Twelve Stops and Home
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| Studio album by The Feeling | ||||
| Released | 5 June 2006 | |||
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| Length | 56:21 | |||
| Label | Island, Cherrytree | |||
| Producer | The Feeling, Chris Potter, Andy Green | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 58/100 |
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| BBC | (unfavourable) |
| Drowned in Sound | 1/10 |
| NME | 4/10 |
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| Yahoo! Music | 1/10 |
Twelve Stops and Home is the debut studio album by 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.
The album received mixed reviews from 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. 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.
The following songs were released as singles:
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 charted at number 3 following Smile... It Confuses People at #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 2× Platinum in the UK, selling almost 900,000 copies and has sold around 1.5 million copies worldwide.
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