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Dec 3, 2020Accordingly, even though Wonder is his fourth studio album, it often feels like the sound of an artist still discovering himself in real time — the pleasant but vaguely unplaceable style of previous hits like “Treat You Better” and “There’s Nothing Holding Me Back” now gilded with swirling psychedelic pomp (on the expansive title track), ring-my-bell disco (“Teach Me How to Love”), and slinky R&B (“Piece of You”).
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Dec 16, 2020While the slower songs are fine, sometimes sincere, the growth on Wonder is all evident on the livelier tunes, all of which point toward a more adventurous twenties for Shawn Mendes.
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Dec 11, 2020While “Wonder” is at times overambitious and overwrought, it does feel like the last stop on a particular journey. Mendes can’t sound much bigger than this without going full Adele, so what might come next is wide open.
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Dec 7, 2020It doesn’t always succeed, at times feeling too shallow for it to be as impactful as Mendes intended it to be. But when it succeeds, there’s no flaw to be picked out and for that it’s worth a listen.
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Dec 3, 2020What emerges is a compelling mix of youthful passion and coming-of-age agony.
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Positive: 794 out of 1027
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Mixed: 60 out of 1027
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Negative: 173 out of 1027
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Dec 4, 2020I LOVE IT SO MUCH THE LYRICS THE VOCALS EVERYTHING IS JUST ON POINT !!!! IM SO PROUD OF HIM