Liam Payne - LP1
Critic Score
Based on 9 reviews
2019 Ratings: #802 / 805
User Score
Based on 388 ratings
2019 Rank: #950
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
Evening Standard

Liam Payne's hip-hop heavy solo career has often seemed at odds with his nice guy One Direction persona but on LP1 he finds the perfect middle ground — with a little help from his friends.

60
AllMusic

If Payne can find a more distinctive vision and a team who can better utilize his strong vocals, he might get a chance for that longevity. For now, LP1 merely hints at his future potential.

60
Spectrum Culture
Liam Payne is a blank canvas in need of a painter.
43
Pitchfork
The former One Direction member’s solo debut is just another pop star flailing to find his identity amid trend-hopping production and half-baked lyrics.
40
NME
It's meant to showcase his maturity, but ‘LP1’ finds the former One Direction star so focused on ticking boxes that he forgets to have fun.
40
The Independent
Maybe he is very wise to keep himself back. He has millions of fans who will buy this anyway. But they should be aware he’s gone from One Direction to One Dimensional.
40
The Observer
Spread over 17 songs that tick off genres with all the flair of an automated Spotify playlist, Payne’s anonymity remains the album’s default through line.
40
The Arts Desk
One Direction star's debut has electronic bounce and is sexy as service station forecourt flowers.
20
The Guardian
One Direction’s Mr Boring lets his inner sexual piranha loose – with frightening results.
TommyCook
13

“Oh yeah, Harry is making good music. I have to cancel it out with the worst album I could possibly create.” -This twat, probably

There is not a single forgivable moment on this flaming bag of dogshit. Some of the most boring, sexually flaccid pop tracks I’ve ever forced myself to listen to. Bad features, every beat sounds the same, and some pretty boring vocals.

Hips Don’t Lie, Rude, Live Forever, Strip Down, and ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS are inexcusably bad.

Bad ... read more

hfk
30

FKA Twigs's LP1 is an absolutely groundbreaking body of work that changed the electronic music scene forever. i personally love this album, as it features some of my favorite tracks of the 2010s like... strip that down? stack it up... feat. a boogie wit a hoodie?...

wait a minute...

dumbmoonlight
30

Funny story, there's a joke in Brazil among pop diva fans that Liam Payne should just sign a contract with HotBoys and get his bucks with adult videos, since he already is everywhere with his semi-nude pictures. Why's that, you ask? Because after Harry Styles's solo ascension, no one cares for any other ex-One Direction member.

To say the least, I'll be including Liam Payne in my "Boring Hottie" bucket. You may get the hots for him, but nothing other than his looks is truly amusing. ... read more

31

It really is unfortunate. Liam Payne has vocal talent—if his team had encouraged a more Michael Buble-esque route the results would likely have been 10 times better. It’s hard to even call LP1 an album or record—it’s more of a compilation of less-than-mediocre tracks. Completely unfinished and rushed, he ends the overtly sexual project with a… Christmas song…? There is absolutely no vision or artistic integrity, and the misuse of potential really is such a ... read more

karendroit
40

lo que mas me molesta del album es que contiene canciones de lanzamientos de hace 2 años como get low. encima las canciones tampoco tienen correlación, hay una canción en el album de NAVIDAD.?/?/?/? y otra de la película de fifty shades; un ft con j balvin..? hips dont lie repitiendo mil veces in my bed bed bed bed bed bed. no se tiene muchos errores este album, podría haberlo hecho mejor. también contiene demasiados ft para un album.
le voy a poner ... read more

evandash
91

PERFECT ALBUM
EXTRA POINTS
+ STORYTELLING 0.5
+ STORYLINE 0.5
+ ORIGINALLY 1
+ TL 1
TOTAL EXTRA POINTS: 3.0

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Added on: October 18, 2019