Where We Belong (album)
Where We Belong is the third studio album by the Irish band, Boyzone. The album was released on 25 May 1998 in UK and 17 November 1998 in US by Polygram International. It topped the UK charts at #1 for the week of June 6, 1998. Five singles were released from the album, including a cover version of "I Love the Way You Love Me". This album is also the third and final studio album Boyzone released before the death of Stephen Gately, 11 years later.
Track listing
- Picture of You – 3:28
- Baby Can I Hold You (7" Edit) – 3:15
- All That I Need (7" Edit) - 3:42
- Must Have Been High - 3:27
- And I - 4:03
- That's How Love Goes - 3:55
- Where Did You Go - 4:39
- I'm Learning (Part 1) - 3:43
- One Kiss at a Time - 4:06
- While the World Is Going Crazy - 5:10
- This Is Where I Belong - 5:29
- Will Be Yours - 3:36
- Good Conversation - 3:56
- You Flew Away - 4:25
- I'm Learning (Part 2) - 3:03
- No Matter What - 4:32
- I Love the Way You Love Me - 4:06
- Gold Edition Bonus Tracks
- The Gold Edition omits the tracks "No Matter What" & "I Love The Way You Love Me".
- 16. Picture Of You (Video) - 3:28
- 17. Baby Can I Hold You (Video) - 3:15
- 18. All That I Need (Video) - 3:42
- American Version
- I'll Never Not Need You - 4:13
- Walk On (So They Told Me) - 3:28
- All The Time In The World - 4:15
- No Matter What - 4:32
- Picture of You – 3:28
- Baby Can I Hold You (7" Edit) – 3:15
- All That I Need (7" Edit) - 3:42
- One Kiss at a Time - 4:06
- And I - 4:03
- That's How Love Goes - 3:55
- Where Did You Go - 4:39
- Will Be Yours - 3:36
- Must Have Been High - 3:27
- You Flew Away - 4:25
- I Love the Way You Love Me - 4:06
- French Bonus Track
- 16. "Te Garder Pres De Moi" (Duet with Alliage) - 3:58
Charts, Awards, & Recognitions
The album topped the UK Charts twice (6 June and 5 September 1998). Much of the material for this album was written or co-written by the band members themselves. In 1998, Ronan Keating was awarded the prestigious Ivor Novello Award for "Picture of You", which was featured as the main theme song from the film Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie. The album was the 3rd best selling of 1998 in the UK. The album was certified as 5x Platinum in the UK and is currently the seventh biggest selling boyband record ever in the UK.[1]
Weekly charts
| Chart (1998) |
Peak
position |
| Austrian Albums Chart[2] |
40 |
| Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart[2] |
7 |
| Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[2] |
39 |
| Danish Albums Chart |
2 |
| Dutch Albums Chart[2] |
1 |
| Finnish Albums Chart[2] |
13 |
| French Albums Chart[2] |
35 |
| German Albums Chart[3] |
14 |
| Irish Albums Chart |
1 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart[2] |
1 |
| Norwegian Albums Chart[2] |
1 |
| Swedish Albums Chart[2] |
8 |
| Swiss Albums Chart[2] |
8 |
| UK Albums Chart[4] |
1 |
| US Billboard 200 Albums Chart[5] |
167 |
| Chart (1999) |
Peak
position |
| Australian Albums Chart[2] |
31 |
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Year-end charts
Certifications
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Album credits
- Boyzone - Vocals, main performer
- Robbie McIntosh - Guitar
- Mike Mangini - Guitar, drum programming, producer
- James McMillan - Guitar, programming, keyboards
- Dominic Miller - Guitar
- Heff Moraes - Engineer, mixing
- Richard Niles - Arranger
- Denniz Pop - Executive Producer
- Andy Richards - Keyboards, programming
- Steve Rinkoff - Mixing
- Rudeboy - Remixing
- Robin Sellars - Mixing
- Trevor Steel - Programming, producer
- Carl Sturken - Arranger, producer
- Ren Swan - Engineer
- Jon Themis - Guitar
- Warren Wiebe - Vocals (background)
- Nigel Wright - Keyboards, producer
- Paul Wright - Engineer
- DJ Nastee - Guitar
- Nick Foster - Producer
- Ben Foster - Arranger
- Jeremy Wheatley - Mixing
- David Kreuger - Producer
- Eric Liljestrand - Digital editing
- Mauricio Iragorri - Mixing
- Jack Hersca - Assistant Engineer
- Fred Carlson - Guitar
- Andy Gallimore - Engineer
- Sharon Kearney - Assistant Engineer
- Jon Douglas - Producer
- Steve Mac - Piano, mixing, arranger
- Per Magnusson - Vocals (background), producer
- Alan Chez - Trumpet
- Al Hemberger - Engineer
- Baron Raymonde - Saxophone
- Tim Willis - Assistant Engineer
- Ben Allen - Guitar, Assistant Engineer
- John R. Angier - Keyboards
- Dan Vickers - Assistant Engineer
- Andrea Derby - Production Assistant
- Chris Laws - Drums, engineer, programming
- Angela Lupino - Bass, arranger
- Mark Antony - Vocals (background)
- Jamie Hart - Assistant Engineer
- Tim Wills - Assistant Engineer
- Skoti-Alain Elliot - Bass, Engineer
- Keith LeBlanc - Drums
- Jim Steinman - Producer, Executive Producer
- Michael Thompson - Guitar (acoustic), Guitar (electric)
- Evan Rogers - Arranger, producer, vocals (background)
- Tom Lord-Alge - Mixing
- Chris Blair - Mastering
- Steve Booker - Keyboards
- Andy Bradfield - Remixing
- Danny G. - Keyboards
- Andy Duncan - Drums
- Rick Essig - Mastering
- Simon Franglen - Arranger, mixing, keyboards
- Paul Gendler - Guitar (acoustic)
- Scott Gordon - Engineer
- Mike Rose - Keyboards
- Mick Guzauski - Arranger
- John Holliday - Producer, Spanish guitar
- Mark Hudson - Arranger, producer
- Nick Ingman - Orchestration
- Luis Jardim - Percussion
- Steve Lipson - Guitar, producer, mandolin
- Andrew Lloyd Webber - Producer, Executive Producer
References
- ^ "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. 25 October 2002. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx. Retrieved 19 October 2010. best selling boy band album
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "dutchcharts.nl - Boyzone - Where We Belong". dutchcharts.nl. http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Boyzone&titel=Where+We+Belong&cat=a. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ "Chartverfolgung / Boyzone / Longplay". musicline.de. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Boyzone/?type=longplay. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/3/1998-06-06/
- ^ "Where We Belong - Boyzone | Billboard.com". billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/charts#/album/boyzone/where-we-belong/323348. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1999 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-1999.htm.
- ^ "Austrian album certifications – Boyzone – Where We Belong" (in German). IFPI Austria. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin. Enter Boyzone in the field Interpret. Enter Where We Belong in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Boyzone; 'Where We Belong')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Where+We+Belong&strInterpret=Boyzone&strTtArt=alben&strAwards=checked.
- ^ "Dutch album certifications – Boyzone – Where We Belong" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. http://www.ifpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=60463.
- ^ "Norwegian album certifications – Boyzone – Where We Belong" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. http://www.ifpi.no/sok/lst_trofeer_sok.asp?type=artist.
- ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Boyzone; 'Where We Belong')". Hung Medien. http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=Boyzone+Where+We+Belong.
- ^ "British album certifications – Boyzone – Where We Belong". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Enter Where We Belong in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
- ^ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 1998". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat1998.html.
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