Face to Face (Westlife album)
2005 studio album by Westlife
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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.
(London),
A Side Studios,
Stockholm,
Kingside Studio, Stockholm,
Sanctuary Townhouse Studio, London,
Larrabee North Studios, Los Angeles,
The Location, Stockholm
Grouse Lodge Studios, Ireland
| Face to Face | ||||
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| Released | 31 October 2005 | |||
| Recorded | January – August 2005 | |||
| Studio | 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 | |||
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| Singles from Face to Face | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment.ie | [2] |
| Manchester Evening News | [3] |
| MTV Asia | 7/10[4] |
| Rovi | [5] |
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.[6]
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.[7]
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 third and final single released is "Amazing", an original mid-tempo song, released in February 2006. It debuted at number 4, becoming the group 20th consecutive top 5 single in the UK.
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.[8] 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. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "You Raise Me Up" | Brendan Graham, Rolf Løvland, Lo Ta-yu | 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 | Mac | 3:44 |
| 5. | "She's Back" | Mac, Jörgen Elofsson, Michael Jackson | Mac | 3:10 |
| 6. | "Desperado" | Don Henley, Glenn Frey | Mac | 3:37 |
| 7. | "Colour My World" | Andreas Carlsson, Kotecha, Harry Sommerdahl | Falk, Schulze | 3:55 |
| 8. | "In This Life" | Mike Reid, Allen Shamblin | Mac | 4:08 |
| 9. | "Heart Without a Home" | Mac, Wayne Hector | Mac | 4:47 |
| 10. | "Hit You with the Real Thing" | Carl Björsell, Falk, Didrik Thott, Kotecha, Sebastian Thott | Falk, Schulze | 3:00 |
| 11. | "Change Your Mind" | Mac, Hector, Billy Joel | Mac | 3:43 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 12. | "Maybe Tomorrow" | Björsell, S Thott, Kotecha, D Thott | Falk | 3:09 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 12. | "Maybe Tomorrow" | Björsell, S Thott, Kotecha, D Thott | Falk | 3:09 |
| 13. | "World of Our Own" (acoustic version) | Mac, Hector, Dennis Morgan, Simon Climie | 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
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Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[31] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
| Ireland (IRMA)[32] | 8× Platinum | 120,000^ |
| Sweden (GLF)[33] | Gold | 30,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[8] | 4× Platinum | 1,200,000^ |
| Summaries | ||
| Europe (IFPI)[34] | Platinum | 1,000,000* |
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* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
Release history
| Country | Release date |
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| Ireland | 31 October 2005 |
| Philippines | |
| United Kingdom | |
| South Korea | 1 November 2005 |
| Brazil | December 2005 |
| Australia | 12 December 2005 |
| Taiwan | |
| Poland | 13 February 2006[35] |