Back Home (Westlife album)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Back Home | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||
| Studio album by Westlife | ||||
| Released | November 5, 2007 (See release history) |
|||
| Recorded | 2007 London, United Kingdom Stockholm, Sweden Los Angeles, USA |
|||
| Genre | Pop, Pop-Rock, Dance-Pop, R&B, Electropop | |||
| Length | 47:29 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Sony BMG | |||
| Producer | Steve Mac, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger, Quiz Larossi | |||
| Professional reviews | ||||
|
||||
| Westlife chronology | ||||
|
||||
| Singles from Back Home | ||||
|
||||
Back Home is the eighth studio album and ninth album overall by Irish boy band Westlife and it was released on 5 November 2007. The album contains a collection of brand new tracks along with a few covers. The tracklisting for the album was released on the band's official website on the 3 October 2007. The release date of the album was brought forward to 5 November 2007 from the initial 12 November 2007. The Album has sold 5 million Worldwide. The album debuted at #1 on the Official UK Album Charts selling 132 000 copies in its first week of release and remained in the top three spots for 8 consecutive weeks.[1] [2][3] It was also the fifth best selling album in the UK for 2007 with 854 344. The first single from the album is a cover of the ballad "Home", originally by Michael Bublé, and was released on 29 October 2007[4] The song debuted at #3 on the official UK singles chart.[5]. "Us Against The World", an original song dedicated to Westlife fans worldwide, was released as the band's second single on 3 March in the UK and Ireland. Meanwhile, "Something Right", which is an original up-tempo song, will be released as the second single in Asia and Europe.[6] The song has also been released as a digital download in Ireland. "When I'm With You", an R&B oriented song, charted on an Indonesian radio station although it was not a single.[7] Other cover songs on the album are "Have You Ever", a Diane Warren penned ballad previously recorded by Brandy. "All I Ask Of You", an opera by Sarah Brightman and Michael Ball was scratched while "I'm Already There" by Lonestar was included instead. Back Home was released on Australia during their four-day promotional visit 25 – 29 April 2008. The said album is accompanied with the Greatest Hits DVD. It peaked at #14.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
[edit] International
| No. | Title | Credits | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Home |
Choir - Tuff Session Singers, The |
3:28 |
| 2 | Us Against the World |
Mixed By - Niklas Flyckt |
4:02 |
| 3 | Something Right |
Mixed By - Niklas Flyckt |
3:14 |
| 4 | I'm Already There |
Arranged By [Backing Vocals] - Atlas, Emil Heiling, Quiz & Larossi |
4:18 |
| 5 | When I'm With You |
Engineer - Tim Lewis |
4:12 |
| 6 | Have You Ever | Written by - Diane Warren | 4:33 |
| 7 | It's You |
Mellotron - Steve Mac |
4:11 |
| 8 | Catch My Breath |
Written by - Steve Mac, Wayne Hector |
3:18 |
| 9 | The Easy Way |
Mixed By - Ronny Lahti |
3:35 |
| 10 | I Do |
Organ [Hammond] - Dave Arch |
4:30 |
| 11 | Pictures in My Head |
Mixed By - Fredrik Andersson |
4:17 |
| 12 | You Must Have Had a Broken Heart |
Conductor [Strings] - Ulf And Henrik Janson |
4:06 |
| 13 | Home (Soul Seekerz Remix - Radio Edit) |
Only Included On The Japanese Version Of The Album |
5.46 |
| 14 | Home (Video) |
Only Included On The Japanese Version Of The Album |
3.28 |
[edit] Other released tracks
- Hard To Say I'm Sorry (B-side of Home)
- Get Away (B-side of Us Against the World and Something Right)
- Home (Soul Seekerz Remix)
- Total Eclipse Of The Heart (Sunset Strippers Full Dance Remix)
- I'm Already There (Ashanti Boyz Remix)
- Us Against The World (The Wideboys Remix)
[edit] The Chart Battle
When Westlife announced a 5 November 2007 release date for the album, The Spice Girls immediately withdrew from the chart battle and delayed their Greatest Hits album release by a week to the 12 November 2007. Westlife and the Spice Girls are then engaged in a war of words where each accused the other party of avoiding each other's release. The Spice Girls claimed that their album was to be released on 12 November 2007 and that this has always been the case. However, music retailers have concured that the Spice Girls' album was initially marked with a 5 November 2007 release date.
Back in November 2000, both bands were caught in a chart battle between Westlife's second studio album "Coast to Coast" and Spice Girls' third studio album "Forever". In the battle, Westlife sold 163 000 more records than the Spice Girls in the first week of release. Speculations then began to surface that Westlife might consider changing the release date of their album back to the 12 November 2007 to go head on with the Spice Girls.[8] A Westlife insider told The Mirror "It's war and they're not getting away that easily. They can run but they can't hide"[9] which supports the speculation. However, the band made no further changes to the release date.
[edit] Release history
| Country | Release Date |
|---|---|
| Worldwide | November 5, 2007 |
| Poland | February 11, 2008[10] |
[edit] Chart performance
|
|
[edit] Album Personnel
| Vocals | : | Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan |
| Executive Producers | : | Louis Walsh, Simon Cowell, Sonny Takhar, Tim Byrne |
| Producers | : | Steve Mac, Chris Law, Dan Pursey, Rami Yacoub, Savan Kotecha, Antour, AJ, Anders Johansson, Josef Larossi, David, Jorgen Elofsson, Louis Biancanello,, Sam Watters, Michael Mani, Jordan Omley |
| Photography | : | Nino Munoz |
| Management | : | Louis Walsh Management |
|
|
*Numbers in brackets represents the track number on the album.
[edit] Back Home Tour 2008
| Back Home | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||
| Video by Westlife | ||||
| Released | November 5, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | Sony BMG | |||
| Westlife video chronology | ||||
|
||||
[edit] Video Album
An accompanying DVD was released a week before the release of the album and debuted at #1. It features a Westlife 'up close and personal' segment, the Back Home album photo shoot, and the music videos of Home, You Raise Me Up, When You Tell Me That You Love Me, Amazing and The Rose. The DVD was available exclusively at Woolworths in the UK.
[edit] External links
| Preceded by Long Road Out of Eden by Eagles |
UK Albums Chart Number-one album 11 November 2007 |
Succeeded by Spirit by Leona Lewis |
| Preceded by Blackout by Britney Spears |
Ireland Albums Chart Number-one album 6 November 2007 |
[edit] References
- ^ First day sales figures
- ^ UK Music Charts |The Official UK Top 75 albums
- ^ BBC Radio 1 - Chart Show - The UK Top 40 Albums
- ^ Muziek downloaden: Westlife - Back Home
- ^ BBC Radio 1 - The UK Top 40 Singles
- ^ Something Right in Asia/Europe
- ^ Creativedisc - Music Weblog
- ^ The Sun Online | The Best for News, Sport and Showbiz | The Sun
- ^ Spice's West strife - Mirror.co.uk
- ^ [1]
- ^ European Album Chart
- ^ IFPI Platinum Europe Awards - 2008
- ^ British official album chart
- ^ BPI Certifications
- ^ Irish album chart
- ^ Irish music certification awards
- ^ South Korea official album chart
- ^ Taiwan album chart
- ^ Estonian album chart
- ^ ZAF official album chart
- ^ NZ album chart
- ^ Australian album chart
- ^ Norwegian album chart
- ^ Swiss album chart
- ^ Swedish album chart
- ^ Dutch album chart
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
