Face to Face (Westlife album)
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| Studio album by Westlife | |||||
| Released |  October 31, 2005 December 12, 2005 December 12, 2005 |
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| Recorded | 2005 | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 44:38 | ||||
| Label | Sony BMG, RCA | ||||
| Producer | Andreas "Quiz" Romdhane, Josef Larossi, David Kreuger, Per Mangusson (track 2) Carl Falk (tracks: 3, 7, 10) (tracks: 1, 4 to 6, 8, 9, 11) |
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Face to Face was the seventh album by Irish boyband Westlife and it was released in the UK on 31 October 2005. The album contains many heartfelt pop songs along with some dance oriented tracks.
The first single from the album was a cover of the Secret Garden hit, You Raise Me Up. It was this single that brought the band back into the limelight after their ratpack-tribute Allow Us to Be Frank 2004 album.
The second single released was a cover version of When You Tell Me That You Love Me and was recorded as a duet with the original singer, the legendary Diana Ross.
The final single released was Amazing, an original mid-tempo song.
"That's Where You Find Love" was released as a radio promotional single in The Philippines in support for the band's Face to Face Asian Tour 2006.
The album also includes a cover of The Eagles classic "Desperado" along with two unreleased Backstreet Boys tracks, "Colour My World" and "Heart Without A Home".
The "Face to Face" album became Westlife's fifth UK number-one album in seven years, selling 1.3 million in the United Kingdom and over 2 million worldwide. It was also the biggest selling album from Sony BMG Entertainment in 2005. It remained at #1 on the Australian ARIA charts for 4 weeks in March 2006 and was the 25th highest selling album of 2006 in Australia.
Contents |
[edit] Album information
- Style:
Europop
Ballad
[edit] Track listing
| Track No. |
Title | Credits | Length |
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| 1 | You Raise Me Up |
Arranged By [Orchestra]: |
4:00 |
| 2 | When You Tell Me That You Love Me |
Arranged By: |
3:56 |
| 3 | Amazing |
Backing Vocals [Additional]: |
2:49 |
| 4 | That's Where You Find Love |
Engineer [Strings Assistant]: |
3:44 |
| 5 | She's Back | Written By: Steve Mac Jorgen Elofsson |
3:10 |
| 6 | Desperado | Written By: Don Henley Glenn Frey |
3:37 |
| 7 | Colour My World |
Acoustic Guitar, Guitar: |
3:55 |
| 8 | In This Life | Written By: John Reid Allen Shamblin |
4:08 |
| 9 | Heart Without A Home | Written By: Steve Mac Wayne Hector |
4:47 |
| 10 | Hit You With The Real Thing |
Backing Vocals [Additional]: |
3:00 |
| 11 | Change Your Mind |
Arranged By [Brass]: |
3:43 |
| 12 | Maybe TomorrowA |
Note: AMaybe Tomorrow was included only in the UK/Ireland Version of the album.
[edit] Credits
- Arranged By [Strings]:
Dave Arch (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11)
- Arranged By [Strings], Conductor [Strings]:
Henrik Janson (tracks: 2, 3, 7)
Ulf Janson (tracks: 2, 3, 7)
- Bass:
Steve Pearce (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11)
- Choir:
The Tuff Session Singers (tracks: 1, 6, 8)
- Drums:
Chris Laws (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 8, 11)
Ian Thomas (tracks: 6, 9)
- Engineer:
Chris Laws (tracks: 1, 4 to 6, 8, 9, 11)
Dan Pursey (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11)
Ren Swan (tracks: 1, 6, 8)
- Engineer [Mix]:
Ren Swan (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11)
- Engineer [Strings]:
Mike Ross-Trevor (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 9)
- Guitar:
Fridrik Karlsson (tracks: 1, 5, 8)
Paul Gendler (tracks: 4, 6, 9, 11)
- Keyboards:
Steve Mac (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11)
- Mastered By:
Dick Beetham (tracks: 2 to 11)
Vlado Meller (tracks: 1)
- Photography:
Neil Kirk
- Piano:
Dave Arch (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 9)
Steve Mac (tracks: 4, 11)
- Strings:
Stockholm Session Strings (tracks: 2, 3, 7)
[edit] Chart performance
| Country | Peak position |
Certification |
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| United World Chart[1] | 4 | - |
| Europe | 5 | - |
| Australia[2] | 1 | Platinum |
| Ireland[3] | 1 | 8xPlatinum[4] |
| Philippines | 1 | - |
| United Kingdom[5] | 1 | 4xPlatinum |
| Norway[6] | 7 | - |
| Sweden[7] | 9 | - |
| Switzerland[8] | 14 | - |
| Germany[9] | 18 | - |
| Denmark[10] | 19 | - |
| Netherlands | 30 |
[edit] Face to Face Tour 2005
[edit] References
| Preceded by Intensive Care by Robbie Williams |
UK Albums Chart Number-one album November 5, 2005 |
Succeeded by Ancora by Il Divo |
| Preceded by Intensive Care by Robbie Williams |
Ireland Albums Chart Number-one album November 3, 2005 |
Succeeded by Gift Crub 6 – The Special One by Mario Rosenstock |
| Preceded by Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys |
Australian ARIA Albums Chart Number-one album March 6 - March 20, 2006 |
Succeeded by Both Sides of the Gun by Ben Harper |
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