Name: Shawn Mendes: The Album
Brand: Island
SKU: 186127123
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Shawn Mendes: The Album

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Album: Shawn Mendes: The Album
#	Song Title		Time
1)	In My Blood	More Info...	0:03
2)	Nervous	More Info...	0:02
3)	Lost in Japan	More Info...	0:03
4)	Where Were You in the Morning?	More Info...	0:03
5)	Like to Be You (Feat. Julia Michaels)	More Info...	0:02
6)	Fallin' All in You	More Info...	0:04
7)	Particular Taste	More Info...	0:03
8)	Why	More Info...	0:04
9)	Because I Had You	More Info...	0:02
10)	Queen	More Info...	0:03
11)	Youth (Feat. Khalid)	More Info...	0:03
12)	Mutual	More Info...	0:02
13)	Perfectly Wrong	More Info...	0:03
14)	When You're Ready	More Info...	0:02

Album: Shawn Mendes: The Album
#	Song Title		Time
1)	In My Blood	More Info...	0:03
2)	Nervous	More Info...	0:02
3)	Lost in Japan	More Info...	0:03
4)	Where Were You in the Morning?	More Info...	0:03
5)	Like to Be You (Feat. Julia Michaels)	More Info...	0:02
6)	Fallin' All in You	More Info...	0:04
7)	Particular Taste	More Info...	0:03
8)	Why	More Info...	0:04
9)	Because I Had You	More Info...	0:02
10)	Queen	More Info...	0:03
11)	Youth (Feat. Khalid)	More Info...	0:03
12)	Mutual	More Info...	0:02
13)	Perfectly Wrong	More Info...	0:03
14)	When You're Ready	More Info...	0:02

Performer Notes

Picking up the thread left dangling from 2016's Illuminate, Shawn Mendes decides to create an even more fashionable set of soulful pop on his eponymous 2018 album. Mendes remains a quivering adolescent presence -- he was still 19 years old when this album saw release -- but his self-titled record is assured and quietly confident in a way that suggests he has his adulthood on his mind. He doesn't abandon the soft-focus soul that turned "Stitches" into a breakthrough smash, but he deepens his groove and polishes his surfaces, all the while concentrating on crafting sturdy songs. Never mind that the album gets off to a shaky start with "In My Blood," an anonymous arena rock number that suggests he equates playing rock to the rafters with real music, a notion that's dispelled by the remainder of the record. He builds Shawn Mendes on lithe, tuneful R&B numbers, happy to have songs be as mellowly effervescent as "Queen" or as modern as the gently pulsating "Youth," which is graced by an appearance from Khalid. Mendes occupies a space between modern R&B and Ed Sheeran's earnest balladeering, but the key to his success -- both commercially and artistically -- is his light touch. 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. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone - 4 stars out of 5 -- "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."

NME (Magazine) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[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."