One Direction's 'Take Me Home' Review: New Album Delivers Catchy Pop. -- One Direction, "Take Me Home" (Syco/Columbia Records) One Direction's sophomore album, "Take Me Home," comes one year after the group released its debut, "Up All Night," in the United Kingdom.
The latter came out in America just eight months ago, has already sold 1.3 million units and is still in the Top 25. The wholesome-looking quintet has joined Justin Bieber in the affections of girls everywhere, with their puppy eyes, trendy haircuts and rather good voices. And the boy band's new album delivers on the brief, vaguely catchy songs that appeal to both the romantic and the wild side of teenage girls. The record relies heavily on perky and melancholic guitars, and on romantic invitations like "I want to be your last first kiss" on "Last First Kiss," which then veer into the leery "Tonight let's get some" on the very honest and upbeat first single, "Live While We're Young. " CHECK OUT THIS TRACK: "Over Again" will be played over and over again by the lovelorn.
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Please — America is all about One Direction. The British boy band has done something that neither legendary band was ever able to accomplish. One Direction has become the first U.K. group to debut at No. 1 with their debut album. The band’s album, Up All Night, now enters the record books. If you aren’t hip to the tween music scene, over the past few weeks One Direction has staged a full-scale American invasion. Part of the band’s swift rise to fame is due to the group’s genesis. MORE: Watch Your Back, Bieber: The Boy Band Is Making a Comeback. One Direction Album & Song Chart History. Newsbeat - One Direction's second album tops US Billboard chart. 21 November 2012 Last updated at 12:14 Share One Direction have topped the US album chart again with their latest release Take Me Home.
In its first week it sold 540,000 copies giving the boy band their second American number one album this year. "We just want to say a massive thanks to all the fans who have supported us," said Harry Styles. "We can send tweets and thank them, but 140 characters is never going be enough to say how much it means. " Only two albums, Taylor Swift's Red and Babel by Mumford & Sons have sold more in the first week of release this year, with 1.2 million and 600,000 respectively. The album has also topped the charts in more than 30 countries, including the UK, giving One Direction their first number one album in their home nation. Their debut, Up All Night, reached number two in the UK although it did get a number one on the US Billboard 200 when it was released in March.
"We're finishing rehearsing soon and we're going home to bed," said Niall Horan. The BRIT Awards 2012. Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and Niall Horan had never crossed paths before they found themselves competing against each other as soloists on X Factor.
Yet just a few short months later, thanks to an amazing twist of fate, the teenagers comprise the country's hottest boyband and are embarking on a career that is sure to turn global, working with some of the greatest producers in the music industry today. During the ten weeks of live shows, One Direction covered songs as diverse as Natalie Imbruglia's 'Torn', Coldplay's 'Viva La Vida', Kelly Clarkson's 'My Life Would Suck Without You', Kim Wilde's 'Kids In America' and Snow Patrol's 'Chasing Cars'. They were voted into third place and say they had mixed feelings: disappointed at not winning, but aware of how far they had come since those days practicing in a bungalow with no idea how to harmonise. News.