Shawn Mendes [Deluxe Edition]

by Shawn Mendes

Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date:	11/22/2019
Label:	Island / Virgin Emi
UPC:	0602577052620
Rank:	39388

Tracks

1. Se¿¿orita
2. Lost in Japan
3. If I Can't Have You
4. In My Blood
5. Fallin' All in You
6. Where Were You in the Morning
7. Nervous
8. Like to Be You
9. Particular Taste
10. Because I Had You
11. Why
12. Youth
13. Perfectly Wrong
14. Mutual
15. Queen
16. When You're Ready
17. Lost in Japan [Remix]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Shawn Mendes   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Camila Cabello   Primary Artist,Vocals
Zedd   Primary Artist
Zubin Thakkar   Guitar
Cashmere Cat   Keyboards
Ryan Svendsen   Trumpet,Flugelhorn
Andrew Watt   Bass,Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Sana Nagano   Violin
Geoffrey Warburton   Guitar
Andrew Gertler   Percussion
Anneke School-Yoder   Cello
Dave Haskett   Bass
Raul Cubina   Drums,Percussion
Zach Skelton   Bass,Drums,Guitar,Keyboards
Eddy Ruyter   Keyboards
Teddy Geiger   Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards,Percussion,Vocals (Background),Bass,Drums
Olivier Manchon   Viola,Violin
David Baron   Strings,Conductor
Sean Hurley   Bass
Joel Little   Bass,Guitar,Keyboards,Percussion,Guitar (Acoustic)
Scott Harris   Piano,Guitar,Handclapping
Evan Voytas   Guitar
Zach Filkins   Drums
Ian Kirkpatrick   Keyboards,Drums
Julia Michaels   Featured Artist
Leonor Falcon   Viola
Nate Mercereau   Bass,Piano,Guitar,Keyboards,Percussion
Mark Williams   Guitar,Keyboards
Khalid   Featured Artist
John Mayer   Guitar,Keyboards
Ryan Tedder   Drums,Piano,Vocals (Background)
Ray Jacobs   Vocals (Background)
Benny Blanco   Keyboards

Technical Credits

Zubin Thakkar   Engineer,Producer,Vocal Engineer
Charli XCX   Composer
Zedd   Remixing,Additional Production
Ali Tamposi   Composer
David Silberstein   Production Coordination
Nolan Lambroza   Composer
Cashmere Cat   Programming,Instrumentation,Additional Production
Rich Rich   Engineer
Jack Patterson   Composer
Magnus August Hoiberg   Composer
Andrew Watt   Programming,Instrumentation,Additional Production
Shawn Mendes   Composer,Producer,Programming
Fred Gibson   Composer
Geoffrey Warburton   Composer
Camila Cabello   Composer
Ojivolta   Additional Production
Astrid Taylor   Production Coordination
Raul Cubina   Programming
Zach Skelton   Composer,Producer,Programming
Khalid Robinson   Composer
Soffia Yen   Production Coordination
Karl Wingate   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Samantha Corrie Schulman   Production Coordination
Harry Burr   Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant
Mike Gnocato   Assistant
Kaushlesh Garry Purohit   Assistant Engineer
Teddy Geiger   Composer,Producer,Programming
David Baron   Arranger
Benjamin Levin   Composer
Paul Lamalfa   Engineer
Nathaniel Alford   Vocal Engineer
Johnny McDaid   Composer
Amy Allen   Composer
Joel Little   Engineer,Producer,Programming
Ryan Shanahan   Engineer
Jeremy "J Boogs" Levin   Production Coordination
Andrew Wotman   Composer
Scott Harris   Composer,Additional Production
Zvi Edelman   Production Coordination
Louis Bell   Additional Production
Andrew Luftman   Production Coordination
Ed Sheeran   Composer
Ian Kirkpatrick   Composer,Producer,Programming
Andrew Maury   Mixing,Programming
Julia Michaels   Composer
Nate Mercereau   Composer,Programming,Auricle Programming,Additional Production
Sarah Shelton   Production Coordination
Mark Williams   Programming
Serban Ghenea   Mixing
Chad Franscoviak   Mixing,Engineer
John Hanes   Engineer,Mixing Engineer
John Mayer   Producer
Ryan Tedder   Composer,Producer,Programming
Martin Pradler   Digital Editing
George Seara   Mixing,Engineer,Vocal Engineer
Benny Blanco   Programming,Instrumentation