Harry Styles
by Harry Styles
  • Record Label: Columbia
  • Release Date: May 12, 2017
Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 24
  3. Negative: 1 out of 24
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  1. Drowned In Sound
    May 15, 2017
    30
    In trying to be all things to all fans, all critics, all expectations, all click-bait corners, Harry Styles has failed to make a defining statement.

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#6 Most Discussed Album of 2017
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#48 Most Shared Album of 2017

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User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1530 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,229 out of 1530
  2. Mixed: 84 out of 1530
  3. Negative: 217 out of 1530
  1. NHcat
    May 12, 2017
    1
    I give him credit for at least attempting to be different. However, going against the popular norm does not automatically equal good music. II give him credit for at least attempting to be different. However, going against the popular norm does not automatically equal good music. I could tolerate only one song, the rest I hated, thus a score of 1. Comparisons to Fleetwood Mac and Bowie are not only exaggerated but disrespectful. Never a One Direction fan, but I honestly expected way more given the hype from Rolling Stone etc.… Full Review »
  2. eagleeyeviking
    May 12, 2017
    7
    Blending sweeping ballads with 70’s soft-rock inspired jams, Harry Styles’ self-titled album is an entertaining and confident debut for theBlending sweeping ballads with 70’s soft-rock inspired jams, Harry Styles’ self-titled album is an entertaining and confident debut for the former One Direction star.… Full Review »
  3. Allieh
    May 12, 2017
    10
    Harry Styles self titled album is a naive debut from an artist coming from one of the most successful boybands of this decade. Speaking ofHarry Styles self titled album is a naive debut from an artist coming from one of the most successful boybands of this decade. Speaking of popularity in the group, Harry has definitely the most handsome, the most talked, the most talented, etc. And if you ask me, i would never imagine the Harry Styles from One Direction was going to full Rock N Roll for his debut; and the album it's not only full Rock N Roll, but it's actually really good.
    There's no doubt that Meet Me In The Halfway, Sign Of The Times, and From The Dining Table are highlights, but the rest of the album is not far from them. Harry goes full Rock N Roll with Carolina, Only Angels, and Kiwi, wich are the only upbeat songs of the album. In Woman, Harry shows his funky side, that could belong straight to a Prince album or to David Bowie's Let's Dance album. For me, Ever Since New York is one of my favorites; it reminds me of U2's The Joshue Tree era, specially to In Gods Country, which is a good thing.
    This debut album only make us ask ourselves if this album will be a classic of our generation; question that only time will teel us.    … Full Review »
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