Four (One Direction album)

Four (stylized in all caps) is the fourth studio album by English-Irish boy band One Direction, released on November 17, 2014, by Columbia Records and Syco Music. It included the singles "Steal My Girl" and "Night Changes," which both went platinum in the US and became the band's tenth and eleventh top-ten hits in the UK. This was the last album to feature Zayn Malik, who left the group in March 2015.

The album received mostly positive reviews from critics. It debuted at number one in 18 countries, including the UK, Australia, and the US. With FOUR, One Direction became the first group to have their first four albums debut at number one in the US. According to the IFPI, it was the sixth best-selling album of 2014, with 3.2 million copies sold worldwide.

 Track listing 

 Notes

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 Personnel 
Credits taken from Four liner notes.

One Direction

 Niall Horan – lead vocals (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10–12), guitar (3)
 Zayn Malik – lead vocals (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10–12)
 Liam Payne – lead vocals (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10–12)
 Harry Styles – lead vocals (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10–12)
 Louis Tomlinson – lead vocals (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10–12)

Additional musicians

 Damon Bunetta – background vocals (tracks 1–3, 8, 12), live drums (5)
 Julian Bunetta – all instruments (tracks 1–3, 7, 8, 10–12), programming (1), background vocals (1–3, 7–11), drums (9)
 Peter Bunetta – live drums (track 5)
 Ed Drewett – background vocals (track 1)
 Ian Franzino – all instruments (track 8), additional instruments (10)
 Teddy Geiger – background vocals (track 3)
 Andrew Haas – bass (track 3), all instruments (8), additional instruments (10)
 Wayne Hector – background vocals (track 1)
 Noah Livingston – background vocals (track 10)
 Luke Potashnick – guitars (track 4)
 Matt Rad – drums, programming (tracks 4, 6); keyboards (4); guitar, piano (6)
 Steve Robson – bass (track 4)
 John Ryan – all instruments (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10–12), background vocals (1, 2, 5, 7–12), programming (1), live drums (5), guitars (9), Wurlitzer
 Jamie Scott – background vocals (tracks 2, 6–10, 12), all instruments (2, 7, 10, 12), keyboards (6), guitars (9)
 Paro Westerlund – programming (track 1)

Technical

 Julian Bunetta – engineering (tracks 1–3, 5, 7–12), mixing (2, 7)
 Ben "Bengineer" Chang – vocal recording (tracks 1–3, 5–12)
 Tom Coyne – mastering
 Ian Dowling – engineering (track 4)
 Ian Franzino – engineering assistance (tracks 1–3, 5, 7, 9–12), engineering (8)
 Serban Ghenea – mixing (tracks 1, 4)
 Andrew Haas – engineering (tracks 8, 10)
 John Hanes – engineering for mix (tracks 1, 4)
 Helene Horlyck – vocal coach
 Ash Howes – mixing (tracks 3, 8–12)
 Randy Merrill – mastering assistance
 Sam Miller – engineering (track 4)
 Alex Oriet – vocal recording (tracks 1–3, 5–12)
 John Ryan – engineering (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 9–12)
 Joe Zook – mixing (tracks 2, 5–7)

Visuals

 RJ Shaughnessy – photography
 Fluidesign – design

 References 

Category:2014 albums
Category:One Direction albums