Last Year Was Complicated
by Nick Jonas
  • Record Label: Island
  • Release Date: Jun 10, 2016
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68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Jun 13, 2016
    83
    His new record, Last Year Was Complicated, grows into the neon pop-R&B sound of 2014’s Nick Jonas while adopting a show-don’t-tell approach to maturity on songs like with the break-up toast “Champagne Problems” and the Max Martin-produced “Under You,” whose similarities to Taylor Swift’s “Style” would be more troubling if the track wasn’t just as much fun.
  2. Spin
    Jun 17, 2016
    70
    This is Jonas’ complication: talking his way into, and then through, sexual minefields. The theme suits his peculiar pipes--the jutted-jaw pout, the texture he scratches into his more insistent notes--which, in turn, take the burden from the compositions.
  3. Slant Magazine
    Jun 13, 2016
    70
    The best songs here to showcase Jonas as an artist come toward the end, when Last Year Was Complicated trends away from its production excesses.
  5. AllMusic
    Jun 10, 2016
    70
    Last Year Was Complicated feels assured in a way its eponymous 2014 predecessor did not.
  6. Rolling Stone
    Jun 10, 2016
    70
    As a singer, Jonas never exactly overwhelms a listener with charisma or technique, but he's personable and versatile, equally at home confessing a fear of intimacy over simulated steel drums and a tick-tock rhythm on the Tove Lo duet "Close" as he is teaming with Ty Dolla $ign to celebrate the single life on "Bacon."
  7. Pitchfork
    Jun 16, 2016
    63
    While the result is a 12-track standard edition full of potential hits, the brunt of it rests on interchangeable tempos from existing, already-charting singles.

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User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 77 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 54 out of 77
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 77
  3. Negative: 12 out of 77
  1. Maribon96
    Jun 14, 2016
    10
    sicuramente è molto meglio dei "Nick Jonas" . io ho apprezzato molto la versione deluxe con alcune canzoni in più e devo dire che le migliorisicuramente è molto meglio dei "Nick Jonas" . io ho apprezzato molto la versione deluxe con alcune canzoni in più e devo dire che le migliori che sono dentro l'album sono: Voodoo, Touch, Champagne problems, Under You, Good girls e ovviamente Unhinged,
    la canzone che amo di più dell'album.
    lui ha un grande potenziale e riesce a esprimerlo spesso. questo è l'album che mi aspettavo ed è STUPENDO.    … Full Review »
  2. phmonkeys
    Jun 11, 2016
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. Nick is a great singer with great potential, and your new job is great, deserves as much success as the girls of her generation, and it is a shame to see most women of her time to success and men with such wonderful work not .… Full Review »
  3. Phillip12Nick
    Jun 11, 2016
    10
    This is an extraordinary work, because Nick has the biggest potential of all male pop artists. This album is cohosive and every track has it'sThis is an extraordinary work, because Nick has the biggest potential of all male pop artists. This album is cohosive and every track has it's charm, being my 3 favorite: Chainsaw, Close and Touch. I think the album has much quality and makes Nick seeming like the king of diverses genres: pop, r&b, eletronic, disc, funk, urban, dance and others. I guess it's not good comparing this one to his debut, once this review is for just the album and not a comparision between them. But if it wants my opinion I think both has the same high level.… Full Review »
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