Direction (album)
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This article is about the album by The Starting Line. For other uses, see Direction (disambiguation).
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| Studio album by The Starting Line | ||||
| Released | July 31, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Pop punk, Emo | |||
| Length | 40:39 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Producer | Howard Benson | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| AbsolutePunk.net | (85%) [2] |
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Direction is The Starting Line's third studio album, following Based on a True Story, and was released on July 31, 2007.
The album debuted at number 30 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 20,000 copies in its first week.[3]
The first single released off the album was "Island", the second single was "Something Left to Give". "Somebody's Gonna Miss Us" followed in 2009.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written and composed by The Starting Line.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 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 |
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| 13. | "Pictures" | 3:34 | |||||||
[edit] Personnel
- Kenny Aronoff – drums
- Howard Benson – keyboards, programming, producer
- Justin Borucki – photography
- Luis Conti – percussion
- Paul DeCarli – digital editing
- Mike Golla – guitar, vocals (background)
- Tom Gryskiewicz – drums
- Hatsukazu "Hatch" Inagaki – engineer
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- Mike Joyce – artwork, design
- Nik Karpen – mixing assistant
- Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
- Sean Mosher-Smith – creative director
- Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
- Jon Nicholson – drum technician
- Mike Plotnikoff – engineer
- Michelle Ryang – A&R
- Brian Schmutz – keyboards, vocals (background)
- Marc VanGool – guitar technician
- Kenny Vasoli - vocals, bass
- Logan Waters – A&R assistance
- Matt Watts – guitar
[edit] References
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. Direction (album) at Allmusic
- ^ AbsolutePunk review
- ^ Katie Hasty, "Common Scores First No. 1 On Billboard 200", Billboard.com, August 8, 2007.
"Amazon: Direction: Music: The Starting Line". http://www.amazon.com/Direction-Starting-Line/dp/B000RRUSFS/ref=sr_1_1/103-5578985-1212660?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1194507514&sr=1-1. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
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