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.^[1]

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer
• ^{^[b]} signifies a vocal producer

Credits taken from Four's 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