The Love Album (Westlife album)

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The Love Album
The Love Album cover
Cover album by Westlife
Released November 20, 2006
Recorded 2006
Genre Pop, Adult Contemporary
Length 41:53
Language English
Label Sony BMG
Producer David Kreuger,
Per Magnusson (track 3)

Larossi, Quiz (tracks: 1, 8)

Steve Mac
(tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9, 11)
Professional reviews
Westlife chronology
Face to Face
(2005)		 The Love Album
(2006)		 Back Home
(2007)
Singles from The Love Album
  1. "The Rose"
    Released: November 6, 2006

The Love Album is the eighth album and second cover album by Irish boy band Westlife and it was released on November 20, 2006. The songs on the album centers around the theme of "love".

The first single released was "The Rose", originally by Bette Midler, and it debuted at #1 in the UK.

The song "Total Eclipse of the Heart" was initially planned as the second single but its release was later scrapped.

"Total Eclipse of the Heart", "All Out Of Love" (duet with Delta Goodrem) and "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You" were released as radio promotional singles in The Philippines.

The album debuted at #1 on the UK Charts, selling 219 662 copies in the UK alone, beating other compilation albums from strong competitors such as Oasis' "Stop the Clocks", The Beatles' "Love" album and U2 "U218 Singles".[1]

"The Love Album" has sold more than 1 000 000 copies in the UK alone and has achieved 10x Platinum status in Ireland and a big hit for them and Sony BMG.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

# Title Writers Length Originally
by
1 The Rose Amanda McBroom 3:39 Bette Midler
2 Total Eclipse of the Heart Jim Steinman 4:39 Bonnie Tyler
3 All Out of Love Graham Russell, Russell Hitchcock, Clive Davis 3:44 Air Supply
4 You Light Up My Life Joe Brooks 3:27 Debbie Boone
5 Easy Lionel Richie 4:26 The Commodores
6 You Are So Beautiful (To Me) Billy Preston, Dennis Wilson, Bruce Fisher 3:03 Billy Preston
7 Have You Ever Been In Love Andy Hill, Peter Sinfield, John Danter 3:41 Gem
8 Love Can Build A Bridge John Barlow Jarvis, Naomi Judd, Paul Overstreet 3:55 The Judds
9 The Dance Anthony Arata 3:58 Garth Brooks
10 All Or Nothing Steve Mac, Wayne Hector 3:56 O-Town
11 You've Lost That Loving Feeling Phil Spector, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil 3:25 The Righteous Brothers

[edit] Japanese Version: Bonus Tracks

  1. Solitaire
  2. Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You

[edit] Asian Deluxe Edition: Bonus CD[2]

  1. Butterfly Kisses
  2. Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You
  3. If
  4. Solitaire
  5. Still Here
  6. Total Eclipse Of The Heart (Sunset Strippers Remix Radio Edit)

[edit] Chart performance

Country Peak
Position		 Sales Certification
United World Chart[3] 8 1,450,000+ -
Europe 5 1,200,000+ Platinum
Ireland[4] 1 150,000+ 10xPlatinum[5]
Israel 1 -
Norway[6] 1 120,000+ 4xPlatinum
Philippines 1 60,000+ 3xPlatinum
South Korea 1 40,000+ Platinum
United Kingdom[7] 1 1,000,000+ 3xPlatinum
New Zealand[8] 2 50,000+ 3xPlatinum[9]
Sweden[10] 3 30,000+ Gold
Argentina 5
China 5 -
Hong Kong 5 -
Cyprus 8 -
Australia[11] 11 70,000+ Platinum
Netherlands[12] 49 -
Switzerland[13] 27 -
Austria[14] 49 -

[edit] Personnel

  • Accordion:
    Eddie Hesson (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)
  • Arranged By [Additional Choir Arrangements]:
    Lawrence Johnson (tracks: 1, 8)
  • Arranged By [Strings]:
    Dave Arch (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)
    Ulf & Henrik Janson (tracks: 1, 3, 8)
  • Arranged By [Vocals]:
    Andy Caine,
    Steve Mac (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)
  • Backing Vocals [Additional]:
    Andy Caine (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)
    Emil Heiling (tracks: 3)
    Mae McKenna (tracks: 11)
  • Bass:
    Steve Pearce (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)
    Thomas Lindberg (tracks: 1, 8)
  • Choir:
    Aaron Sokell,
    Alani Gibbon,
    Anna Omakina,
    Ayo Oyerinde,
    Camilla Beeput,
    Donna Gardier-Elliot,
    Ezra Russell,
    Joy Malcolm,
    Lanoi Montet ,
    Lawrence Johnson,
    Lena Palmer,
    Lorrain Smith,
    Michael Molton,
    Sheena White,
    Stephanie Meade,
    Subrina Edwards (tracks: 1, 8)
    The Tuff Session Singers (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)
  • Drums:
    Chris Laws,
    Ian Thomas (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)
    Christer Janson (tracks: 8)
  • Engineer:
    Bernard Löhr (tracks: 3)
    Chris Laws,
    Ren Swan (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)
    Neil Tucker,
    Quiz & Larossi* (tracks: 1, 8)
  • Engineer [Assistant]:
    Daniel Pursey (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)
  • Engineer [Mix]:
    Chris Laws (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)
  • Engineer [Strings]:
    Ian Agate (tracks: 1, 8)
  • Guitar [Guitars]:
    Esbjörn Öhrwall (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 8)
    Fridrik 'Frizzy' Karlsson,
    Paul Gendler (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)
  • Keyboards:
    Andreas 'Quiz' Romdhane,
    Josef Larossi (tracks: 1, 4, 8)
    Per Magnusson (tracks: 3)
    Steve Mac (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)
  • Mastered By:
    Vlado Meller
  • Mastered By [Assistant]:
    Mark Santangelo
  • Mixed By:
    Bernard Löhr (track 3)
    Quiz & Larossi (tracks: 1, 8)
  • Other [Management]:
    Louis Walsh
  • Piano:
    Dave Arch (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)
    Peter Ljung (tracks: 1, 4, 8)
  • Arranged By:
    David Kreuger,
    Per Magnusson (track 3)
    Quiz & Larossi (tracks: 1, 8)
    Steve Mac (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)
  • Programmed By:
    Andreas 'Quiz' Romdhane,
    Josef Larossi (tracks: 1, 4, 8)
    David Kreuger (track 3)
  • Recorded By [Assistant Strings Recording]:
    Chris Barrett (tracks: 4 to 6, 9 to 11)
  • Recorded By [Strings]:
    Geoff Foster (tracks: 5, 6, 11)
    Paul Walton (tracks: 2, 7)
    Rupert Coulson (tracks: 4, 9, 10)

[edit] The Love Tour 2007

Main article: The Love Tour

[edit] References

  1. ^ Westlife beat Oasis, U2 and The Beatles in UK album battle. NME (2006-11-26). Retrieved on 2006-11-26.
  2. ^ HMV.COM.HK: WESTLIFE - LOVE ALBUM (2CD/DELUXE ED). HMV (2007-03-19). Retrieved on 2007-03-19.
  3. ^ Global chart
  4. ^ Irish chart
  5. ^ Irish certification awards
  6. ^ Norwegian album chart
  7. ^ Official British chart
  8. ^ New Zealan album chart
  9. ^ RIANZ
  10. ^ Sweden album chart
  11. ^ Australian album chart
  12. ^ Dutch album chart
  13. ^ Swiss album chart
  14. ^ Austrian album chart
Preceded by
Twenty Five by George Michael		 UK Albums Chart Number-one album
26 November 2006		 Succeeded by
Beautiful World by Take That
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