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Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1

 
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Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1
Greatest hits by Westlife
Released November 11, 2002
Recorded 1998-2002
Genre Pop
Ballad
Teen pop
Length 77:56 (International/European Version)
74:31 (UK Version)
Language English
Label Sony BMG
Professional reviews
Westlife chronology
World of Our Own
(2001)
Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1
(2002)
Turnaround
(2003)
International version cover
Singles from Unbreakable - Greatest hits Vol. I
  1. "Unbreakable"
    Released: October 28, 2002
  2. "Tonight/Miss You Nights"
    Released: March 24, 2003

Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 is the fourth album and first greatest hits album by Irish boyband Westlife and was released on 11 November 2002. It peaked at #1 in the UK and at #66 in Australia and sold close to 1.4 million copies in the UK alone. It is also the band's longest charting album. The album was the 9th best selling of 2002 in the UK. It managed to re-enter the 2007 UK Year-end albums chart at #107. On October 2008, IFPI announced that this album is already 2x Platinum or exceeding to two million sales in Europe. On UK Year-end 2008 album charts, the said album re-entered at #79 with 191 000 copies sold with the said year only.

The album consists of their past hit singles along with the following 6 new songs like "How Does It Feel" and "Love Takes Two" . The band's hit single "Flying Without Wings" was re-recorded as a duet with Korean superstar BoA and Cristian Castro, and was included on the Asian and Spanish version of the album respectively that serve as bonus tracks. The first single released from the album was "Unbreakable", a UK #1 single. The second single, "Tonight/Miss You Nights" peaked at #3 in the UK. The song "Written in the Stars" was sampled by DJ Ironik for his song "Stay with Me", released in 2008.

Contents

Track listing

Track
No.
Title Credits Length
1 "Swear It Again (Radio Edit)"

Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Steve Mac
Written By - Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

4:07
2 "If I Let You Go (Radio Edit)"

Produced, Arranged By - David Kreuger, Per Magnusson
Written By - Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger

3:41
3 "Flying Without Wings"

Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Steve Mac
Written By - Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

3:36
4 "I Have A Dream (Remix)"

Produced - Dan Frampton, Pete Waterman
Remix, Producer [Additional] - John Holliday, Trevor Steel
Written By - B. Andersson, B. Ulvaeus

4:15
5 "Fool Again (2000 Remix)"

Produced, Arranged By, Programmed By - David Kreuger, Per Magnusson
Written By - Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger

3:40
6 "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)"

Produced - Mariah Carey, Steve Mac
Vocals [Featuring], Arranged By [Vocals] - Mariah Carey
Written By - Phil Collins

3:21
7 "My Love (Radio Edit)"

Produced, Arranged By - David Kreuger, Per Magnusson
Written By - Jörgen Elofsson, Pelle Nylén, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

3:53
8.1 "I Lay My Love on You"
(International version only)

Produced, Arranged By - David Kreuger, Per Magnusson
Written By - Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger

3:29
8.2 "What Makes a Man (Single Mix)"
(UK/Ireland version only)

Produced - Steve Mac

3:32
9 "Uptown Girl (Radio Edit)"

Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Steve Mac
Written By - Billy Joel

3:07
10 "Queen of My Heart (Radio Edit)"

Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Steve Mac
Written By - McLaughlin, Robson, Mac, Hector

4:19
11 "World of Our Own"
(UK/Ireland Version Only)

Produced, Arranged By - Steve Mac
Mastered By - Ted Jensen
Remix, Producer [Additional] - Andy Zulla, Stevie 2 Bars
Written By - Mac, Hector

3:32
11 "World of Our Own" (U.S Mix)
(International Version Only)

Produced, Arranged By - Steve Mac
Mastered By - Ted Jensen
Remix, Producer [Additional] - Andy Zulla, Stevie 2 Bars
Written By - Mac, Hector

3:28
12 "Bop Bop Baby"

Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Steve Mac
Written By - McFadden, Filan, Murphy, O'Brien

4:30
13 "When You're Looking Like That (Single Remix)"

Produced, Engineer - Rami Yacoub
Written By - Rami, Andreas Carlsson, Max Martin

3:54
14 "Unbreakable (Single Remix)"

Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Steve Mac
Written By - Jörgen Elofsson, John Reid

4:33
15 "Written In The Stars"

Produced, Recorded By - David Stenmarck, Nick Jarl
Written By - Nick Jarl, David Stenmarck, Andreas Carlsson

4:10
16 "How Does It Feel"

Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Steve Mac
Written By - McFadden, Filan, Romdhane, Larossi

4:19
17 "Tonight"

Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Steve Mac
Written By - S. Mac, W. Hector, Jörgen Elofsson

4:32
18 "Love Takes Two"

Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Steve Mac
Written By - S. Mac, W. Hector

3:49
19 "Miss You Nights"

Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Steve Mac
Written By - Dave Townsend

3:22
Bonus Tracks
20.1 "Flying Without Wings" (Featuring BoA)

Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Steve Mac
Written By - Steve Mac, Wayne Hector
Vocals [Featuring], Arranged By [Vocals] - BoA

3:09
20.2 "Flying Without Wings" (Featuring Cristian Castro)

Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Steve Mac
Written By - Steve Mac, Wayne Hector
Vocals [Featuring], Arranged By [Vocals] - Cristian Castro

3:36

Chart Performance

Country Peak
Position
Certification
UK[1] 1 4x Platinum
Ireland 1
Philippines 1
Sweden[2] 2 Platinum
Netherlands[3] 3
Denmark[4] 4
New Zealand[5] 4
Germany[6] 7
Norway[7] 10
Austria[8] 14
Switzerland[9] 14
Belgium[10] 27
Preceded by
One Love by Blue
UK number one album
November 23, 2002 – November 29, 2002
Succeeded by
Escapology by Robbie Williams

The Greatest Hits Tour

See The Greatest Hits Tour for full article.

Video Album

Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1
Video by Westlife
Released November 15, 2002
Genre Pop
Length 158
Label Sony BMG
Director Brett Turnbull
Westlife video chronology
World Of Our Own
(2002)
Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1
(2002)
Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Tour
(2003)

Track listing

  1. Swear It Again
  2. If I Let You Go
  3. Flying Without Wings
  4. I Have A Dream
  5. Seasons In The Sun
  6. Fool Again
  7. Against All Odds
  8. My Love
  9. What Makes A Man
  10. Uptown Girl
  11. When You're Looking Like That
  12. I Lay My Love On You
  13. Queen Of My Heart
  14. Angel
  15. World Of Our Own
  16. World Of Our Own (US version)
  17. Bop Bop Baby
  18. Unbreakable
  19. Swear It Again (US version)
  20. Documentary
  21. Before They Were Famous...

Unbreakable: 2008 NZ Tour Edition

Unbreakable: 2008 NZ Tour Edition
Compilation album by Westlife
Released 2008 (New Zealand)
Recorded 1998-2002, 2006
Genre Pop
Label Sony BMG
Westlife chronology
Back Home
(2007)
Unbreakable: 2008 NZ Tour Edition
(2008)
Where We Are
(2009)

The "Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol.1 " album along with the "Live At Wembley" 2006 concert DVD was re-packaged together under the name "Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits-2008 NZ Tour Edition" and was released in New Zealand in 2008. It peaked at #1 and achieved 2xplatinum status with more than 30 000 copies sold and finishes at #19 on the 2008 New Zealand Year-end.

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