Time of My Life (Ronan Keating album)

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Time of My Life
Studio album by
Ronan Keating
Released12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)
GenrePop
Label
Producer
Ronan Keating chronology
Fires
(2012) 		Time of My Life
(2016) 		Twenty Twenty
(2020)
Singles from Time of My Life
  1. "Let Me Love You"
    Released: 4 January 2016 (2016-01-04)[1]
  2. "Breathe"
    Released: 1 April 2016 (2016-04-01)[2]

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[edit]

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."[3] 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."[4] 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."[5]

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."[6]

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."[7]

Singles[edit]

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. The music video for the song premiered on 15 January 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".[8]

"Breathe" was released as the album's second single on 1 April 2016.[9]

Videos for "As long As We're in Love" and "In Your Arms" were released in July 2016.[10][11]

Critical reception[edit]

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."[12]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Let Me Love You"
  • Jon Green
  • Dan McDougall
Steve Lipson3:15
2."As Long as We're in Love"
Peter-John Vettese3:01
3."Breathe"
  • Vettese
  • Lipson
3:07
4."She Knows Me"
  • Keating
  • Healy
Vettese3:16
5."Time of My Life"
Lipson3:23
6."In Your Arms"
  • Keating
  • Vettese
  • Healy
  • Vettese
  • Lipson
3:36
7."Landslide"
Vettese3:30
8."Keep It Simple"
  • Keating
  • Vettese
  • Healy
  • Vettese
  • Lipson
4:06
9."You Think I Don't Remember"
  • Keating
  • Vettese
  • Healy
Vettese3:39
10."Shine Like Gold"
Vettese3:39
11."Grow Old With Me"McDougallLipson4:19
12."Falling Slowly" (featuring The Shires)
Lipson4:07

Charts[edit]

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[13] 6
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[14] 44
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15] 71
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16] 128
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17] 68
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18] 25
Irish Albums (IRMA)[19] 26
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[20]
[21] 		26
Scottish Albums (OCC)[22] 2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] 16
UK Albums (OCC)[24] 4

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ronan Keating releases first single from his new album". Irishexaminer.com. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Ronan Keating excited to sing Breathe on solo tour". List.co.uk. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  3. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Ronan Keating planning new Life is a Rollercoaster in bid to be current again | Goss.ie | First for Irish celebrity news". Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Ronan Keating - Official Website". Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Ronan Keating says wife inspired new album". Rte.ie. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  6. ^ ""I feel like a new person, I wanted this album to reflect that" – hmv.com talks to Ronan Keating". HMV. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  7. ^ "12. Februar 2016: Ronan Keating veröffentlicht neues Album "Time Of My Life"". Universal-music.de. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  8. ^ Kyriazis, Stefan (15 January 2016). "VIDEO PREMIERE: Watch Ronan Keating's new single Let Me Love You". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  9. ^ Kyriazis, Stefan (31 March 2016). "Ronan Keating Breathe: WORLD VIDEO EXCLUSIVE". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  10. ^ "Ronan Keating - As Long As We're In Love". YouTube. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Ronan Keating - In Your Arms". YouTube. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  12. ^ Hodgkinson, Will. "Ronan Keating: Time of My Life". Thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  13. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Ronan Keating – Time of My Life". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  14. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Ronan Keating – Time of My Life" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  15. ^ "Ultratop.be – Ronan Keating – Time of My Life" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  16. ^ "Ultratop.be – Ronan Keating – Time of My Life" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  17. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Ronan Keating – Time of My Life" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  18. ^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  19. ^ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 7, 2016". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  20. ^ "Charts.nz – Ronan Keating – Time of My Life". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  21. ^ "NZ Top 40 Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  22. ^ February 2016/40/ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  23. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Ronan Keating – Time of My Life". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  24. ^ February 2016/7502/ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
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