Back Home (Westlife album)

Back Home
Studio album by
Westlife
Released5 November 2007 (2007-11-05)
Recorded2006–2007
StudioLondon, United Kingdom
Stockholm, Sweden
Los Angeles, U.S.
Genre
Length47:29
Label
Producer
Westlife chronology
The Love Album
(2006) 		Back Home
(2007) 		Where We Are
(2009)
Singles from Back Home
  1. "Home"
    Released: 29 October 2007
  2. "Us Against the World"
    Released: 3 March 2008
  3. "Something Right"
    Released: 4 April 2008
Back Home
Video by
Westlife
Released5 November 2007 (2007-11-05)
GenrePop
LabelSony BMG
Westlife chronology
Live at Wembley
(2006) 		Back Home
(2007)
Main article: Back Home Tour

Back Home is the eighth studio album by Irish boy band Westlife, released on 5 November 2007 through Syco Music, Sony Music and RCA Records. The album was produced by Steve Mac, Quiz & Larossi, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger and Rami Yacoub, who also produced some of the group's previous material. Back Home was the group's final album before their temporary break from music in 2008.

The album was preceded by the lead single "Home", a cover version of the Michael Bublé song, which was sent to radio stations in September 2007, and was eventually released as a digital download and CD single on 29 October 2007. Two more singles were released to promote the album, namely "Us Against the World" and "Something Right". A DVD also accompanied the album's release, including some of the group's recent music videos and exclusive footage of the group.

The album was met with mixed reviews, however the album was a commercial success. The album debuted atop the UK Albums Chart, selling 132,000 copies in its first week of release and remained in the top three spots for eight consecutive weeks.[1][2][3] It also spent five weeks at number two. One of those weeks have the highest sales for a number two in a week of the year 2007 in the United Kingdom. While in Ireland, this is the third best-selling album of 2007.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Channel24[5]
Daily Express[6]
Digital Spy[7]
Entertainment.ie[8]
Galaxie Magazine Malaysia[citation needed]
iAfrica[9]
Rovi[10]
The Daily[11]
This Is Aberdeen(favorable)[12]
  1. ^ First day sales figures Archived 1 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ UK Music Charts |The Official UK Top 75 albums Archived 7 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ BBC Radio 1 – Chart Show – The UK Top 40 Albums
  4. ^ Back Home at AllMusic
  5. ^ Channel24 review
  6. ^ Daily Express review
  7. ^ Digital Spy review
  8. ^ Entertainment.ie review
  9. ^ iAfrica review
  10. ^ "Listen to Back Home by Westlife - Album Reviews, Credits, and Awards - AllRovi". www.allrovi.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  11. ^ The Daily review
  12. ^ This Is Aberdeen review