The Love Album (Westlife album)

The Love Album is the seventh studio album by Irish boy band Westlife. It was released in the Philippines on 13 November 2006 and in the UK on 20 November 2006.^[6] The first and only single released was a cover of the Bette Midler song "The Rose", which reached No. 1 in Ireland and the UK. It was the band's 14th No. 1 single. The song was first performed at Miss World 2006.

The Love Album
Studio album by Westlife
Released	13 November 2006
Recorded	2006
Genre	Pop
Length	41:53
Language	English
Label	Sony BMG
Producer	David Kreuger Per Magnusson Larossi Quiz Steve Mac
Westlife chronology
Face to Face (2005) The Love Album (2006) Back Home (2007)
Singles from The Love Album
"The Rose" Released: 6 November 2006

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Blogcritics	[2]
muzyka.onet.pl	[3]
Entertainmentwise	[4]
Rovi	[5]

The album debuted at its peak position at No. 1 on the UK Charts, selling 219,662 copies in the UK that week.^[7] It also spent one week at number two and two weeks at number three. One of those number-three weeks have the highest sales for that said peak for a week in the whole year of 2006. It re-entered at number 17 at the Official UK Budget Albums Chart in November 2009. The album also appeared in the list of best album sales of Hong Kong in 2007.^[8]

Their cover version of "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You", which is included in the deluxe version of the album, has been viewed 100 million times on YouTube.^[9]

Track listing

The Love Album — Standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Rose"	Amanda McBroom	Quiz & Larossi	3:39
2.	"Total Eclipse of the Heart"	Jim Steinman	Steve Mac	4:40
3.	"All Out of Love" (featuring Delta Goodrem)	Graham Russell • Clive Davis	David Kreuger • Per Magnusson	3:44
4.	"You Light Up My Life"	Joe Brooks	Quiz & Larossi	3:27
5.	"Easy"	Lionel Richie	Steve Mac	4:26
6.	"You Are So Beautiful (to Me)"	Billy Preston • Bruce Fisher	Steve Mac	3:03
7.	"Have You Ever Been in Love"	Andy Hill • Peter Sinfield • John Danter	Steve Mac	3:41
8.	"Love Can Build a Bridge"	John Barlow Jarvis • Naomi Judd • Paul Overstreet	Quiz & Larossi	3:55
9.	"The Dance"	Anthony Arata	Steve Mac	3:58
10.	"All or Nothing"	Steve Mac • Wayne Hector	Steve Mac	3:56
11.	"You've Lost That Loving Feeling"	Phil Spector • Barry Mann • Cynthia Weil	Steve Mac	3:25

The Love Album — Japanese edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
12.	"Solitaire"	Neil Sedaka • Phil Cody	Steve Mac	5:07
13.	"Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You"	Michael Masser • Gerry Goffin	Graham Stack	3:47

The Love Album — Deluxe edition bonus disc

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Butterfly Kisses"	Bob Carlisle • Randy Thomas	Graham Stack	5:38
2.	"Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You"	Michael Masser • Gerry Goffin	Graham Stack	3:47
3.	"If"	David Gates	Graham Stack	2:42
4.	"Solitaire"	Neil Sedaka • Phil Cody	Steve Mac	5:07
5.	"Still Here"	Kristian Lundin • Savan Kotecha	Jake Schulz • Carl Falk	3:51
6.	"Total Eclipse of the Heart" (Sunset Strippers verse radio edit)	Jim Steinman	Steve Mac • Sunset Strippers	3:48

Credits

• Source:^[10]

Accordion: Eddie Hesson (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) Arranged By [Additional Choir Arrangements]: Lawrence Johnson (tracks: 1, 8) Arranged By [Strings]: Dave Arch (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) Ulf & Henrik Janson (tracks: 1, 3, 8) Arranged By [Vocals]: Andy Caine, Steve Mac (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) Backing Vocals [Additional]: Andy Caine (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) Emil Heiling (tracks: 3) Mae McKenna (tracks: 11) Bass: Steve Pearce (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) Thomas Lindberg (tracks: 1, 8) Choir: Aaron Sokell, Alani Gibbon, Anna Omakina, Ayo Oyerinde, Camilla Beeput, Donna Gardier-Elliot, Ezra Russell, Joy Malcolm, Lanoi Montet, Lawrence Johnson, Lena Palmer, Lorrain Smith, Michael Molton, Sheena White, Stephanie Meade, Subrina Edwards (tracks: 1, 8) The Tuff Session Singers (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)

Drums: Chris Laws, Ian Thomas (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) Christer Janson (tracks: 8) Engineer: Bernard Löhr (tracks: 3) Chris Laws, Ren Swan (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) Neil Tucker, Quiz & Larossi* (tracks: 1, 8) Engineer [Assistant]: Daniel Pursey (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) Engineer [Mix]: Chris Laws (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) Engineer [Strings]: Ian Agate (tracks: 1, 8) Guitar [Guitars]: Esbjörn Öhrwall (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 8) Fridrik 'Frizzy' Karlsson, Paul Gendler (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) Keyboards: Andreas 'Quiz' Romdhane, Josef Larossi (tracks: 1, 4, 8) Per Magnusson (tracks: 3) Steve Mac (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) Mastered By: Vlado Meller Mastered By [Assistant]: Mark Santangelo Mixed By: Bernard Löhr (track 3) Quiz & Larossi (tracks: 1, 8) Other [Management]: Louis Walsh

Piano: Dave Arch (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) Peter Ljung (tracks: 1, 4, 8) Arranged By: David Kreuger, Per Magnusson (track 3) Quiz & Larossi (tracks: 1, 8) Steve Mac (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) Programmed By: Andreas 'Quiz' Romdhane, Josef Larossi (tracks: 1, 4, 8) David Kreuger (track 3) Recorded By [Assistant Strings Recording]: Chris Barrett (tracks: 4 to 6, 9 to 11) Recorded By [Strings]: Geoff Foster (tracks: 5, 6, 11) Paul Walton (tracks: 2, 7) Rupert Coulson (tracks: 4, 9, 10)

Release history

Country	Release date
Philippines	13 November 2006
Ireland	20 November 2006
United Kingdom
Argentina	5 December 2006

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2006) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] 11 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] 49 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13] 49 European Albums (European Top 100)[14] 5 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 34 Irish Albums (IRMA)[16] 1 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[17] 52 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[18] 2 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[19] 1 Scottish Albums (OCC)[20] 2 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 3 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 27 Taiwanese Albums (Five Music)[23] 1 UK Albums (OCC)[24] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2006) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[25] 83 Irish Albums (IRMA)[26] 1 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[27] 27 UK Albums (OCC)[28] 8

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[29]	Platinum	70,000^
Ireland (IRMA)[30]	10× Platinum	150,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[31]	3× Platinum	45,000^
Sweden (GLF)[32]	Gold	20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[33]	3× Platinum	900,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[34]	Platinum	1,000,000*
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Supporting tour

Main article: The Love Tour

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External links

• Official Westlife Website