Songs for My Mother
2009 studio album by Ronan Keating
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Songs for My Mother is the fifth studio album by Irish singer Ronan Keating. It was released on 16 March 2009 on Polydor Records. Marking Keating's first album to be released since the reunion of Boyzone, the album was a commercial success, debuting at #4 on the Irish Albums Chart before peaking at #1 on its second week of release. It also peaked at number one in Australia and the United Kingdom. In New Zealand, the album debuted at number sixteen, jumping to number one the following week. The album spent three weeks at number one and was certified Platinum, selling over 15,000 copies.
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| Released | 16 March 2009 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 37:11 | |||
| Label | Polydor Records | |||
| Producer | Stephen Lipson | |||
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Background
The album was recorded over the span of two days during Christmas 2008 at British Grove Studios. The album was recorded with his usual backing band and a live orchestra. Ronan took time out of his busy Boyzone schedule in order to record the album. The album is produced by Stephen Lipson. The album was recorded in memory of his late mother Marie Keating and also to celebrate Mother's Day. The songs that Ronan chose to record for the album are songs that he remembers his mother listening to throughout his childhood. This album also contains a new version of his own song "This Is Your Song", a track which he wrote that originally appeared as the B-Side to his very first single, "When You Say Nothing at All", and his third studio album, Turn It On.
Commercial performance
Released close to Mother's Day in the United Kingdom, Songs for My Mother opened at number one on the UK Albums Chart.[2] Elsewhere, it debuted at number four on the Irish Albums Chart, before peaking at number one in its second week of release,[3] and reached the top spot in Australia and New Zealand.[4][5] In New Zealand, Songs for My Mother was certified Platinum, selling over 15,000 copies.[6]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Original Performer | Length |
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| 1. | "Time After Time" | Cyndi Lauper | 4:10 |
| 2. | "Make You Feel My Love" | Bob Dylan | 3:30 |
| 3. | "Both Sides Now" | Joni Mitchell | 3:58 |
| 4. | "Vincent" | Don McLean | 4:14 |
| 5. | "Carrickfergus" | traditional (and Dominic Behan in the mid-1960s) | 4:28 |
| 6. | "I Believe I Can Fly" | R. Kelly | 4:44 |
| 7. | "Mama’s Arms" | Joshua Kadison | 3:05 |
| 8. | "Wild Mountain Thyme" | Francis McPeake | 4:13 |
| 9. | "Suspicious Minds" | Elvis Presley | 3:37 |
| 10. | "This Is Your Song" | Ronan Keating | 3:59 |
| Total length: | 37:11 | ||
Charts
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