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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. In Japan, they added 2 songs on the original tracklisting.[1] In Denmark, 9 tracks were only released.[2] The release date of the album was brought forward to 5 November, 2007 from the initial 12 November, 2007.

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.[3] [4][5] 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[6] The song debuted at #3 on the official UK singles chart.[7]. "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.[8] 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.[9] 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 last April 25-29 of 2008. The said album is accompanied with the Greatest Hits DVD. It peaked at #14.

Track listing

International

No. Title Credits Length
1 Home

Choir - Tuff Session Singers, The
Organ - Dave Arch
Recorded By [Drums, Strings] - Ren Swan
Written-By - Alan Chang, Amy Foster-Gillies, Michael Bublé

3:28
2 Us Against the World

Mixed By - Niklas Flyckt
Written By - Arnthor Birgisson, Rami Yacoub, Savan Kotecha

4:02
3 Something Right

Mixed By - Niklas Flyckt
Written By - Arnthor Birgisson, Rami Yacoub, Savan Kotecha

3:14
4 I'm Already There

Arranged By [Backing Vocals] - Atlas, Emil Heiling, Quiz & Larossi
Engineer [Choir] - Ian Agate
Keyboards, Programmed By - Andreas Quiz Romdhane & Josef Larossi
Producer, Arranged By, Mixed By, Engineer - Quiz & Larossi
Strings - Stockholm Session Orchestra
Written by - Gary Baker, Frank J. Myers, Richie McDonald

4:18
5 When I'm With You

Engineer - Tim Lewis
Engineer [Assistant] - Anna Ralph
Written by - Jordan Omley, Louis Biancaniello, Michael Mani, Sam Watters

4:12
6 Have You Ever Written by - Diane Warren 4:33
7 It's You

Mellotron - Steve Mac
Organ [Hammond] - Dave Arch
Written by - Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

4:11
8 Catch My Breath

Written by - Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

3:18
9 The Easy Way

Mixed By - Ronny Lahti
Written by - Arnthor Birgisson, Rami Yacoub, Savan Kotecha

3:35
10 I Do

Organ [Hammond] - Dave Arch
Written by - Steve Mac, Wayne Hector, Reid

4:30
11 Pictures in My Head

Mixed By - Fredrik Andersson
Written by - Arnthor Birgisson, Rami Yacoub, Savan Kotecha

4:17
12 You Must Have Had a Broken Heart

Conductor [Strings] - Ulf And Henrik Janson
Keyboards - Jörgen Ingeström , Per Magnusson
Mixed By, Engineer - Fredrik Andersson
Producer, Arranged By, Programmed By - David Kreuger, Per Magnusson
Strings - Stockholm Session Orchestra
Written by - Jörgen Elofsson, Nicky Chinn

4:06

Japanese Bonus Tracks

  1. Home (Soul Seekerz Remix) (Radio Edit)
  2. Home (Music Video)

Denmark

No. Title Length
1 Home 3:26
2 Us Against the World 4:01
3 Something Right 3:14
4 Have You Ever 4:30
5 Catch My Breath 3:18
6 The Easy Way 3:34
7 I Do 4:30
8 Pictures In My Head 4:16
9 You Must Have Had A Broken Heart 4:01

Other released tracks

  1. Hard To Say I'm Sorry (B-side of Home)
  2. Get Away (B-side of Us Against the World and Something Right)
  3. Home (Soul Seekerz Remix)
  4. Total Eclipse Of The Heart (Sunset Strippers Full Dance Remix)
  5. I'm Already There (Ashanti Boyz Remix)
  6. Us Against The World (The Wideboys Remix)

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.[10] 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"[11] which supports the speculation. However, the band made no further changes to the release date.

Release history

Country Release Date
Worldwide November 5, 2007 (2007-11-05)
Poland February 11, 2008 (2008-02-11)[12]

Chart performance

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.

Back Home Tour 2008

Main article: Back Home Tour
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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.

This can be bought exclusively only at Woolworths in the UK.

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References

  1. ^ http://www.bmgjapan.com/westlife/item.php?id=758&item=8314
  2. ^ http://www.sonybmg.dk/view.php?template=artist&page_id=95
  3. ^ First day sales figures
  4. ^ UK Music Charts |The Official UK Top 75 albums
  5. ^ BBC Radio 1 - Chart Show - The UK Top 40 Albums
  6. ^ Muziek downloaden: Westlife - Back Home
  7. ^ BBC Radio 1 - The UK Top 40 Singles
  8. ^ Something Right in Asia/Europe
  9. ^ Creativedisc - Music Weblog
  10. ^ The Sun Online | The Best for News, Sport and Showbiz | The Sun
  11. ^ Spice's West strife - Mirror.co.uk
  12. ^ [1]
  13. ^ European Album Chart
  14. ^ IFPI Platinum Europe Awards - 2008
  15. ^ British official album chart
  16. ^ BPI Certifications
  17. ^ Irish album chart
  18. ^ Irish music certification awards
  19. ^ South Korea official album chart
  20. ^ Taiwan album chart
  21. ^ Estonian album chart
  22. ^ ZAF official album chart
  23. ^ NZ album chart
  24. ^ Australian album chart
  25. ^ Norwegian album chart
  26. ^ Swiss album chart
  27. ^ Swedish album chart
  28. ^ Dutch album chart
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