...Allow Us to Be Frank

...Allow Us to Be Frank, a Rat Pack tribute, is the fifth studio album, sixth major album release under Sony BMG and first cover album by Irish boy band Westlife; it is also the first album since the departure of Brian McFadden and as a four-piece. It was released on 8 November 2004, and peaked at number two in Ireland and number three in the United Kingdom. ...Allow Us to Be Frank was number twenty-four on the 2004 year-end album charts. The album features songs made popular by Frank Sinatra such as "The Way You Look Tonight", "Come Fly with Me", "Moon River", "Summer Wind" and "That's Life". It also includes the Nat "King" Cole song, "When I Fall in Love". It was recorded with a 60-piece orchestra at Phoenix Studios in Wembley, in the London Borough of Brent.

...Allow Us to Be Frank
Studio album by Westlife
Released	8 November 2004 (2004-11-08)
Recorded	2004
Studio	Rokstone Studios (London)
Genre	Big band
Length	39:21
Language	English
Label	Sony BMG, RCA
Producer	Steve Mac
Westlife chronology
Turnaround (2003) ...Allow Us to Be Frank (2004) Face to Face (2005)
Singles from ...Allow Us to Be Frank
"Smile" Released: 4 November 2004 "Fly Me to the Moon" Released: 20 December 2004 "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" Released: 6 January 2005

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Entertainment.ie	[1]
MTV Asia	[2]
RTÉ.ie	[3]
Rovi	[4]
Stylus Magazine	F[5]

Singles

"Smile" was released as the album's first single on 4 November 2004. The physical single features the video and B-sides "White Christmas" and "When I Fall in Love".^[6] It charted at number 37 in Sweden.

"Fly Me to the Moon" was released as the album's second single on 20 December 2004. The single was only released digitally, featuring the video, as well as an exclusive B-side, "Beyond the Sea", which does not feature on the album.

"Ain't That a Kick in the Head" was released as the album's third and final single on 6 January 2005. The physical single features the video, as well B-side "Moon River". It peaked at number 5 in Denmark, number 20 in Sweden, number 41 in the Netherlands and number 43 in Europe.^[7] While "Moon River" charted at No. 221 in Russia.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ain't That a Kick in the Head"	Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen	2:27
2.	"Fly Me to the Moon"	Bart Howard	2:31
3.	"Smile"	Charles Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner	2:50
4.	"Let There Be Love"	Ian Grant, Lionel Rand	2:45
5.	"The Way You Look Tonight" (with Joanne Hindley)	Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields	4:07
6.	"Come Fly with Me"	Cahn, Van Heusen	3:15
7.	"Mack the Knife"	Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill	3:10
8.	"I Left My Heart in San Francisco"	George Cory, Douglas Cross	2:59
9.	"Summer Wind"	Hans Bradtke, Henry Mayer, Johnny Mercer	2:58
10.	"Clementine"	Woody Harris, Percy Montrose	3:19
11.	"When I Fall in Love"	Edward Heyman, Victor Young	3:09
12.	"Moon River"	Mercer, Henry Mancini	2:40
13.	"That's Life"	Kelly Gordon, Dean Kay	3:13

Japanese bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"The Way You Look Tonight" (Westlife-only version)	Kern, Fields	3:45
15.	"Ain't That a Kick in the Head" (video)	Cahn, Van Heusen	2:30

On the Japanese edition, the song The Way You Look Tonight is in two versions: the Westlife version is track 5, and the duet with Joanne Hindley is bonus track 14.

Credits

• Band recorded at Whitfield Street Studios, London
• Vocals recorded at Rokstone Studios, London
• Bass guitar:
  Steve Pearce
• Vocals (track 5):
  Joanne Hindley
• Backing vocals (track 13):
  Katie Kissoon
  Tessa Niles
• Background vocal arrangement:
  Andy Caine
  Steve Mac
• Arrangement and piano:
  Dave Arch
• Design and art direction:
  Stylorouge
• Bass:
  Allan Walley
  Leon Bosch
• Cello:
  Catchy Giles
  Gillian Thoday
  Martin Loveday
  Nick Cooper
• Double bass:
  Paul Morgan
• Drums:
  Ralph Salmins
• Mix assistant engineer:
  Daniel Pursey
• Mix engineer:
  Ren Swan
• Pro Tools engineer:
  Chris Laws
  Devin Workman
  Ren Swan
• Guitar:
  John Parricelli
  Mitch Dalton
• Horns:
  Dave Lee
  Jim Rattigan
  Paul Gardham
  Richard Watkins
• Mastering:
  Dick Beetham
• Percussion:
  Gary Kettel
  Glynn Matthews
• Photography:
  James Bareham
• Band recording:
  Mike Ross-Trevor
• Vocal recording:
  Chris Laws
  Daniel Pursey
  Steve Mac
• Alto saxophone, flute:
  Andy Macintosh
  Phil Todd
• Baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, flute:
  Alan Barnes
• Tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute:
  Andy Panayi
• Tenor saxophone, flute:
  Dave Bishop
• Bass trombone:
  Richard Edward
• Tenor trombone:
  Chris Dean
  Mark Nightingale
  Pete Beachill
• Trumpet:
  Andy Greenwood
  Derek Watkins
  Simon Gardner
  Steve Sidwell
• Viola:
  Andy Parker
  Edward Vanderspar
  Garfield Jackson
  Kathy Burgess
  Nick Barr
  Vicci Wardman
• Violin:
  David Angel
  Debbie Widdup
  Douglas MacKie
  Gillian Cohen
  Marcus Barcham-Stevens
  Martin Burgess
  Michael McMenemy
  Paul Manley
  Perry Montague-Mason
  Peter Oxer
  Ralph De Souze
  Rebecca Hirsch
  Roger Garland
  Simon Baggs
  Steve Morris
  Wilf Gibson

Source: Discogs^[8]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2004–05) Peak position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] 25 Danish Albums (Tracklisten)[10] 15 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[11] 32 European Albums Chart[12] 6 German Albums (Media Control Charts)[13] 30 Irish Albums (IRMA)[14] 2 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[15] 67 Scottish Albums (OCC)[16] 3 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 5 Swiss Albums (Swiss Hitparade)[18] 75 UK Albums (OCC)[19] 3

Year-end charts Chart (2004) Position Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[20] 87 UK Albums (OCC)[21] 24

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[22]	2× Platinum	653,405[23]

Release history

Region	Date
Europe	8 November 2004
Philippines	13 November 2004
Japan	24 November 2004
Taiwan	3 December 2004

Supporting tour

Main article: The Number Ones Tour