The Wanted (album)

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Multiple issues| {{improve lead|date=August 2022}} {{missing information|the album's background and development, music and lyrics and promotion|date=August 2022}} {{more citations needed|date=August 2022}} }} {{Infobox album | name = The Wanted | type = studio | artist = the Wanted | cover = TheWanted.jpg | alt = All the band's members sitting in an RV. From left to right, we see Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuinness, Tom Parker, and Nathan Sykes. We see the band's name above in white. | released = {{Start date|2010|10|22|df=yes}} | recorded = 2009–2010 | studio = | genre = {{hlist|Pop|dance-pop}} | length = 45:18 | label = Geffen | producer = {{hlist|Steve Mac|Jonas Jeberg|Cutfather|Greg Kurstin|Phat Fabe|Guy Chambers|Richard Flack|Dreamlab|Jamie Hartman|Harry Sommerdahl|Chris Young|Katelyn Welch|Ashley Brooks}} | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Battleground | next_year = 2011 | misc = {{Singles | name = The Wanted | type = studio | single1 = All Time Low | single1date = 25 July 2010 | single2 = Heart Vacancy | single2date = 17 October 2010 | single3 = Lose My Mind | single3date = 26 December 2010 }} }}

'''''The Wanted''''' is the debut studio album by British-Irish boy band the Wanted, released on 22 October 2010 through Geffen Records. The majority of the album was written by members of the band, with help from songwriters Steve Mac, Wayne Hector, Ed Drewett, Lucas Secon, Lukas Hilbert and Alexander Kronlund. The album was available in multiple editions, including a deluxe edition exclusive to Tesco, which contained two bonus remixes and two videos, and individual band member editions, exclusive to HMV, which featured a bonus slipcase and liner notes related to the respective band member. The album debuted at number four on the UK Albums Chart, and at number eleven in Ireland. The album produced three singles which attained UK chart success, including the number-one single "All Time Low".

==Singles== "All Time Low" was released on 25 July 2010, as the group's debut single. It debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart. In Ireland, the track peaked at number 13, after four weeks on the chart. Internationally, "All Time Low" was released on 22 October 2010 in Germany, peaking at number 44, and on 1 July 2011 in the United States, peaking at number 19 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Club Dance Songs Chart. Its official video currently has over 22 million views on YouTube.

"Heart Vacancy" was released on 17 October 2010, as the group's second single. It peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. The track became the band's second top twenty single in Ireland, peaking at number 18. Its video currently has more than ten million views on YouTube. "Heart Vacancy" is currently the band's only single not to be released internationally.

"Lose My Mind" was released on 26 December 2010, as the group's third single. It peaked at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart, but only managed to peak at number 30 in Ireland. The low chart positions may have been caused by the single's release date being brought forward from 13 January 2011 to 26 December 2010. The single was also released in Germany on 4 March 2011, where it peaked at number 36, and it was released in the United States on 31 August 2012, becoming the band's fourth single there. Its video currently has over six million views on YouTube.

==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|title=The Wanted – Review – AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-wanted-r2054174|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=2 March 2011|date=25 October 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429151521/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-wanted-r2054174|archivedate=29 April 2011}}</ref> | rev2 = 4Music | rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="4music"/> | rev3 = BBC Music | rev3Score = (favourable)<ref name="bbc"/> | rev4 = ''CityLife'' | rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="citylife"/> | rev5 = ''Heat'' | rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="heat"/> | rev6 = ''The Independent'' | rev6Score = (positive)<ref name="indy">{{cite news|last=Price|first=Simon|title=Album: The Wanted, The Album (Geffen Records) – Reviews, Music – The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-the-wanted-the-album-geffen-records-2115450.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220620/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-the-wanted-the-album-geffen-records-2115450.html |archive-date=20 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=M.E.N. media|publisher=CityLife|accessdate=29 October 2010|date=24 October 2010|location=London}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Music Week'' | rev7Score = (favourable)<ref name="MusicWeek"/> | rev8 = ''Shields Gazette'' | rev8Score = 1/10<ref name="gazette">{{cite web|title=The Wanted: the UK's best new boyband – Shields Gazette|url=http://www.shieldsgazette.com/music/The-Wanted-the-UK39s-best.6601606.jp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202120155/http://www.shieldsgazette.com/music/The-Wanted-the-UK39s-best.6601606.jp|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2013|work=Shields Gazette|accessdate=31 October 2010|date=27 October 2010}}</ref> | rev9 = USA Today | rev9Score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/reviews/story/2012-04-23/listen-up-notables-lee-brice-the-wanted-eve-6/54494538/1 | work=USA Today | title=Most Popular E-mail Newsletter | date=23 April 2012}}</ref> | rev10 = Virgin Media | rev10Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="virgin"/> }}

''Music Week'' gave the album a favourable review stating, "This eponymous album sounds like the kind of radio friendly, polished buy playful, and melody-packed album a pop act should make in 2010. It has its moments of innovation – like the vaguely menacing sub bass of 'Say It on the Radio' or the spaghetti western stylings of 'Let's Get Ugly' – but both songs soon resolve into massive choruses that will sounds great coming out of your radios and TVs."<ref name="MusicWeek">{{cite web|title=Music Week – The Wanted – The Wanted (Geffen)|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=20&storycode=1042830&c=1|date=8 October 2010|work=Music Week|accessdate=18 October 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104034012/http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=20&storycode=1042830&c=1|archivedate=4 January 2011}}</ref> ''Heat''{{'s}} Karen Edwards rated the album four out of five, saying "The boys switch lead vocal duties throughout, and from indie ballad 'Golden', the sweet pop sounds of 'Heart Vacancy' and the Kings of Leon-inspired 'Lose My Mind' [...] to the cheeky Midwest style of 'Let's Get Ugly', there are plenty of different sounds to enjoy. [...] There's something for everyone on ''The Wanted'' – not just for the teenie-boppers among us."<ref name="heat">{{cite journal |last=Edwards |first=Karen |date=30 October 2010 |title=The Wanted |journal=Heat |issue=601 |page= 113 |issn=1465-6264 }}</ref> Fraser McAlpine of BBC Music felt the album had plenty of highs and lows, and stated, "There are signs of pop evolution at work within the genes of this lot. [...] Arresting songs, with masses of personality – like the swoony, choral [Hi &] Low, or the downright Wild Beasts-y Golden – sit next to the formulaic (but y’know, fine) Say It on the Radio or Personal Soldier: the very acme of nothing ventured, nothing gained."<ref name="bbc">{{cite web|last=McAlpine|first=Fraser|title=BBC – Music – Review of The Wanted – The Wanted|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/bgpn/|publisher=BBC Music|access-date=29 October 2010|date=25 October 2010}}</ref>

Paul Taylor of ''CityLife'' said the album is hardly full of surprises and wrote, "Working with Scanda-pop producers Cutfather and Carl Falk and the likes of Steve Mac and Guy Chambers yields a very particular brand of big glossy pop, which manages to sprinkle in a little teen indie spirit as well as a helping of Taio Cruz-style electro. There is, inevitably, a bit of an Eighties feel there."<ref name="citylife">{{cite news|last=Taylor|first=Paul|title=Album Review: The Wanted – The Album – Releases – Music – Greater Manchester's CityLife|url=http://www.citylife.co.uk/music/release/6237|newspaper=M.E.N. media|publisher=CityLife|accessdate=29 October 2010}}</ref> In his review for ''The Independent'', Simon Price wrote: "Their front-loaded debut, penned by the A-list of pop songwriters (Cathy Dennis, Guy Chambers, Taio Cruz), covers all boy band bases, from the Coldplay-meets-Akon smash "All Time Low" to Westlife-esque ballad "Heart Vacancy" and will sell by the truckload to girls who find JLS too scarily urban." 4Music gave the album four out of five stars describing it as "the complete opposite of what we're using to hearing from boybands. [...] there's a few 'lighters in the air' moments, but for the most part it's up-tempo, catchy and [...] credible pop music that you shouldn't feel ashamed for liking."<ref name="4music">{{cite web|title=The Wanted's debut album – 4Music|url=http://www.4music.com/artist/the-wanted/album-review.html|publisher=4Music|accessdate=29 October 2010|date=23 October 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031205922/http://www.4music.com/artist/the-wanted/album-review.html|archivedate=31 October 2010}}</ref> Virgin Media's Ian Gittins gave the album three out of five stars and said the album appealed to "pre-teens and tweenies", and concluded: "No matter how accomplished the packaging, they could not do this if the songs were not in place, and slick confections such as Replace My Heart and Weakness hint that they have located a lucrative musical niche somewhere between JLS and early Justin Timberlake. [...] This is a polished, efficient album of ultra-contemporary pop and R&B, with only the Ennio Morricone-sampling Let's Get Ugly misjudging the cheese levels."<ref name="virgin">{{cite news|last=Gittins|first=Ian|title=The Wanted: The Wanted Album Review – Reviews – Music – Virgin Media|url=http://www.virginmedia.com/music/reviews/the-wanted-the-wanted.php|newspaper=M.E.N. media|accessdate=29 October 2010|date=25 October 2010}}</ref>

==Tour== The Wanted toured the UK in March and April 2011 in support of the album. The band's support acts were Lawson, Twenty Twenty and Starboy Nathan.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width="150"|Date !width="150"|City !width="150"|Country !width="275"|Venue |- |- style="background:#ddd;" |colspan="4"|'''Behind Bars Tour:''' |- |26 March 2011 |Rhyl |Wales |Pavilion Theatre |- |28 March 2011 |rowspan="2"|Manchester |rowspan="5"|England |rowspan="2"|O2 Apollo Manchester |- |29 March 2011 |- |30 March 2011 |Newcastle |Newcastle City Hall |- |1 April 2011 |Brighton |Brighton Centre |- |2 April 2011 |Nottingham |Nottingham Royal Concert Hall |- |3 April 2011 |Cardiff |Wales |Cardiff International Arena |- |5 April 2011 |Plymouth |rowspan="6"|England |Plymouth Pavilions |- |6 April 2011 |rowspan="2"|London |rowspan="2"|Hammersmith Apollo |- |7 April 2011 |- |9 April 2011 |Bournemouth |Bournemouth International Centre |- |10 April 2011 |Sheffield |Sheffield City Hall |- |11 April 2011 |Wolverhampton |Wolverhampton Civic Hall |- |13 April 2011 |rowspan="2"|Glasgow |rowspan="3"|Scotland |rowspan="2"|Clyde Auditorium |- |14 April 2011 |- |15 April 2011 |Edinburgh |Edinburgh Playhouse |- |14 May 2011 |Doncaster |rowspan="3"|England |Doncaster Racecourse |- |21 May 2011 |Newbury |Newbury Racecourse |- |29 May 2011 |Gloucester |Kingsholm Stadium |- |25 June 2011{{Efn|This concert was part of Live at the Beach.}} |Portrush |Northern Ireland |East Strand Car Park |- |2 July 2011{{Efn|This concert was part of Chester Rocks.}} |Chester |rowspan="4"|England |Chester Racecourse |- |16 July 2011{{Efn|This concert was part of Live at Hanley Park.}} |Stoke-on-Trent |Hanley Park |- |17 July 2011{{Efn|This concert was part of Live at the Castle.}} |Kent |Leeds Castle |- |21 July 2011{{Efn|This concert was part of Epson Live.}} |Epsom |Epsom Downs Racecourse |- |22 July 2011 |Hamilton |Scotland |Hamilton Park Racecourse |- |23 July 2011{{Efn|This concert was part of Ponty's Big Weekend.}} |Pontypridd |Wales |Ponty Park |- |29 July 2011{{Efn|This concert was part of Newmarket Nights.}} |Newmarket |England |Newmarket Racecourse |}

Setlist: # "Behind Bars" # "Lose My Mind" # "Weakness" # "Personal Soldier" # "Let's Get Ugly" # "A Good Day For Love To Die" # "Hi & Low" # "Golden" # "Animal" {{small|(Neon Trees cover)}} # "Iris" {{small|(Goo Goo Dolls cover)}} # "Heart Vacancy" # "Say It On The Radio" # "Medley:" ## "Dynamite ## "Higher" ## "Dirty Picture" ## "Made" ## "Break Your Heart" # "Replace Your Heart" # "Gold Forever" # "All Time Low"

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==Track listing== {{track listing | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = All Time Low | writer1 = {{hlist|Steve Mac|Wayne Hector|Ed Drewett}} | extra1 = Mac | length1 = 3:25 | title2 = Heart Vacancy | writer2 = {{hlist|Mich Hansen|Jonas Jeberg|Lucas Secon|Hector}} | extra2 = {{hlist|Jeberg|Cutfather}} | length2 = 3:44 | title3 = Lose My Mind | writer3 = {{hlist|Nina Woodford|Rami Yacoub|Carl Falk}} | extra3 = {{hlist|Rami|Falk|The Wideboys}} | length3 = 3:50 | title4 = Replace Your Heart | writer4 = {{hlist|Cathy Dennis|Greg Kurstin|Kasia Livingston}} | extra4 = Kurstin | length4 = 4:07 | title5 = Hi & Low | writer5 = Greg Laswell | extra5 = Phat Fabe | length5 = 3:41 | title6 = Let's Get Ugly | writer6 = {{hlist|Ennio Morricone|Guy Chambers|Mc. Stagger}} | extra6 = {{hlist|Chambers|Richard Flack}} | length6 = 3:31 | title7 = Say It on the Radio | writer7 = {{hlist|Max A. George|Nathan Sykes|Siva Kaneswaran|Tom Parker|Jay McGuiness|Daniel James|Leah Haywood}} | extra7 = Dreamlab | length7 = 3:18 | title8 = Golden | writer8 = {{hlist|George|Sykes|Kaneswaran|Parker|McGuiness|Jamie Hartman}} | extra8 = Hartman | length8 = 2:56 | title9 = Weakness | writer9 = {{hlist|George|Sykes|Kaneswaran|Parker|McGuiness|Woodford|Harry Sommerdahl|Fabian Torsson}} | extra9 = {{hlist|Phat Fabe|Sommerdahl}} | length9 = 3:56 | title10 = Personal Soldier | writer10 = {{hlist|Chambers|Steph Jones}} | extra10 = {{hlist|Chambers|Richard Flack}} | length10 = 3:48 | title11 = Behind Bars | writer11 = {{hlist|George|Sykes|Kaneswaran|Parker|McGuiness|Chris Young}} | extra11 = Chris Young | length11 = 3:01 | title12 = Made | writer12 = {{hlist|Chambers|Taio Cruz}} | extra12 = {{hlist|Chambers|Flack}} | length12 = 3:22 | title13 = A Good Day for Love to Die | writer13 = {{hlist|George|Sykes|Kaneswaran|Parker|McGuiness|Hansen|Sharon Vaughn|Marcus John Bryant}} | extra13 = {{hlist|Jeberg|Cutfather}} | length13 = 3:32 }} {{track listing | headline = iTunes Deluxe edition | extra_column = Producer(s) | title14 = The Way I Feel | writer14 = {{hlist|Chambers|Flack}} | extra14 = {{hlist|Chambers|Flack}} | length14 = 3:26 | title15 = All Time Low | note15 = Digital Dog club remix | writer15 = {{hlist|Mac|Hector|Drewett}} | extra15 = Mac | length15 = 6:04 | title16 = Heart Vacancy | note16 = DJs from Mars remix | writer16 = {{hlist|Hansen|Jeberg|Secon|Wayne Hector}} | extra16 = {{hlist|Jeberg|Cutfather}} | length16 = 6:15 }} {{track listing | headline = Tesco Limited Edition | extra_column = Producer(s) | title14 = All Time Low | note14 = Digital Dog club remix | writer14 = {{hlist|Mac|Hector|Drewett}} | extra14 = Mac | length14 = 6:04 | title15 = Heart Vacancy | note15 = DJs from Mars remix | writer15 = {{hlist|Hansen|Jeberg|Secon|Wayne Hector}} | extra15 = {{hlist|Jeberg|Cutfather}} | length15 = 6:15 }}

==Charts and certifications== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Chart (2010) ! Peak position |- |European Top 100 Albums<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/european-albums?tag=relcharts | title=Billboard | magazine=Billboard }}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|15 |- |Irish Albums (IRMA)<ref>{{cite web|title=Chart Track|url=http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%musicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2010&year=2010&week=43|work=Irish Albums Chart|publisher=GfK|accessdate=30 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924042936/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%musicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2010&year=2010&week=43|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> |style="text-align:center;"|11 |- |Scottish Albums (OCC)<ref name="Archive Chart">{{cite web|title=Archive Chart|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20101031/7502/|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=31 October 2010}}</ref> |style="text-align:center;"|4 |- |UK Albums (OCC)<ref name="Archive Chart"/> |style="text-align:center;"|4 |- ! Chart (2012) ! Peak position |- {{album chart|BillboardCanada|8|artist=The Wanted|access-date=March 30, 2021}} |- {{album chart|New Zealand|40|artist=The Wanted|album=The Wanted}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|7|artist=The Wanted}} |- ! Chart (2013) ! Peak position |- |Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref>[http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/555021/ranking/cd_album/ ザ・ウォンテッドのCDアルバムランキング │オリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE]</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|28 |- |} {{col-2}}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Chart (2010) ! Position |- |UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20100110/37502/|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2010|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=7 April 2021}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|41 |- ! Chart (2011) ! Position |- |UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20110109/37502/|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2011|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=17 May 2021}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|64 |- ! Chart (2012) ! Position |- |US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2012|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=6 June 2020}}</ref> |style="text-align:center;"|194 |}

=== Certifications === {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=Wanted|title=The Wanted|award=Platinum|access-date=25 July 2012|relyear=2010|certyear=2013|certmonth=07|id=9477-2399-2}} {{certification Table Bottom|noshipments=true}} {{col-end}}

==Release history== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Region ! Date ! Format ! Label |- | Ireland | {{Start date|2010|10|22|df=y}}<ref>[https://music.apple.com/ie/album/the-wanted/393394762 The Wanted by The Wanted on iTunes]</ref> | rowspan="3"| {{hlist|CD|digital download}} | rowspan="3"| Geffen |- | United Kingdom | {{Start date|2010|10|25|df=y}}<ref>[https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-wanted/393394762 The Wanted by The Wanted on iTunes]</ref><ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003ZSHCVO The Wanted: The Wanted: Amazon.co.uk: Music]</ref> |- | Germany | {{Start date|2011|3|11|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|title=The Wanted: the Wanted: Amazon.de: Musik|url=https://www.amazon.de/dp/B003ZSHCVO/r|publisher=Amazon.de|accessdate=6 February 2011}}</ref> |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130904021136/http://richardflack.net/ Richard Flack Music Production & Recording]}}

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