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Twelve Stops and Home

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,[8] but garnered a scathing 1/10 from both Drowned in Sound[7] and Yahoo! Music.[9] On Metacritic, the album has a weighted average score of 58 out of 100 based on 7 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[10]

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.[11]

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,[12] selling almost 900,000 copies[13] and has sold around 1.5 million copies worldwide.

It charted at number 20 on the Top Heatseekers in the United States.[14]

Track listing

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

Personnel

Source:[15][16]

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Certifications

References

  1. ^ "The Feeling: Twelve Stops and Home". PopMatters. 25 April 2007.
  2. ^ Cairns, Dan (1 February 2009). "Power pop: Encyclopedia of Modern Music". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011.
  3. ^ "The Feeling, Twelve Stops and Home". The Guardian. 2006.
  4. ^ "Reviews for Twelve Stops And Home by The Feeling". Metacritic.
  5. ^ "Twelve Stops and Home - the Feeling | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  6. ^ Marsh, Peter (6 June 2006). "The Feeling sound like gifted session musos mimicking favourite moments from their..." BBC. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  7. ^ a b Gourlay, Dom (5 June 2006). "The Feeling: Twelve Stops and Home". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  8. ^ a b Mulholland, Garry (21 May 2006). "The Feeling, Twelve Stops and Home". The Observer.
  9. ^ a b O'Keefe, Niall (10 June 2006). "The Feeling - 'Twelve Stops and Home'". Yahoo! Music Archived at Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 14 March 2007. Retrieved 20 June 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ^ Twelve Stops And Home , retrieved 2 June 2021
  11. ^ "FIFA 07 Soundtrack". vgcore.com.
  12. ^ "BRIT Certified".
  13. ^ "Official Charts Analysis: Cyrus scores Official... - mediaor". mediaor.com.
  14. ^ AllMusic ((( The Feeling > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))
  15. ^ "Twelve Stops and Home - the Feeling | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  16. ^ "The Feeling – Twelve Stops and Home (2006, CD)". Discogs. 5 June 2006.
  17. ^ "Ultratop.be – The Feeling – Twelve Stops and Home" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  18. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – The Feeling – Twelve Stops and Home" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  19. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Feeling – Twelve Stops and Home" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  20. ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography The Feeling". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  21. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  22. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  23. ^ "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  24. ^ "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2007". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  25. ^ "British album certifications – The Feeling – Twelve Stops and Home". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Twelve Stops and Home in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.