Product Description

'Twelve Stops And Home' is the debut album from the London/Horsham formed, pop-tinged indie quintet. Fronted by Dan Gillespie Sells the band have been compared to acts such as Jellyfish and The Raspberries. The single, 'Fill My Little World', is included.

Track Listing

1. I Want You Now
2. Never Be Lonely
3. Fill My Little World
4. Kettle's On
5. Sewn
6. Anyone
7. Strange
8. Love It When You Call
9. Rosé
10. Same Old Stuff
11. Helicopter
12. Blue Piccadilly/Interlude/Miss You

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #123 in Music
• Released on: 2006-06-05
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 56 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
With "indie" rapidly becoming a by-word for "whinging", it's refreshing to hear an album like The Feeling's debut, Twelve Stops and Home. People who come to this album having only heard the catchy-yet-downbeat single "Sewn" might find the jaunty, upbeat tone of the rest of this album a refreshing surprise. Twelve Stops and Home is pure, summery optimism, with most tracks bouncing along at a happy, head-nodding pace, and packed to the brim with simple, singalong lyrics, including the liberal use of "la-la-la" and "na-na-na". Sure it's lightweight, but that's no bad thing--it cuts like a ray of sunshine right through the knee-hugging depression of contemporaries Coldplay and Keane, with whom the Feeling are sometimes, bizarrely, compared. Instead, Twelve Stops and Home is a pop album straight out of the 1970s, played by young men with guitars and a piano. Which explains why "Fill My Little World" and "I Want You Now" are so cheerful, sounding like Squeeze would have if they sang about puppies. On Twelve Stops and Home, the Feeling may not be out to change the world, but they're happy to make it a bit brighter. --Ted Kord

Customer Reviews

Will They Last?
The essence of any Brit-Pop band is do they have enough originality to last the distance? It's often easy to produce a stunning first album and then fail to live up to expectations. The first album can well be dominated by songs written over a period of time. The problem can come when new material has to be written.

Having said that there has to be a starting point and The Feeling are a decent southern England band with some catchy choruses and hook lines that have stood them apart from many of their contemporaries. They have the pseudo London feel of a Blur but mix it with decent melodies.

They are one of those bands that you hear in a shopping centre or on the radio and immediately think "that's good who are they? It's just remembering them apart from the others that is crucial. Their debut album is full of idiosyncratic pop tunes - Never Be Lonely and Sewn being just two that give this album a feisty feel that somehow links with the likes of Travis, Coldplay and Keane. "Anyone" is a beautifully structured almost classical piece of folk/rock/classical fusion

A GUILTY PLEASURE - GUILT FREE !
The Feeling's debut record wore it's influences with pride - Supertramp, ELO, Beatles - and managed to hook both Radio's 1 & 2. They notched up 4 big hits in the UK and in the process dragged 70's powerpop back into the mainstream.
Mostly written and recorded before signing to a major label The Feeling were ready to go with a batch of beautifully crafted rock/pop stompers and lovely ballads. The big hits - Fill My Little World and Sewn are smart, catchy and swathed in impressive harmonies layered over smart, perfectly realised arrangements. Helicopter is a manic rock song with a guitar hero coda and Blue Piccadilly is a beautifully understated ballad with a melody McCartney would die for.
Its all very slick and well crafted - and yes maybe does lack a little soul - but as a debut release this is very good.
You have to have a sweet musical tooth you'll really love this record and if you like your pop with brains and a band that can really play, sing and write then give it a spin.

cw

Feeling Great
Fed up of tuneless indi pop to slit your wrist to? Then try a life enhancing experience with 12 perfect songs, a great british feel, makes your heart burst with pride and joy, makes you want to run and jump and sing and cheer. Clever, poetic, intelligent lyrics, great tunes, everyone worthy of single release, cocky, romantic, with amazingly assured musicianship.