Show me the way to make a start
Show me the road back to your heart
And I’ve found the only truth that I need to know
There’s a million places I can go
But without you it ain’t home
It ain’t home....
Westlife, the Irish pop music band of Coast to Coast and The Love Album fame has seen the road back to the music lovers’ heart once again with their ninth studio album titles Back Home, slated to be released on November 5, 2007.
Formed in July 1998 and comprising of Shane, Kian, Nicky and Mark, they were signed by Simon Cowell and are currently managed by Louis Walsh. Westlife has had fourteen number one singles in the United Kingdom between the years 1999 and 2007, the third highest such total in UK history, behind Elvis Presley and The Beatles, and tied with Cliff Richard.
Now, they have come out with a new video for its first single Home The song is originally sung by Michael Buble, a critically acclaimed Grammy-nominated, multiple Juno Award-winning Canadian crooner, big band singer and actor and is taken from their upcoming album Back Home. Apt to its title, the concept of the video is not far from ‘returning home’. It is taken in an airport where people generally go home to their loved ones, or even parted from them. It was shot partly in Los Angeles and in U.K.
The band’s creator, Simon Cowell, chose the song to be covered in their new album. It will be released as a single on October 29.
It is reported that Back Home will contain new and original music, plus one cover, as the band has spent recent weeks in the studio working with a whole host of top producers including Steve Mac, Quiz Larossi, Jorgen Elofsson and Maratone.
When Westlife announced a 5th November release date for the album, The Spice Girls immediately withdrew from the chart battle and delayed their Greatest Hits album release by a week to the 12th of November.
Westlife and the Spice Girls are then engaged in a war of worlds where each accused the other party of avoiding each other’s release. The Spice Girls claimed that their album was to be released on the 12th and that this has always been the case. However, music retailers have concurred that the Spice Girls’ album was initially marked with a 5th November release date.
Back in November 2000, both bands were caught in a chart battle in which Westlife sold 163 000 more records than the Spice Girls in the first week of release.
Speculations are beginning to surface that Westlife might consider changing the release date of their album back to the 12th to go head on with the Spice Girls. If the 5th November release date stays, Westlife will be up against Leona Lewis, Mcfly, Gorillaz and The Veronicas.
However, if the album releases on the 12th, the band will be up against artists such as Britney Spears and Celine Dion.
Via:Aceshowbiz
