The show / Niall Horan.
Material type:
MusicPublisher number: B003695402 | CapitolPublisher: [Hollywood, California] : Capitol, [2023]Description: 1 audio disc (30 min., 36 sec.) ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - performed music
- audio
- audio disc
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Dr. James Carlson Library | CD | POP/ROCK Horan, Niall | Available | 33111009996253 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Three years and a pandemic between releases, Niall Horan turns the heartbreak around on his vibrant, matured The Show. His third full-length, the quick ten-track burst finds the former One Directioner in a period of positive growth, leaving his twenties behind and grounding himself in a more comfortable space where he can play with genres and have some fun. The mood is set on the irresistible opener "Heaven," a bright, life-affirming anthem that nods to the Beach Boys with the repeated "God only knows" and that group's trademark sunny vocal harmonies. Meanwhile, "Meltdown" and "Save My Life" amp up the energy with breezy choruses and '80s pop/rock vibrancy that's not too far off from his former bandmates Harry Styles' and Louis Tomlinson's contemporaneous output. Digging in deeper, he contemplates the passage of time and its effects on love on the tender "Never Grow Up" and dips into Tame Impala psych-groove on "If You Leave Me." Later, he slows things down with the acoustic guitar-and-harmonica "You Could Start a Cult," a sweet ode to a love that could sway the masses, and the piano-and-strings ballad "Science." The centerpiece title track is a sweeping showcase that builds atop swelling, orchestral drama, reaching a grand apex on the bridge, where Horan hits the most shiver-inducing vocal heights yet heard on one of his solo efforts. With each subsequent album, Horan just gets better and better. The Show is his most immediate and engaging set to date, endlessly listenable and full of heart and charm. ~ Neil Z. Yeung
Title from disc label.
Niall Horan ; with accompanying musicians.
Recorded Playpen Studios, Calabasas, CA ; Golden Age LA, Hollywood, CA ; Skyline Studios, Joshua Tree, CA ; Little Fan, Auckland, NZ ; Chickering Studio, Nashville, TN ; Juicy Hill Studiios, Nassau, Bahamas ; EastWest Studios, Hollywood, CA ; Mmm Studios, Auckland, NZ ; Richmond Sound Studios, London, UK.
Songs co-written by Niall Horan.
Niall Horan's third solo album and first since 2020's chart-topping Heartbreak Weather. Precede by its lead single Heaven, the album matches the pure emotion of his globally beloved past work with a powerful new element of soul-searching reflection.
Heaven -- If you leave me -- Meltdown -- Never grow up -- The show -- You could start a cult -- Save my life -- On a night like tonight -- Science -- Must be love.