Love Always

Love Always is the third solo album by Irish singer-songwriter Shane Filan, as a follow-up to Right Here (2015), through Ocean Wave Records. It was released worldwide on 25 August 2017, with a release in Asia following on 15 September. The deluxe edition was released on 4 May 2018. The album features Filan's favorite all-time love ballads, such as the Bangles' "Eternal Flame", Bob Dylan's "Make You Feel My Love" and Bryan Adams' "Heaven", along with some fans suggestions. He also wrote three original songs, in collaboration with Paul Barry and Patrick Mascall, who previously worked together on his debut album You and Me. The album peaked at number three in Scotland, and number five in Ireland and United Kingdom, making it Filan's highest charting solo album in UK. The album's lead single, Jamie Scott's "Unbreakable" was released on 21 July 2017, along with the music video. Followed by its second single "Back to You" for the release of the deluxe edition of the album on 4 May 2018 in UK and Ireland. Third single, "Beautiful in White", was released on 6 July 2018 for the promotion of release of Love Always: Asia Deluxe Edition which was first released on Spotify all on the same day. Background and recording On 3 February 2017, Filan posted a picture on his Instagram account that he was recording for his third album. Recording sessions for the album took place in Metrophonic Studios in London. On 9 February, he asked his fans on Twitter to pick their favorite love songs to be added to the album and have their names in the album credits. On 7 April, he posted a picture that he finished recording the album. The album contained both original material and mostly covers of famous love songs. In an interview with Shropshire Star, Filan stated "This new album is full of songs people already know – 75 per cent of them are famous songs and there's new original songs as well. There's a good mix of different styles of ballads. The famous songs, I wanted to do my version of them." He also said that the album took a few months to put together and though he already finished recording the album, he may still have one more song to record before it is released. The album is expected to be released in summer 2017.