Face to Face (Westlife album)

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Face to Face
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Studio album by
Released31 October 2005
RecordedJanuary – August 2005
StudioRokstone 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
Length44:38
LanguageEnglish
Label
Producer
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
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Face to Face is the sixth studio album by Irish boy band Westlife, released in the UK on 31 October 2005.

Contents

The album was also released on DualDisc in the UK, which included the videos of the making of "You Raise Me Up", the Face to Face album photoshoot and exclusive interview footage. [5]

The album includes a cover of "She's Back" by Human Nature, "Desperado" by the Eagles, Collin Raye's number one hit "In This Life", and a Nick Carter solo song, "Heart Without a Home".

The album had more than 10,000 legal copies sold in mainland China. [6]

Singles

The first single released from the album is "You Raise Me Up", which brought the band back into the limelight after their ratpack-tribute ...Allow Us to Be Frank . The second single is a cover version of "When You Tell Me That You Love Me", which is recorded as a duet with the original singer, Diana Ross. The single reached the top 2 of the charts in December 2005, the 2nd time that the single had hit the top 2 of the charts for Diana. The final single released is "Amazing", the original mid-tempo song.

Face to Face Tour 2006

This tour set a goal that they will play in smaller venues and for smaller audiences to justify the title "Face to Face". The filmed video album for this tour came from their performance at the Wembley Arena. This also had a second leg of the tour 'summer nights' all over the biggest UK outdoor parks, castles and racing grounds.

Commercial performance

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 the biggest selling album released by Sony BMG Entertainment in 2005.[ citation needed ] It is certified 4× Platinum in the UK. [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 ]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."You Raise Me Up" Brendan Graham, Rolf Lovland Steve Mac 4:00
2."When You Tell Me That You Love Me" (with Diana Ross) Albert Hammond, John Bettis David Kreuger, Per Magnusson, Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi 3:56
3."Amazing" Savan Kotecha, Kristian Lundin, Sebastian Thott, Didrik Thott, Carl Bjorsell, Jake Schulze Carl Falk 2:49
4."That's Where You Find Love"Mac, Wayne Hector, Chris Farren Mac3:44
5."She's Back"Mac, Jörgen Elofsson Mac3:10
6."Desperado" Don Henley, Glenn Frey Mac3:37
7."Colour My World" Andreas Carlsson, Kotecha, Harry SommerdahlFalk, Schulze3:55
8."In This Life" Mike Reid, Allen ShamblinMac4:08
9."Heart Without a Home"Mac, Wayne Hector Mac4:47
10."Hit You with the Real Thing"Carl Björsell, Falk, Didrik Thott, Kotecha, Sebastian ThottFalk, Schulze3:00
11."Change Your Mind"Mac, HectorMac3:43
European bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
12."Maybe Tomorrow"Björsell, S Thott, Kotecha, D ThottFalk3:09
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
12."Maybe Tomorrow"Björsell, S Thott, Kotecha, D ThottFalk3:09
13."World of Our Own" (acoustic version)Mac, Hector 3:28
14."Flying Without Wings" (acoustic version)Mac, Hector 3:35
15."My Love" (acoustic version)Elofsson, Magnusson, Kreuger, Pelle Nylén  3:52

Credits

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [27] Platinum70,000^
Ireland (IRMA) [28] 8× Platinum120,000^
Sweden (GLF) [29] Gold30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [7] 4× Platinum1,200,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [30] Platinum1,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

CountryRelease date
Ireland31 October 2005
Philippines
United Kingdom
South Korea1 November 2005
BrazilDecember 2005
Australia12 December 2005
Taiwan
Poland13 February 2006 [31]

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