Voicenotes
by Charlie Puth
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: May 11, 2018
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 186 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 153 out of 186
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 186
  3. Negative: 19 out of 186
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  1. AlexZedKawa
    May 27, 2018
    6
    This album is, overall, alright. Not a contender for album of the year by any stretch, but I genuinely loved more than a few of the tracks. I thought "Attention" was an excellent first single, and it is one of many highlights on this album, along with tracks like "Somebody Told Me," "Done For Me," "The Way I Am," and "Change." I never heard the album "Nine Track Mind" in its entirety,This album is, overall, alright. Not a contender for album of the year by any stretch, but I genuinely loved more than a few of the tracks. I thought "Attention" was an excellent first single, and it is one of many highlights on this album, along with tracks like "Somebody Told Me," "Done For Me," "The Way I Am," and "Change." I never heard the album "Nine Track Mind" in its entirety, but the single I heard on the radio were mediocre at best and try-hard at worst. On this album, Charlie lets loose a lot more, and you can tell he's having fun making this album, and I have fun listening to several of the songs on it. But, despite all that, this album is miles away from flawless. Tracks such as "Patient" and "Slow it Down" are just awful, and "If You Leave Me Know" and "Through It All," despite having a phenomenal vocal performance, and are not quite bad per se, come across as very milquetoast and middle of the road. But other than that, again, judging by the singles, Charlie definitely improved himself from "Nine Track Mind."

    Rating: C+    … Expand
  2. SKSK
    Aug 9, 2018
    5
    The album starts really good, the melody of the songs feels like something fresh but, inevitably, by the 6th song everything seems to fall apart.
  3. GamePlayer77
    May 26, 2021
    6
    Charlie steps up his game a bit on his sophomore LP. There are a lot less cringeworthy lyrics and bland melodies, the singles were much better, and he seems to be putting in more effort.

    FAV TRACK: The Way I Am
    LEAST FAV TRACK: Through It All
  4. Julia1d
    Aug 27, 2018
    6
    Se trata de um novo começo, um álbum bom e coeso. Cumpre com suas ideias de inicio até o fim... Melhor álbum da sua carreira, e mil vezes superior ao seu trabalho anterior.
  5. Jmusic9
    Jul 7, 2018
    6
    Esto es un gran avance si lo comparamos con su debut, sin embargo, sigue siendo un trabajo no tan favorable.
  6. rwishwajith
    Jul 4, 2018
    6
    There is nothing to celebrate about this album.Same type of songs repeating all over the album.But it got some hits.He has long way to go!!
  7. Enterka
    Nov 20, 2019
    5
    Good. My favorite tracks is Done For Me (feat. Kehlani) Thanks for this album!

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Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Spin
    May 18, 2018
    70
    Across the album’s 13 exceedingly catchy yet contradictory tracks, Puth laments his success and desirability while boasting about both. ... Voicenotes feels like a step, at the very least, in the right direction.
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  2. AllMusic
    May 18, 2018
    70
    Success may have almost spoiled Puth, but it fueled his upward creative swing.
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  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    May 18, 2018
    60
    Sure, sometimes it verges into the sickly saccharine (‘Through It All’ nicks a piano line from Randy Newman and some Disney strings, and drops a sticky vocal line on top of them, and collab with American folk singer James Taylor ‘Change’ is a dreary cliché) but then there are the moments of pop brilliance.
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