Unbreakable : The Greatest Hits

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This collection of hit songs recorded by U.K. pop act Westlife includes "Swear It Again" and "If I Let You Go." German version includes six extra tracks. Personnel: Westlife (vocals, background vocals); Mariah Carey (vocals, background vocals); Bodywork Theatre School Choir (vocals); Esbjorn Ohrwall (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Erwin Keiles, Mats Berntoft, Paul Gendler, Staffan Astner, Sebastian Nylund (guitar); Eddie Hession (accordion); Philip Todd (saxophone); Guy Barker (trumpet); Joakim Agnas (piccolo trumpet); Steve Mac (piano, keyboards); Peer Astrom , Dave Arch (piano); Per Magnusson (keyboards, programming); Andrew Frampton (keyboards, background vocals); Pete Waterman, Chris Laws (drums); Simon Hill , Daniel Pursey, Gustave Lund, Ake Sundqvist (percussion); David Krueger (programming); Jocke Bergstrom, Andreas Carlson, Mary Ann Tatum, John Reid, Lance Ellington, Mae McKenna, Max Martin , Andy Caine, Wayne Hector, David Stenmarck, Anders Von Hofsten (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Bernard Lohr; Matt Howe; Ronny Lahti; Steve Mac . Audio Remixers: Jeff Taylor ; John Holliday; Trevor Steel; Andy Zulla. Recording information: Avatar Studios, New York, NY; Bohus Sound Recording, Goteborg, Sweden; Cheiron Studios, Stockholm, Sweden; Olympic Studios, London, England; Planet Plant Studios, Stockholm, Sweden; PWL Studios, London, England; Roam Studios, Stockholm, Sweden; Rokstone Studios, London, England; Sony Music Studios, London, England; Soundtrade Studios, Stockholm, Sweden; Windmill Lane Studios, Ireland; Windmill Lane, Dublin, Ireland. Photographer: Matthew Donaldson. Arrangers: David Krueger; Henrik Janson; Ulf Jansson; Per Magnusson ; Steve Mac ; Dave Arch. Having originally released UNBREAKABLE as a greatest-hits album in the U.K. in 2002, the massively popular Irish boy band Westlife took a little longer to catch on in other markets, waiting until 2008 to hit the New Zealand charts (with an adapted version of the greatest-hits album, no less), but still not getting airplay in the U.S. market. The sounds presented on UNBREAKABLE are undeniably representative of both the band specifically and of the era and style of music more generally -- this is boy band pop as it was popularized and perfected by groups like the Backstreet Boys or Take That, and Westlife is clearly on the same train. The melodies and the harmonization, not to mention the lyrical content, are firmly within the foundations that all of the similar bands were drawing from. There are points of simplicity that seem a bit much even for a boy band ("I don't ever wanna treat you bad, cause I don't ever wanna see you sad"), but there are also interesting little touches from time to time, as in the slightly ethnic elements of "I Have a Dream." Fans of the group should love the album, collecting all of the group's major hits prior to the departure of Bryan McFadden, and fans just itching for a new dose of boy band goodness are unlikely to be disappointed.
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