After Hours (studio album) by The Weeknd

For me this albums first half isn't that great but it gets better and has some outstanding tracks in the 2nd half , I feel it couldve been a very good 10 track album so it's a but long for my liking , blinded by the lights , after hours and save your tears are all brilliant plus the interlude with tame impala . I was gonna give this a 6 out of ten but it gets an extra point cos blinding lights is that good

From Larcx13 08/17/2023 17:45

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

Sonically pleasing and not disturbing at all!

From arturguerra 11/20/2021 16:34

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

thought it was a best album of 2020 by first listen, grew off me a lot

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.