Shawn Mendes Shawn Mendes (Standard Edition) tiki With the exception of its

With the exception of its centerpiece track

After two albums loaded with cover songs and draped in the deep influence of Otis Redding and Sam Cooke

Recorded between October 1977 and June 1981

the production team continues to throw the occasional curveball to go along with the softballs

Shawn Mendes Shawn Mendes (Standard Edition) tiki With the exception of itsPicking 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