Harry Styles
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Harry Styles
Harry Styles is the debut studio album by English singer and songwriter Harry Styles. The album was released on 12 May 2017, through Columbia Records and Styles' own label, Erskine Records. For the album, Styles worked with producers Jeff Bhasker, Alex Salibian, Tyler Johnson and Kid Harpoon. -Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
The One Direction member’s solo debut pays fine tribute to classic rock’n’roll and shows off his exceptional voice, if not his enigmatic persona.
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Vanity Fair
In his new self-titled album, the former One Directioner persuasively contemplates lost love.
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Metacritic
The debut solo release for the former One Direction band member was produced with Jeff Bhasker.
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New York Times
Harry Styles Fights the Spotlight on His Debut Solo Album
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Variety
“Harry Styles” is that rare generation-spanning, forward-thinking retro album, one that nods to the past without garishly repeating it, apart from an occasional self-aware wink:
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NME
Harry Styles’ debut album is a not-that-bad-actually mish-mash of Los Angeles’ style classic rock and ballads
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The Guardian
Styles’s album is, for the most part, full of regret at silences and miscommunication – a convincing display of emotional intelligence that puts peers like Justin Bieber in deep shade.
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Time
Harry Styles' Solo Album Is an Unexpected Tour of Rock History
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The Atlantic
The One Direction singer’s solo debut is earning him new respect for a dutiful nostalgia trip.
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The line of best fit
With its classic rock signifiers and self-titled earnestness, Harry Styles’ debut album has all the take-me-seriously tropes of the boyband member gone solo.
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EW
Harry Styles pays tribute to his musical heroes on solo debut
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Independent
Wearing his musical influences on his sleeve
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UCC Express
He offers an homage to rock legends from the past, as well as personal input from his own experiences and style.
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The Gateway
Styles’ album takes incredible risks in its surprisingly mature combination of electric riffs and heart-melting falsettos.
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The Rolling Stone
Harry Styles Is a True Rock Star on Superb Solo Debut
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The Telegraph
It is perfectly lovely and about as substantial as ripples on the surface of a Beverly Hills swimming pool.
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Irish Times
The pop star with the rock licks is in a league of his own
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RTE
Harry Styles fashions classy solo album with old school charm
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the young folks
his self-titled, 70s-rock-influenced debut goes a long way towards proving him worthy of the hype even if it occasionally veers too far into homage territory.
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AV/Music
In many ways, Harry Styles resembles a Time Life ’70s rock collection.
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Business insider
it rides a wave of folk and alternative rock that works and is more interesting than other attempts at a solo breakout.
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Atwood Magazine
It’s brooding, melancholic and very reflective in its search for place and purpose.
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The Post Athens
His 10-track, self-titled album resembles more of an old rock style than the group he was formerly a member of.
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All Music
Styles crafted an album that ranges from intimate to epic, while always keeping the focus on his vocals and doing a little self-exploration in the lyrics.
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Amnplify
The 10 track, 40 minute length album is THE album of the year. In those 40 minutes you get a unique but diverse collection of tracks that take you on a rollercoaster journey in every single song.
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Evening Standard
'A self-consciously serious and grown-up effort'
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Write the World
This album will take you on a journey with every song, no matter how different it is from the last. Each and every song will make you think, will create an image in your head and leave you wanting to press the replay button.
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Sub stream magazine
On his debut album, Harry Styles bares his soul in the name of rock and roll
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Steemit
The album is raw, sensual and poetic. However, it is let down by its limited subject content.
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Akron Beacon Journal/Ohio
As debuts by boy-group alums go, Harry Styles goes bolder than expected, but it lacks the hooks and pop appeal of One Direction.
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Drowned in sound
There isn’t a single trace of Harry Styles the person on these ten songs. None of them belong to him, nor is there a tangible feeling that he’s greatly enjoying what he’s doing.
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Highs Nobiety
Styles’ record spends ten tracks trying to avoid falling into those pits of pop mundanity, and it’s all the better for it.
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We Plug Good Music
Harry Styles has produced a solid 70’s inspired rock album.
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Cosmopolitan
Harry Styles’s Album Proves His Transformation Into Mick Jagger Is Complete He’s finally leveled up to rock star.
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Spin
Harry Styles Sounds Like the Classic Rock Bruno Mars on His Ridiculous, Ambitious Debut Album
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The WP wires
Overall the album is pretty good besides everyone expecting something very different from Harry, no one was really expecting the new style Harry has picked up.
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The Hollywood Life
he’s broken free and found a voice that contradicts his One Direction roots.
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Grazia
HARRY STYLES’S COMING-OF-AGE ALBUM IS A MELTING POT OF UNEXPECTED SOUNDS. AND IT’S REALLY, REALLY GOOD
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The Current
this might be the first rock music featuring a singer of their generation that they have ever heard.
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AXS
A track-by-track analysis of the former boybander's first solo album serves up '70s rock bliss
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Sputnik music
The former One Direction frontman turns out an ambitious and eclectic debut record, paying homage to his artistic influences while simultaneously providing a grab-bag of different avenues for his career to potentially follow in future.
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Hard Rock
On his debut solo album, Harry Styles forsakes that proven formula and dives straight into a guitar driven pop-rock sound that shares more in common with the CD collections of the fathers of One Direction fans.
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Cleveland.com
"Harry Styles" is a striking mix of shoe-gaze, artistic indie rock, swaggering Britpop and soulful ballads more akin to Adele than, say, Justin Bieber.
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Modern Little Vivtories
Styles self-titled album is a rollercoaster of emotions from a man who is coming into his own as a singer and most importantly a songwriter.
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Music OMH
He’s not the new Bowie, or anywhere near it, but as the latest step in rebranding Styles for a brand new audience, it will do just fine.
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News.com
This is the best pop album he’s been involved with since 1989.
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metro.co.uk
Overall, it’s a great effort. Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2017/05/12/harry-styles-new-album-proves-he-could-make-it-as-a-rock-star-6632104/?ito=cbshare Twitter: https://twitter.com/MetroUK | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MetroUK/
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blasting news
Nonetheless, there is no doubt that the soft-rock, Brit-pop album is cleverly written and sung effortlessly, with so much resonance.
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redbrick
this album isn’t just good considering it’s a Harry Styles album, it’s good regardless of context.
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Foothill Dragon Press
HARRY STYLES IS A GIFT FROM GOD
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Star Tribune
A solo Harry Styles goes old-school troubadour
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R&R
The 40-minute, 10 track album delivers a more sophisticated sound, proving Harry is eager to show he’s grown up and graduated from his boy band roots
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The Odyssey Online
This album deserves all of the grammys.
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Gulf News
The 10-track album is a solid set that proves the singer has some direction
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The National Student
Opening the album with a whispered 'two, three, four' into a twanging acoustic guitar and twinkling piano notes, there's already hope - thank God, this isn't another One Direction record
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Hotpress
Solid solo debut from pop superstar
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The Musical Hype
Harry Styles delivers a successful, enjoyable debut album with his highly anticipated, self-titled effort.
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DYI magazine
Clearly a by-product of its creator’s musical tastes and interests.
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AAA Backstage
For those hoping that Harry Styles self-titled, debut solo album will bring them back to the heady, carefree days of 2010 you’re about to get a rude awakening.
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Lancer Link
With such an incredible debut album, the only question that remains is how Styles will be able to follow it up.
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The National
Harry Styles finds his voice on his self-titled album
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Venice Oarsman
I’d give “Harry Styles” a well-deserved 5 out of 5 stars because of how shockingly good the songs are.
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Student Edge
“Harry Styles” Can’t Compete with the Ghosts of Zayn Malik and Taylor Swift
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Cryptic Rock
All this said, Harry Styles is a first rate solo debut giving Styles the credibility and leverage to stand on his own.
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Popfection
the songs are actually good if you ignore the lyrics and focus on the overall feel.
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The Boar
The lyricism has undeniably improved with age and experience; however, it still lacks a substance that I hope he gains in the next record. That all being said, I will still let my naïve love of the heartthrob prevail just enough to continue listening to the album at least fifty times a day
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Imsuk Media
It’s a real rollercoaster of sound, a tribute to classic rock and a tug on the heart strings.
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Imortal reviews
HARRY STYLES SHEDS HIS OLD SKIN IN DEBUT ALBUM
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Ranting About Music
The album is a model of efficiency
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Daily Emerald
Harry Styles channels Mick Jagger on debut solo album
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Vidette Online
It’s sign of times: Harry Styles’ debut album sheds his boy-band status
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Irish Times
If Niall Horan’s solo career is a B&B in Mullingar, Harry Styles is the Chelsea Hotel
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Timeout
This album is no masterpiece, but it still feels like a promising start to his solo career.
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The Sun
WHAT A STYLISH DEBUT Harry Styles’ self-titled solo album is a bold and brave move entirely inspired by old-school rock classics
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LA Times
Is it enough to convince millions of dads that Styles is more than a pretty face? If they can't hear that, they're not listening.
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ABC News
Harry Styles proves himself to be way more than just a typical former boy-band member.
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Radio Milwaukee
Harry Styles may surprise his critics with debut album THE FORMER MEMBER OF ONE DIRECTION GRABS FROM HIS CLASSIC ROCK IDOLS ON HIS SELF-TITLED DEBUT
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Brockport Stylus
I enjoyed the album more than I expected to, but I am still not too sure of the path Harry's music is taking, but I'll keep my mind open.
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This Is York
Overall, the album is perfectly diverse, with a set of 10 songs that spread over multiple genres, showing that Styles is capable of producing much more than the music he worked on with One Direction.
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Halifax Bloggers
Harry Styles crafted one of the best albums of the year in his eponymous debut.
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Semplesize
It sits between love to hate, and genuine acceptance of his work, and it’s easy to see that we will be getting a few more albums from Styles in the future.
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USU
For a first album, it’s good, but it’s not stopping traffic.
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2loud2oldmusic
The Harry Styles debut album is much better than I would have imagined.
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Express.co.uk
This is a confused and ultimately self-indulgent debut
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Renowned for sound
Styles has shown us on this record that he is more than capable and equipped for such a dramatic musical transformation.
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SLA Media
I strongly encourage everyone to take a listen to this album, Harry should not be ignored since he is apart of a boyband.
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Nerve Media
This is a strong debut album and I was somewhat surprised but expectant of it.
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Pretty Much Amazing
Harry Styles is rolling the wheel along rather than reinventing it. Still, it’s a damn good wheel.
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The Arts Desk
The One Direction star tries gamely to live up to the hype machine
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Elvaq
Harry Styles Finds His Solo Direction
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Amino Apps
Eclectic debut sees former One Direction star wear his influences on his sleeve
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Live in Limbo
Friday May 12th marked the release of one of the most anticipated albums, as Harry Styles showed the world that he was a rock star.
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The Samohi
I applaud him for this album as it is his first on his own, but it is easy to see that this album is more of a baby step into becoming a real, solo artist.
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Dailybreak
“Harry Styles” has a little something for practically anyone to enjoy, and more than anything, sounds like the type of music that Styles himself enjoys. That authenticity rings out, and makes it one of the most interesting works to come from the likes of One Direction to date.
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Blush magazine
Although “Harry Styles” is only his debut album as a solo artist, its musical excellence and authenticity have no doubt exceeded all of his past work.
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Diary of a Bryncess
So this album is an impressive feat.
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Amor magazine
While I may not be crazy about this album there a few good songs that I will be enjoying for a while and so I’m looking forward to seeing where he goes next.
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Her Campus
To Styles’ credit, this album is incredibly varied making the album a real listening experience.
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And Justice for Reviews
Overall, this is great throwback album that you really need to listen to.
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Jt Jukebox
As Harry Styles becomes a maturer and more successful solo musician, this project is a big step in the right direction.
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u Interview
Solo Debut Is Rock N’ Roll & Refreshing
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Dont Bore Us
It’s a solid debut album, but someone needs to give the guy a hug
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Slate
Wrong Direction
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Wyoming Wolf Pack Press
Harry Styles’ solo debut is unpredictable and fun.
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The Lantern
Harry Styles’ debut solo album sets a new tone for former One Direction member
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Dave In Chow
The album is a tribute to these deep, pure desires, which extend beyond earthly limitations.”
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Iowa State Daily
"Harry Styles" looking good
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Witch Doctor
This self-titled solo debut by Harry Styles is pretty good, and more important, it’s an enjoyable listen from go to whoa.
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A Bit of Pop Music
Harry, we know you no longer aspire to be a pop star, but that does not mean you cannot deliver us some more melody to keep us hooked.
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HSE News
“But as the whole album proves, there’s not a thing ordinary about this guy.”
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Concrete
A more pop-y Radical Face, it is an incredibly nostalgic ending to the album, leaving fans longing for more.
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The Edge
While this concise collection of Harry's influences doesn't always soar, it's a nice reminder of the 'Rock' part of the 'Pop' genre that's felt missing for too long.
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Spectrum
I don't know if this will sell to One Direction fans or serve as a good entry point into this sort of rock, but there's a part of me that hopes it does, and if I wanted to endorse this record, that's all the reason I need.
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Bullard Charger
We feel that this album will continue to be a big hit because there’s so many different types of music put into that one album, so a lot of people are able to listen and enjoy the album.
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Lara-jkl-mn-op
At first, with a rather pretentious approach, I dismissed it as just 'more pop stuff' but I couldn't get enough of it.
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The Fresh Committee
His pen and his vision are in the right place. Going forward, though, he may want to start acting more his age.
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Maverick pulse
Harry set the standards high for himself and I can’t wait to see what he does in the future.
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Sword and Shield
Styles’ songwriting and vocal abilities have come as a shock to many since his album’s release, but one look at the songs he penned for One Direction shows that this is a side of Styles that has been itching to get out.
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The palette
Guaranteed, Directioners and music lovers alike will enjoy this album.
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Outloud
It is a classic case of style over substance.
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Idobi
Harry Styles is a deeply introspective glimpse into the life of someone who has lived many lives in just 23 years
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Stereoboard
Styles’ debut is confident in a functional, understated manner.
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The Reel Deal
The album is a mix of influences, but it particularly reeks of The Beatles, some early Rolling Stones, and occasionally the Beach Boys.
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