Boyzone are going back to their beginnings.
Back in 1996 the Dublin five-piece hit the chart, clad in orange jumpsuits, with a cover of The Four Seasons’ Working My Way Back To You Babe. Now, almost twenty years later, the band are revisiting Motown for a full themed album.
Dublin To Detroit will be the follow up to last year’s anniversary collection BZ20, which sold 250,000 copies.
Dublin To Detroit is due out on November 21st on East West Records.
The new album will see the Boyz take on classics like The Supremes’ You Can’t Hurry Love; Jimmy Ruffin’s What Becomes of the Broken Hearted; Jackie Wilson’s Higher and Higher; and Reach Out (I’ll Be There) by The Four Tops.
Boyzone performed a Motown Medley at the MTV Music Awards at Alexandra Palace in 1996, and then kept it as part of their set during their A Different Beat tour later that year.
The band said: “We feel very lucky to have been given the chance to record such an amazing collection of songs for our new ‘Dublin To Detroit’ album. We could easily have done eleven more great tracks from that era but we hope there’s something for everyone in the choices we made. We now just can’t wait for the chance to perform them live for all our great Boyzone fans around the world.”
1. ‘What Becomes of the Broken Hearted’ – originally by Jimmy Ruffin
2. ‘Tracks of My Tears’ – originally by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
3. ‘You Can’t Hurry Love’ – originally by The Supremes
4. ‘This Old Heart of Mine’ – originally by The Isley Brothers
5. ‘Just My Imagination’ – originally by The Temptations
6. ‘Higher and Higher’ – originally by Jackie Wilson
7. ‘I’m Doin’ Fine Now’ – originally by New York City
8. ‘Reach Out (I’ll Be There)’ – originally by The Four Tops
9. ‘The Tears of a Clown’ – originally by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
10. ‘Wherever I Lay My Hat’ – originally by Marvin Gaye
11. ‘What Christmas Means To Me’ – originally by Stevie Wonder
The band, which has operated as a four-piece since Stephen Gately’s untimely death, recently completed a great summer of live outdoor shows including a special guest performance at the British Summertime Festival in London’s Hyde Park.
