''Destination'' is the second studio album from Irish singer-songwriter
Ronan Keating
Ronan Patrick John Keating (born 3 March 1977) is an Irish singer. He debuted in 1993 alongside Keith Duffy, Michael Graham, Shane Lynch, and Stephen Gately, as the co-lead singer (with Gately) of Irish pop group Boyzone. His solo career start ...
. It was released by
Polydor Records
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on 20 May 2002. The album debuted at number one on the
UK Albums Chart
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and was certified two-times platinum by the
British Phonographic Industry
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. 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.
The album includes the singles "
If Tomorrow Never Comes
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", "
I Love It When We Do", "
We've Got Tonight
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", and "
The Long Goodbye", all of which peaked inside the top ten of the
UK Singles Chart
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.
Track listing
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
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– 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
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– 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
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
External links
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2002 albums
Ronan Keating albums
Albums produced by Rick Nowels
Polydor Records albums