Shawn Mendes
by Shawn Mendes
  • Record Label: Island
  • Release Date: May 25, 2018
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. Variety
    May 31, 2018
    90
    Shawn Mendes is a remarkably well-crafted pop album that finds the singer trying on different styles, prominently showcasing his collaborators and making some flagrant references--yet his persona has become strong enough that he’s never overpowered by any of it.
  2. AllMusic
    Jun 25, 2018
    80
    There's a palpable sweetness to music that endures, even when a production is as bright and glistening as it is on Shawn Mendes. That bodes well for the future that Shawn Mendes is so evidently planning for.
  3. The Independent (UK)
    May 25, 2018
    80
    His impressive collective of collaborators--John Mayer, Ed Sheeran, Ryan Tedder, Julia Michaels and Khalid--all help foster Mendes’ music into a more mature space.
  5. Rolling Stone
    May 25, 2018
    80
    Mendes' strength is in romance, and more than ever before, this teenager seems like he not only believes the words he is singing, but he's actually lived through the emotions behind them.
  6. New Musical Express (NME)
    May 25, 2018
    80
    Yes, there are lows: the mawkish ‘Why’ is as sticky as treacle and slushy ballad ‘Perfectly Wrong’ is an unwanted lull as the penultimate track on the album, but these are in the minority. In general, Shawn Mendes is a bright and bold new direction for the 19-year-old singer, as he leaves behind sickly choruses for brazen, guitar-ridden anthems; he sounds all the better for it.
  7. The Guardian
    May 25, 2018
    60
    His attempt to detoxify pop masculinity is admirable, but you’re left yearning for a bit of rough and tumble.
  8. Pitchfork
    May 31, 2018
    51
    This looming sense of familiarity extends past the album’s musical elements and into its writing. Shawn Mendes is populated with stock characters: the girl who’s a little too high on her own supply, the girl worth waiting forever for, the girl who got away.
  9. The New York Times
    May 25, 2018
    50
    Shawn Mendes is appealing if not wholly engaging, full of pleasantly anonymous songs that systematically obscure Mr. Mendes’s talents.

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User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 418 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 332 out of 418
  2. Mixed: 38 out of 418
  3. Negative: 48 out of 418
  1. lucasmelonds
    May 25, 2018
    10
    HINÁRIO! MELHOR ALBUM DA CARREIRA PRODUÇÃO INCRIVEL SHAWN LENDA GALERA AMOOOO A MASTERPIECE
  2. dirtycomputer
    May 25, 2018
    0
    Noah Fence, but can he come up with something else? Can he come up with something else?
  3. OscarAbraham13
    May 29, 2018
    0
    SI LO QUE BUSCAS ES RELLENO PARA TU SOSTEN ESTE ALBUM ES PERFECTO PARA TI,QUE DECEPCIÓN
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