...Allow Us to Be Frank

...Allow Us to Be Frank
Studio album by
Released8 November 2004 (2004-11-08)
Recorded2004
StudioRokstone Studios
(London)
GenreBig band
Length39:21
LanguageEnglish
LabelSony BMG, RCA
ProducerSteve Mac
Westlife chronology
Turnaround
(2003)
...Allow Us to Be Frank
(2004)
Face to Face
(2005)
Singles from ...Allow Us to Be Frank
  1. "Smile"
    Released: 4 November 2004
  2. "Fly Me to the Moon"
    Released: 20 December 2004
  3. "Ain't That a Kick in the Head"
    Released: 6 January 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Entertainment.ie[1]
MTV Asia[2]
RTÉ.ie[3]
Rovi[4]
Stylus MagazineF[5]

...Allow Us to Be Frank, a Rat Pack tribute, is the fifth studio album, sixth major album release under Sony BMG and first cover album by Irish boy band Westlife; it is also the first album since the departure of Brian McFadden and as a four-piece. It was released on 8 November 2004, and peaked at number two in Ireland and number three in the United Kingdom. ...Allow Us to Be Frank was number twenty-four on the 2004 year-end album charts. The album features songs made popular by Frank Sinatra such as "The Way You Look Tonight", "Come Fly with Me", "Moon River", "Summer Wind" and "That's Life". It also includes the Nat "King" Cole song, "When I Fall in Love". It was recorded with a 60-piece orchestra at Phoenix Studios in Wembley, in the London Borough of Brent.

  1. ^ Lynch, Andrew (18 November 2004). "Westlife – Allow Us To Be Frank". Entertainment.ie. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  2. ^ "MTV Asia review". Archived from the original on 4 February 2008.
  3. ^ "Westlife – Allow Us To Be Frank". RTÉ Ten. 22 November 2004. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  4. ^ O'Brien, Jon. "Listen to Allow Us to Be Frank by Westlife". AllRovi. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  5. ^ "Stylus Magazine". stylusmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 9 November 2007.