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.

Track listing

 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

References

Category:2012 albums
Category:One Direction albums
Category:Pop albums