Unbreakable – The Greatest Hits Volume 1

Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1 is the fourth album and first greatest hits album by Irish boyband Westlife. The album was released on 11 November 2002. It peaked at #1 in the UK and at #66 in Australia and sold close to 1.4 million copies in the UK alone. It is also the band's longest charting album. The album was the 9th best selling of 2002 in the UK. It managed to re-enter the Year-end albums chart of 2007 at #107. On October 2008, IFPI announced that the album was certified 2x Platinum, exceeding two million sales in Europe. On the year-end album charts of 2008, the album re-entered at #79 with 191,000 copies sold within the year. The album spent 55 weeks on the UK Top 100 Albums chart.^[1] The album consists of all of the group's past singles, along with six brand new songs. The band's hit single "Flying Without Wings" was re-recorded as a duet with Korean superstar BoA and Mexican singer Cristian Castro, and each respective duet was included on the Asian and Spanish versions of the album respectively. The first single released from the album was "Unbreakable", a UK #1 single. The second single, the double A-side "Tonight / Miss You Nights" peaked at #3 in the UK. In 2008, the album was re-issued in an exclusive two disc edition, entitled "Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits - 2008 NZ Tour Edition". The package featured the album, with the same tracklisting, plus the "Live At Wembley" 2006 concert DVD. It peaked at #1 on the albums chart there, and achieved 2x Platinum status, with more than 30,000 copies sold. The album finished at #19 on the 2008 New Zealand Year-end charts.

Critical reception

BBC Music said: "They know how to ham it up for the ladies and are masters of the sentimental power..."^[2] of Yahoo Music gave saying: With 11 number ones so far, it's good to see how they all stand up next to each other. Sure, 'Flying Without Wings' is a talent show staple, 'My Love' is great in a-bit-like-'Chicago' kinda way, and even 'If I Let You Go' is eminently more memorable than their debut 'Swear It Again', 'Fool Again' or 'Bop Bop Baby'. In fact, take away the obvious can't-fail covers of 'I Have A Dream', 'Uptown Girl', and make the boys look slightly uglier, and Westlife would have been lucky to get anywhere near the top ten with some of these tunes. A special mention must go out to the sadism of 'Against All Odds' though: Westlife + Mariah Carey + A Phil Collins song = pure evil, anyone? You get a taster of their new direction with the six (Six!) bonus new tracks, including the title track and new smash 'Unbreakable' and a version of Sir Clifford's 'Miss You Nights', which is this year's Christmas single. Hurrah, eh? Of the rest, it's a case of if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Westlife have certainly found their niche in pop, and by statistics alone look like becoming one of the all time greats. It's just a shame the actual musical legacy displayed here is so wet and uninspiring.^[3]

Track listing

Track No.	Title	Credits	Length
1	"Swear It Again"	Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Steve Mac Written By - Mac, Wayne Hector	4:07
2	"If I Let You Go"	Produced, Arranged By - David Kreuger, Per Magnusson Written By - Jörgen Elofsson, Magnusson, Kreuger	3:41
3	"Flying Without Wings"	Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Mac Written By - Mac, Hector	3:36
4	"I Have A Dream"	Produced - Dan Frampton, Pete Waterman Remix, Producer [Additional] - John Holliday, Trevor Steel Written By - B. Andersson, B. Ulvaeus	4:15
5	"Fool Again"	Produced, Arranged By, Programmed By - Kreuger, Magnusson Written By - Elofsson, Magnusson, Kreuger	3:53
6	"Against All Odds"	Produced - Mariah Carey, Mac Vocals [Featuring], Arranged By [Vocals] - Carey Written By - Phil Collins	3:21
7	"My Love"	Produced, Arranged By - Kreuger, Magnusson Written By - Elofsson, Pelle Nylén, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson	3:53
8	"What Makes a Man"	Produced by - Mac Written by: Mac, Hector	3:52
9	"Uptown Girl"	Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Mac Written By - Billy Joel	3:07
10	"Queen of My Heart"	Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Mac Written By - McLaughlin, Robson, Mac, Hector	4:19
11	"World of Our Own"	Produced, Arranged By - Mac Mastered By - Ted Jensen Remix, Producer [Additional] - Andy Zulla, Stevie 2 Bars Written By - Mac, Hector	3:32
12	"Bop Bop Baby"	Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Mac Written By - McFadden, Filan, Murphy, O'Brien	4:30
13	"When You're Looking Like That"	Produced, Engineer - Rami Yacoub Written By - Rami, Andreas Carlsson, Max Martin	3:54
14	"Unbreakable"	Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Mac Written By - Jörgen Elofsson, John Reid	4:33
15	"Written In The Stars"	Produced, Recorded By - David Stenmarck, Nick Jarl Written By - Jarl, Stenmarck, Andreas Carlsson	4:10
16	"How Does It Feel"	Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Mac Written By - McFadden, Filan, Romdhane, Larossi	4:19
17	"Tonight"	Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Mac Written By - Mac, Hector, Elofsson	4:32
18	"Love Takes Two"	Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Mac Written By - Mac, Hector	3:49
19	"Miss You Nights"	Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Mac Written By - Dave Townsend	3:22
Bonus Tracks
8	"I Lay My Love on You"	Replaces 'What Makes A Man' on the Asian Edition Produced, Arranged By - Kreuger, Magnusson Written By - Elofsson, Magnusson, Kreuger	3:29
11	"World of Our Own" (US Mix)	Replaces 'World Of Our Own' on the Asian Edition Produced, Arranged By - Mac Mastered By - Ted Jensen Remix, Producer [Additional] - Andy Zulla, Stevie 2 Bars Written By - Mac, Hector	3:28
20	"Flying Without Wings" (Featuring BoA)	Additional track on the Asian Edition Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Mac Written By - Mac, Hector Vocals [Featuring], Arranged By [Vocals] - BoA	3:09
20.2	"Flying Without Wings" (Featuring Cristian Castro)	Additional track on the Spanish Edition Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Mac Written By - Mac, Hector Vocals [Featuring], Arranged By [Vocals] - Castro	3:36

Additional Bonus Disc (Available At Woolworths Via A Daily Mirror Promotion)^[4]

"World Of Our Own" (US Mix) - 3:30
"More Than Words" - 3:58
"Forever" - 5:05
"You Don't Know" - 4:12
"Interview With Westlife" - 5:00

Chart performance

Country	Peak Position	Certification
UK^[5]	1	4x Platinum
Ireland	1
Philippines	1
Sweden^[6]	2	Platinum
Netherlands^[7]	3	Gold
Denmark^[8]	4
New Zealand^[9]	4	Platinum
Germany^[10]	7	Gold
Norway^[11]	10
Austria^[12]	14
Switzerland^[13]	14	Gold
Belgium (Flanders)^[14]	27
Australia^[15]	66

Preceded by One Love by Blue	UK number one album 23 November 2002 – 29 November 2002	Succeeded by Escapology by Robbie Williams

Year End Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Irish Albums Chart	5
UK Albums Chart	9

The Greatest Hits Tour

Video Album

"Swear It Again"
"If I Let You Go"
"Flying Without Wings"
"Seasons In The Sun"
"I Have A Dream"
"Fool Again"
"My Love"
"What Makes A Man"
"Uptown Girl"
"I Lay My Love On You"
"When You're Looking Like That"
"Queen Of My Heart"
"Angel"
"World Of Our Own" (US Version)
"World Of Our Own"
"Bop Bop Baby"
"Unbreakable"
"Behind The Scenes Documentary"
"Before They Were Famous..."
"Swear It Again" (US Version)

References

^ "Take That". Chart Stats. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
^ "Music - Review of Westlife - Unbreakable - Greatest Hits". BBC. 19 December 2002. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
^ 48 mins ago (20 April 2011). "Yahoo! UK & Ireland omg! - Celebrity Gossip | News | Photos | Videos". Uk.launch.yahoo.com. Retrieved 12 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Westlife Unbreakable The Greatest Hits Volume 1 UK Promo 5" CD SINGLE (458581)". Eil.com. 5 January 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
^ UK album chart
^ Swedish album chart
^ Netherlands album chart
^ Denish album chart
^ New Zealand album chart
^ German album chart
^ Norwegian album chart
^ Italian album chart
^ Switzerland album chart
^ Belgium album chart
^ [1] ARIA Report 2012-04-05

[1] "Take That". Chart Stats. Retrieved 12 March 2012.

[2] "Music - Review of Westlife - Unbreakable - Greatest Hits". BBC. 19 December 2002. Retrieved 12 March 2012.

[3] 48 mins ago (20 April 2011). "Yahoo! UK & Ireland omg! - Celebrity Gossip | News | Photos | Videos". Uk.launch.yahoo.com. Retrieved 12 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[4] "Westlife Unbreakable The Greatest Hits Volume 1 UK Promo 5" CD SINGLE (458581)". Eil.com. 5 January 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2012.

[5] UK album chart

[6] Swedish album chart

[7] Netherlands album chart

[8] Denish album chart

[9] New Zealand album chart

[10] German album chart

[11] Norwegian album chart

[12] Italian album chart

[13] Switzerland album chart

[14] Belgium album chart

[ARIA_Report_666-15] [1] ARIA Report 2012-04-05

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v t e Westlife
Nicky Byrne Kian Egan Mark Feehily Shane Filan Brian McFadden
Studio albums	Westlife Coast to Coast World of Our Own Turnaround ...Allow Us to Be Frank Face to Face The Love Album Back Home Where We Are Gravity Spectrum Wild Dreams
Compilation albums	Unbreakable – The Greatest Hits Volume 1 Greatest Hits The Love Songs
Video albums	Where The Dreams Come True Coast to Coast - Up, Close and Personal Uptown Girl World of Our Own The Greatest Hits The Greatest Hits Tour - Live from M.E.N. Arena The Turnaround Tour - Live from The Globe, Stockholm Face to Face Tour - Live at Wembley Back Home 10 Years of Westlife - Live at Croke Park Stadium The Where We Are Tour: Live from The O2 The Farewell Tour - Live at Croke Park The Twenty Tour - Live from Croke Park
Concert tours	Where Dreams Come True Tour Unbreakable Tour Turnaround Tour The No 1's Tour Face to Face Tour The Love Tour Back Home Tour Where We Are Tour Gravity Tour Greatest Hits Tour The Twenty Tour The Wild Dreams Tour
Related	Discography Songs Awards and nominations
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v t e Westlife songs
Discography Songs recorded
Westlife	"Swear It Again" "If I Let You Go" "Flying Without Wings" "I Have a Dream"/"Seasons in the Sun" "Fool Again" "More Than Words" "Miss You" "Forever"
Coast to Coast	"Against All Odds" "My Love" "What Makes a Man" "I Lay My Love on You" "Uptown Girl" "When You're Looking Like That" "No Place That Far" "My Girl" "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" "I'll Be There"
World of Our Own	"Queen of My Heart" "World of Our Own" "Bop Bop Baby" "Evergreen" "Angel"
Unbreakable	"Unbreakable" "Tonight "Miss You Nights"
Turnaround	"Hey Whatever" "Mandy" "Obvious" "To Be with You" "Lost in You"
...Allow Us to Be Frank	"Ain't That a Kick in the Head" "Smile" "Fly Me to the Moon" "The Way You Look Tonight" "Let There Be Love" "Come Fly with Me" "Mack the Knife" "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" "Summer Wind" "Clementine" "When I Fall in Love" "Moon River" "That's Life"
Face to Face	"You Raise Me Up" "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" "Amazing" "Desperado" "In This Life"
The Love Album	"The Rose" "Total Eclipse of the Heart" "All Out of Love" "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" "Butterfly Kisses" "Easy" "You Light Up My Life" "You Are So Beautiful" "The Dance" "All or Nothing" "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" "If" "Solitaire"
Back Home	"Home" "Us Against the World" "Something Right" "I'm Already There" "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" "Have You Ever"
Where We Are	"What About Now"
Gravity	"Safe" "The Reason" "Please Stay"
Greatest Hits	"Lighthouse" "Beautiful World"
Spectrum	"Hello My Love" "Better Man" "Dynamite"
Other songs	"Everybody Hurts" "Beautiful in White" "If I Had Words" "Daytime Friends, Nighttime Lovers" "Grease Lightning" "Beyond the Sea" "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" "White Christmas" "Never Can Say Goodbye"
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