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8.0
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8.0 |
Digital Spy
This is One Direction firing on all five cylinders, more powerful than ever
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7.0
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7.0 |
All Music
It's becoming more clear with each record that in their current incarnation, the guys in One D are way better at the fun songs than they are at the ballads
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7.0
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7.0 |
Spin
The most consisting-sounding Direction album yet
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6.7
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6.7 |
A.V. Club
Another perfect encapsulation of modern pop music. Yet, in the process, the band has shed the scrappiness and spunk that made its early music so endearing
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Guardian
It’s hardly groundbreaking pop, but Four is capably sung and beautifully produced
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6.0
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6.0 |
Rolling Stone
The band mainly shows growth through the music
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Observer
1D’s new direction owes a substantial debt to the big guitar pop of the 80s
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6.0
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6.0 |
Entertainment.ie
It may not be the most vital or innovative album you'll hear this year, but it'll sate Directioners nicely – and the innocent bystanders they inflict it upon shouldn't be too miffed, either
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Independent
Credit where it's due, particularly to Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne, whose songwriting contributions dominate the album, pushing it firmly in the right direction
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5.0
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5.0 |
The Music
If they dropped the cheap shots at hits (Steal My Girl), Four could’ve been the leap into the legit music mainstream they so craved
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5.0
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5.0 |
Slant Magazine
Every misstep is, despite the band's efforts to assert more control over their music, a painful reminder of One Direction's status as a manufactured, focus-grouped pop entity
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4.2
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Pretty Much Amazing
The biggest thing that Four could do for One Direction, aside from spawning a lucrative world tour and furthering their empire built on prepubescent hormones, is serve as a stepping stone
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