Take Me Home

***Take Me Home*** is the second studio album by British-Irish boy band One Direction. It was released on November 9, 2012, by Syco Music and Columbia Records. Following the success of their debut album _Up All Night_ (2011), the band worked with teams of songwriters, with nearly five writers per track on average. Most of the album was written and recorded in Sweden, where producers Savan Kotecha, Rami Yacoub, and Carl Falk spent six months creating songs that suited each member’s voice.

The album features catchy pop sounds, vocal harmonies, hand claps, electric guitar riffs, and bright synthesizers. Each member has solo moments, and the lyrics focus on love, heartbreak, jealousy, and confidence. _Take Me Home_ received mostly positive reviews, with critics praising its production but noting it felt somewhat generic and rushed.

## Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic.

- Karl Brazil – drums
- David Bukovinszky – cello
- Julian Bunetta –  engineer, musician, producer, vocal producer
- Mattias Bylund – editing, string arrangements, string engineer
- Cirkut – musician, producer, programming
- Rupert Coulson – engineer
- Tom Coyne – mastering
- Tommy Culm – background vocals
- Dr. Luke – musician, producer, programming
- Chris Elliot – string engineer
- Levon Eriksson – assistant
- Carl Falk –  guitar, musician, producer, programming, vocal editing, vocal engineer, background vocals
- Rachael Findlen – assistant
- Kristoffer Fogelmark –  guitar, musician, producer, programming, vocal editing, vocal engineer, background vocals
- Ian Franzino – assistant engineer
- Serban Ghenea – mixing
- Clint Gibbs – assistant, vocals
- Jake Gosling – drums, mixing, percussion, piano, producer, programming, strings
- Lukasz Gottwald –  vocals
- Stephen P. Grigg – assistant
- John Hanes – mixing engineer
- Sam Hollander –  musician, programming
- Niall Horan –  guitar
- Ash Howes – mixing, programming
- Andy Hughes – assistant
- Ava James – vocals
- Matthias Johansson – violin
- Koool Kojak – engineer, musician, producer, programming, vocals
- Savan Kotecha –  background vocals
- Chris Leonard – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar
- Zayn Malik – illustrations
- Sam Miller – engineer
- Katie Mitzell – production coordination
- Malcolm Moore – bass
- Adam Nedler – background vocals
- Albin Nedler –  musician, producer, programming, vocal editing, vocal engineer
- One Direction – primary artist
- Alex Oriet – vocal engineer
- Tebey Ottoh – vocal producer
- Joel Peters – assistant
- Luke Potashnik – guitar
- Irene Richter – production coordination
- Steve Robson –  guitar, keyboards, mixing, producer
- Shellback – bass, musician, producer, programming, background vocals
- Peter Svensson –  musician, programming, vocals
- John Urbano – photography
- Henry Walter –  vocals
- Sam Waters – vocal engineer, vocal producer
- Caroline Watson – stylist
- Emily Wright – engineer, vocal producer, vocals

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: Take Me Home
- **type**: studio
- **artist**: One Direction
- **border**: yes
- **label**: * Columbia Records, Columbia
* Syco Music, Syco
- **producer**: * Julian Bunetta
* Cirkut (record producer), Cirkut
* Dr. Luke
* Carl Falk
* Kristoffer Fogelmark
* Jake Gosling
* Steve Robson
* Shellback (record producer), Shellback
* Rami Yacoub
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- **next year**: 2013