After Hours
by The Weeknd

Album Rating: 82.43
(1,154/14)

The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - After Hours

10.03.2020

Poppier and more expensive than the mixtape trilogy, it’s leggier than the LA girls Tesfaye lusts over throughout.

James Blake meets Let Loose. The Weeknd’s best work outside of the mixtapes.

1. The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - Alone Again. 79
2. The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - Too Late. 82
3. The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - Hardest To Love. 83
4. The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - Scared To Live. 84
5. The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - Snowchild. 77
6. The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - Escape From LA. 92
7. The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - Heartless. 81
8. The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - Faith. 77
9. The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - Blinding Lights. 99
10. The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - In Your Eyes. 89
11. The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - Save Your Tears. 77
12. The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - Repeat After Me (Interlude). 70
13. The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - After Hours. 85
14. The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - Until I Bleed Out. 79

Ranked in order:

* The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - Blinding Lights. 99
* The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - Escape From LA. 92
* The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - In Your Eyes. 89
* The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - After Hours. 85
* The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - Scared To Live. 84
* The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - Hardest To Love. 83
* The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - Too Late. 82
* The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - Heartless. 81
* The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - Until I Bleed Out. 79
* The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - Alone Again. 79
* The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - Save Your Tears. 77
* The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - Snowchild. 77
* The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - Faith. 77
* The Weeknd (AH - CAN - Mar 20) - Repeat After Me (Interlude). 70

From Larcx13 08/17/2023 17:45 | #298663

YUCK!

It shines way too much to take me over the length, but this album has its highlights for sure.

When people look back in 20+ years, Blinding Lights will be remembered as the best pop-song of this decade, maybe the biggest song in the last 20 years. The title track is amazing as well.

From Jboy56 04/04/2022 08:31 | #283797

Sonically pleasing and not disturbing at all!

From arturguerra 11/20/2021 16:34 | #276474

I understand the ones who likes this type of music. but this is not for me.

The most consistent album From The Weeknd so far

Good 80's arrangements and great hooks, i hope the weeknd continue the quality in his next projects and get rid of fillers, this album could have 10 songs with no problem

I don't know, I thought it was fine I guess. I like "Blinding Lights," but most of the album is just fairly forgettable. Probably more of a case of The Weeknd just not being my thing as opposed to it being not good.

"After Hours" is a spacey synthwave influenced album that that puts its singers voice at the forefront. The problem is I don't think the vocals are strong enough. They often descend it to overly produced synth distortion. This accompanying the long quiet passages just feels tedious. Thematically, I feel like the romanticization of its self destructive topics really prevent it from invoking any strong emotions. Powerlessness makes the tracks begin to blur together and lose identity. One positive thing is the title track has a very good beat.

From mdbaxter 11/10/2020 18:33 | #260553

Due to the recent releases of the most mainstream of artists ,The Weeknd included, I had very low expectations going into this album. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that this isn't a half baked record filled with, well, filler for lack of a better word but is actually is a fully-thought-out and impressive project that doesn't really waste a second of your time. Every song is crafted, intricately, to fit the aesthetic of the album while also remaining capable of mass appeal. They're not all amazing but none of them are bad which I was almost counting on.