Face_to_Face_(Westlife_album)
Face to Face (Westlife album)
2005 studio album by Westlife
Face to Face is the sixth studio album by Irish boy band Westlife, released in the UK on 31 October 2005.
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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] |
| Rovi | [2] |
| Entertainment.ie | [3] |
| Manchester Evening News | [4] |
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]
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.
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.
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]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 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 | Mac | 3:44 |
| 5. | "She's Back" | Mac, Jörgen Elofsson | 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 | 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 | 3:28 | |
| 14. | "Flying Without Wings" (acoustic version) | Mac, Hector | 3:35 | |
| 15. | "My Love" (acoustic version) | Elofsson, Magnusson, Kreuger, Pelle Nylén | 3:52 |
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Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[27] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
| Ireland (IRMA)[28] | 8× Platinum | 120,000^ |
| Sweden (GLF)[29] | Gold | 30,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[7] | 4× Platinum | 1,200,000^ |
| Summaries | ||
| Europe (IFPI)[30] | Platinum | 1,000,000* |
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* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
| 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[31] |
- "Listen to Face to Face by Westlife - Album Reviews, Credits, and Awards". AllRovi. 31 October 2005. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- "Entertainment.ie review". 7 November 2005. Archived from the original on 1 April 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
- "Manchester Evening News review". 27 October 2005. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
- "Westlife Face to Face UK DualDisc (342966)". Eil.com. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- "China youth prefer Westlife to politics". Archived from the original on 18 July 2006. Retrieved 18 July 2006.
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- "Scottish Albums chart (2005-11-06)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
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- "Årslista Album – År 2005" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
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