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Nov 25, 2013When the album ends and the various styles, songs, and moods are added up, Midnight Memories ends up as another satisfying album that does everything a One D album should do and then some.
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Nov 26, 2013As a whole, Midnight Memories isn’t a genre game-changer. But in terms of the One Direction catalog, this record is exactly the right move: There’s enough personality, charm, and dramatic solos to satisfy fans, and enough incremental moves toward artistic credibility to at least give the band a chance at an enduring career.
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Nov 25, 2013Bizarrely, for an album by guys born in the early '90s, it's '80s hard rock that Midnight celebrates.
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Nov 26, 2013Here there are spirited, pitch-perfect replicas of the Who's power-chord bombast ("Best Song Ever"), Van Halen's louche boogie ("Little Black Dress") and Def Leppard's stadium-sized glam ("Midnight Memories").
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Nov 25, 2013It is all so swaggeringly confident and honed to a perfect point, it is hard not to be caught up in its own sense of conviction.
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Nov 25, 2013Midnight Memories, the third full-length from the "X Factor"-formed quintet, follows up on what worked best on last year's "Take Me Home," and tosses in some proficient new ideas to keep listeners eager for the band's continued evolution.
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Positive: 248 out of 410
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Mixed: 39 out of 410
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Negative: 123 out of 410
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Nov 25, 2013This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view.
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