RCA set him up for this. They disregarded the fact that he's basically a new artist and they handled his album campaign like they'd handle an established act (lead single, then 2 months later the album and that's it). That's sloppy. For now, only the few 1D fans that aren't mad at him would pay money to buy a 17-track album from him.
Thankfully, PT was (and still is) huge, so if Like I Would catches on, he can save it