TRIVIA: "Flying Without Wings" was also included on the soundtrack of the Warner Brothers film, Pokémon: The Movie 2000. They also did two different collaborations of this song with Korean singer BoA and Mexican singer Christian Castro.
"Flying Without Wings ft BoA"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T1W8fWzfMk
"Flying Without Wings ft Christian Castro"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZOW8ZuLG2o
FIRST ALBUM: Westlife
Their first album, simply titled Westlife, was released in November 1999 and went to No. 2 in the UK. The album was the biggest chart dropper on the top 40 in UK music history when, in its 58th week on the charts it leapt from No. 79 to No. 3 before falling to No. 37 the following week. In December 1999, a fourth, double-side, single was released, "I Have A Dream"/"Seasons in the Sun". It knocked Cliff Richard's "The Millennium Prayer" off the top spot and earned them the 1999 UK Christmas number-one single. The fifth and last single from the album, "Fool Again", also peaked at #1. Then the group went on a short UK, US and Asian tour in support of their debut album before releasing a second album.
Westlife is the self-titled debut album released by Irish boyband Westlife. The album was released on 1 November 1999, spawning five number one hit singles "Swear It Again", "If I Let You Go", "Flying Without Wings", the double A-side "I Have A Dream" and "Seasons in the Sun" and "Fool Again".
Due to all five singles from the album peaking at #1 on the UK Singles Chart in less than a year, the band created a chart history record that remains unbroken to date. And despite all five singles peaking at #1, the album entered and peaked at #2, being beaten only by an extra 1,000 copies of Steptacular by Steps. The album became the eighth best selling album of 1999 in the United Kingdom, and ended up being certified 4× Platinum. The album went on to spend seventy-four weeks in the UK Top 100. In 2000, the album was released in the United States, peaking at #129 on the US Billboard 200. The album also peaked at #15 in Australia. Westlife also remains the best-selling international album ever in Indonesia and Philippines, receiving twenty platinum certifications for over one million copies sold in Indonesia and twenty-five platinum certifications for over a half a million units sold in the Philippines. In 2005, the album was released in a compilation box collection with their fourth studio album, Turnaround. Overall, the album has sold more than five million copies worldwide. A video album related to the release, entitled "The Westlife Story", was released in October 2000, peaking at #15 on the UK Visual Chart. The release was available on both VHS and DVD. The DVD was later made available in a five disc set entitled "Westlife: The Complete Story".
Track List:
1. Swear It Again
2. If I Let You Go
3. Flying Without Wings
4. Fool Again
5. No No
6. I Don't Wanna Fight
7. Change The World
8. Moments
9. Seasons In The Sun
10. I Need You
11. Miss You
12. More Than Words
13. Open Your Heart
14. Try Again
15. What I Want Is What I've Got
16. We Are One
17. Can't Lose What You Never Had
SECOND ALBUM: Coast to Coast
Coast to Coast was released a year later and was another No. 1 UK album, beating the Spice Girls' Forever album. It became the country's 4th biggest selling album of 2000. The album was preceded by a duet with Mariah Carey singing the Phil Collins' classic "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" and the original song "My Love" (their second Record of the Year award). Both singles reached No. 1 on the UK charts.
Coast to Coast is the second studio album by the Irish boy band Westlife, released on 6 November 2000 by RCA Records. Six hit singles were released from the album: "Against All Odds", "My Love", "What Makes a Man", "I Lay My Love on You", "When You're Looking Like That" and "Uptown Girl". The album was a commercial success in both Ireland and the United Kingdom, selling 1.8 million copies in Britain alone. The album was the third-best selling of 2000 in Britain. In January 2005, the album was re-issued in a two-in-one box set compilation with the group's third album, World of our Own. A video album, entitled Coast to Coast - Up Close and Personal, was released on 27 November 2000. It peaked at #1 on the UK Visual Chart.
Coast to Coast received mostly negative reviews from music critics. Andrew Lynch from Entertainment.ie gave the album one out of five stars, calling the album "commercial suicide" and "soppy pop". However, the album was reviewed more positively at Allmusic and Rovi, who both gave the album two and half stars, comparing Westlife to other bands such as Take That and Boyzone. Coast to Coast entered the UK Albums Chart at number one, with 234,767 copies sold in its first week, making it Westlife's fastest selling album to date. The album remained at number one for only one week, being replaced by The Beatles' compilation album 1. In April 2011, the album was certified six times platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for shipments of nearly two million copies in the United Kingdom. Up to November 2011, the album had sold 1,685,971 copies in the United Kingdom, becoming Westlife's biggest-selling studio album there. A gold sales award disc was issued to the band to commemorate sales in excess of 115,000 copies sold in Mexico. The album was also certified Gold in Brazil by ABPD, for sales of over 100,000 copies.
Track List:
1. My Love
2. What Makes A Man
3. I Lay My Love On You
4. I Have A Dream
5. Against All Odds
6. When You're Looking Like That
7. Close
8. Somebody Needs You
9. Angel's Wings
10. Soledad
11. Puzzle Of My Heart
12. Dreams Come True
13. No Place That Far
14. Close Your Eyes
15. You Make Me Feel
16. Loneliness Knows Me By Name
17. Fragile Heart
18. Every Little Thing You Do
THIRD ALBUM: World Of Our Own
World of Our Own is the third studio album by the Irish boyband Westlife, released on 12 November 2001. It reached number one in the United Kingdom and includes the singles "Queen of My Heart" (which was a double A-side with "When You're Looking Like That"), "World of Our Own" (which was a double A-side with "Angel"), "Bop Bop Baby", and the final single from the group's last album, Uptown Girl". "Evergreen" was later covered by Will Young as his winner's single for the 2002 Pop Idol competition. The album went 4x Platinum in the UK.[1] In January 2005, the album was re-released in a 2-in-1 box set with the group's previous album, Coast To Coast.
Track List:
1. Queen Of My Heart
2. Bop Bop Baby
3. I Cry
4. Uptown Girl
5. Why Do I Love You
6. I Wanna Grow Old With You
7. When You're Looking Like That
8. Evergreen
9. World Of Our Own
10. To Be Loved
11. Drive
12. If Your Heart's Not In It
13. When You Come Around
14. Don't Say It's Too Late
15. Don't Let Me Go
16. Walk Away
17. Love Crime
18. Imaginary Diva
19. Angel
20. Bad Girls
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