{"product_id":"shawn-mendes-shawn-mendes-standard-edition-vinyl","title":"Shawn Mendes - Shawn Mendes (Standard Edition) - Vinyl","description":"\u003cp\u003ePicking 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\u0026amp;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\u0026amp;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\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Pop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Shawn Mendes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53013922971957,"sku":"OESI6N-99DG-00","price":31.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0763\/1391\/9797\/files\/shawn-mendes-shawn-mendes-standard-edition_luOpd.jpg?v=1781821644","url":"https:\/\/www.rocknrollarecordshop.com\/products\/shawn-mendes-shawn-mendes-standard-edition-vinyl","provider":"ROCKnROLLA Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}