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One Direction’s debut album, Up All Night was released on 18th November 2011.

Up All Night is the debut studio album by English-Irish boy band One Direction, released by Syco Records in November 2011 in Ireland and the United Kingdom, followed by a worldwide release during 2012. After finishing third in the seventh series of British reality singing contest The X Factor in December 2010, One Direction began recording the album in Sweden, UK and the United States, working with a variety of writers and producers. The album is predominantly a pop music album, which orientates into pop rock, dance-pop, teen pop and power pop. The album’s lyrical content explores themes about having fun, being young, relationships, heartbreak and empowerment. Staged in support of the album, One Direction performed the album’s songs live on televised shows, at awards ceremonies, and during their worldwide Up All Night Tour.

What do I need to know?
Released: 18 November 2011
Recorded in 2011: Los Angeles, London, Stockholm
Genre: Pop, pop rock, dance-pop, power pop, soft rock, teen pop
Label: Syco, Columbia
More information:
– Everything About You was the first song they have recorded for the album
– Kelly Clarkson, Ed Sheeran and McFly all wrote songs for the album.
– Over 70 songs have been recorded for this album.

01. What Makes You Beautiful
02. Gotta Be You
03. One Thing
04. More Than This
05. Up All Night
06. I Wish
07. Tell Me A Lie
08. Taken
09. I Want
10. Everything About You
11. Same Mistakes
12. Save You Tonight
13. Stole My Heart
14. Stand Up
15. Moments
16. Another World
17. Na Na Na
18. I Should’ve Kissed You

Singles:
– What Makes You Beautiful Released: 11 September 2011
– Gotta Be You Released: 11 November 2011
– One Thing Released: 6 January 2012
– More Thank This Released: 6 January 2012

Photoshoot for the album:


Album and single covers:


Professional ratings:

Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 64/100
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars
Billboard (Positive)
Entertainment Weekly (B+)
Daily Star (8/10)
Digital Spy 4/5 stars
The Independent 2/5 stars
MSN Music 4/5 stars
PopMatters (7/10)
Rolling Stone 2.5/5 stars
USA Today 3/4 stars