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. 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. One 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. The album also appeared in the list of best album sales of Hong Kong in 2007. 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

*Source: *Accordion:
Eddie Hesson (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) *Arranged By dditional Choir Arrangements
Lawrence Johnson (tracks: 1, 8) *Arranged By trings
Dave Arch (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)
Ulf & Henrik Janson (tracks: 1, 3, 8) *Arranged By ocals
Andy Caine,
Steve Mac (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) *Backing Vocals dditional
Andy Caine (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)
Emil Heiling (tracks: 3)
Mae McKenna (tracks: 11) *Bass:
Steve Pearce (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)
Thomas Lindberg (tracks: 1, 8) *Choir:
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 (tracks: 1, 8)
The Tuff Session Singers (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) *Drums:
Chris Laws,
Ian Thomas (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)
Christer Janson (tracks: 8) *Engineer:
Bernard Löhr (tracks: 3)
Chris Laws,
Ren Swan (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)
Neil Tucker,
Quiz & Larossi* (tracks: 1, 8) *Engineer ssistant
Daniel Pursey (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) *Engineer ix
Chris Laws (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) *Engineer trings
Ian Agate (tracks: 1, 8) *Guitar uitars
Esbjörn Öhrwall (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 8)
Fridrik 'Frizzy' Karlsson,
Paul Gendler (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) *Keyboards:
Andreas 'Quiz' Romdhane,
Josef Larossi (tracks: 1, 4, 8)
Per Magnusson (tracks: 3)
Steve Mac (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) *Mastered By:
Vlado Meller *Mastered By ssistant
Mark Santangelo *Mixed By:
Bernard Löhr (track 3)
Quiz & Larossi (tracks: 1, 8) *Other anagement
Louis Walsh *Piano:
Dave Arch (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)
Peter Ljung (tracks: 1, 4, 8) *Arranged By:
David Kreuger,
Per Magnusson (track 3)
Quiz & Larossi (tracks: 1, 8)
Steve Mac (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) *Programmed By:
Andreas 'Quiz' Romdhane,
Josef Larossi (tracks: 1, 4, 8)
David Kreuger (track 3) *Recorded By ssistant Strings Recording
Chris Barrett (tracks: 4 to 6, 9 to 11) *Recorded By trings
Geoff Foster (tracks: 5, 6, 11)
Paul Walton (tracks: 2, 7)
Rupert Coulson (tracks: 4, 9, 10)

Release history

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Supporting tour

References

External links

Official Westlife Website
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