Direction (album)

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)

Direction is the third studio album by The Starting Line, following Based on a True Story, and was released on July 31, 2007. 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.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
AbsolutePunk.net	(85%) [2]
Alternative Press	[3]
Alternative Addiction	[4]
The A.V. Club	B-[5]
Blogcritics	Favorable[6]
Punknews.org	[7]

The album debuted at number 30 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 20,000 copies in its first week.^[8]

Track listing

All songs written and composed 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

Japanese and iTunes bonus track
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Pictures"	3:34
14.	"Time To Run – Direction B-Side."	3:38

Vinyl release

On July 26, 2012 Direction was released on vinyl and limited to 1000 copies by SRCvinyl.^[9]

Record Label	Color(s)	Pressed
SRCvinyl	Blue	500
	Yellow	500

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

References

1. Ruhlmann, William. Direction (album) at AllMusic
2. AbsolutePunk review
3. Alternative Press review
4. Alternative Addiction review
5. The A.V. Club review
6. Blogcritics review
7. Punknews.org review
8. Katie Hasty, "Common Scores First No. 1 On Billboard 200", Billboard.com, August 8, 2007.
9. http://www.shopradiocast.com/products/The-Starting-Line-%252d-Direction-LP.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Direction at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)