One Direction - Made In The A.M.

Made In The A.M. the fifth studio album by English-Irish boy band One Direction, released in November 2014 via Columbia Records and SYCO Entertainment.

This is the first album released by the band since Zayn Malik departed in March 2015. Nothing much has changed with this album as the band continued to work with long time production team of Julian Bunetta and John Ryan. The album is another high quality slice of modern pop serving up emotional mid-tempo songs, upbeat dance songs and a sprinkling of ballads.

Songs like “Drag Me Down” and “Infinity” sound like they have been made for radio air play, along with “Perfect” which has a nice verse and memorable chorus. Like their previous album, they borrow a baseline from Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” on “What A Feeling”, and “Hey Angel” sounds like it has borrowed parts from Verve’s “Bittersweet Symphony”.

All in all this is a good pop album and a fine way to end their run. The remaining members make up for the absence of Malik.

The album debuted at #1 on the UK Albums charts and #2 on the US Billboard 200. The albums sales were higher in the first week than it’s predecessor, confounding the critics who thought the band would not achieve a level of chart success to match their previous achievements with the departure of one of their members.

Check out the singles:  “Drag Me Down”; “Perfect”; and “History”.

This double album 2LP record set is on black vinyl at 45 RPM with printed inner sleeves and digital download code, pressed in Europe.