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Gravity (Westlife album)

Gravity is the tenth studio album release by the Irish boy band Westlife and it was released on 22 November 2010 in the United Kingdom. John Shanks produced each song, barring the bonus track on the Japanese edition. The album was preceded by the lead single, "Safe", which was released on 14 November 2010.

Gravity
Studio album by
Westlife
Released19 November 2010
RecordedJuly – October 2010
Studio
  • Henson, Hollywood, California
  • RAK, London, UK
Genre
Length48:05
Label
ProducerJohn Shanks
Westlife chronology
Where We Are
(2009) 		Gravity
(2010) 		Greatest Hits
(2011)
Westlife studio album chronology
Where We Are
(2009) 		Gravity
(2010) 		Spectrum
(2019)
Singles from Gravity
  1. "Safe"
    Released: 14 November 2010
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Contactmusic(favorable)[1]
Daily Express[2]
Entertainment Focus(favorable)[3]
Entertainment.ie[4]
Expessen[5]
Financial Times[6]
Funky[7]
Jacaranda FM[8]
M&VT[9]
OK! Magazine[10]
Urban Wire[10]

This is the group's final album under Syco Music, as well as their final album before their initial split in 2012. As of November 2011, the album had sold 358,943 copies in the UK.[11]

Background edit

The recording process for the album started in July 2010; its recording and mixing was finished in October 2010. They recorded the songs in Los Angeles, California, Dublin, Ireland, and London, England.

On 19 July 2010, it was reported by RTÉ that the group would work with producer John Shanks.[12] Westlife told Digital Spy: "We'd wanted to work with him for a long time, but all his loyalty was to Take That and he didn't want to work with another boyband."[13] On 17 September 2010, Egan said that the first single for the album was picked by Cowell and a 30-second snippet was played on X Factor UK.[14] On 1 November 2010, Mark confirmed two cover songs on the album are "Chances" by Athlete and "The Reason" by Hoobastank.

Album name and artwork edit

On 22 October 2010, the band released a video of the album photo shoot on their official sites.[15] The official photographer of the shoot was Kevin McDaid and Feehily as the creative director.[16]

On 13 October 2010, they announced the album title Gravity and trended worldwide on Twitter as #westlifegravity after the announcement.[17] The album title was suggested by a fan.[18]

Promotion edit

Main articles: Safe (Westlife song) § Promotion, and Gravity Tour

Singles edit

"Safe" was the lead single from the album, released on 14 November in the UK. Their debut performance of the track was on the X Factor the day or release. It peaked at No. 10 in its first week consequently making it their lowest charting lead single to date in the UK, as well as their lowest sales for a lead single.[citation needed]

It was later confirmed on 1 February 2011 that there would be no second single for Gravity. Byrne stated that it was Syco's decision.[19] On 14 March 2011, Westlife confirmed that they had left Syco Music and moved to another Sony division, RCA, with the group citing the decision not to release a second single as the reason.[20]

"I Will Reach You" was released as a promotional single on 17 February 2011 in Indonesia, Ireland, and the Philippines.[21]

Track listing edit

All tracks produced by John Shanks except noted tracks.

No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Beautiful Tonight"John Shanks, Paul BarryFilan, Feehily4:00
2."Safe"Shanks, James GrundlerFilan, Feehily3:53
3."Chances"Joel Pott, Carey Willetts, Steven Roberts, Timothy WanstallFilan, Feehily4:46
4."I Will Reach You"Mark Feehily, Steve Anderson, Jamie HartmanFeehily, Filan3:21
5."Closer"Shanks, John Reid, Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Feehily, Shane FilanFilan, Feehily4:06
6."The Reason"Douglas Robb, Dan Estrin, Chris Hesse, Markku LappalainenFilan, Feehily3:54
7."Tell Me It's Love"Shanks, Wayne HectorFilan, Feehily, Byrne4:18
8."I Get Weak"Shanks, Savan KotechaFilan, Egan, Feehily3:42
9."Before It's Too Late"Anderson, Feehily, Simon PettyFeehily4:09
10."No One's Gonna Sleep Tonight"Shanks, HectorFilan, Feehily3:53
11."Difference in Me"Shanks, HectorFilan3:29
12."Too Hard to Say Goodbye"Shanks, Byrne, Egan, Feehily, FilanEgan, Filan, Byrne, Feehily4:44
Total length:48:05
Japanese bonus track[22]
No.TitleWriter(s)ProducerLength
13."Please Stay"Burt Bacharach, Bob HilliardSteve Anderson3:43
German bonus track[23]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Safe" (music video)Grundler, Shanks3:59

Other credits edit

  • Mark Feehily – art direction, creative direction
  • Shari Sutcliffe – contract musician, production coordinator
  • Steve Stacey – design
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Kevin McDaid – photography

Charts edit

Weekly charts edit

Certifications and sales edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Ireland (IRMA)[36] 2× Platinum 30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[37] Platinum 300,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history edit

Main release edit

Country / region Date Format Label Catalogue
Europe[38] 19 November 2010 CD, Digital download RCA Records, Sony Music 88697724482
Ireland[39]
Netherlands[40]
Philippines Sony Music Entertainment, Ivory Music and Video
Sweden[41] Sony Music Entertainment
Thailand[42]
Denmark[43] 22 November 2010
Hong Kong[44]
Malaysia[45]
Poland[46]
South Africa[47]
United Kingdom[48] S/Syco Music
South Korea[49] 23 November 2010 Sony Music Entertainment
Finland[50] 24 November 2010
Mexico[51] 26 November 2010
Taiwan 30 November 2010
Germany[52] 3 December 2010
Japan[53] 15 December 2010 Sony Music Japan International SICP-2929

Import release edit

Country / region Date Format Label Catalogue
Japan[54] 22 November 2010 CD, Digital download RCA Records,
Sony Music,
Syco Music 		88697724482
Canada[55] 23 November 2010
France[56]
United States[57]

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