Face to Face (Westlife album)

Face to Face is the sixth studio album by Irish boy band Westlife, released in the UK on 31 October 2005.

Face to Face
Studio album by Westlife
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
Label	S RCA Sony BMG
Producer	Andreas "Quiz" Romdhane Josef Larossi David Kreuger Per Magnusson Carl Falk Jake Schulze Steve Mac
Westlife chronology
...Allow Us to Be Frank (2004) Face to Face (2005) The Love Album (2006)
Singles from Face to Face
"You Raise Me Up" Released: 24 October 2005 "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" Released: 12 December 2005 "Amazing" Released: 20 February 2006

Professional ratings

Review scores
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]

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

Main article: Face to Face Tour

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.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
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	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

European bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
12.	"Maybe Tomorrow"	Björsell, S Thott, Kotecha, D Thott	Falk	3:09

Japanese bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
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

Credits

Arranged By [Strings]: Dave Arch (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11) Arranged By [Strings], Conductor [Strings]: Henrik Janson (tracks: 2, 3, 7) Ulf Janson (tracks: 2, 3, 7) Bass: Steve Pearce (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11) Choir: The Tuff Session Singers (tracks: 1, 6, 8) Drums: Chris Laws (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 8, 11) Ian Thomas (tracks: 6, 9) Engineer: Chris Laws (tracks: 1, 4 to 6, 8, 9, 11) Dan Pursey (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11) Ren Swan (tracks: 1, 6, 8) Engineer [Mix]: Ren Swan (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11)

Engineer [Strings]: Mike Ross-Trevor (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 9) Guitar: Fridrik Karlsson (tracks: 1, 5, 8) Paul Gendler (tracks: 4, 6, 9, 11) Keyboards: Steve Mac (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11) Mastered By: Dick Beetham (tracks: 2 to 11) Vlado Meller (tracks: 1) Photography: Neil Kirk Piano: Dave Arch (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 9) Steve Mac (tracks: 4, 11) Strings: Stockholm Session Strings (tracks: 2, 3, 7)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2005–06) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] 1 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] 71 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[10] 19 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] 30 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[12] 5 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 18 Irish Albums (IRMA)[14] 1 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[15] 35 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[16] 7 Scottish Albums (OCC)[17] 1 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[18] 9 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 14 UK Albums (OCC)[20] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2005) Position Irish Albums (IRMA)[21] 4 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[22] 93 UK Albums (OCC)[23] 6 Chart (2006) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[24] 25 UK Albums (OCC)[25] 129 Decade-end charts Chart (2000–2009) Position UK Albums (OCC)[26] 83

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
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*
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Country	Release date
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]

References

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External links

• Official Westlife Website