One Direction Four | Album Review
Thursday, November 27, 2014
This month all I have been listening to is One Direction’s new album ‘Four'.
As part of my Top Ten Songs back in October, I mentioned Steal My Girl, One Direction's latest single.
I thought that it was pretty good and if it was anything to go by it could be a
good album. I didn’t really like Midnight Memories that much because other than Best
Song Ever and Don’t Forget Where You Belong, none of the songs really wowed me
on the first listen and I didn’t like the rockier, guitar-riff sound to songs
such as Midnight Memories and Little Black Dress.
However, Four was not what I expected. It was much better
than what I expected. I had only listened to the chorus of some of the songs
and was already deeply impressed by the album. Four shows that One Direction
have matured and developed musically since Up All Night and is a lot less
“teen-poppy” that the critics say that is all they are. Take Me Home was my
favourite One Direction album and I didn’t expect them to ever beat it but I
think it’s possible they may have with Four.
Some of my favourite songs include Ready To Run, which the
intro really reminds me of Story Of My Life, but I think the song is amazing
and I hope they release it as a single. Other favourites include of course,
Steal My Girl, the first single taken from this album, and the new single Night
Changes which I absolutely love, especially the lyrics. I also love the music
video for it; I’m often not overly keen on One Direction’s music videos but
this one could possibly be my favourite of them all now, which the Live While
We’re Young video used to be. You can watch the Night Changes video here:
I am glad I decided to get the deluxe edition of Four as two
of my other favourite tracks from the album are Change My Ticket and Act My Age.
Change My Ticket is really catchy and has a great beat and although I’m not so
keen on the lyrics at the start of Act My Age, the chorus is amazing and I like
the Irish themed verses. Another song I must mention is Stockholm Syndrome. It
is definitely one of my favourites as it has a good rhythm to it and their
voices sound incredible on it so it’s one of the songs I’ve been going back to
listen to often.
The only thing I feel it is lacking is a song wrote by
McFly! We have I Want on Up All Night, I Would on Take Me Home and Don’t Forget
Where You Belong on Midnight Memories so being a big McFly fan I would always
look forward to the McFly penned song on the One Direction album so I was a
little bit disappointed that we didn’t get one this time but maybe the album is
good enough already!
So that’s it! I hoped you enjoyed an album review; there are
some more amazing albums I’ve been loving recently so you may see some more
reviews in the upcoming future. Thanks for reading and please comment below any music you recommend I listen to and also your thoughts on Four too!
Erin ♡
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