Track Listing

1. Ain't That A Kick In The Head
2. Fly Me To The Moon
3. Smile
4. Let There Be Love
5. The Way You Look Tonight
6. Come Fly With Me
7. Mack The Knife
8. I Left My Heart In San Francisco
9. Summer Wind
10. Clementine
11. When I Fall In Love
12. Moon River
13. That's Life

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1570 in Music
• Released on: 2004-11-08
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Artists are always keen to highlight their love of the Rat Pack, either out of respect for their rich, textured vocal delivery or their dangerous, bourbon-filled lifestyle. Westlife are no different and, with ... Allow Us to Be Frank, they get to try their hand at some old classics. We've been here before with Robbie William's Swing When You're Winning, but Westlife manage to raise the game above the former's limp effort. The repertoire is extensive, from "Fly Me to the Moon" to "Mack the Knife" and the production, courtesy of long time collaborator Steve Mac, is full and rich with a full 60 piece orchestra behind them.

The vocals obviously don't compare (heavyweights such as "My Way" are conspicuous by their absence), but the project manages to avoid karaoke naffness. The motive behind this release, their first since Bryan's departure, probably has its roots in the unexpected success of "Mandy." If you got a kick out of that, you'll certainly love this. --Ben Johncock

Album Description
The Westlife boys are back, minus Brian McFadden, with an album of Frank Sinatra covers. Now that smooth jazz and crooning is the new black, the lads have chosen to give Cullum and Buble a run for their money with beautifully performed renditions of the likes of "Fly Me to the Moon", "Come Fly with Me" and "That's Life".

CD Description
'Allow Us To Be Frank' is Westlife's sixth studio album, and is a collection of covers of easy listening and lounge classics. Whilst the album marks a departure for the band stylistically, fans of the band will still recognise elements of that trademark Westlife sound. Contains new versions of classics such as 'Ain't That A Kick In The Head' and 'Fly Me To The Moon'.

Customer Reviews

Westlife are unbreakable!
They've proved they can sing ballads, country and western etc. and now they're trying their hands at swing - and its absolutely brilliant! Clementine was a delight and Mack the Knife was truly inspiring. I was completely convinced by this album and summon everyone to buy it. I know a lot of people will be sceptical about it but it definitely deserves a listen at the very least!

Amazing!!
I really don't know how any one can slate this album. It is by far the best album Westlife have EVER produced. It has a mixture of ballads, such as Moon River and I Left My Heart In San Francisco to the amaing up-beat Clemintine to the absolutly sensational Mack The Knife, to which the boys do more justice than Robbie Williams ever did! There are only two songs on the album which both Robbie and the Westlife lads did, so there is no way you could compare the two albums. All four lads take part in lead vocals, so you get to hear what Kian and Nicky can also produce! An amazing listen for people of all ages!

Surprisingly good
I was very sceptical about this album, but I needn't have been. It is great. The vocals on "The Way you look tonight" are particularly good and Shane's voice really suits the style. Obviously all Westlife fans will buy the album but I hope others give it a chance too. It is a real feel good cd and I defy anyone to be able to listen to it without tapping their toes or singing along. I think Westlife work even better as a four piece in the studio and on stage. It would make a fantastic stocking filler for pretty much anyone!!