Destination (Ronan Keating album)

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.

Destination
Studio album by Ronan Keating
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
Producer	Bill Padley Calum MacColl Gregg Alexander Jem Godfrey Liam Bradley Rick Nowels Steve Mac
Ronan Keating chronology
Ronan (2000) Destination (2002) Turn It On (2003)
Singles from Destination
"If Tomorrow Never Comes" Released: 6 May 2002 "I Love It When We Do" Released: 9 September 2002 "We've Got Tonight" Released: 25 November 2002 "The Long Goodbye" Released: 28 April 2003

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Entertainment.ie	^[citation needed]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I Love It When We Do"	Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels	Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels	3:53
2.	"Love Won't Work (If We Don't Try)"	Alexander, Nowels	Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels	3:44
3.	"If Tomorrow Never Comes"	Garth Brooks, Kent Blazy	Steve Mac	3:35
4.	"Come Be My Baby"	Alexander, Nowels	Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels	3:53
5.	"Lovin' Each Day"	Alexander, Nowels	Gregg Alexander	3:33
6.	"My One Thing That's Real"	Alexander, Nowels	Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels	3:35
7.	"Time for Love"	Alexander, Nowels	Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels	3:39
8.	"Blown Away"	Alexander, Nowels	Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels	3:39
9.	"As Much As I Can Give You Girl"	Alexander, Nowels	Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels	4:15
10.	"Pickin' Me Up"	Alexander, Nowels, Ronan Keating	Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels	4:42
11.	"Joy and Pain"	Jeremy Godfrey, Bill Padley, Keating	Jem Godfrey, Bill Padley	3:49
12.	"We've Got Tonight" (featuring Lulu)	Bob Seger	Bill Padley	3:39
13.	"The Long Goodbye"	Paul Brady, Keating	Liam Bradley, Calum McColl	4:43

UK bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"I Got My Heart on You"	Alexander	Gregg Alexander	3:47

German alternative track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
12.	"We've Got Tonight" (featuring Jeanette)	Bob Seger	Bill Padley	3:39

French alternative track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Je T'aime Plus Que Tout (I Love It When We Do)" (featuring Cécilia Cara)	Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels	Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels	3:39

South American edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I Love It When We Do"	Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels	Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels	3:53
2.	"Love Won't Work (If We Don't Try)"	Alexander, Nowels	Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels	3:44
3.	"If Tomorrow Never Comes"	Garth Brooks, Kent Blazy	Steve Mac	3:35
4.	"Come Be My Baby"	Alexander, Nowels	Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels	3:53
5.	"Lovin' Each Day"	Alexander, Nowels	Gregg Alexander	3:33
6.	"My One Thing That's Real"	Alexander, Nowels	Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels	3:35
7.	"Time for Love"	Alexander, Nowels	Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels	3:39
8.	"Life Is a Rollercoaster"	Alexander, Nowels	Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels	3:51
9.	"As Much as I Can Give You, Girl"	Alexander, Nowels	Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels	4:15
10.	"The Way You Make Me Feel"	Bryan Adams, Phil Thornalley	Phil Thornalley	3:54
11.	"When You Say Nothing at All" (featuring Paulina Rubio)	Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz	Stephen Lipson	4:42
12.	"We've Got Tonight" (featuring Lulu)	Bob Seger	Bill Padley	3:39
13.	"The Long Goodbye"	Paul Brady, Keating	Liam Bradley, Calum McColl	4:43

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

Weekly charts Chart (2002) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)^[3] 3 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[4] 2 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[5] 9 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[6] 8 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[7] 4 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[8] 16 French Albums (SNEP)^[9] 37 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[10] 1 Irish Albums (IRMA)^[11] 3 Italian Albums (FIMI)^[12] 37 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[13] 1 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[14] 2 Scottish Albums (OCC)^[15] 1 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[16] 5 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[17] 3 UK Albums (OCC)^[18] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2002) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)^[19] 20 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[20] 60 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[21] 64 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[22] 29 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[23] 25 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[24] 84 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[25] 44 UK Albums (OCC)^[26] 23 Certifications ‹See Tfd›‹See Tfd› Certifications for Destination Region Certification Certified units/sales Australia (ARIA)^[27] 2× Platinum 140,000^^ Denmark (IFPI Danmark)^[28] Gold 25,000^^ France (SNEP)^[29] Gold 100,000^* Germany (BVMI)^[30] Gold 150,000^^ Netherlands (NVPI)^[31] Gold 40,000^^ New Zealand (RMNZ)^[32] Platinum 15,000^^ Norway (IFPI Norway)^[33] Platinum 40,000^* Sweden (GLF)^[34] Gold 30,000^^ Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)^[35] Platinum 40,000^^ United Kingdom (BPI)^[36] 2× Platinum 600,000^^ Summaries Europe (IFPI)^[37] Platinum 1,000,000^* ^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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External links

Destination at MusicBrainz (list of releases)