Turnaround (Westlife album)

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Turnaround is the fourth studio album by Irish boy band Westlife and it was released on 24 November 2003.

The first single released was the upbeat track, "Hey Whatever". The song is essentially a cover of Irish rock band Relish's Rainbow Zephyr but with a slightly changed set of lyrics and a different song title. The next single was a cover of the Barry Manilow hit, "Mandy". The band's version was an instant hit, earning them their 12th UK number one and an Irish record of the year award. "Obvious", an original song, was the third and final single released from this album. The song "Turnaround" was released on airwaves in South Africa and charted at #4. Turnaround is sold 7 million copies worldwide.

Turnaround was the last album to feature former band member Bryan McFadden. The album was the 23rd best selling of 2003 in the UK.

Track listing

Track No.	Title	Credits	Length
1	Mandy	Arranged By [Backing Vocal]: Steve Mac, Wayne Hector Backing Vocals [Additional]: Mae McKenna Bass [Guitar]: Steve Pearce Written By: Richard Kerr Scott English	3:37
2	Hey Whatever	Choir: The Tuff Singers, Hector Saxophone: Phil Todd Trumpet: Guy Barker Written By: Ken Papenfus Carl Papenfus Mac Hector	3:32
3	Heal	Backing Vocals: David Stenmarck Jocke Bergström Producer [Additional], Mixed By [Additional], Programmed By: David Stenmarck Nick Jarl Written By: Nick Jarl Savan Kotecha	3:10
4	Obvious	Backing Vocals [Additional]: Andreas Carlsson Emil Heiling Conductor [Strings]: Henrik And Ulf Jansson Flute: Jan Bengtson Performer [All Other Instruments], Programmed By: Andreas "Quiz" Romdhane Josef Larossi Producer [Additional], Mixed By [Additional]: Quizlarossi Strings: Stockholm Session Strings Written By: Pilot Kotecha Carlsson	3:33
5	When a Woman Loves a Man	Backing Vocals: Anders Von Hofsten Emil Heiling Engineer [Strings Recording]: Ian Agate Performer [All Other Instruments], Programmed By: Romdhane Larossi Recorded By, Arranged By: Quizlarossi Strings: Stockholm Session Strings Written By: Quiz Kotecha	3:38
6	On My Shoulder	Vocals [Additional]: The Sylvia Young School Written By: Mac Hector	3:59
7	Turn Around	Engineer [Protools]: Chris Laws Written By: Mac Hector	4:24
8	I Did It for You	Written By: Diane Warren	3:33
9	Thank You	Written By: Mac Hector Simon Perry	4:06
10	To Be With You	Engineer [Drums]: Robin Sellars Written By: Eric Martin David Grahame	3:22
11	Home	Written By: Mac Hector< /small>	4:07
12	Lost In You	Percussion: Mich Hansen Programmed By, Recorded By: Joe Belmaati Strings: The Little Mermaid String Quartet Written By: Tony Sims Wayne Kirkpatrick Gordon Kennedy	3:37
13	What Do They Know?	Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangement]: Dave Arch Written By: Mac Hector Jimmy McCarthy	3:20
14	Never Knew I Was Losing You	Japan only Track	3:45

Asian Deluxe Edition

The Asian Edition was packaged with a bonus disc containing the following:

Track No.	Title	Format
1	Mandy	Video Clip
2	If I Let You Go	Video Clip
3	My Love	Video Clip
4	Flying Without Wings	Video Clip
5	When You're Looking Like That	Video Clip
6	Swear It Again	Video Clip
7	I Have A Dream	Video Clip
8	Seasons in the Sun	Video Clip
9	Hey Whatever	Full Music Video

Westlife/Turnaround

This was re-released into a boxed set on 25 January 2005 with their album Westlife. Nothing changes on the track listing.

Credits

• Arranged By [Strings]:
  Dave Arch (tracks: 1, 3, 8)
  Henrik And Ulf Jansson (tracks: 4, 5)
  Tue Røh* (track 12)
  Wil Malone (tracks: 6, 11)
  

• Bass:
  Andreas "Quiz" Romdhane (track 4)
  Steve Pearce (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 8 to 11)
  

• Drums:
  Brett Morgan (track 3)
  Chris Laws (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 11)
  Ian Thomas (tracks: 1, 6 to 8, 10, 11)
  Ralph Salmins (track 2)
  

• Engineer:
  Chris Laws (tracks: 1 to 3, 6 to 11, 13)
  Daniel Pursey (tracks: 1, 2)
  Lee McCutcheon (track 1)
  Robin Sellars (tracks: 1 to 3, 6, 7, 11, 13)
  Steve Price (tracks: 6, 11)
  

• Engineer [Assistant]:
  Daniel Pursey (tracks: 1, 3, 6 to 11)
  Mat Bartram (tracks: 6, 11)
  Steve Mustarde (tracks: 6, 7, 10, 11)
  

• Guitar [Guitars]:
  Esbjörn Öhrwal (track 4, 5)
  Fridrik 'Frizzy' Karlsson (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 8 to 11, 13)
  Jonas Krag (track 12)
  Paul Gendler (tracks: 3, 7, 8, 10, 11)
  

• Keyboards:
  David Stenmarck (track 3)
  Joe Belmaati (track 12)
  Nick Jarl (track 3)
  Steve Mac (tracks: 2, 6, 7, 9, 11)
  Tue Røh* (track 12)
  

• Leader [String]:
  Gavin Wright (tracks: 3, 6, 8, 11)
  

• Mastered By:
  Bob Ludwig (tracks: 2, 6 to 9)
  Jacko (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 10 to 13)
  Tim Young (track 3)
  

• Mixed By:
  Bernard Löhr (tracks: 4, 5)
  Bob Clearmountain (tracks: 2, 8 to 10)
  Cutfather And Joe* (tracks: 12)
  Mads Nilson (tracks: 12)
  Stefan Glaumann (tracks: 3)
  Steve Mac (tracks: 1, 6, 7, 11, 13)
  

• Mixed By [Assistant]:
  Kevin Harp (tracks: 2, 8 to 10)
  

• Organ [Hammond]:
  Dave Arch (tracks: 2, 3, 8, 10)
  

• Percussion:
  Frank Ricotti (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 10, 11)
  

• Piano:
  Andreas Romdhane (track 5)
  Dave Arch (track 3)
  Kristoffer Nergårdh (track 5)
  Stefan Jernsthal (track 4)
  Steve Mac (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13)
  

Release history

Country	Release Date
Europe	24 November 2003
Taiwan	28 November 2003
Australia	30 November 2003

Chart performance

Country	Peak position	Certification
Austria	42	-
Denmark	4	Platinum
Ireland	1	-
Netherlands	33	-
New Zealand	42	-
Norway	37	-
Philippines	1	3x Platinum
Sweden	5	Gold
Switzerland	24	-
United Kingdom	1	2x Platinum

The Turnaround Tour 2004

Main article: Turnaround Tour

External links

• Official Westlife Website