One Direction: Up All Night [music recording]

One Direction: Up All Night [music recording]

[New York, NY] : Syco Music/Columbia, p2012
1 sound disc (45 min., 19 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in
Music #: 88691924912 Syco Music/Columbia
Artists: Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Niall Horan
Contents: What makes you beautiful (3:20) -- Gotta be you (4:04) -- One thing (3:17) -- More than this (3:49) -- Up all night (3:12) -- I wish (3:36) -- Tell me a lie (3:18) -- Taken (3:57) -- I want (2:53) -- Everything about you (3:36) -- Same mistakes (3:39) -- Save you tonight (3:18) -- Stole my heart (3:20)


Plot Summary:
One Direction came out of the hit show "X- Factor" in 2010 and has now risen to fame with this album "Up All Night" which sings about love, empowerment, and having fun in life. Their main hit off of this record is "What Makes you Beautiful" and it speaks of all of the factors that make girls beautiful to boys and encourages girls to feel good about themselves and confident in love. Kelly Clarkson co- wrote the song "Tell me a Lie" that is catchy and about being with someone and wanting to hear certain things from them even if they are a lie. "Gotta b You" is the love ballad on this CD that warms ones heart and makes them believe that they will find love with someone that is just right for them. This Irish boy band has good vocals and very popular beats that make for a fun record that will keep you singing it all day.

Critical Evaluation:
This CD is fun and full of upbeat pop music that appeals to the young adult generation that loves it so. The boys have good voices, but the lyrics lack real life problems and emotions; they are rather shallow and about the fun, light aspects in life. The most popular song: "What makes you Beautiful" tugs at girls heartstrings and will be left stuck in your head thinking that every girl is beautiful in their own way. The lyrics are simple and are repetitively about love and the consequences of falling into it.

Reader’s Annotation:
One Direction is group of 5 guys from Ireland that sing pop love ballads, songs about being young and carefree, and feeling good enough about life to be "up all night".

Website to Look Into:
www.onedirectionmusic.com/home
http://onedirectionfans.net/

Other CD’s by this artist:
"Take me Home"

Booktalking Ideas:
The popularity of boy bands throughout the ages

Genre:
Pop

Interest Age:
13+

Challenge Issues:
Sexuality
The songs in the CD are not overtly sexual, it is more the fact that they are 5 young handsome men that younger girls become obsessed with that is a challenge issue. I would combat it with the fact that the songs are about romance and love and they are not singing about anything obscene or about sex to their audience.

Why this CD?
One Direction is the latest craze in boy bands, and I think that a collection should reflect the popular titles of the time and generation that it is a part of.