One Direction 'Four' Download & Listen for Free Here

The 16 tracks to the deluxe version of One Direction's latest album titled "Four" are now available for download at iTunes for $0.99 each. 

But if downloaded as a whole album, it would cost only $10.99, instead of per individual song, which would total to $15.84. That's a savings of $4.85. To download 1D's "Four" album or any of the songs from it, click here.

The music video of the album's carrier single "Steal My Girl," featuring Danny DeVito, has already been uploaded by Vevo on YouTube as early as three weeks ago. It has now generated nearly 33 million views.

Two other cuts from "Four" have already made it to YouTube including "Night Changes" and "Fireproof," both of which are just audio materials. To listen to the two One Direction songs on YouTube, click here.

A Test of Mettle

Since the boy band mania in the music industry emerged in the late 90s, the fourth album is always the defining factor - a test of mettle - for the groups' durability. Boy bands either fail to sustain expectations on their fourth album or simply fade into oblivion after their third album.

But in the case of One Direction, it appears that "Four," being their fourth and latest album, the group has become "more powerful than ever," observes the Digital Spy.

"One Direction has made a habit of defying expectations. No one expected that their debut single 'What Makes You Beautiful' would launch them into global sensation. The group only got bigger with their second and third albums. A boy band should be heading dangerously close to the end of their career cycle. But they proved cynics wrong with their latest album 'Four.' No one is foolish enough to write them off just yet," describes the report.

USA Today shares the same observation when it opined that with the album "Four," One Direction has obviously built on the gains of their earlier successes as a boy band.

While there have been rumors surrounding the band's future splitting or 'expiry date,' "Four" has quashed all those speculations as One Direction showed that they still have a lot of mileage ahead of them.

"'Four' has enabled 1D to fire on all five cylinders, more powerful than ever," notes the Digital Spy.

"Nobody expects One Direction to stay together forever. But only few people expected them to still get better. With 'Four,' they have made it clear that they're no ordinary boy band," states USA Today.