The Love Album (Westlife album)


The Love Album is the eighth studio album, eighth album under Sony BMG and second, last cover album by Irish boy band Westlife. It was released in the Philippines on 13 November 2006 and in the UK on 20 November 2006 and the songs on the album center in a "love theme". It was also the band's third album to be released as a four-piece. The first and only single released was a cover of the Bette Midler song "The Rose", which debuted at 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 album debuted at its peak position at No. 1 on the UK Charts, selling 219,662 copies in the UK that week. It also spent one week at number two and two weeks at number three. On 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.
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.

Track listing

Credits

Eddie Hesson
Lawrence Johnson
Dave Arch
Ulf & Henrik Janson
Andy Caine,
Steve Mac
Andy Caine
Emil Heiling
Mae McKenna
Steve Pearce
Thomas Lindberg
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
The Tuff Session Singers
Chris Laws,
Ian Thomas
Christer Janson
Bernard Löhr
Chris Laws,
Ren Swan
Neil Tucker,
Quiz & Larossi*
Daniel Pursey
Chris Laws
Ian Agate
Esbjörn Öhrwall
Fridrik 'Frizzy' Karlsson,
Paul Gendler
Andreas 'Quiz' Romdhane,
Josef Larossi
Per Magnusson
Steve Mac
Vlado Meller
Mark Santangelo
Bernard Löhr
Quiz & Larossi
Louis Walsh
Dave Arch
Peter Ljung
David Kreuger,
Per Magnusson
Quiz & Larossi
Steve Mac
Andreas 'Quiz' Romdhane,
Josef Larossi
David Kreuger
Chris Barrett
Geoff Foster
Paul Walton
Rupert Coulson
Source: Discogs

Release history

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

Supporting tour