Turnaround (Westlife album)
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| Studio album by Westlife | ||||
| Released | 24 November 2003 | |||
| Recorded | 2003; Rokstone Studios, (London) Olympic Studios, (London) Sphere Studios, (London) The Location, (, Sweden) Quiz & Larossi, (, Sweden) Angel Studios, (London, England) Sony Music Studios London, (London) |
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| Genre | Pop, pop rock | |||
| Length | 47:39 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | BMG, RCA, S | |||
| Producer | Cutfather & Joe, Jake Schulze, Karl Engström, Quiz & Larossi, Steve Mac | |||
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| Allmusic |   |
| BBC Music | mixed |
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| The Music Fix | (2/10) |
Turnaround is the fourth studio album by Irish boy band Westlife, released on 24 November 2003 by BMG. The first single released was the upbeat track, "Hey Whatever". The next single was a cover of the Barry Manilow hit, "Mandy". The band's version earned them their 12th UK number one and an Irish record of the year award. "Obvious", an original song, was the third and final single released from the album.
Turnaround was the last album to feature member Brian McFadden. The album was the 23rd best selling album of 2003 in the UK. The album was re-released in a box set on 25 January 2005 with their debut album, Westlife. The album received favourable reviews from music critics, while it attained commercial success, topping the UK and Ireland charts, while reaching the top-ten in many countries.
After three successful albums, Westlife (1999), Coast to Coast (2000) and World of Our Own (2001), the band released their first greatest hits album, Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1, in 2002, amidst rumours of a split. After the greatest hits, the band released Turnaround as their fourth studio album, on 23 December 2003.Kian Egan said, "the passion and love we have for Westlife is still 100%", and the group felt that Turnaround is their best album yet.
Turnaround was the band's final album with lead vocalist Brian McFadden, who left the group three weeks prior to embarking on their fourth world tour, stating that, "It's hard to juggle two lives when you've got a family." He subsequently re-emerged as a solo artist and professed disgruntlement over the requirements associated with boy band captivity. When interviewed by Wil Marlow of The Journal, McFadden said, "I was standing there trying to sing a song like "Mandy" and be all emotional when I've never even met a Mandy."
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