Midnight Memories is the third studio album of the Anglo-Irish group One Direction , released on November 25, 2013. The album was described as having a “slightly rocker sound” in contrast to their previous work. [12] Also, longplay became the best-selling album in the British branch of the Amazon online retailer, breaking the record for sales of the previous album One Direction Take Me Home . [13] Midnight Memories debuted at number one on the reputable Billboard 200 chart , making One Direction the first ever band to release their first three albums in the United States. [fourteen]
| Midnight memories | |||||||
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| One Direction Studio Album | |||||||
| Date of issue | November 25, 2013 | ||||||
| Recorded by | 2013 | ||||||
| Genre | Pop rock pop | ||||||
| Duration | 48:22 | ||||||
| Producer | Julian Banetta, Karl Falk, Tom Fletcher, Teddy Geiger, Danny Jones, Jacknife Lee, Dougie Poynter, Matt Red, John Ryan, Jamie Scott, Toby Smith, Ryan Tedder | ||||||
| Label | Columbia , Syco | ||||||
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| Reviews | |
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| Cumulative rating | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 59/100 [1] |
| Critics' ratings | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| The av club | B- [3] |
| Entertainment weekly | B- [4] |
| The independent | |
| Los angeles times | |
| The observer | |
| Rolling stone | |
| Slant magazine | |
| Spin | 6/10 [10] |
| USA Today | |
Content
- 1 About the album
- 2 List of Songs
- 3 Chart Positions and Certifications
- 3.1 Charts
- 3.2 Certifications
- 4 notes
About the album
Work on the album began during the second international tour of One Direction Take Me Home Tour . The album was announced following the news of the new world tour Where We Are Tour , which led the fans astray that the new album would be called “Where We Are”.
List of Songs
| No. | Title | Author | Producer (s) | Duration |
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| one. | " Best Song Ever " |
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| 3:20 |
| 2. | "Story of My Life" |
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| 4:05 |
| 3. | "Diana" |
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| 3:05 |
| four. | Midnight Memories |
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| 2:56 |
| 5. | "You & I" |
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| 3:58 |
| 6. | "Don't Forget Where You Belong" |
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| 4:01 |
| 7. | "Strong" |
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| 3:04 |
| 8. | "Happily" |
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| 2:55 |
| 9. | "Right Now" |
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| 3:20 |
| 10. | "Little Black Dress" |
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| 2:35 |
| eleven. | "Through the Dark" |
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| 3:41 |
| 12. | "Something Great" |
| Lee | 3:56 |
| 13. | "Little White Lies" |
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| 3:17 |
| fourteen. | Better Than Words |
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| 3:30 |
| Deluxe Edition [15] | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Author | Producer (s) | Duration | |||||
| fifteen. | "Why Don't We Go There" |
| Robson | 2:57 | |||||
| 16. | "Does He Know?" |
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| 3:08 | |||||
| 17. | "Alive" |
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| 2:42 | |||||
| eighteen. | "Half a Heart" |
| Robson | 3:10 | |||||
| Japanese edition [16] | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Author | Producer (s) | Duration | |||||
| 19. | "One Way or Another" |
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| 2:37 | |||||
| twenty. | Little Things (live version from the motion picture This Is Us ) |
| Gosling | 3:47 | |||||
| 21. | " Best Song Ever " (Kat Krazy Remix) |
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| 3:06 | |||||
Chart Positions and Certifications
Charts
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Notes
- ↑ Midnight Memories Reviews . Metacritic .
- ↑ Sendra, Tim. One Direction - Midnight Memories . AllMusic . Rovi Corporation .
- ↑ Zaleski, Annie Can 1D have cute faces and be taken seriously? The AV Club Avclub.com.
- ↑ Catucci, Nick (November 20, 2013). Midnight Memories Review . Entertainment Weekly .
- ↑ Andy Gill . One Direction Midnight Memories, album review: 'A clumsy attempt at rock' - Reviews - Music , London: The Independent (July 29, 2013).
- ↑ Wood, Mikael . Review: One Direction's one goal on 'Midnight Memories': the very top , latimes.com (November 26, 2013).
- ↑ Empire, Kitty (November 23, 2013). One Direction: Midnight Memories - review . The Guardian .
- ↑ Rob Tannenbaum. One Direction, 'Midnight Memories' | Album Reviews . Rolling stone.
- ↑ Slant review .
- ↑ Soto, Alfred One Direction, 'Midnight Memories' Review . Spin.com
- ↑ Mansfield, Brian (November 24, 2013). Review: One Direction rocks out on 'Midnight . USA Today .
- ↑ Percival, Ashley . One Direction Big Announcement: 'Where We Are' Stadium Tour Confirmed For 2014 , The Huffington Post (October 17, 2013).
- ↑ Adejobi, Alicia . One Direction's 'Midnight Memories' Becomes Fastest-Selling Album in 15 Years on Amazon , Entertainmentwise.
- ↑ Caulfield, Keith . One Direction Scores Historic Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart , Billboard.
- ↑ iTunes - Music - Midnight Memories (Deluxe) by One Direction . Apple Inc. . Date of treatment November 25, 2013.
- ↑ Japanese edition . Amazon JP .
- ↑ Australian Album Chart .
- ↑ Austrian Album Chart .
- ↑ Argentine Album Chart .
- ↑ Belgian Album Chart .
- ↑ Brazilian Album Chart .
- ↑ UK Album Chart .
- ↑ Hungarian Album Chart .
- ↑ German Album Chart (link unavailable) . Date of treatment February 22, 2015. Archived March 3, 2016.
- ↑ Greek Album Chart . Archived February 11, 2014.
- ↑ Danish Album Chart .
- ↑ Irish Album Chart .
- ↑ Sapin Album Chart .
- ↑ Italian Album Chart .
- ↑ Canadian Album Chart .
- ↑ Cypriot Album Chart . Archived February 24, 2014.
- ↑ Chinees Album Chart .
- ↑ Mexican Album Chart .
- ↑ Dutch Album Chart .
- ↑ New Zealand Album Chart .
- ↑ Norwegian Album Chart .
- ↑ Polish Album Chart .
- ↑ Portuguese Album Chart .
- ↑ US Album Chart .
- ↑ Taiwanese Album Chart (Link unavailable) . Date of treatment February 22, 2015. Archived December 17, 2008.
- ↑ Finnish Album Chart .
- ↑ French Album Chart .
- ↑ Croatian Album Chart .
- ↑ Czech Album Chart .
- ↑ Swedish Album Chart .
- ↑ Swiss Album Chart .
- ↑ Japanese Album Chart .
- ↑ ONE DIRECTION - MIDNIGHT MEMORIES DOBLE PLATINO (Spanish) . Sony Music Argentina . Sony Music Entertainment (December 5, 2013). Date of treatment January 14, 2014. Archived January 15, 2014.
- ↑ ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2013 Albums . Australian Recording Industry Association (November 2013). Date of treatment December 10, 2013.
- ↑ Austrian album certifications - One Direction - Midnight Memories (German) . IFPI Austria. Enter One Direction in the field Interpret . Enter Midnight Memories in the field Titel . Select album in the field Format . Click Suchen .
- ↑ Ultratop - Goud en Platina - albums 2013 . Ultratop . Hung Medien.
- ↑ Brazilian album certifications - One Direction - Midnight Memories (port.) . Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos . Date of treatment January 25, 2014.
- ↑ Canadian album certifications - One Direction - Midnight Memories . Music Canada
- ↑ "Midnight memories" de One Direction ya es cuádruple platino en Chile (Spanish) . Cooperativa.cl . Cooperativa.cl (December 20, 2013). Date of treatment December 24, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Los One Direction batieron récord de ventas en la región (Spanish) . elcomercio.pe . elcomercio.pe (April 29, 2014). Date of treatment June 23, 2014.
- ↑ Certificeringer (Danish) (neopr.) ? . IFPI Denmark . Date of treatment January 25, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 One Direction (fin.) . Musiikkituottajat - IFPI Finland .
- ↑ Adatbázis - Arany- és platinalemezek - 2014 (Hungarian) . MAHASZ .
- ↑ Irish album certifications - One Direction - Midnight Memories . Irish Recorded Music Association . Date of treatment February 1, 2013.
- ↑ Italian album certifications - One Direction (Italian) . Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Select "Tutti gli anni" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "One Direction" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione".
- ↑ Certification list (Japanese) . Recording Industry Association of Japan (November 2013). Date of treatment December 10, 2013.
- ↑ ¡Midnight Memories es Cuadruple Platino en México! (Spanish) . AMPROFON . AMPROFON (March 4, 2014). Date of treatment March 4, 2014.
- ↑ New Zealand album certifications - One Direction - Midnight Memories . Recorded Music NZ .
- ↑ Polish album certifications - One Direction - Midnight Memories (Polish) . Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry .
- ↑ Spanish album certifications - One Direction - Midnight Memories (Spanish) (PDF). Productores de Música de España . Select Albums under "Chart", enter 2013 in the field "Year". Select the certification week in the field "Semana". Click on "Search Charts".
- ↑ Guld- och Platinacertifikat (Swedish) . IFPI Sweden . Type One Direction in the top right search bar. Click on "Sok" and select "Visa" under Midnight Memories to see certification.
- ↑ The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (One Direction; 'Midnight Memories') . IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
- ↑ One Direction . United Kingdom: British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Date of treatment December 10, 2013.
- ↑ Daniel Lane. The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Artist Albums of 2013 . Official Charts Company (1 January 2014).
- ↑ The Big 9 in 2014: Columbia . HITS Daily Double . HITS Digital Ventures (December 8, 2014). Date of treatment December 10, 2014.
- ↑ American album certifications - One Direction - Midnight Memories . Recording Industry Association of America . If necessary, click Advanced , then click Format , then select Album , then click SEARCH .
- ↑ Lo último de One Direction es doble platino en Uruguay (Spanish) (unavailable link) . elpais.com.uy . elpais.com.uy (December 6, 2013). Date of treatment January 14, 2014. Archived January 10, 2014.
- ↑ Platinum Europe Award . Date of treatment July 31, 2015. Archived June 23, 2014.