This album takes the easy route at every turn. Basically, while this album will play well to the passing fan who may not be old enough to be schooled in music history, to everyone else, this album could feel like a sonic retread through the history of tired love songs. “Steal My Girl” has been accused in the press of sounding like Journey’s “Faithfully” and Hayley Williams of Paramore has publicly accused it of also sounding like New Found Glory’s “It’s Not Your Fault.” Both assessments are correct. These songs still sound like they are straight from a songwriting mill. The result leads to “Lite radio” ballads like “Fireproof” and “Stockholm Syndrome.” These songs sound like repurposed '80s clichés used as a mask to give the idea of maturity. In form, it even sounds like a recycled and more refined version of their last album, “Midnight Memories,” in the way that it tries to infuse elements of folk and rock into the group’s boy-band formula. Quicklist: 1title: One Direction’s “Four (The Ultimate Edition)” **text: It sounds OK, production-wise, and is listenable, but there isn’t an original or refreshing moment on “Four,” which if you can’t tell from the title is indeed One Direction’s fourth album. There actually may be a little something for everyone here. — - intro: This week, One Direction return with their fourth album, Wilco drop four discs of rare cuts, David Bowie chronicles his entire career in three discs, Lorde curates the soundtrack for “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1,” Paul McCartney gets the tribute treatment, art-rock outfit TV On The Radio deliver their latest, “Seeds,” and Canadian outfit Nickelback deliver an electro-tinged version of their brand of rock.
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