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Mar 12, 2020As 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.
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Rolling StoneApr 8, 2020Even with a bruised heart, he's a charmer. [Apr 2020, p.87]
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Mar 13, 20202017’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.
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Mar 16, 2020There 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.
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Mar 12, 2020‘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.
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Mar 12, 2020The 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.
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Mar 20, 2020After 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.
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Mar 13, 2020Horan 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 distribution:
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Positive: 301 out of 344
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Mixed: 12 out of 344
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Negative: 31 out of 344
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Mar 13, 2020Tudo que o niall faz é perfeito e esse é Álbum e maravilhoso amo ver a evolução dele.
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Mar 14, 2020A One Direction reject album AT BEST! lazy, chart-chasing, conservative music.
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Mar 13, 2020