Destination (Ronan Keating album) explained
Destination |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Ronan Keating |
Cover: | Ronandestination.jpg |
Released: | 20 May 2002 |
Studio: | Fredonia International, Los Angeles Britannia Row, London Battery, London Soul II Soul, London Windmill Lane, Dublin Wise Buddah Music, London |
Genre: | Pop |
Length: | 54:48 |
Label: | Polydor |
Prev Title: | Ronan |
Prev Year: | 2000 |
Next Title: | Turn It On |
Next Year: | 2003 |
Destination is the second studio album from Irish singer-songwriter Ronan Keating. It was released by Polydor Records on 20 May 2002. The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and was certified two-times platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. In Ireland, the album debuted at number three. Additionally, the album charted within the top ten of nine other European countries. In 2002, Destination was certified platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for shipments of one million copies inside Europe.[1] The album includes the singles "If Tomorrow Never Comes", "I Love It When We Do", "We've Got Tonight", and "The Long Goodbye", all of which peaked inside the top ten of the UK Singles Chart.
Personnel
- Tracie Ackerman – backing vocals
- Gregg Alexander – producer, project coordinator
- Rusty Anderson – electric guitar, bazouki
- Dave Arch – piano, string arrangements
- Liam Bradley – percussion, drums, backing vocals, producer
- Maire Breatnach – violin
- Danielle Brisebois – backing vocals
- Alex Brown – backing vocals
- Chris Brown – engineer
- Sue Ann Carwell – backing vocals
- Ed Colman – engineer
- Dave Dale – engineer
- Corinne Day – photography
- Graham Dominy – assistant engineer
- Aiden Foley – assistant engineer
- Denny Fongheiser – percussion, cymbals, tom-tom
- Daniel Frampton – mixing
- Angie Giles – backing vocals
- Jem Godfrey – producer
- Eddie Hession – accordion, accordion arranger
- Ash Howes – mixing
- Rob Jacobs – engineer
- Charles Judge – piano, keyboards, engineer, digital editing, sound design, pro-tools
- Kieran Kiely – piano, organ (hammond)
- Greg Kurstin – keyboards
- Tim Lambert – assistant engineer
- Chris Laws – drums, engineer
- Steve Lee – backing vocals
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
- Lulu – vocals
- Steve Mac – arranger, keyboards, producer, mixing
- Calum MacColl – guitar, backing vocals, producer
- Avril MacKintosh – producer, engineer, digital editing, remixing, vocal producer, pro-tools
- Tony Matthew – assistant engineer
- Alastair McMillan – engineer
- James McNally – piano, bodhran
- Kieron Menzies – assistant engineer
- Crystal Murden – backing vocals
- Yoad Nevo – programming
- Rick Nowels – acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards, backing vocals, producer, mellotron, wurlitzer
- Bill Padley – arranger, backing vocals, multi instruments, producer, musician
- Pino Palladino – bass, bass guitar
- Steve Pearce – bass guitar
- John Pierce – bass
- Tim Pierce – electric guitar
- Daniel Pursey – assistant engineer
- Wayne Rodrigues – drums, keyboards, digital editing, drum programming
- Philip Rose – assistant engineer
- Alfie Silas – backing vocals
- Jess Sutcliffe – engineer
- Shari Sutcliffe – project coordinator
- John Themis – guitar, percussion, bazouki
- Julie Thompson – backing vocals
- Paul Turner – bass, guitar
- Alan Veucasovic – assistant engineer
- Dan Vickers – assistant engineer
- Dave Way – mixing
- Jeremy Wheatley – mixing
- Randy Wine – engineer
- Tim Young – mastering, mastering engineer
Charts and certifications
Year-end charts
Chart (2002) | Position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] | 20 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4] | 60 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[5] | 64 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[6] | 29 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] | 25 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[8] | 84 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] | 44 |
UK Albums (OCC)[10] | 23 | |
Certifications
Notes and References
- Web site: IFPI Platinum Europe Awards - 2002 . . 2011-04-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131016055449/http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat2002.html . 16 October 2013.
- Web site: Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending 23 May 2002 . . 4 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180502210853/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2002&year=2002&week=21 . dead . 2 May 2018.
- Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2002. Australian Recording Industry Association. 29 September 2021.
- Web site: Jahreshitparade Alben 2002. austriancharts.at. 29 September 2021.
- Web site: Jaaroverzichten 2002. Ultratop. 29 September 2021.
- Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Album 2002. dutchcharts.nl. 29 September 2021.
- Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. de. GfK Entertainment. offiziellecharts.de. 29 September 2021.
- Web site: Årslista Album – År 2002. Sverigetopplistan. sv. 29 September 2021.
- Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2002. hitparade.ch. 29 September 2021.
- Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2002. Official Charts Company. 29 September 2021.