Heartbreak Weather
by Niall Horan
  • Record Label: Capitol
  • Release Date: Mar 13, 2020
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 344 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 301 out of 344
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 344
  3. Negative: 31 out of 344
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  1. Real_g22
    Jun 2, 2020
    6
    Para mí es casi lo mismo que siempre nos trae Niall. Nada nuevo. Sin duda hay canciones que son buenas pero no al límite de ser excelentes tales como NTMY o Black and White. Sin duda liricalmente hablando NTMY es lo mejor de este álbum.
  2. soundmate
    May 14, 2020
    6
    Ex-One Direction members continue putting out new music to feed their beloved fans. While some have released mostly chaotic albums, some have sound their sound and signature in this five years since the band's hiatus announcement. This is not Horan's case.
    "Flicker", his debut album, as every other debut, gives you the right to make a very simple record with a little background band and a    Ex-One Direction members continue putting out new music to feed their beloved fans. While some have released mostly chaotic albums, some have sound their sound and signature in this five years since the band's hiatus announcement. This is not Horan's case.
    "Flicker", his debut album, as every other debut, gives you the right to make a very simple record with a little background band and a small production since the budget the label destins for you is very little. However, if you have been a One Direction member, this is not the case. With a big budget that could be destined to work with amazing producers, photographers and composers, Horan released in 2017 the flattest record you can imagine but was forgivable since being a solo artist was something new for him. Nevertheless, any artist's second studio album is the one that will define the rest of your career. Thus, I do not expect anything gorgeous in Niall Horan's career in a near future. You can not make the same mistake twice. "Heartbreak Weather" is focused once again in a love story and how this evolves into a breakup, using the most basic and common theme for an album once again. I don't know about you but I sometimes get too tired of this. Even though the lyrics are basic and its sound is very flat but correct, its production is amazing. Horan's voice sounds very clear and transparent and matches very well to the music. In concrete, the album begins very nicely and happens very quickly but, as you reach the seventh track, you get a bit if not very tired of this. When you reach that point it feels like you are listening to an endless 25-minute long song that doesn't add anything special to the album; it just makes it more boring if possible.
    In conclusion, "Heartbreak Weather" is a nicely produced second studio album that may define Niall Horan as this man that is not able to let the acoustic guitar get away from his hands as well as a poor man that is too afraid to make something new and fresh because he has no capacity to do so, transforming his persona into a decaffeinated European version of Shawn Mendes.    … Expand
  3. Joseph13
    Nov 12, 2020
    5
    if 1d & ed sheeran had a collab album this is what it would’ve sound:/ some of the song take me to the old dayss
  4. cinnamongirl97
    Oct 15, 2021
    5
    This album is a stepback from his debut. Sounds like an average One Direction album, maybe it's because he worked with his One Direction collaborator. It seems like he desperately wanted to make hits but failed. He should stick to acoustic folk-pop songs.
  5. barbiesuperfan
    Nov 8, 2021
    6
    album kind of sucks tbh he was better in one direction at least then we didnt have to hear his voice all the time like yeah hes good at singing sometimes but these songs are average and his voice couldnt save it

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Metascore
63

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Rolling Stone
    Apr 8, 2020
    70
    Even with a bruised heart, he's a charmer. [Apr 2020, p.87]
  2. Pitchfork
    Mar 20, 2020
    47
    After all the sentimental rigamarole, it’s tough to come away from Heartbreak Weather feeling any closer to Horan. He spends too much of the record bouncing between sounds and songwriting concepts to feel distinct.
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  3. The Observer (UK)
    Mar 16, 2020
    60
    There are hints of experimentation, such as Nice to Meet Ya’s swaggering hybrid of Arctic Monkeys and Kasabian, but it’s the excellent title track’s flirtation with glossy, synth-tinged MOR that suggests where Horan might be headed next. Proof that it’s often the quiet ones you need to keep an eye on.
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