Direction (album)

Direction
Studio album by The Starting Line
Released July 31, 2007
Recorded 2006
Genre Alternative rock
Length 40:39
Label Virgin
Producer Howard Benson
The Starting Line chronology
Based on a True Story
(2005)Based on a True Story2005		 Direction
(2007)		 Somebody's Gonna Miss Us
(2009)Somebody's Gonna Miss Us2009
Singles from Direction
  1. "Island"
    Released: June 19, 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] Virgin president Jason Flom signed the group after watching one of their live performances.[3] In February and March, the group headlined the Screaming Is for Babies tour, with support from Copeland, Gatsbys American Dream, and Cartel.[4] 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.[5]

Release

On May 3, 2007, the title track was made available for streaming.[6] "Island" was made available for streaming on May 17.[7] It was released as a single on June 19,[8] before being released to radio a week later.[9] From early July to late August, the band went on the 2007 edition of Warped Tour.[10] Direction was released on July 31. In October and November, the group went on a co-headlining US tour with Paramore. Set Your Goals opened the first half of the tour, while the Almost opened the second half.[11] The band performed a few headlining shows with the Almost in December.[12] In March and April 2008, the band went on a headlining tour across the US with support from Bayside and Four Year Strong.[13] In early April, the band appeared at the Bamboozle Left festival.[14] In early May, the band appeared at the 2008 edition of the Bamboozle festival.[15] Following this, the band went on indefinite hiatus. They explained "Imagine getting your first job when you were 15 years old and doing that exact same job for the rest of your life. ... eventually you need to stop for a minute and see what else is out there."[16]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [17]
AbsolutePunk85%[18]
Alternative Press [19]
Alternative Addiction [20]
The A.V. ClubB-[21]
BlogcriticsFavorable[22]
Melodic [23]
Punknews.org [24]

The album debuted at number 30 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 20,000 copies in its first week.[25] idobi Radio included the album on their best of 2007 list.[26]

Track listing

All tracks written by The Starting Line.

No.TitleLength
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. ↑ Loftus, Johnny. "The Starting Line | Biography & History". AllMusic. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  4. ↑ "The Starting Line/Copeland/Gatsbys American Dream/Cartel tour announced". Alternative Press. December 8, 2005. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  5. ↑ "All-American Rejects touring w/the Starting Line, Motion City". Alternative Press. September 19, 2006. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  6. ↑ "The Starting Line post title track off new album". Alternative Press. May 3, 2007. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  7. ↑ "The Starting Line post another track off new album". Alternative Press. May 17, 2007. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Island (Float Away) - Single by The Starting Line". iTunes. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  9. ↑ "AllAccess.com Alternative eWeekly". AllAccess. June 19, 2007. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Throwdown added to Warped 07; Madina Lake drop off". Alternative Press. April 26, 2007. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Paramore/Starting Line co-headlining dates (finally) revealed". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. September 12, 2007. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  12. ↑ "The Starting Line confirm December dates with the Almost". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. October 22, 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  13. ↑ "The Starting Line, Bayside touring together this spring". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. January 6, 2008. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Blaqk Audio, Hot Water Music, H2O added to Bamboozle Left". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. February 15, 2008. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Chiodos, Finch, the Starting Line, Senses Fail on Bamboozle 08". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. November 9, 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  16. ↑ "The Starting Line to take indefinite hiatus". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. March 5, 2008. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  17. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. Direction at AllMusic
  18. ↑ Tate, Jason (June 21, 2007). "Starting Line, The - Direction". AbsolutePunk. Archived from the original on June 30, 2007. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  19. ↑ Alternative Press review
  20. ↑ Alternative Addiction review
  21. ↑ The A.V. Club review
  22. ↑ Blogcritics review
  23. ↑ Winberg, Pär (July 18, 2007). "The Starting Line - Direction". Melodic. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  24. ↑ Punknews.org review
  25. ↑ Katie Hasty, "Common Scores First No. 1 On Billboard 200", Billboard.com, August 8, 2007.
  26. ↑ "idobi Radio’s Best Of 2007: Albums you should’ve picked up in 2007". idobi. idobi Network LLC. January 1, 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
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