Heartbreak Weather
by Niall Horan
  • Record Label: Capitol
  • Release Date: Mar 13, 2020
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
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  1. AllMusic
    Mar 12, 2020
    80
    As his ex-1D crew continue their own solo careers, Horan maintains his position near the top of the pack with yet another relatable collection of emotive vignettes about everyday love.
  2. Rolling Stone
    Apr 8, 2020
    70
    Even with a bruised heart, he's a charmer. [Apr 2020, p.87]
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  3. American Songwriter
    Mar 13, 2020
    70
    2017’s Flicker fermented a folkier, more organic sensibility, and despite Heartbreak Weather’s soaring ambition, he roots himself to lyrics that sprout from similar emotional earth.
  5. 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.
  6. New Musical Express (NME)
    Mar 12, 2020
    60
    ‘Heartbreak Weather’ pads its way through every different phase of relationship-based grief, inevitably letting some moments of catharsis feel more impactful than others. It isn’t an entirely lost cause, but one to build upon for a more inspiring future all the same.
  7. The Telegraph (UK)
    Mar 12, 2020
    60
    The glossy results lack any particular character. Peppered with hooks and catchy melodies, everything sounds like something you might have heard somewhere before, which in the case of Ed Sheeran soundalike single No Judgement you almost certainly have.
  8. 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.
  9. The Independent (UK)
    Mar 13, 2020
    40
    Horan is impossible to dislike, forever existing on the right side of cheesy, but the result is a record almost entirely stuck on safe mode. You can only hope its stronger moments hint at better things to come.

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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
  1. Besinfronio
    Mar 13, 2020
    10
    Tudo que o niall faz é perfeito e esse é Álbum e maravilhoso amo ver a evolução dele.
  2. melodrama94
    Mar 14, 2020
    0
    A One Direction reject album AT BEST! lazy, chart-chasing, conservative music.
  3. Tagmagzine
    Mar 13, 2020
    10
    the best album by a 1d member so far the more you listen to it, the more you cry the melodies the lyric the confident sexy vibe the indiethe best album by a 1d member so far the more you listen to it, the more you cry the melodies the lyric the confident sexy vibe the indie drums in the chorus the violins everything is just a heavenly concept wrapped in the HEARTBREAK WEATHER… Full Review »
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