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''Where We Are'' is the ninth studio album and tenth album overall by Irish boy band Westlife. It was released on 27 November 2009 in Ireland and 30 November 2009 in the UK through S Records, RCA Records and Sony Music. ''Where We Are'' is the group's first album following a break from music in 2008. The album was preceded by the lead single "What About Now", a cover of the Daughtry song, and was released on 23 October 2009 as a digital download a day later as a CD single. The group collaborated with numerous notable producers for the album, notably Ryan Tedder of the pop rock band OneRepublic, Jim Jonsin, Greg Wells and Sam Watters, among others. ''Where We Are'' is also notably the first Westlife album not to have Steve Mac and Wayne Hector produce or write any of the songs. The album was met with unfavorable reviews, although it was still commercially successful, debuting at number two at the UK Albums Chart. Despite the high peak, it was the first Westlife album not to peak at number one since their 2004 album ''Allow Us to Be Frank'' peaked at number three. ==Background== Before Christmas 2008, they wrote a letter to their website saying that 2009 was going to be the most exciting year yet for Westlife. The recording process of their tenth album started on 1 July 2009. Byrne said that there will be many first-time producers and writers for the upcoming album. He also wanted to have collaboration works with Chris Martin of Coldplay who happens to be a big Westlife fan.〔()〕 Filan talks about the content of the album and stated: A different direction might be a bit wrong. I think it's still pop music, but there's a different variation on it. One massive thing is we worked with different producers, who we've never worked with before, and new song writers. There are thirteen songs on the album and twelve of them are originals. There's more tempo, more rocky songs, some more American songs, some darker songs on there with darker lyrics. It's the best production we've had on any other album. The strings, the music is just on another level. Even if you're not a Westlife fan but you're a music fan, you will recognise the quality on this album. On their new biography posted on their official website, it has been added that the recording sessions began in LA, with a completely fresh team of producers and songwriters. The first song they recorded was the ballad, "I’ll See You Again", described as "haunting bereavement". "I'll See You Again" was recorded by Ross at Metropolis Studios. For their first single "What About Now" Feehily told ''The Daily Mirror'', "We wanted the first single from our new album to be somewhere between the Westlife sound our fans know and love, and the new direction we're heading in. We've been experimenting with a fresh vibe on this record. After 11 years we see this as phase two of the Westlife story." The song "Shadows" which has been confirmed to be included on the album was written by Ryan Tedder and AJ McLean for the Backstreet Boys' seventh album ''This Is Us'' but was not selected for inclusion. It was subsequently purchased by record label boss Simon Cowell for Leona Lewis's second album ''Echo'' but it was later decided that the song was more suited to a boyband and thus given Westlife to record. The album also contains an "in memory of" section to Nikki Bryne and Kevin Egan, the fathers of Westlife members Nicky Byrne and Kian Egan, who both died in 2009 during the making of ''Where We Are''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Where We Are」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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