Distributed by

BMG

Cat.no: 74321 730829

Cert: E

Running time: 60 minutes

Year: 2000

Pressing: 2000

Region(s): 0, PAL

Chapters: 18

Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Stereo

Languages: English

Subtitles: None

Fullscreen: 4:3

16:9-enhanced: Yes

Macrovision: No

Disc Format: DVD 5

Price: £19.99

Extras : Scene index, Photo Gallery, Weblink, Behind the scenes of the photoshoot, Trivia quiz, Lyrics

Featuring:

Bryan, Mark, Nicky, Shane, Kian

The Westlife Story could be seen as one that begins where Boyzone, the previous five-strong bunch of pretty boys that sing, left off, particularly as they were initially managed by that band's lead singer, Ronan Keating, who has since gone on to have his own No.1 singles, album and kick-start a career as a TV presenter.

The documentary takes an in-depth look at their life, their hometown of Sligo, their influences, their manager and many other bits and pieces including three of the videos featured. Hence, the overall running time of the DVD will be longer than 60 minutes as that doesn't take into account the other three songs.

Westlife were the first boy-band to score No.1 hits with all five first single releases, including the Xmas chart-topper. However, does that mean much these days when all the record companies are colluding with each other to ensure that no big release clashes with another and almost every other week there's another new No.1? 1999 saw 32 consecutive singles shoot straight to the top before being toppled for New Year by good ol' reliable Cliff Richard and his execrable Millennium Prayer, even if he was a year too early (even the oldest Christians should be able to count 2000 years from year one onwards).

The following short table holds no surprises, but will at least tell you when they reached the top.

May 99	No. 1	Swear It Again
Aug 99	No. 1	If I Let You Go
Oct 99	No. 1	Flying Without Wings
Dec 99	No. 1	Seasons in the Sun / I Have a Dream
Apr 00	No. 1	Fool Again

The picture quality is faultless. No artifacts, bold and strong colours coming across without a hitch and mostly presented in a 4:3 fullscreen ratio, save for some of the videos which have a matted widescreen effect at different ratios. The average bitrate is 5.2Mb/s during the documentary, varying quiet wildly.

The sound is available in Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Stereo flavours. I have no complaints as to the audio quality, but I won't be letting my speakers suffer too much with high volume.

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