Together Again (Michael Ball and Alfie Boe album)

Together Again is the second collaborative studio album by English singers Michael Ball and Alfie Boe. It was released on 27 October 2017 through Decca Records. The album went to No.1 on the UK pop album chart.[1]

Together Again
Studio album by Michael Ball and Alfie Boe
Released	27 October 2017 (2017-10-27)
Label	Decca
Producer	Nick Patrick
Michael Ball chronology
Together (2016) Together Again (2017) Solo & Apart: A Collection of Songs from Their Past (2017)
Alfie Boe chronology
Together (2016) Together Again (2017) Solo & Apart: A Collection of Songs from Their Past (2017)
Singles from Together Again
"New York, New York" Released: 22 September 2017 "West Side Story Medley" Released: 29 September 2017 "He Lives in You" Released: 6 October 2017 "As If We Never Said Goodbye" Released: 13 October 2017 "You're The Voice" Released: 20 October 2017

Background

Following the commercial success of Together, which sold over 600,000 copies in the UK, Decca Records announced a "three-way" recording contract with Michael Ball and Alfie Boe in June 2017.[2] Ball and Boe will return to the label as both solo artists and as a duo.[3]

Track listing

Standard version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"West Side Story Medley"	Leonard Bernstein Stephen Sondheim	8:04
2.	"As If We Never Said Goodbye"	Don Black Christopher Hampton Amy Powers Andrew Lloyd Webber	5:22
3.	"The Prayer"	David Foster Carole Bayer Sager	4:27
4.	"He Lives in You"	Lebo M. Mark Mancina Jay Rifkin	4:41
5.	"Evermore"	Alan Menken Tim Rice	3:09
6.	"The Rose"	Amanda McBroom	4:00
7.	"Bring Me Sunshine"	Arthur Kent Sylvia Dee	3:54
8.	"Some Enchanted Evening"	Oscar Hammerstein II Richard Rodgers	3:57
9.	"Hero"	Joe Keefe	3:18
10.	"Not While I'm Around"	Stephen Sondheim	3:47
11.	"Stranger in Paradise" / "And This Is My Beloved"	Robert Wright George Forrest Alexander Borodin	4:38
12.	"You're the Voice"	Andy Qunta Keith Reid Maggie Ryder Chris Thompson	5:02
13.	"New York, New York"	Fred Ebb John Kander	3:48
14.	"White Christmas"	Irving Berlin	3:05

Deluxe version (bonus tracks)[4]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"You'll Be Back"	Lin-Manuel Miranda	3:31
16.	"Once Upon a December"	Lynn Ahrens Stephen Flaherty	2:55

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2017) Peak position Irish Albums (OCC)[5] 40 Scottish Albums (OCC)[6] 2 UK Albums (OCC)[7] 1

Year-end albums Chart (2017) Position UK Albums (OCC)[8] 7

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[9]	Platinum	300,000
^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Various	27 October 2017	Digital download CD streaming	Decca Records

References

1. Savage, Mark (30 November 2017). "Ball and Boe: 'We travel on separate buses now'" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
2. "Ball & Boe enter three-way deal with Decca, announce new album Together Again". Music Week. Intent Media. 16 June 2017.
3. "Decca Records signs triple deal with Michael Ball and Alfie Boe". Music Business Worldwide. 16 June 2017.
4. "Together Again (Deluxe) by Michael Ball on Apple Music". itunes.apple.com.
5. "Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
6. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
7. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
8. White, Jack (3 January 2018). "The Top 40 biggest albums of 2017 on the Official Chart". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
9. "British album certifications – Michael Ball & Alfie Boe – Together Again". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 24 November 2017. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Together Again in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.