Face to Face (Westlife album)

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Face to Face
Studio album by Westlife
Released 31 October 2005
(See Release history)
Recorded 2005;
Rokstone Studios,
(London),
A Side Studios,
Stockholm,
Kingside Studio, Stockholm,
Sanctuary Townhouse Studio, London,
Larrabee North Studios, Los Angeles,
The Location, Stockholm
Grouse Lodge Studios, Ireland
Genre Pop
Length 44:38
Language English
Label Sony BMG, RCA
Producer Andreas "Quiz" Romdhane, Josef Larossi, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson, Carl Falk, Jake Schulze, Steve Mac
Westlife chronology
Allow Us to Be Frank
(2004)		 Face to Face
(2005)		 The Love Album
(2006)
Singles from Face To Face
  1. "You Raise Me Up"
    Released: 24 October 2005
  2. "When You Tell Me That You Love Me"
    Released: 12 December 2005
  3. "Amazing"
    Released: 20 February 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars [1]
Entertainment.ie 1/5 stars [2]
Manchester Evening News 4/5 stars [3]
Rovi 3/5 stars [4]

Face to Face was the sixth studio album by Irish boyband Westlife and it was released in the UK on 31 October 2005. The album contains many pop songs along with some dance oriented tracks. The album was also released in DualDisc on UK with the videos of the making of "You Raise Me Up", the Face to Face album photoshoot and an exclusive interview footage.[5] 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. 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, Diana Ross. The final single released was "Amazing", an original mid-tempo song. The album also includes a cover of The Eagles classic "Desperado" along with one Backstreet Boys bonus track from their 2005 album, Never Gone, "Colour My World", and a Nick Carter solo song, "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[citation needed] and becoming #7 and #129 in UK Year-end albums chart for 2005 and 2006 respectively. It was also the biggest selling album from Sony BMG Entertainment in 2005.[citation needed] Having been certified 4× Platinum in the UK,[6] it is the eighth best-selling boyband record in the UK by sales certification (sharing this location with eight other albums).[7] 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.[citation needed]

Contents

[edit] Album information

[edit] Track listing

Track
No.		 Title Credits Length
1 "You Raise Me Up"

Arranged By [Orchestra]: Dave Arch
Engineer [Choir Assistant]: Francesco Cameli
Written By: Brendan Graham, Rolf Lovland

 3:42
2 "When You Tell Me That You Love Me"

Arranged By: Andreas Romdhane, David Kreuger, Josef Larossi, Per Magnusson
Backing Vocals [Additional]: Emil Heiling
Engineer: Romdhane, Dave Ashton, Fredrik Andersson, Larossi
Guitar: Esbjörn Öhrwall
Keyboards: Magnusson
Mixed By: Bernard Löhr
Programmed By: Romdhane, Kreuger, Larossi
Vocals [Guest]: Diana Ross
Written By: Albert Hammond, John Bettis

 3:58
3 "Amazing"

Backing Vocals [Additional]: Anders Johansson, Anders Von Hofsten, Savan Kotecha
Mixed By, Performer [All Other Instruments]: Carl Falk
Recorded By [Guitars]: Lennart Östlund
Written By: Kotecha, Kristian Lundin, Pilot, Jake Schulze

 2:53
4 "That's Where You Find Love"

Engineer [Strings Assistant]: Mathew Bartram
Engineer [Strings]: Robin Sellars
Written By: Steve Mac, Wayne Hector, Chris Farren

 3:47
5 "She's Back" Written By: Mac, Jorgen Elofsson 3:13
6 "Desperado" Written By: Don Henley, Glenn Frey 3:40
7 "Colour My World"

Acoustic Guitar, Guitar: Carl Falk
Backing Vocals [Additional]: Andreas Carlsson, Carl Björsell, Didrik Thott, One Voice
Bass: Tomas Lindberg
Engineer [Assistant]: Rowen Rossiter
Mixed By, Performer [All Other Instruments]: Falk, Jake Schulze
Written By: Carlsson, Kotecha, Harry Sommerdahl

 3:56
8 "In This Life" Written By: Mike Reid, Allen Shamblin 4:10
9 "Heart Without a Home" Written By: Mac, Hector 4:50
10 "Hit You With the Real Thing"

Backing Vocals [Additional]: Emil Heiling, Kotecha
Engineer [Assistant]: Rowen Rossiter
Guitar [Electric]: Falk
Mixed By: Jake Schulze
Programmed By: Falk, Schulze, Karl Engström
Written By: Björsell, Falk, Didrik Thott, Kotecha, Sebastian Thott

 3:03
11 "Change Your Mind"

Arranged By [Brass]: Arch
Engineer [Strings Assistant, Brass Assistant]: Mathew Bartram
Engineer [Strings, Brass]: Robin Sellars
Written By: Mac, Hector

 3:45
12 "Maybe Tomorrow"A

Produced By: Falk
Mixed By: Bo Reimer, Carl Falk and Jörgen Ingeström
All Other Instruments: Falk
Written By: Björsell, Falk, Kotecha, Sebastian Thott

 3:09
13 "World of Our Own (Acoustic Version)"B Acoustics provided by Wayne Oulson 3:28
14 "Flying Without Wings (Acoustic Version)"B 3:35
15 "My Love (Acoustic Version)"B 3:52

Notes:

A "Maybe Tomorrow" was only included on the UK, Ireland and Japan versions of the album.
B The acoustic tracks were only included on the Japanese 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] Release history

Country Release Date
Ireland 31 October 2005
Philippines
United Kingdom
South Korea 1 November 2005
Australia 12 December 2005
Taiwan
Poland 13 February 2006[8]

[edit] Charts and certifications

[edit] Weekly charts

Country Peak
position
Australia[9] 1
Belgium (Flanders)[10] 71
Denmark[11] 19
Germany[12] 18
Ireland[13] 1
Netherlands[10] 30
Norway[14] 7
Sweden[15] 9
Switzerland[16] 14
United Kingdom[17] 1

[edit] Year-end charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Irish Albums Chart[citation needed] 4
UK Albums Chart[citation needed] 7
Chart (2006) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[citation needed] 25

[edit] Certifications

Region Certification
Australia[18] Platinum
Ireland[19] 8× Platinum
United Kingdom[20] 4× Platinum

[edit] Face to Face Tour 2006

Main article: Face to Face Tour

[edit] References

  1. ^ Face to Face (Westlife album) at Allmusic
  2. ^ Entertainment.ie review
  3. ^ Manchester Evening News review
  4. ^ "Listen to Face to Face by Westlife - Album Reviews, Credits, and Awards". AllRovi. 2005-10-31. http://www.allrovi.com/music/album/face-to-face-mw0000397687. Retrieved 2012-01-10. 
  5. ^ "Westlife Face To Face UK DualDisc (342966)". Eil.com. http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=342966. Retrieved 2012-01-10. 
  6. ^ "British certifications – Face to Face". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx.  Enter Face to Face in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Click Go
  7. ^ "British certifications". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. 
  8. ^ Face to Face Westlife - Plyty - Onet.pl Muzyka
  9. ^ Australian Album Chart
  10. ^ a b Steffen Hung. "Westlife - Face To Face". swisscharts.com. http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Westlife&titel=Face+To+Face&cat=a. Retrieved 2012-01-10. 
  11. ^ Denmark Official Album Chart
  12. ^ Germany album chart
  13. ^ Irish album chart
  14. ^ Norwegian Official Album Chart
  15. ^ Swedish Album Chart
  16. ^ Switzerland Official Album Chart
  17. ^ British official album chart
  18. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2006 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/ARIACharts-Accreditations-2006Albums.htm. 
  19. ^ "Irish album certifications – Westlife – Face to Face". Irish Recorded Music Association. http://www.irishcharts.ie/awards/multi_platinum.htm. 
  20. ^ "British album certifications – Westlife – Face to Face". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx.  Enter Face to Face in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go

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Preceded by
Intensive Care by Robbie Williams		 UK number one album
5 November 2005 – 11 November 2005		 Succeeded by
Ancora by Il Divo
Preceded by
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
by Arctic Monkeys		 Australian ARIA Albums Chart Number-one album
6 March 2006 – 26 March 2006		 Succeeded by
Both Sides of the Gun by Ben Harper
Preceded by
Intensive Care by Robbie Williams		 Ireland Albums Chart number-one album
3 November 2005		 Succeeded by
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