Where We Are is the ninth studio album by Irish boy band Westlife.It was released on 27 November 2009 in Ireland and on 30 November 2009 in the UK through S Records.Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online.Easily share your publications and get.Westlife performing live on their Gravity Tour in October 2011 in Hanoi, Vietnam.Westlife Wikipdia, a enciclopdia livre.Westlife. Westlife no Concerto do Nobel da Paz de 2.Informao geral. Origem.Sligo e Dublin. Pas Irlanda.GnerosPop, Teen Pop, Balada, Dance, Adult contemporary, Pop Rock.Years Of Westlife Live At Croke Park Downloads' title='10 Years Of Westlife Live At Croke Park Downloads' />Perodo em atividade.GravadorasRCA, Arista Records, Sony BMG, Syco Music, Sony Music.Afiliaoesveja parceriasEx integrantes.Shane Filan. Mark Feehily.Kian Egan. Nicky Byrne.Brian Mc. Fadden.Pgina oficial. Westlife.Westlife era um grupo popirlands formado em 3 de julho de 1.Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Kian Egan, Nicky Byrne e Brian Mc.Fadden, esse ltimo deixou a banda em 2.A banda originalmente assinou contrato com Simon Cowell e eram assessorados pelo magnata da msica, Louis Walsh.O grupo prova seu extremo xito na Irlanda e no Reino Unido, bem como no resto da Europa, e tambm se popularizou na Amrica do Sul, na frica, Austrlia e sia.O grupo j tem 1. Reino Unido, conquistados no perodo de 1.Elvis Presley, The Beatles, e empatado com Cliff Richard.O Westlife tambm a nica banda na histria do Reino Unido que teve seus sete primeiros sucessos consecutivamente no topo das paradas.Cerca de mais de 4.Foi oficialmente anunciado pela Official Charts Company que eles so O 2 artista mais vendido atrs de Robbie Williams e A banda mais vendida da dcada batendo em Coldplay no Reino Unido com 1.Em 1 de junho de 2.Westlife marcou o seu 1.Croke Park, Dublin que viu mais de 8.A Music Week revelou no seu site que Westlife oficialmente a terceira turn mais assistida dentre os anos 2.Tambm em 2. 00. 8, eles foram declarados como as 9 celebridades mais ricas de Irlanda com menos de 3.Em 2. 00. 9, eles caram como os 1.Eles foram nomeados como o 4 artista musical que mais trabalhou no Reino Unido segundo a PRS Performers Right Society em 2.Em agosto de 2. 01.Examiner irlandesa que os lucros da empresa da banda cresceu cinco vezes em 2.Em 1. 9 de outubro de 2.Westlife anunciou que estava para separar aps seu lbum de Greatest Hits ser lanado no final de 2.Tudo comeou numa cidadezinha no Noroeste da Irlanda chamada Sligo.Shane Filan, Kian Egan e Mark Feehily estavam participando de uma montagem teatral de Grease Nos Tempos da Brilhantina num teatro local.Depois da ltima apresentao da pea, houve uma festa e todos os atores que interpretavam os T Birds comearam a cantar juntos.Foi ento que uma garota percebeu que eles tinham boas vozes e cantavam muito bem juntos.Eles resolveram seguir o conselho dela e formaram uma banda chamada Six As One.Nessa poca, a banda era composta por Shane Filan, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Michael Garrett, Derrick Lacey e Graham Keighron.A primeira apresentao do Six As One foi no Southern Hotel em Sligo e logo aps esse show, eles voltaram a atuar em Grease, mas dessa vez, os intervalos da pea eram marcados por pequenas apresentaes da banda.A popularidade da banda era cada vez maior em Sligo, mas eles achavam que precisavam de um nome que ficasse na memria das pessoas, foi ento que a banda passou a se chamar IOU.Resolveram tambm escrever suas prprias canes, pois antes s cantavam covers.A primeira msica composta por eles foi Together Girl Forever.Muitos empresrios foram atrados para Sligo, mas nenhuma das propostas agradou os rapazes que resolveram lanar um CD Single de Together Girl Forever por uma gravadora independente.O single teve boas vendas em Sligo.Louis Walsh, empresrio do Westlife.A me de Shane, Mae Filan, mandou vrias cpias desse single para Louis Walsh empresrio do Boyzone, esperando convenc lo a falar com a banda.E Por fim, conseguiu.Shane e o restante do grupo ficaram muito surpresos, pois no sabiam das tentativas de Mae Filan.Louis gostou do que viu, mas precisava fazer um teste.Ento, o IOU foi escolhido para fazer o show de abertura do grande concerto dos Backstreet Boys em Dublin.A apresentao duraria 1.As escolhidas foram Together Girl Forever, Everlasting Love e Pinball Wizard do The Who.O visual tambm precisava de cuidados, por isso foram a uma loja chamada EJs Menswear, onde compraram calas e blusas para o show.A apresentao foi um sucesso e em fevereiro de 1.Louis decidiu contrat los.Mas agora vinham as ms notcias o grupo teria apenas cinco integrantes, portanto algum teria que deixar o grupo.Derrick Lacey foi o escolhido por ser o mais velho de todos.Com os rapazes escolhidos, o trabalho de promoo comeou.Eles gravam uma fita demo que foi distribuda a vrias gravadoras.Foi ento que o Ronan Keating da boyband.Boyzone surgiu, para ajudar a desenvolver o grupo.A qumica entre eles foi tanta que Louis pediu que Ronan fosse co empresrio da banda.O primeiro encontro com uma gravadora tambm estava agendado, mas acabou no dando certo, pois s havia interesse em contratar Kian e Mark, que negaram o convite por acreditar no talento do grupo.Louis ento notou que a banda no teria sucesso se mantivesse todos os integrantes.Graham Keighron foi o escolhido para deixar o grupo.Com apenas quatro integrantes, a busca pelo quinto membro comeava.Trezentos jovens se candidataram vaga, entre eles, dois amigos que estavam ali apenas por curtio Nicky Byrne e Brian Mc.Fadden. Nicky vestia um terno preto e cantou Father and Son do Boyzone.Brian tinha uma aparncia quase rude vestindo calas jeans e cantou Get Down de Backstreet Boys.Foram seis finalistas e depois apenas dois Nicky e Brian.Ningum conseguia se decidir entre os dois e os dois acabaram sendo escolhidos.Aps uma pequena temporada em Sligo, eles j estavam super enturmados.A veio mais uma decepo mais algum teria que deixar a banda, pois ela s teria cinco integrantes.Foi a vez de Michael Garrett deixar o grupo.Com o grupo formado, em 3 de julho de 1.FM. Contrataram um tour manager, Tim Byrne e finalmente assinaram um contrato com a RCA Records.Louis quis mudar o nome da banda e aps algumas discusses, Westside foi o nome escolhido.A seguir eles se juntaram turn inglesa do Boyzone, onde cantavam quatro msicas Swear It Again, If I Let You Go, Everybody Knows e Flying Without Wings.O sucesso foi imenso e eles comearam a sair em revistas, aparecer constantemente em programas de televiso e rdio.Mas surgiram tambm as primeiras brigas internas, at que o Kian percebeu que se eles no parassem com as briguinhas, uma carreira brilhante poderia ser arruinada antes mesmo de comear.Desse momento em diante, as brigas acabaram e eles ficaram ainda mais confiantes.Aps participarem da turn Smash Hits Roadshow da revista inglesa Smash Hits, eles ganharam seu primeiro prmio, Artista Revelao, votado pelos leitores dessa revista.O grande teste foi quando eles tiveram que fazer um mostrurio para jornalistas e empresrios de outras gravadoras, para que o grupo fosse oficialmente apresentado mdia.Foi necessrio muito ensaio, mas o show foi perfeito.Porm, j havia um banda americana chamada Westside e infelizmente, eles tiveram que trocar de nome novamente.Depois de tanto mudar o nome da banda, eles chegam a um acordo, o nome da banda seria Westlife.Na autobiografia Westlife Our Story, Nicky Byrne revelou que queria mudar o nome para West High mas os outros queriam Westlife.A primeira apario e World of Our Own 1.A primeira grande apario do Westlife se deu em 1.Backstreet Boys em Dublin.Posteriormente no mesmo ano, eles ganharam o prmio Best New Your Act na Smash Hits Poll Winners Party.Em maro de 1. 99.Swear It Again, foi lanado, indo direto para o topo das paradas na Irlanda e no Reino Unido.O sucesso da banda foi confirmado quando o segundo single, If I Let You Go, emplacou nas paradas em agosto de 1.Flying Without Wings em novembro, que repetiu o feito.O Westlife foi a primeira banda a alcanar o primeiro lugar do novo milnio atravs do single I Have a DreamSeasons in the Sun.O primeiro lbum, intitulado Westlife, foi lanado em novembro de 1.O lbum inclua os quatro singles nmero um e tambm o prximo hit, Fool Again, que tambm chegou ao topo em abril de 2.O lbum seguinte foi rapidamente gravado e lanado em novembro de 2.Coast to Coast foi um grande estouro no Reino Unido, tornando se o 4 lbum mais bem vendido do ano.Canes romnticas e algumas baladas mais dance deram o toque de diversidade, alm de alguns covers, como Uptown Girl e My Girl.O lbum foi precedido por um dueto com Mariah Carey do clssico de Phil Collins, Against All Odds.Where We Are Wikipedia.Where We Are. Studio album by Westlife.Released. 27 November 2.Recorded. July 2.October 2. 00. 9Genre.Pop, pop rock. Length.Label. S, RCA, Sony Music.Producer. Ryan Tedder, Steve Robson, Jim Jonsin, Greg Wells, Emanuel Kiriakou, Louis Biancaniello, Sam Watters, Conner Reeves.Westlife chronology.Singles from Where We Are.Where We Are is the ninth studio album by Irish boy band.Westlife. It was released on 2.November 2. 00. 9 in Ireland and on 3.November 2. 00. 9 in the UK through S Records, RCA Records and Sony Music.Where We Are is the groups first album following a break from music in 2.This album was preceded by the lead single What About Now a cover of the Daughtry song and it was released on 2.October 2. 00. 91 as a digital download a day later as a CD single.The group collaborated with numerous notable producers for the album, notably Ryan Tedder of the pop rock band One.Republic, Jim Jonsin, Greg Wells and Sam Watters, among others.Where We Are is also notably the first Westlife album not to have Steve Mac and Wayne Hector produce or write any of the songs.The album was met with unfavorable reviews, although it was still commercially successful, debuting at number two at the UK Albums Chart and got 2x Platinum Certification in the United Kingdom which sold more than 6.Despite the high peak, it was the first Westlife album not to peak at number one since their 2.Allow Us to Be Frank peaked at number three.BackgroundeditBefore Christmas 2.Westlife. The recording process of their tenth album started on 1 July 2.Byrne said that there will be many first time producers and writers for the upcoming album.He also wanted to have collaboration works with Chris Martin of Coldplay who happens to be a big Westlife fan.Filan talks about the content of the album and stated A different direction might be a bit wrong.I think its still pop music, but theres a different variation on it.One massive thing is we worked with different producers, who weve never worked with before, and new song writers.There are thirteen songs on the album and twelve of them are originals.Theres more tempo, more rocky songs, some more American songs, some darker songs on there with darker lyrics.Its the best production weve had on any other album.The strings, the music is just on another level.Even if youre not a Westlife fan but youre a music fan, you will recognise the quality on this album.On their new biography posted on their official website, it has been added that the recording sessions began in LA, with a completely fresh team of producers and songwriters.The first song they recorded was the ballad, Ill See You Again, described as haunting bereavement.Ill See You Again was recorded by Ross at Metropolis Studios.For their first single What About Now Feehily told The Daily Mirror, We wanted the first single from our new album to be somewhere between the Westlife sound our fans know and love, and the new direction were heading in. Secret Avengers 05 Shadowland Daughters 02 Shadowland Moon Knight 02 there. Weve been experimenting with a fresh vibe on this record.After 1. 1 years we see this as phase two of the Westlife story.The song Shadows which has been confirmed to be included on the album was written by Ryan Tedder and AJ Mc.Lean for the Backstreet Boys seventh album This Is Us but was not selected for inclusion.It was subsequently purchased by record label boss Simon Cowell for Leona Lewiss second album Echo but it was later decided that the song was more suited to a boyband and thus given Westlife to record.The album also contains an in memory of section to Nikki Bryne and Kevin Egan, the fathers of Westlife members Nicky Byrne and Kian Egan.PromotioneditOn 2.October 2. 00. 9, during the X Factor results show, Westlife performed What About Now.It was released online the same day.On 2. October they performed on GMTV and were interviewed in addition to hosting a webchat, with a further interview on The One Show on 3.October 2. 00. 9.They will also perform at BBC Children in Need on 2.November and be interviewed on 2.November and 4 December on Alan Carrs Chatty Man and The Friday Show respectively.They are also doing radio promos in major cities of UK and Ireland from 2.OctoberNovember including an interview on BBC Radio One.TV dates were announced later.Following a Swedish promotional tour with performance on Swedish Idol.On 2. 7 November 2.Westlife performed on infamous UK television shows like Paul O Grady Show and The Late Late Toy Show.On 1 February 2. 01.They called it as a first phase of 2.On 1. 0 February 2.Jonathan Ross show for an interview to be televised on 1.February 2. 01. 0.First week of February, they embarked on a promotional tour of Germany and guested on the Oliver Pocher Show on the third week of February.They got the chance to perform with Boyzone for a track on the Stephen Gately Show in Ireland.They opened the ceremony on News of the World Childrens Champion Awards.They are invited to perform on Sun City Super Bowl Show on South Africa to be held on 1.March and Fashion Kicks 2.April. 2. 02. 1Supporting toureditCritical receptioneditWhere We Are received mostly unfavorable reviews, with most reviewers criticizing the albums similar music style, as well as the fact that there is little difference from their previous material.Robert Spellman of Daily Express gave the album two stars out of five, saying that all the songs sound alike and deal with heartbreak.Lauren Murphy of Entertainment Ireland gave a similar score, stating that as maudlin and one dimensional as any of their recent material, although she praised Feehilys vocals.Rick Pearson of London Evening Standard called the albums songs bland and uninspiring, concluding that Where We Are finds Westlife exactly where they were at the beginning of the decade.Ben Chalk of MSN UK stated that the album is aimed squarely at the sort of person who buys one album a year, usually at Christmas, to listen to in the car.Hugh Montgomery of The Observer criticized the albums usual.Alex Fletcher of Digital Spy panned Where We Are, saying that there isnt a drop of passion, genuine emotion or soul to be found anywhere.Ian Gittins of Virgin Media gave the album one star out of five, saying that The only emotion.Jason Birchmeier of Allmusic and Rovi Music gave the album three and a half stars out of five, noting the groups usual musical structure, although he praised the album for containing many first rate songs.Mike Diver of BBC Music gave Where We Are a favorable review, referring to many surprises contained within the album, although he notes that their style has barely changed.Track listingedit1.What About NowDavid Hodges, Ben Moody, Joshua Hartzler.Steve Robson. 4 1.How to Break a HeartJames Scheffer, Louis Biancaniello, Sam Watters.Biancaniello, Jim Jonsin, Watters.LeavingCarl Falk, Bryn Christopher, Steven Lee Olsen.Biancaniello, Watters, Quiz Larossia3 5.ShadowsRyan Tedder, AJ Mc.Lean. Tedder. 4 0.Talk Me DownSimon Petty.Steve Anderson. 4 0.Where We AreTedder, Savan Kotecha.Tedder. 3 5. 77. The DifferenceScott Cutler, Anne Preven, Brian Kennedy Seals.Cutler, Preven, Kennedy Seals.As Love is My WitnessConner Reeves, Jonathan Shorten.Martin Terefe. 4 0.Another WorldSteve Booker, Sophie Delila.Booker. 3 1. 61. No More HeroesKotecha, Emanuel Kiriakou, Lindy Robbins.Kiriakou. 3 5. 81.Sound of a Broken HeartWayne Wilkins, Biancaniello, Watters, John Reid.Biancaniello, Watters, Wilkins.Reach OutMark Feehily, Shaznay Lewis, Chris Braide.Greg Wells. 3 5. Ill See You AgainAndy Hill, Shelly Poole.Kiriakou, Hilla5 1.Notesa signifies an additional producerWhat About Now was not included in Czech Republic and Slovakia track listing3.Charts and certificationseditRelease historyeditCreditseditVanessa Addo Yeboah Vocals.Ian Agate Engineer.Joel Anderson Cover Photo.Steve Anderson Arranger, Engineer, Mixing, Producer, String Arrangements.David Angell Violin.Jesse Astin Egg Shaker.Paul Beard Piano.Louis Biancaniello Composer, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Programming.Chris Blade Arranger, Producer.Steve Booker Bass, Composer, Keyboards, Producer, Programming.Jeff Bova String Arrangements, Strings.Chris Braide Composer, Producer.Karl Brazil Drums.John Catchings Cello.Nikolaj Juel Christiansen Guitar.Bryan Christopher Composer.
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