 Hello My Love

7.0 Better Man

9.0 Dynamite

8.0 My Blood

10.0 Starlight

6.5 My Hero

7.5 Alone Together

 

Some good pop songs in amongst filler. Always thought Mark should have been the lead singer

 

I don't think Mark back then could handle that well, he was very insecure about a lot of things, even his singing. So its better Shane was a frontman, he has a rare ability to sound exactly the same live as on the record, I never heard him miss a note.