Direction (album)

This article is about the album by The Starting Line. For other uses, see Direction (disambiguation).
Direction
Studio album by The Starting Line
Released July 31, 2007
Genre Pop punk
Length 40:39
Label Virgin
Producer Howard Benson
The Starting Line chronology
Based on a True Story
(2005)		 Direction
(2007)		 Somebody's Gonna Miss Us
(2009)
Singles from Direction
  1. "Island"
    Released: June 26, 2007

Direction is the third studio album by The Starting Line, following Based on a True Story.

Background

On November 3, 2005, Alternative Press announced that The Starting Line had left Geffen and was in discussion with other labels.[1] The group was aiming to have another album out by spring 2006.[1] Vasoli had written eight of a potential 12–15 for the next record.[1] The group demoed material a few months afterwards.[1] On January 3, 2006, it was announced that the band had signed to Virgin Records.[2] In February and March, the group headlined the Screaming Is for Babies tour, with support from Copeland, Gatsbys American Dream, and Cartel.[3] It was reported that the group would begin recording their next album after this tour had finished.[2] From late October to mid December, the band supported The All-American Rejects on their Tournado 2006 tour.[4]

Release

On May 3, 2007, the title track was made available for streaming.[5] "Island" was made available for streaming on May 17,[6] before being released to radio on June 26.[7] From early July to late August, the band went on the 2007 edition of Warped Tour.[8] Direction was released on July 31. The second single was "Something Left to Give". "Somebody's Gonna Miss Us" followed in 2009.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [9]
AbsolutePunk.net(85%) [10]
Alternative Press [11]
Alternative Addiction [12]
The A.V. ClubB-[13]
BlogcriticsFavorable[14]
Punknews.org [15]

The album debuted at number 30 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 20,000 copies in its first week.[16]

Track listing

All tracks written by The Starting Line. 

No. Title Length
1. "Direction"   3:54
2. "21"   2:29
3. "Are You Alone?"   3:21
4. "Island"   3:42
5. "Hurry"   2:52
6. "Something Left to Give"   3:34
7. "Birds"   3:27
8. "Way with Words"   3:43
9. "I Could Be Wrong"   3:55
10. "Somebody's Gonna Miss Us"   2:53
11. "Need to Love"   3:22
12. "What You Want"   3:18

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "The Starting Line = Most Eligible Bachelors". Alternative Press. November 3, 2005. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "AP Exclusive: The Starting Line sign to Virgin Records". Alternative Press. January 3, 2006. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  3. ↑ "The Starting Line/Copeland/Gatsbys American Dream/Cartel tour announced". Alternative Press. December 8, 2005. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  4. ↑ "All-American Rejects touring w/the Starting Line, Motion City". Alternative Press. September 19, 2006. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  5. ↑ "The Starting Line post title track off new album". Alternative Press. May 3, 2007. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  6. ↑ "The Starting Line post another track off new album". Alternative Press. May 17, 2007. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  7. ↑ "AllAccess.com Alternative eWeekly". AllAccess. June 19, 2007. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Throwdown added to Warped 07; Madina Lake drop off". Alternative Press. April 26, 2007. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
  9. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. Direction at AllMusic
  10. ↑ AbsolutePunk review
  11. ↑ Alternative Press review
  12. ↑ Alternative Addiction review
  13. ↑ The A.V. Club review
  14. ↑ Blogcritics review
  15. ↑ Punknews.org review
  16. ↑ Katie Hasty, "Common Scores First No. 1 On Billboard 200", Billboard.com, August 8, 2007.

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