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Westlife's ninth album, Where We Are, follows a yearlong sabbatical that the bandmembers took after celebrating their tenth anniversary with the concert video 10 Years of Westlife -- Live at Croke Park Stadium (2008). Where We Are was billed as a slight change in direction by the boy band, whose formula for chart-topping success had become overly predictable in recent years. In search of a fresh approach, they worked with a lot of American songwriters and producers, most notably Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic, who co-wrote and produced two of the album highlights, "Shadows" and "Where We Are." They also worked extensively with the veteran American R&B hitmakers Louis Biancaniello and Sam Watters, who are credited with three songs ("How to Break a Heart," "Leaving," "Sound of a Broken Heart"). Another album highlight, "The Difference," comes courtesy of Anne Preven and Scott Cutler, formerly of the Los Angeles alternative rock band Ednaswap, whose song "Torn" was an international smash hit for Natalie Imbruglia in 1997. Moreover, the album's lead single, "What About Now," is a cover version of a hit single by American Idol winner Daughtry that was co-written by Evanescence bandmembers Ben Moody and David Hodges. Despite all of this American input, Where We Are sounds like any other Westlife album, in part because it's such an assembly-line effort (by one count there are 29 different songwriters and 17 different producers credited on the 13 songs). As always, the album is comprised of power ballads about love and heartbreak with soaring string arrangements and earnest vocal performances by the bandmembers. Fortunately, there are many first-rate songs here -- more or less the entire first half of the album -- and the production is polished to perfection. Fans content with more of the same should find plenty to enjoy on Where We Are, another in a long line of Westlife albums sure to generate one smash hit after another.
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
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Westlife, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Session Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Hartzler, Composer, Lyricist - Steve Robson, Producer - Luke Potashnick, Guitar - Will Malone, Performance Arranger - Jeremy Wheatley, Mixing Engineer - Karl Brazil, Drums - Richard Flack, Engineer - Paul Beard, Piano - Dick Beetham, Mastering Engineer - Ben Moody, Composer, Lyricist - David Hodges, Composer, Lyricist - John Garrison, Bass
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Westlife, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Watters, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Louis Biancaniello, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer - Jim Jonsin, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer - PHIL TAN, Mixing Engineer - Damien Lewis, Engineer - James Scheffer, Composer, Lyricist - Rob Marks, Engineer
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Westlife, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Watters, Producer, Engineer - Louis Biancaniello, Producer, Engineer, Keyboards, Programmer - Carl Falk, Composer, Lyricist - Andreas Romdhane, Keyboards, Programmer - Josef Larossi, Programmer - Bryn Christopher, Composer, Lyricist - Quiz, Producer, Engineer - Henrik Janson, Arranger - Larossi, Producer, Engineer - Steven Lee Olsen, Composer, Lyricist - Ulf Janson, Arranger - Ian Agate, Engineer - Bryon Jones, Vocal - Peter Ljung, Piano - Stockholm Session Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Neil Tucker, Engineer - Lawrence Johnson, Arranger - Esbjorn Ohrwall, Guitar - Priscilla Jones, Vocal - Josef Svedlund, Drums - Ian Pitter, Vocal - Carol Riley, Vocal - Althea Edwards, Vocal - Candace Johnson, Vocal - Vanessa Addo-Yeboah, Vocal - Subrina McCalla, Vocal - HBNS Choir, Vocal - Candice Mimi-Appiah, Vocal
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Westlife, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ryan Tedder, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Arranger, Engineer, Piano, Programmer, Strings - PHIL TAN, Mixing Engineer - Damien Lewis, Engineer - Alexander McLean, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Westlife, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Feehily, Vocal - Steve Anderson, Producer, Arranger, Engineer, Acoustic Guitar, Mixing Engineer, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Petty, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Westlife, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Savan Kotecha, Composer, Lyricist - Ryan Tedder, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Arranger, Guitar, Piano, Programmer - PHIL TAN, Mixing Engineer - Damien Lewis, Engineer - Noel Zancanella, Engineer
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Westlife, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zac Rae, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer - Brian Kennedy Seals, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer - ANNE PREVEN, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - SCOTT CUTLER, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer - Ed Shearmur, Strings - Jeff Rothschild, Mixing Engineer - Christian Howes, Strings - Jesse Astin, Engineer
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Westlife, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Shorten, Composer, Lyricist - Jeremy Wheatley, Mixing Engineer - Martin Terefe, Producer, Bass - Nikolaj Torp Larsen, Arranger, Keyboards, Piano - DAVID DAVIDSON, Violin, Orchestrator - David Angell, Violin - John Catchings, Cello - Kris Wilkinson, Viola, Violin - Kristoffer Sonne, Drums - Andreas Olsson, Programmer, Synthesizer - Dyre Gormsen, Engineer - Iain Hill, Engineer - Andy Caine, Background Vocal - Conner Reeves, Composer, Lyricist - The Love Sponge Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Nikolaj Juel Christiansen, Guitar - Baeho Shin, Engineer
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Westlife, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeremy Wheatley, Mixing Engineer - Jon Kelly, Engineer - Simon Hale, Arranger - Steve Booker, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Bass - John Parricelli, Guitar - Alessandro Destefanis, Engineer - Sophie Delila, Composer, Lyricist - Millennia Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Neal Wilkinson, Drums
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Westlife, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Savan Kotecha, Composer, Lyricist - Lindy Robbins, Composer, Lyricist - Jeff Bova, Arranger, Strings - Emanuel Kiriakou, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Thrall, Programmer - Jeff Rothschild, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Westlife, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Watters, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Louis Biancaniello, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer - PHIL TAN, Mixing Engineer - John Reid, Composer, Lyricist - Damien Lewis, Engineer - Wayne Wilkins, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Westlife, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Wells, Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Braide, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Arranger - Mark Feehily, Composer, Lyricist - Shaznay Lewis, Composer, Lyricist - Jeff Rothschild, Mixing Engineer - Luke Tozour, Engineer
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Westlife, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Hill, Composer, Lyricist - Will Malone, Arranger - Shelly Poole, Composer, Lyricist - Jeremy Wheatley, Mixing Engineer - Emanuel Kiriakou, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Programmer, Bass - Ross Parkin, Engineer - Doug Petty, Keyboards, Programmer, Synthesizer - Xavier Stephenson, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Westlife, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Beetham, Mastering Engineer - Brendan Graham, Composer, Lyricist - James Horner, Composer, Lyricist - Rolf Løvland, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Album review
Westlife's ninth album, Where We Are, follows a yearlong sabbatical that the bandmembers took after celebrating their tenth anniversary with the concert video 10 Years of Westlife -- Live at Croke Park Stadium (2008). Where We Are was billed as a slight change in direction by the boy band, whose formula for chart-topping success had become overly predictable in recent years. In search of a fresh approach, they worked with a lot of American songwriters and producers, most notably Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic, who co-wrote and produced two of the album highlights, "Shadows" and "Where We Are." They also worked extensively with the veteran American R&B hitmakers Louis Biancaniello and Sam Watters, who are credited with three songs ("How to Break a Heart," "Leaving," "Sound of a Broken Heart"). Another album highlight, "The Difference," comes courtesy of Anne Preven and Scott Cutler, formerly of the Los Angeles alternative rock band Ednaswap, whose song "Torn" was an international smash hit for Natalie Imbruglia in 1997. Moreover, the album's lead single, "What About Now," is a cover version of a hit single by American Idol winner Daughtry that was co-written by Evanescence bandmembers Ben Moody and David Hodges. Despite all of this American input, Where We Are sounds like any other Westlife album, in part because it's such an assembly-line effort (by one count there are 29 different songwriters and 17 different producers credited on the 13 songs). As always, the album is comprised of power ballads about love and heartbreak with soaring string arrangements and earnest vocal performances by the bandmembers. Fortunately, there are many first-rate songs here -- more or less the entire first half of the album -- and the production is polished to perfection. Fans content with more of the same should find plenty to enjoy on Where We Are, another in a long line of Westlife albums sure to generate one smash hit after another.
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:57:05
- Main artists: Westlife
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: S Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
(P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
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