Time of My Life (Ronan Keating album)

Time of My Life
Studio album by Ronan Keating
Released 12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)
Genre Pop
Label Decca
Producer Peter-John Vettese, Steve Lipson
Ronan Keating chronology
Fires
(2012)		 Time of My Life
(2016)
Singles from Time of My Life
  1. "Let Me Love You"
    Released: 4 January 2016 (2016-01-04)

Time of My Life is the tenth studio album by Irish singer-songwriter Ronan Keating. The album was released on 12 February 2016 by Decca Records.

Background

In July 2014, Ronan Keating revealed that he had signed a new three album contract with Decca Records, saying: "Maybe I'm not valid but that's fine, I’m valid to myself, my family and the people who like my music."[1] Ronan Keating announced the album on 25 November 2015 writing: "It's taken a year to write but in that time I have given the most honest piece of me."[2] Keating has said the album was inspired by his wife Storm Uechtritz, whom he married in August 2015: "I think it's my best yet. I’m in a great headspace, the songs are all very optimistic and positive. I'm at this place in my life, I feel very secure. It’s all optimism and hope – it's because of this woman. I feel very lucky."[3]

Time of My Life is Ronan Keating's first studio album in four years (since 2012's Fires), which is the longest span between two albums. Keating has said the album took a year to write and record: "It’s the longest I’ve ever spent making a record so it was a real pleasure to have the time to write and record without the pressure of having to rush to meet a particular deadline."[4]

Ronan Keating said of the title, which comes from the song of the same name: "I threw around different ideas. It was gonna be Breathe, it was gonna be In Your Arms, and Time of My Life just felt right because I definitely feel I'm in my prime, you know—the best time in my life. And this albums reflects that."[5]

Singles

On 25 December 2015 the album was made available for pre-order on iTunes Store with "Falling Slowly" released on the same date as an "instant-grat" track. The album's lead single "Let Me Love You" was released on 4 January 2016.[6] The music video for the song premiered on January 15, 2016. It features Ronan Keating performing the song the South Bank in London, England as a group of buskers. Ronan Keating has said that the music video "mirrors where I am in my life and the way I now live it: optimistic, happy and without pretence".[7]

"Breathe" is set to be released as the album's second single.[8]

Critical reception

Adrian Thrills of the Daily Mail gave the album three out of five stars, and said: "Acoustically driven and partly self-penned, his tenth solo effort is optimistic, but reflective. So, is it a desperate attempt to cash in on the success of Ed Sheeran and other sensitive young men with guitars? Or a belated flowering of his true artistic spirit? It turns out that it's a bit of both."[9] Writing for The Times, Will Hodgkinson gave the album two out of five stars, and wrote: "Time of My Life sticks to the kind of soft acoustic balladry that neither offends nor excites, with Keating singing one mellifluous song about true love after another."[10]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Let Me Love You"  Jon Green, Dan McDougallSteve Lipson 3:14
2. "As Long as We're in Love"  Green, Liz Rose, Emily ShackeltonVettese 3:00
3. "Breathe"  Ronan Keating, Peter-John Vettese, Dan HealyVettese, Lipson 3.06
4. "She Knows Me"  R. Keating, HealyVettese 3:15
5. "Time of My Life"  Norma Jean Martine, Adam Argyle, Martin BrammerLipson 3:22
6. "In Your Arms"  R. Keating, Vettese, HealyVettese, Lipson 3:35
7. "Landslide"  R. Keating, Healy, Storm KeatingVettese 3:29
8. "Keep It Simple"  R. Keating, Vettese, HealyVettese, Lipson 4:05
9. "Think I Don't Remember"  R. Keating, Vettese, HealyVettese 3:38
10. "Shine Like Gold"  Red Triangle, The VampsVettese 3:38
11. "Grow Old with Me"  McDougallLipson 4:18
12. "Falling Slowly" (featuring The Shires)Glen Hansard, Markéta IrglováLipson 4:06

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] 6
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] 44
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 71
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] 128
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[15] 68
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16] 25
Irish Albums (IRMA)[17] 26
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[18] 39
Scottish Albums (OCC)[19] 2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 16
UK Albums (OCC)[21] 4

References

  1. ↑ http://www.goss.ie/2014/07/exclusive-ronan-keating-planning-new-life-is-a-rollercoaster-in-bid-to-be-current-again/8183/
  2. ↑ http://www.ronankeating.com/news/3244/new_album_and_pre-order_details
  3. ↑ http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2015/1009/733585-ronan-keating-credits-wife/
  4. ↑ http://www.hmv.com/music/-i-feel-like-a-new-person-i-wanted-this-album-to-reflect-that-hmv-com-talks-to-ronan-keating
  5. ↑ http://www.universal-music.de/ronan-keating/news/detail/article:237208/12-februar-2016-ronan-keating-veroeffentlicht-neues-album-time-of-my-life
  6. ↑ http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/ronan-keating-releases-first-single-from-his-new-album-714011.html
  7. ↑ http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/634937/Ronan-Keating-Let-Me-Love-You-Time-Of-My-Life
  8. ↑ https://www.list.co.uk/article/78349-ronan-keating-excited-to-sing-breathe-on-solo-tour/
  9. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3443316/Has-pop-idol-Ronan-turned-guitar-hero-Time-Life-shows-boy-s-new-zone-says-ADRIAN-THRILLS.html
  10. ↑ http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/music/albumreviews/article4688392.ece
  11. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Ronan Keating – Time of My Life". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  12. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Ronan Keating – Time of My Life" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  13. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Ronan Keating – Time of My Life" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  14. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Ronan Keating – Time of My Life" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  15. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Ronan Keating – Time of My Life" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  16. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  17. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 7, 2016". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  18. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Ronan Keating – Time of My Life". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  19. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  20. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Ronan Keating – Time of My Life". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  21. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
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