''Unbroken'' is the third studio album by Irish

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. The album was released on 25 October 2006 in

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, and later released via the

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worldwide on 3 March 2008. The album peaked at number 58 on the Japanese album charts. Two singles were released from the album: the title track, "Unbroken", and "Let Me Be the One" (which serves as a promotional release only; no official music video was recorded for the song).

Background

"No One" was an unreleased track written by Bryan Adams. The album features writing contributions from a number of well-known songwriters, including two songs penned by

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and Wayne Hector ("Missing You" and "Then You Kissed Me"; the latter of which was an unreleased song by fellow boyband

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). The album's title track was also co-written by Phil Thornalley, famous for his work on Natalie Imbruglia's debut "

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". The band co-wrote the mid-tempo ballad "Fly" with songwriter Kai McKenzie, who produced several tracks for the album. The original Japanese release includes four tracks omitted from the worldwide digital release, including the Mac-Hector "Then You Kissed Me".

Track listing

Personnel

(Credits adapted from

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and ''Unbroken''s

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.) * Ryan O' Riain - vocalist * Derek Moran – vocalist * Shane Creevey – vocalist * Phil Thornalley - producer

Charts

Release history

References

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