專輯背景
當地時間2011年10月20日星期四,成立14年的愛爾蘭流行組合西城男孩(Westlife)在官網發布了解散聲明。
2012年告別巡迴演唱會後,尼基-伯恩(Nicky Byrne)、尚恩-費蘭(Shane Filan)、馬克-菲海利(Mark Feehily)和奇恩-伊根(Kian Egan)四位成員將正式各奔東西,各自開始新的歷程。為答謝各位樂迷,Westlife將官方發布14年來的經典專輯《Greatest Hits》
據了解, 這張全新專輯精選集將收錄Westlife18首經典熱門單曲, 其中包括了冠軍單曲 Swear It Again 以及備受樂迷喜愛的 Flying Without Wings 以及 Uptown Girl. 值得一提的是, Westlife上月剛剛發布了樂隊的最新主打單曲 Lighthouse, 這支單曲由英國 X Factor 的評審Take That成員Gary Barlow親自創作.
此外, 該專輯還將收錄Beautiful World, Wide Open以及Last Mile of the Way等新歌. 而這張專輯也是Westlife離開英美選秀節目毒舌評審Simon Cowell自設廠牌Syco Music後, 投身索尼旗下RCA品牌唱片發行的首張專輯.
這張全新專輯收錄的主打單曲Lighthouse將計畫在11月14日正式發行, 而整張專輯 Greatest Hits將在11月21日正式面世. 此後, 樂隊將進入為期兩年的休整期.
英國銷量:423000
專輯曲目
CD1
01 Swear It Again
02 If I Let You Go
03 Flying Without Wings
04 I Have a Dream
05 Against All Odds (feat. Mariah Carey)
06 My Love
07 Uptown Girl
08 Queen of My Heart
09 World of Our Own
10 Mandy
11 You Raise Me Up
12 Home
13 What About Now
14 Safe
15 Lighthouse
16 Beautiful World
17 Wide Open
18 Last Mile of the Way
19 Over and Out (日本版專輯獨家收錄)
CD2
01 Seasons In the Sun
02 Fool Again
03 What Makes a Man
04 When You're Looking Like That
05 Bop Bop Baby
06 Unbreakable
07 Hey Whatever
08 Obvious
09 When You Tell Me That You Love Me (feat. Diana Ross)
10 Amazing
11 The Rose
12 Us Against the World
13 What About Now (Live At the O2)
14 Uptown Girl (Live At the O2)
15 Mandy (Live At the O2)
16 Home (Live At the O2)
17 Flying Without Wings (Proms In the Park 2011)
18 You Raise Me Up (Proms In the Park 2011)
DVD
01 Swear It Again
02 If I Let You Go
03 Flying Without Wings
04 I Have a Dream
05 Seasons In the Sun
06 Fool Again
07 Against All Odds (feat. Mariah Carey)
08 My Love
09 What Makes a Man
10 I Lay My Love On You
11 Uptown Girl
12 When You're Looking Like That
13 Queen of My Heart
14 World of Our Own
15 Bop Bop Baby
16 Unbreakable
17 Tonight
18 Miss You Nights
19 Hey Whatever
20 Mandy
21 Obvious
22 Ain't That a Kick In the Head
23 Smile
24 Angel
25 You Raise Me Up
26 When You Tell Me That You Love Me (feat. Diana Ross)
27 Amazing
28 The Rose
29 Home
30 Us Against the World
31 Something Right
32 What About Now
33 Safe
34 Swear It Again (US Version)
35 World of Our Own (US Version)
普通版包括CD1
豪華版包括CD1, CD2和DVD.