One Direction - New album "Midnight Memories"

[Raul_esp]

Diana is so good. I like the verses a lot. They sound so different. So simple.

And the chorus is explosive. Pure bubble-gum pop. More of these please.

Yes , I forgot this one , I liked it too and the first single that is a grower.

[Matteo87]

Yes, Diana is so coool, bubble-pop drug! One of their best songs for me...I'm totally addicted
It's so Rami-sh

[J_A24]

Best Song Ever and the latest single have definitely grown on me. Songwriting and production wise it's still up to par with Rami and Falk even if it sounds more stripped down and less melody driven sometimes.

This album has more lyrical content, I feel.

What I love the most about One Direction's music is how the production captures a musical influence perfectly. On "Best Song Ever" you could some 90's grunge rock elements, on "Diana" you can hear the 80's influence. In their earlier songs you could hear the Cheiron influence perfectly coupled with some 60's rock influences. You can even hear some Queen influences in some of their songs.

It's very well executed. It's pure pop music.

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One Direction, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Savan Kotecha, Composer, Lyricist, Recording Engineer - Carl Falk, Acoustic Guitar, Composer, Electric Guitar, Lyricist, Other, Producer, Programmer - Chris Patrick, Bass Guitar - Harry Styles, Composer, Lyricist - Ilya Toshinsky, Banjo, Mandolin - Kristian Lundin, Editor, Producer, Recording Engineer - Alex Oriet, Engineer - Ben "Bengineer" Chang, Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - John Hanes, Engineer - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer

[bugmenot]

Harry plays guitar?

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Yes, quite interesting. I think you have to be very good to please the producer recording the instruments. And when the recording engineer and producer is Kristian Lundin I guess you have to be REALLY REALLY good.

[Voodoo]

What I love the most about One Direction's music is how the production captures a musical influence perfectly. On "Best Song Ever" you could some 90's grunge rock elements...

Honestly... I have to slightly disagree here. Although most of our favorite NEW writers use some sort of starting point as an influence, it seams like the one direction stuff is more blatantly ripped off. Which is more GIMICKY in my opinion. Take for example, BEST SONG EVER, which is a blatant ripp off of the Whos's Baba o'riley. Or their other song that started out just like We will rocke you by Queen (One directions song: Rock me). Or... Live While we're young which is basically a sped up version of The Clash's "Should I stay or Should I Go." I mean, dont get me wrong, these are good songs and everyone "borrows" influences (EVERYONE!)... but sometimes its a little too over the top. Especially for how damn talented their songwriting and producing teams are.

Just my two cents.

[j.fco.morales]

Honestly... I have to slightly disagree here. Although most of our favorite NEW writers use some sort of starting point as an influence, it seams like the one direction stuff is more blatantly ripped off. Which is more GIMICKY in my opinion. Take for example, BEST SONG EVER, which is a blatant ripp off of the Whos's Baba o'riley. Or their other song that started out just like We will rocke you by Queen (One directions song: Rock me). Or... Live While we're young which is basically a sped up version of The Clash's "Should I stay or Should I Go." I mean, dont get me wrong, these are good songs and everyone "borrows" influences (EVERYONE!)... but sometimes its a little too over the top. Especially for how damn talented their songwriting and producing teams are.

Just my two cents.

Absolutely agree with you.
I read a review on a local newspaper and they said this album was like, The Beatles.
The Beatles did some really pop-formula driven albums to increase their fanbase and ended up doing their stuff after that.

I was expecting other kind of stuff -I haven't listened the album in full- but to me, seems like some of the songs in the album could be placed on indie records easily: Little Black Dress is a perfect example.

Definitely not what I expected.

[J_A24]

Honestly... I have to slightly disagree here. Although most of our favorite NEW writers use some sort of starting point as an influence, it seams like the one direction stuff is more blatantly ripped off. Which is more GIMICKY in my opinion. Take for example, BEST SONG EVER, which is a blatant ripp off of the Whos's Baba o'riley. Or their other song that started out just like We will rocke you by Queen (One directions song: Rock me). Or... Live While we're young which is basically a sped up version of The Clash's "Should I stay or Should I Go." I mean, dont get me wrong, these are good songs and everyone "borrows" influences (EVERYONE!)... but sometimes its a little too over the top. Especially for how damn talented their songwriting and producing teams are.

Just my two cents.

I do agree with you that it's "gimicky", but I don't think it has anything to do with the level of talent of their producers/writers. Look at the demographic of their fan base, the answer is there. One Direction's music is supposed to be straight to the point, so the references to past legendary songs reflect that.

I still think that even though it's blatantly ripped of, it's pretty well executed and it doesn't sound like shit. God knows how many times songs have been ripped off and it sounds like crap. My point was more regarding the execution rather than the originality and creativity that derives from it.

[georg_e]

              Just saw this randomly and realized it's today :-)    http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/twitter_qa_with_one_direction_bmi_songwriter_and_producer_julian_bunetta_as

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Still interested if Falk/Kotecha/Rami didn't have any more songs for that release or if they got rejected.

I had some listens through that album and I'm quite indifferent about it. It's ok, it's pure pop with a rocky edge here and then - but so far there is no other song aside "Story of my life" and "Diana" which I really feel.

Even "Happily" is quite soulless. Uninspired pre-chorus, only saved by the chorus.

I need a few more listens as I can't recall all songs as they are very samey - but that's not a surprise for an 1D album.

[Khan9898]

I think it may have been a combination of 1D moving away from Rami-Carl-Savan, the 3 of them burned out by writing for them, and having songs rejected.

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Makes sense!

But what is next? These guys have such a creative output, this has to go somewhere and needs to be heard.




In other news: "Through the dark" is definitely worth a listen too.

[georg_e]

       "Now we are NINE Direction" lol     http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/videos/anchorman-cast-faces-off-against-one-direction-on-snl-20131208

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Next single is "Midnight Memories"

Maybe we get a B-Side?