Westlife's Unbreakable, Vol. 1: The Greatest Hits collects the Irish boy band's definitive tracks from their career to date, including "Flying Without Wings," "Swear It Again," "I Lay My Love on You," and "Queen of My Heart." However, the collection tends to feature remixes and single edits of the group's best-known songs, which may frustrate fans who don't already own the album versions (but please those who do). Other highlights include the band's collaboration with Mariah Carey on a cover of "Against All Odds," "Bop Bop Baby," "Written in the Stars," and "When You're Looking Like That." While it remains to be seen whether or not there will be a volume two of Unbreakable, Unbreakable, Vol. 1 does an adequate job of showcasing Westlife's best moments so far. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide
Lee McCutcheon (Digital Editing), Daniel Pursey (Percussion), Ulf Jansson (String Arrangements), Samuel Udy (Children's Chorus), Daniel Frampton (Engineer), Quentin Guiné (Assistant Engineer), Robin Sellars (Engineer), Dave Arch (Piano), David Stenmarck (Vocals (Background)), Dave Arch (String Arrangements), Christopher Baptiste (Children's Chorus), Trevor Steel (Producer), Henrik Janson (Conductor), David Stenmarck (Vocal Arrangement), Björn Engelmann (Mastering), Westlife (Vocals), Dave Arch (Orchestral Arrangements), Björn Norén (Engineer), Steve Mac (Keyboards), Matt Howe (Engineer), Terry Lewis (Producer), Chris Laws (Digital Editing), Esbjörn Öhrwall (Guitar (Acoustic)), Ulf Jansson (Arranger), Richard Niles (String Arrangements), Mae McKenna (Vocals (Background)), Matthew Taylor (Children's Chorus), Philip Todd (Saxophone), Ake Sundqvist (Percussion), Rami (Engineer), Henrik Janson (String Arrangements), John Holliday (Remixing), Matthew Donaldson (Photography), Peer Astrom (Piano), Daniel Frampton (Bass), Matt Howe (Assistant Engineer), Henry Verbi (Children's Chorus), John Reid (Vocals (Background)), Jeff Taylor (Remixing), Wayne Hector (Vocals (Background)), Dick Beetham (Mastering), Erwin Keiles (Guitar), Steve Mac (Piano), Mariah Carey (Vocals), David Krueger (Arranger), Trevor Steel (Remixing), David Krueger (Programming), Andrew Frampton (Keyboards), Guy Barker (Trumpet), Wayne Hector (Vocal Arrangement), Nick Jarl (Engineer), John Amatiello (Digital Editing), Eddie Hession (Accordion), Samuel Verbi (Children's Chorus), Matt Howe (Mixing), Jack Adams (Mastering), Mariah Carey (Vocals (Background)), Per Magnusson (Arranger), Steve Mac (Vocal Arrangement), Sebastian Nylund (Guitar), Ulf Jansson (Conductor), Daniel Udy (Children's Chorus), Simon Hill (Percussion), Ronny Lahti (Engineer), Peer Astrom (Vocal Arrangement), Dave Arch (Arranger), Lance Ellington (Vocals (Background)), David Stenmarck (Producer), Ted Jensen (Mastering), Victoria Verbi (Children's Chorus), Daniel Frampton (Producer), Andy Caine (Vocals (Background)), Andrew Frampton (Vocals (Background)), Paul Gendler (Guitar), Andreas Carlson (Vocals (Background)), Bernard Löhr (String Engineer), Mariah Carey (Vocal Arrangement), Robin Sellars (String Engineer), Staffan Astner (Guitar), Pete Waterman (Drums), Steve Mac (Arranger), Henrik Janson (Arranger), Benny Diggs (Medical Aid), Mariah Carey (Producer), Richard Dowling (Mastering), Anders Von Hofsten (Vocals (Background)), Ronny Lahti (Mixing), Esbjörn Öhrwall (Guitar), Dana Jon Chappelle (Engineer), Dave Arch (Organ (Hammond)), Rebekah Holsgrove (Children's Chorus), Daniel Pursey (Assistant Engineer), Chris Laws (Drums), Per Magnusson (Programming), Per Magnusson (Producer), John Amatiello (Assistant), Bodywork Theatre School Choir (Vocals), Lee Raymond (Children's Chorus), David Stenmarck (Engineer), Chris Laws (Engineer), Gustave Lund (Percussion), Jimmy Jam (Producer), Andy Zulla (Producer), Rami (Producer), Laura Taylor (Children's Chorus), Max Martin (Vocals (Background)), Brian Garten (Digital Editing), Mary Ann Tatum (Vocals (Background)), Hannah Baptiste (Children's Chorus), John Holliday (Producer), Mats Berntoft (Guitar), David Krueger (Producer), Tomas Lindberg (Bass), Rachael Holsgrove (Children's Chorus), Bernard Löhr (Mixing), Pete Waterman (Producer), Matt Howe (String Engineer), Jocke Bergström (Vocals (Background)), Westlife (Vocals (Background)), Per Magnusson (Keyboards), Alice Holsgrove (Children's Chorus), Andy Zulla (Remixing), Steve Pearce (Bass), Esbjörn Öhrwall (Guitar (Electric)), Steve Mac (Mixing), Gavyn Wright (String Conductor), Joakim Agnas (Piccolo Trumpet), Steve Mac (Producer)