# Face to Face (Westlife album)

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Face to Face is the sixth studio album by Irish boy band Westlife, released in the UK on 31 October 2005.
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 "She's Back" by Human Nature, "Desperado" by the Eagles, Collin Raye's number one hit "In This Life", and a Nick Carter solo song, "Heart Without a Home".
The album had more than 10,000 legal copies sold in mainland China.

## Singles

The first single released from the album is "You Raise Me Up", which brought the band back into the limelight after their ratpack-tribute ...Allow Us to Be Frank. The second single is a cover version of "When You Tell Me That You Love Me", which is recorded as a duet with the original singer, Diana Ross. The single reached the top 2 of the charts in December 2005, the 2nd time that the single had hit the top 2 of the charts for Diana. The third and final single released is "Amazing", the original mid-tempo song, released in February 2006. It debuted at number 4, becoming the group 20th consecutive top 5 single in the UK.

## Face to Face Tour 2006

This tour set a goal that they will play in smaller venues and for smaller audiences to justify the title "Face to Face". The filmed video album for this tour came from their performance at the Wembley Arena. This also had a second leg of the tour 'summer nights' all over the biggest UK outdoor parks, castles and racing grounds.

## Commercial performance

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.

## Credits

* Arranged By [Strings]: Dave Arch (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11)
* Arranged By [Strings], Conductor [Strings]: Henrik Janson (tracks: 2, 3, 7) Ulf Janson (tracks: 2, 3, 7)
* Bass: Steve Pearce (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11)
* Choir: The Tuff Session Singers (tracks: 1, 6, 8)
* Drums: Chris Laws (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 8, 11) Ian Thomas (tracks: 6, 9)
* Engineer: Chris Laws (tracks: 1, 4 to 6, 8, 9, 11) Dan Pursey (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11) Ren Swan (tracks: 1, 6, 8)
* Engineer [Mix]: Ren Swan (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11)
* Engineer [Strings]: Mike Ross-Trevor (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 9)
* Guitar: Fridrik Karlsson (tracks: 1, 5, 8) Paul Gendler (tracks: 4, 6, 9, 11)
* Keyboards: Steve Mac (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11)
* Mastered By: Dick Beetham (tracks: 2 to 11) Vlado Meller (tracks: 1)
* Photography: Neil Kirk
* Piano: Dave Arch (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 9) Steve Mac (tracks: 4, 11)
* Strings: Stockholm Session Strings (tracks: 2, 3, 7)

## Certifications

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| Australia (ARIA) | Platinum | 70,000$^^$ |
| Ireland (IRMA) | 8× Platinum | 120,000$^^$ |
| Sweden (GLF) | Gold | 30,000$^^$ |
| United Kingdom (BPI) | 4× Platinum | 1,200,000$^^$ |
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| Europe (IFPI) | Platinum | 1,000,000$^*$ |
| $^*$ Sales figures based on certification alone. $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||

## Release history

| Country | Release date |
| Ireland | 31 October 2005 |
| Philippines | 31 October 2005 |
| United Kingdom | 31 October 2005 |
| South Korea | 1 November 2005 |
| Brazil | December 2005 |
| Australia | 12 December 2005 |
| Taiwan | 12 December 2005 |
| Poland | 13 February 2006 |