Face to Face (Westlife album)
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| Studio album by Westlife | ||||
| Released | 31 October 2005 | |||
| Recorded | January - August 2005; Rokstone Studios, (London), A Side Studios, , Kingside Studio, , Sanctuary Townhouse Studio, London, Larrabee North Studios, Los Angeles, The Location, Grouse Lodge Studios, Ireland |
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| 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 | |||
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Face to Face is the sixth studio album by Irish boyband Westlife, released in the UK on 31 October 2005. The album contains pop songs and some dance oriented tracks.
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.
The album includes a cover of Human Nature's track from the 2004 album Walk the Tightrope, "She's Back", The Eagles classic "Desperado" and a Backstreet Boys bonus track from the 2005 album, Never Gone, "Colour My World", Collin Raye's number one hit "In This Life" 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 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. It is certified 4× Platinum in the UK. 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.
The first single release from the album was a cover of the Secret Garden hit, "You Raise Me Up", which brought the band back into the limelight after their ratpack-tribute Allow Us to Be Frank. The second single was a cover version of "When You Tell Me That You Love Me", recorded as a duet with the original singer, Diana Ross. The single reached the top of the charts in December 2005, the 2nd time that the single had hit the top of the charts for Diana. The album sales probably usurped the singles' ultimate chart potential in other strong Westlife territories, where the album sold briskly through the holiday selling season. The video got strong play on MTV Europe, MTV Asia and MTV Singapore branding the diva's presence on the video channels into the millennium years.
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