On July 31, 2007, “Virgin” label released “Direction”, the third Starting Line (The) studio album. It was recorded February – May 2008, at “Bay 7 Studios” in Valley Village, “ and Sparky Dark Studio” in Calabasas, California, and was produced by Howard Benson.
Personnel:
- Mike Golla – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Matt Watts – rhythm guitar
- Brian Schmutz – keyboards, backing vocals
- Howard Benson– keyboards, programming
- Kenny Vasoli– lead vocals, bass
- Tom Gryskiewicz – drums
- Kenny Aronoff– drums
- Luis Conti – percussion
- Jamie Muhoberac– keyboards
- Mike Plotnikoff – recording
- Hatsukazu Inagaki – engineer
- Chris Concepcion – technical assistance
- Chris Lord-Alge– mixing
- Nik Karpen – mixing assistant
- Ted Jensen– mastering
- Paul DeCarli – digital editing
- Sean Mosher-Smith – creative director
- Mike Joyce – art, design
- Kate McGregor – art coordinator
- Justin Borucki – photography
Track listing:
- Direction
- 21
- Are You Alone
- Island
- Hurry
- Something Left to Give
- Birds
- Way With Words
- I Could Be Wrong
- Somebody’s Gonna Miss Us
- Need to Love
- What You Want