Twelve Stops and Home explained

Twelve Stops and Home
Type:studio
Artist:the Feeling
Cover:12SAH International Cover.jpg
Released:5 June 2006
Genre:
Label:Island, Cherrytree
Producer:The Feeling, Chris Potter, Andy Green
Next Title:Join with Us
Next Year:2008

Twelve Stops and Home is the debut studio album by English rock/pop band the Feeling, released on 5 June 2006. The album's title refers to the twelve stops on the Piccadilly line of the London Underground from Leicester Square to Bounds Green. Lead singer Dan Gillespie Sells grew up in Bounds Green and lived a short walk from the tube station.

Reception

The album was divisive among music critics. It gained a five-star review from The Observer, but garnered a scathing 1/10 from both Drowned in Sound and Yahoo! Music. On Metacritic, the album has a weighted average score of 58 out of 100 based on 7 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Five singles were released from the album, including the top 10 hits, "Sewn", "Fill My Little World" and "Never Be Lonely". "Sewn" was also featured on the FIFA 07 soundtrack.[4]

Chart performance

Twelve Stops and Home placed at number one on the UK Amazon and iTunes charts. It charted in the UK Albums Chart on 11 June 2006 at number 2, below Smile... It Confuses People by Sandi Thom. In its second week, it descended to number 3 following Smile... It Confuses People at number 2, and the second Keane album, Under the Iron Sea.

In its first week on sale in the UK it sold 43,304 copies and in its second week it sold 39,000 copies. The album has been certified 3× Platinum in the UK,[5] selling almost 900,000 copies[6] and has sold around 1.5 million copies worldwide.

It charted at number 20 on the Top Heatseekers in the United States.[7]

Track listing

All songs were written and produced by the Feeling except where noted.

Personnel

Source:[8] [9]

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)Position
UK Albums (OCC)[10] 21
Chart (2007)Position
UK Albums (OCC)[11] 88

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Feeling: Twelve Stops and Home. 25 April 2007. PopMatters.
  2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20110615130849/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5599012.ece. Power pop: Encyclopedia of Modern Music. 1 February 2009. The Sunday Times. 15 June 2011. Dan. Cairns.
  3. Web site: The Feeling, Twelve Stops and Home. The Guardian. 2006.
  4. Web site: FIFA 07 Soundtrack. vgcore.com.
  5. Web site: BRIT Certified.
  6. Web site: Official Charts Analysis: Cyrus scores Official... - mediaor. mediaor.com.
  7. AllMusic (((The Feeling > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums)))
  8. Web site: Twelve Stops and Home - the Feeling | Credits | AllMusic. AllMusic.
  9. Web site: The Feeling – Twelve Stops and Home (2006, CD). Discogs. 5 June 2006 .
  10. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2006. Official Charts Company. 8 March 2021.
  11. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2007. Official Charts Company. 8 March 2021.