12/28/2023 0 Comments One direction midnight memories 2013![]() ![]() ![]() No wonder these guys are so popular: They play it terribly safe. As predicted, the boy bands third full-length has topped the UK chart, more than doubling the sales of Gary. Instead, “Midnight Memories” exists in an airless bubble where choruses sound like they’ve been written in boardrooms and the melodies just dropped off a conveyor belt. One Directions Midnight Memories is officially the fastest selling album of 2013. 3 bonus tracks including the international single 'One Way or Another' (Teenage Kicks) Bonus lyric booklet with lyrics in English and Japanese Free sticker sheet Free postcard from 'One Direction: This Is Us' OBI Strip All contained with a stickered plastic seal bag with Japanese text. It’s astonishing how much the album is out of step with other Top 40 pop acts it’s devoid of anything resembling soul or hip-hop or electronic pop or any other flourish that could give these songs some needed tension. They get close to arena-ready rock on the title track, with rather obvious homage to Def Leppard’s stomp and swagger, but they’re too timid to pack a real punch. ![]() Several songs, including the first singles, “Best Song Ever” and “Story of My Life,” blast off to promising starts before buckling under ’80s-inspired bombast. “Midnight Memories,” the wildly popular quintet’s third studio album, is buffered to a flawless shine, but along the way they’ve bleached the music of nuance and texture. The new album from One Direction is a lot like the British boy band members’ hair: Nothing is out of place. ![]()
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