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'''''Allow Us to Be Frank''''' (or "AUTBF") is a Tribute [[album]] by Irish boyband [[Westlife]], released on [[8 November]] [[2004]] (see [[2004 in music]]).
'''''Allow Us to Be Frank''''' (or "AUTBF") is a Tribute [[album]] by Irish boyband [[Westlife]], released on [[8 November]] [[2004]] (see [[2004 in music]]).

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{{Infobox Album |

 Name        = Allow Us to Be Frank |
 Type        = tribute |
 Artist      = Westlife |
 Cover       = Westlife-allowustobefrank.jpg|
 Released    = November 8 2004 (Europe) |
 Recorded    = 2004 |
 Genre       = Swing, Jazz |
 Length      = 39:21 |
 Label       = Sony BMG |
 Producer    =  |
 Reviews     = *Entertainment.ie Template:Rating-5 link
 Last album  = Turnaround
(2003) | This album = Allow Us to Be Frank
(2004) | Next album = Face to Face
(2005) |

| Misc = {{Extra album cover 2

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Allow Us to Be Frank (or "AUTBF") is a Tribute album by Irish boyband Westlife, released on 8 November 2004 (see 2004 in music). It reached number three in the UK and it includes "Ain't That A Kick In The Head" (originally recorded by Dean Martin in 1960, the said song is only released as a promotional single together with "Smile" and "Fly Me To The Moon". It also features some songs made famous by Frank Sinatra: "Fly Me to the Moon", "The Way You Look Tonight", "Come Fly With Me", "Moon River", "Summer Wind" and "That's Life". It also includes the famous Nat "King" Cole song, "When I Fall in Love". Ain't That A Kick In The Head has reached #1 and Smile at #2 on the chart of MYX, a Philippine music channel. "Beyond the Sea" (cover version of Bobby Darin's major hit in 1960) was not included in the album but was released as a digital download in the Allow Us To Be Frank era.

UK Track Listing

  1. "Ain't That a Kick In the Head" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 2:27
  2. "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) - 2:31
  3. "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin, John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons) - 2:50
  4. "Let There Be Love" (Ian Grant, Lionel Rand) - 2:45
  5. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) - 4:07
  6. "Come Fly With Me" (Cahn, Van Heusen) - 3:15
  7. "Mack the Knife" (Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) - 3:10
  8. "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" (George Cory, Douglas Cross) - 2:59
  9. "Summer Wind" (Hans Bradtke, Henry Mayer, Johnny Mercer) - 2:58
  10. "Oh My Darling, Clementine" (Woody Harris, Percy Montrose) - 3:19
  11. "When I Fall In Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) - 3:09
  12. "Moon River" (Johnny Mercer, Henry Mancini)
  13. "That's Life" (Kelly Gordon, Dean Kay) - 3:13


Asian Track Listing

  1. "Ain't That a Kick In the Head" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 2:27
  2. "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) - 2:31
  3. "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin, John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons) - 2:50
  4. "Let There Be Love" (Ian Grant, Lionel Rand) - 2:45
  5. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) - 4:07
  6. "Come Fly With Me" (Cahn, Van Heusen) - 3:15
  7. "Mack the Knife" (Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) - 3:10
  8. "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" (George Cory, Douglas Cross) - 2:59
  9. "Summer Wind" (Hans Bradtke, Henry Mayer, Johnny Mercer) - 2:58
  10. "Clementine" (Woody Harris, Percy Montrose) - 3:19
  11. "When I Fall In Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) - 3:09
  12. "That's Life" (Kelly Gordon, Dean Kay) - 3:13

Chart Performance

Country Peak Position Certification
 United Kingdom 3 2x Platinum
 Sweden 5