Turnaround (Westlife album)

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Turnaround
Studio album by Westlife
Released	24 November 2003
Recorded	Late 2002–September 2003; Rokstone Studios, (London) Olympic Studios, (London) Sphere Studios, (London) The Location, (Stockholm, Sweden) Quiz & Larossi, (Stockholm, Sweden) Angel Recording Studios, (London, England) Sony Music Studios London, (London)
Genre	Pop pop rock
Length	47:39
Language	English
Label	BMG RCA S
Producer	Cutfather & Joe Jake Schulze Karl Engström Quiz & Larossi Steve Mac
Westlife chronology
Unbreakable – The Greatest Hits Volume 1 (2002) Turnaround (2003) ...Allow Us to Be Frank (2004)
Alternative cover
Special Edition cover

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Mandy"	Scott English, Richard Kerr	Steve Mac	3:21
2.	"Hey Whatever"	Wayne Hector, Mac, Carl Papenfus, Ken Papenfus	Mac	3:30
3.	"Heal"	Nick Jarl, Savan Kotecha	Mac	3:08
4.	"Obvious"	Pilot (Tosh / Bairnson / Paton / Lyall), Savan Kotecha, Andreas Carlsson	Jake Schulze, Kristian Lundin, Karl Engström, Quiz & Larossi (add.)	3:32
5.	"When a Woman Loves a Man"	Andreas Romdhane, Kotecha, Jimmy McCarthy	Quizlarossi	3:39
6.	"On My Shoulder"	Hector, Mac	Mac	3:58
7.	"Turn Around"	Hector, Mac	Mac	4:23
8.	"I Did It for You"	Diane Warren	Mac	3:31
9.	"Thank You"	Hector, Mac, Simon Perry	Mac	4:04
10.	"To Be with You"	David Grahame, Eric Martin	Mac	3:22
11.	"Home"	Hector, Mac	Mac	4:06
12.	"Lost in You"	Tommy Sims, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Gordon Kennedy	Cutfather & Joe	3:37
13.	"What Do They Know?"	Hector, Mac, Don Black, McCarthy	Mac	3:20
Total length:				43:54

Japanese bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"Never Knew I Was Losing You"	Brian McFadden, Shane Filan, Markus Feehily, Kian Egan, Nicky Byrne	Steve Robson	4:42

Japanese tour edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
15.	"I Won't Let You Down"	McFadden, Filan, Feehily, Egan, Byrne	Billy Farrell, Ed O'Leary	3:45
16.	"Singing Forever"	McFadden, Filan, Feehily, Egan, Byrne	Farrell, O'Leary	3:49
17.	"You See Friends (I See Lovers)"	McFadden, Filan, Feehily, Egan, Byrne	Farrell, O'Leary	4:11
18.	"I'm Missing Loving You"	McFadden, Filan, Feehily, Egan, Byrne	Steve Robson	4:05

Deluxe edition bonus Karaoke VCD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mandy"
2.	"If I Let You Go"
3.	"My Love"
4.	"Flying Without Wings"
5.	"When You're Looking Like That"
6.	"Swear It Again"
7.	"I Have a Dream"
8.	"Seasons in the Sun"
9.	"Hey Whatever" (music video)

Credits

Arranged by [Strings]: Dave Arch (tracks: 1, 3, 8) Henrik And Ulf Jansson (tracks: 4, 5) Tue Røh* (track 12) Wil Malone (tracks: 6, 11) Bass: Andreas "Quiz" Romdhane (track 4) Steve Pearce (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 8 to 11) Drums: Brett Morgan (track 3) Chris Laws (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 11) Ian Thomas (tracks: 1, 6 to 8, 10, 11) Ralph Salmins (track 2) Engineer: Chris Laws (tracks: 1 to 3, 6 to 11, 13) Daniel Pursey (tracks: 1, 2) Lee McCutcheon (track 1) Robin Sellars (tracks: 1 to 3, 6, 7, 11, 13) Steve Price (tracks: 6, 11) Engineer [Assistant]: Daniel Pursey (tracks: 1, 3, 6 to 11) Mat Bartram (tracks: 6, 11) Steve Mustarde (tracks: 6, 7, 10, 11) Guitar [Guitars]: Esbjörn Öhrwal (track 4, 5) Fridrik 'Frizzy' Karlsson (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 8 to 11, 13) Jonas Krag (track 12) Paul Gendler (tracks: 3, 7, 8, 10, 11)

Keyboards: David Stenmarck (track 3) Joe Belmaati (track 12) Nick Jarl (track 3) Steve Mac (tracks: 2, 6, 7, 9, 11) Tue Røh* (track 12) Leader [String]: Gavin Wright (tracks: 3, 6, 8, 11) Mastered By: Bob Ludwig (tracks: 2, 6 to 9) Jacko (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 10 to 13) Tim Young (track 3) Mixed By: Bernard Löhr (tracks: 4, 5) Bob Clearmountain (tracks: 2, 8 to 10) Cutfather And Joe* (tracks: 12) Mads Nilson (tracks: 12) Stefan Glaumann (tracks: 3) Steve Mac (tracks: 1, 6, 7, 11, 13) Mixed by [Assistant]: Kevin Harp (tracks: 2, 8 to 10) Organ [Hammond]: Dave Arch (tracks: 2, 3, 8, 10) Percussion: Frank Ricotti (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 10, 11) Piano: Andreas Romdhane (track 5) Dave Arch (track 3) Kristoffer Nergårdh (track 5) Stefan Jernsthal (track 4) Steve Mac (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2003) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [14] 42 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [15] 78 Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [16] 4 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [17] 33 European Albums Chart [18] 5 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [19] 20 Irish Albums (IRMA) [20] 1 Japanese Albums (Oricon) [21] 35 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [22] 42 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [23] 37 Scottish Albums (OCC) [24] 1 South Korean Albums (RIAK) [25] 2 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [26] 5 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [27] 24 UK Albums (OCC) [28] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2003) Position Irish Albums (IRMA) [29] 12 UK Albums (OCC) [30] 23 Chart (2004) Position UK Albums (OCC) [31] 139

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [32]	Gold	20,000^
Singapore (RIAS) [33]	Gold	5,000*
Sweden (GLF) [34]	Gold	30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [35]	2× Platinum	752,583 [36]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [37]	Platinum	1,000,000*
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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External links

• Official Westlife Website