Up All Night
by One Direction
User Score
6.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 388 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 220 out of 388
  2. Mixed: 41 out of 388
  3. Negative: 127 out of 388
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  1. AloudSound
    Oct 12, 2012
    6
    "Of course they have talent and can sing. But that's not a case for their debut [Up All Night]. The album contains great vocal abilities from each member and present a clean-cut personality. But there are quite some problems. Personally, the album kinda lack's creativity and image, because, groups like [Big Time Rush] and [The Wanted] are just like them. Another is their consecutive-theme"Of course they have talent and can sing. But that's not a case for their debut [Up All Night]. The album contains great vocal abilities from each member and present a clean-cut personality. But there are quite some problems. Personally, the album kinda lack's creativity and image, because, groups like [Big Time Rush] and [The Wanted] are just like them. Another is their consecutive-theme spanning through most of their songs (cause it basically talks about love, being carefree, enjoying life etc.). Don't get me wrong, they probably will go quite far... But I doubt this CD will be memorable... more forgettable. Change your image and sound a bit, and there you go."… Expand
  2. RIProo
    Mar 25, 2012
    4
    I don't want to seem jealous, but for me this band is the classical group of handsome boys that has success for the physical aspect and for "x factor". The album isn't bad as some albums from other artist like them, but i don't like the songs and i don't like them. ( sorry for my English )
  3. MusicForever
    Dec 23, 2012
    6
    I Dont Feel Like One Direction Is Really Showing There Real Potential With This Album.. Vocally They Can Be So Much Better Because All Of Them Have Great Voices.. They Would Sound So Much Better If They Sang Somthing Other Than Pop 100% Of The Time.. But Overall Good Debut Album...
  4. sheerio21
    Nov 11, 2012
    5
    Look, each and everyone of these boys have unmistakably huge amounts of talent. They have amazing voices and my only problem is, it's all going to waste. Sure their fan base is huge, but it's all young girls that love bubble gum pop. These songs have no lyrical talent, hopefully they didn't write much of it. I personally like them, but they should get out of this image of pop, they have soLook, each and everyone of these boys have unmistakably huge amounts of talent. They have amazing voices and my only problem is, it's all going to waste. Sure their fan base is huge, but it's all young girls that love bubble gum pop. These songs have no lyrical talent, hopefully they didn't write much of it. I personally like them, but they should get out of this image of pop, they have so much talent as I said before, if they could write meaningful songs, that would be utterly amazing. Overall if you love pop, well then this is an amazing album, if you have good taste in music, well this isn't. They're talent is going to waste over staying 'up all night' and jumping 'around until we see the sun.' In my opinion they should do what The Beatles did, that is start off as a boy band and emerge into an unmistakable rock band, that is if they learn how to play instruments besides Niall. Maybe it's cause they're a boy band, but they could do so much better lyric wise, and music wise for that matter. If I wasn't being so judgmental towards the type of music this album has, then yes, it is a great album. Since I love different types of music, this is a waste of talent.… Collapse
  5. brockcheese
    Aug 31, 2020
    6
    A pretty weak debut with the blandest music imaginable, albeit Catchy. The strength is their impressive vocals, especially from Harry Styles. Overall an unimpressive but promising debut.
  6. Adson
    Sep 24, 2014
    4
    Sounds the same thing in the whole album, the lyrics it's not that great, but the vocals is good. Is easily a bad album. "More than this" is the best in this LP.
  7. rebeligado
    Aug 6, 2015
    6
    Salva-se umas 5 faixas de resto meio descartável. Best Songs More Than This, One Thing, Gotta Be You e Same Mistakes. de um álbum com 18 músicas e só isso prestar, é complicado, mostra-se baixa qualidade.
  8. victorcarter
    Nov 21, 2016
    4
    Sounds the same thing in the whole album, the lyrics it's not that great, but the vocals is good. Is easily a bad album. "More than this" is the best in this LP.
  9. bandtrash
    Feb 16, 2017
    5
    They have talent, they can sing. And they are One Direction so there's countless haters and hardcore fans who are both going to overdo this so much. For me, this is an average album. Some tracks are great, some truly suck and some are just somewhere in the middle and that's okay. Maybe it's all the same, the lyrics is a bit bad but this is a band for teenagers - girls. They never meant toThey have talent, they can sing. And they are One Direction so there's countless haters and hardcore fans who are both going to overdo this so much. For me, this is an average album. Some tracks are great, some truly suck and some are just somewhere in the middle and that's okay. Maybe it's all the same, the lyrics is a bit bad but this is a band for teenagers - girls. They never meant to affect adults so all of this is completely acceptable and they are just good at what they try to do. I also have to admit that this album is their biggest weakness.… Expand

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64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Rolling Stone
    Mar 28, 2012
    50
    One Direction are simply five pretty guys with a few decent songs and not much personality. Call them One Dimension.
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  2. The Independent (UK)
    Mar 19, 2012
    40
    Debut album Up All Night consists of 15 installments of inoffensive daytime radio pop.
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  3. AllMusic
    Mar 19, 2012
    70
    As a starting point for One Direction fan memorabilia, for which it appears there is limitless potential for the time being, this is a perfectly sized, and targeted, collection.
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