Westlife albums (Music Guide)

Source: Wikipedia. Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Pages: 39. Chapters: Allow Us to Be Frank, Back Home (Westlife album), Coast to Coast (Westlife album), Face to Face (Westlife album), Gravity (Westlife album), Greatest Hits (Westlife album), Other compilation albums of Westlife, The Love Album (Westlife album), Turnaround (Westlife album), Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1, Westlife (album), Where We Are, World of Our Own. Excerpt: Greatest Hits is the second greatest hits album and final release by Irish boy band Westlife. It was released on 18 November 2011 by RCA Records and Sony Music. Greatest Hits is the group's second greatest hits album following Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1 (2002). The album is the group's first album not under Syco Music and not under the tutelage of Simon Cowell, having left Syco and Cowell in March 2011. The greatest hits album contains numerous singles that span throughout the band's career, as well as four new songs produced by John Shanks, which includes the lead single "Lighthouse", which was released on 14 November 2011, and "Beautiful World", the album's second single, which was released on 15 December 2011. The compilation was released in two different formats, a standard edition containing the album's eighteen tracks, and a deluxe edition featuring numerous other singles of the band's discography, as well as a DVD containing almost all of the band's music videos. Upon the album's release, Greatest Hits received mixed reviews from music critics, with some reviewers praising the compilation's structure, while others disliked the group's musical style implemented in the songs. The compilation reached #4 in the UK Albums Chart; it is the lowest peaking position for a Westlife album. The album sold 423,000 copies in the UK and was listed as one of the top selling albums of 2011. The album also debuted at the #1 position on the Irish Albums Chart, while it peaked within the top forty of New Zealand and Norway. It was recorded in May - September 2011 with the band's Gravity producer Shanks and new producers like Dan Radclyffe and Boxsta Martin. In 5 September 2011, it was confirmed the album to be simply titled as Greatest Hits. The group said, "It¿s almost hard to believe that we¿ve been doing this for as long as we have. We¿re incredibly proud of what we¿ve achieved and are looking forward to releasing our Greatest Hits as a special thank you to our f