Face to Face (Westlife album)

Infobox Album | Name = Face to Face
Type = Album
Artist = Westlife


Released = flagicon|UKflagicon|Irelandflagicon|Philippines
October 31 2005
flagicon|AustraliaDecember 12 2005
flagicon|TaiwanDecember 12 2005
Recorded = 2005
Genre = Pop
Length = 44:38
Label = Sony BMG, RCA
Language = English
Producer = Andreas "Quiz" Romdhane, Josef Larossi, David Kreuger, Per Mangusson (track 2)
Carl Falk (tracks: 3, 7, 10)
Jake Schulze (tracks: 7, 10)
Steve Mac
(tracks: 1, 4 to 6, 8, 9, 11)
Reviews = *Manchester Evening News Rating|4|5 [http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/music/album_reviews/s/179/179581_westlife__face_to_face_rca_.html link]
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gifoxqudldte]
*Entertainment.ie Rating|1|5 [http://entertainment.ie/album-review/Westlife---Face-to-Face/4179.htm]
Last album = "Released"
(2005)
This album = "Face to Face"
(2005)
Next album = "The Love Album"
(2006)
Misc =Singles
Name = Face To Face
Type = studio
single 1 = You Raise Me Up
single 1 date = October 24, 2004
single 2 = When You Tell Me That You Love Me
single 2 date = December 12, 2004
single 3 = Amazing
single 3 date = February 20, 2005

"Face to Face" was the seventh album by Irish boyband Westlife and it was released in the UK on 31 October 2005. The album contains many pop songs along with some dance oriented tracks.

The first single from the album was a cover of the Secret Garden hit, "You Raise Me Up". It was this single that brought the band back into the limelight after their ratpack-tribute "Allow Us to Be Frank" 2004 album.

The second single released was a cover version of "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" and was recorded as a duet with the original singer, the legendary Diana Ross.

The final single released was "Amazing", an original mid-tempo song.

"That's Where You Find Love" was released as a radio promotional single in The Philippines in support for the band's Face to Face Asian Tour 2006.

The album also includes a cover of The Eagles classic "Desperado" along with one Backstreet Boys bonus track from their 2005 album, Never Gone, "Colour My World" and a Nick Carter solo song, "Heart Without A Home".

The "Face to Face" album became Westlife's fifth UK number-one album in seven years, selling 1.3 million in the United Kingdom and over 2 million worldwide. Became, #7 and #129 in UK Year-end albums chart for 2005 and 2006 respectively. It was also the biggest selling album from Sony BMG Entertainment in 2005. 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.

Album information

*Style:
Europop
Ballad

Track listing

Chart Performance

Face to Face Tour 2005

References

External links

* [http://www.westlife.com Official Westlife Website]

succession box
before = "Intensive Care" by Robbie Williams
title = UK number one album
years = November 5 2005 – November 11 2005
after = "Ancora" by Il Divosuccession box
before = "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not"
by Arctic Monkeys
title = Australian ARIA Albums Chart Number-one album
years = March 6 2006 – March 26 2006
after = "Both Sides of the Gun" by Ben Harpersuccession box
before = "Intensive Care" by Robbie Williams
title = Ireland Albums Chart number-one album
years = November 3, 2005
after = "Gift Crub 6 – The Special One" by Mario Rosenstock