Back Home

Personnel: Esbjörn Öhrwall, Daniel Pursey, Paul Gendler, Alex Ramirez (guitar); Dave Arch (piano, organ); Steve Mac (piano, Mellotron, keyboards, synthesizer); Peter Ljung (piano); Josef Larossi, Per Magnusson (keyboards, programming); Jörgen Ingeström (keyboards); Magnus Persson , Neal Wilkinson, Chris Laws (drums); Frank Ricotti (percussion); David Krueger (programming).
Audio Mixers: Sam Watters; Josef Larossi; Niklas Flyckt; Michael Mani; Fredrik Andersson ; Louis Biancaniello; Ren Swan.
Recording information: A Side Studios, Stockholm, Sweden; Decibel studios, Stockholm, Sweden; Homesite 13 Studio, Novato, CA; Maratone Studios, Stockholm, Sweden; metropolis Studios, London, England; Olympic Studios, London, England; Quizlarossi Studio; Rokstone Studios, London, England; Studio 301; Swedish Radio, Stockholm, Sweden; Windmill Lane Recording Studio, Dublin, Ireland.
Arrangers: Josef Larossi; David Krueger; Per Magnusson ; Steve Mac .
Westlife were the band that everyone loved to hate, except those who bought enough of their albums to give them seven number ones from nine releases. One album per year arrived from 1999 to 2007, all released in November and every one of them giving their public exactly what they wanted, and Back Home is no exception: 12 new songs, nine of which are heartfelt ballads, with only the uptempo numbers "Something Right," "The Easy Way," and "Pictures in My Head" to break up the melancholy. ~ Sharon Mawer