Nine Track Mind
by Charlie Puth
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Jan 29, 2016
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4.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 487 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 205 out of 487
  2. Mixed: 53 out of 487
  3. Negative: 229 out of 487
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  1. allineed
    Jan 31, 2016
    6
    It's just acceptable. Half of the songs are boring and repetitive. A quarter of the songs are just OK and the remaining quarter is enjoyable. To be honest, I expected something like his album "Ego".
  2. Deivide
    Feb 9, 2016
    7
    The criticism has been unfair to this boy. romantic musical future!The album can be cheesy, but it is an album of compositions excelent and well produced. Charlie Puth stands out as a good composer, though still not be exelente. Talves the world needs a greater pinch of love to understand what Puth meant the Nine Track Mind.
  3. abbeysings217
    Mar 14, 2016
    10
    I love this album. All of the songs on the album are very good and I love his voice. He has a real talent and I am very glad that I listened to this album and am very excited to possibly see his concert in a few weeks
  4. FedericoBini
    Feb 13, 2016
    8
    Actually pretty good and chill, this album is good for a careless afternoon in your house. The duets (with Selena Gomez and Megan Trainor) are the outstanding tracks of the record.
  5. ELanceU
    Feb 26, 2016
    8
    It has a lot of great & catchy songs, though the album could have had more justice.. it lacks freshness from every song.. like, everything seems to be the same.
  6. ddaniel16
    Jun 2, 2016
    0
    It feels so fake and forced that it could bring nausea to anyone that happens to walk into whichever mall elevator it is playing on (god bless the poor soul...)
  7. dukeabacus
    May 12, 2016
    10
    I love this album. All of the songs on the album are very good and I love his voice. He has a real talent and I am very glad that I listened to this album and am very excited to possibly see his concert in a few weeks
  8. xtinalol
    Oct 3, 2016
    0
    This album must be what anyone who hates pop music hears when they listen to pop music. It's boring, it's underwritten, it's underwhelmingly produced. These tracks could not get generic enough in their chord structures and their subject matter. It's mediocre, but it's the infuriating type of mediocre. Why did he think it would be a good idea to produce this album ON HIS OWN?
  9. nirvanafreak
    Jan 30, 2016
    2
    Every song on this album is worse than See You Again and that's a **** accomplishment. I mean you have to be on another level of **** to be able to do that.
  10. Kaleido
    Feb 6, 2016
    1
    Charlie Puth, the new young talent from New Jersey, was pretty much shoved down our throats by the radio during 2015. His debut album was completely overhyped, and the result is definitely a total disappointment. Nine Track Mind is merely a collection of Meghan Trainor and early 00s-inspired pop/R&B songs--passed as "vintage"--mostly about obsessive love that sound like one very boringCharlie Puth, the new young talent from New Jersey, was pretty much shoved down our throats by the radio during 2015. His debut album was completely overhyped, and the result is definitely a total disappointment. Nine Track Mind is merely a collection of Meghan Trainor and early 00s-inspired pop/R&B songs--passed as "vintage"--mostly about obsessive love that sound like one very boring 45-minute-long track.
    Every song on Nine Track Mind can be considered bland radio filler. Nothing really stands out enough to make the listener go "wow", and the album gets boring and predictable after the first two tracks. Not a strong debut at all, but this young artist has all the time to come through with the next era and consider this just a "seasonal buzz album". Personally speaking, it was a rather boring experience I wouldn't want to repeat.    … Expand
  11. yrkbustorf
    Feb 6, 2016
    1
    Mediocre album. We don't talk anymore is the only song that actually worth it. So sad for Charlie but I think everyone was expecting something truly good. This is pure ****
  12. mattyjayy
    Feb 10, 2016
    2
    Absolute dredge. This album just plods, and plods, and plods along. The most exciting segment is when Selena Gomez shows up for a sleepy cameo. This really could have used a shot in the arm and more than just two uptempo tracks. 'Left Right Left' might be some of the most pedestrian writing I've ever heard. A few of these tracks would work better if they weren't surrounded by 7 otherAbsolute dredge. This album just plods, and plods, and plods along. The most exciting segment is when Selena Gomez shows up for a sleepy cameo. This really could have used a shot in the arm and more than just two uptempo tracks. 'Left Right Left' might be some of the most pedestrian writing I've ever heard. A few of these tracks would work better if they weren't surrounded by 7 other tracks that sound identical to it.

    Do yourself a favor and avoid this.    … Expand
  13. Eduardo_
    Feb 6, 2016
    0
    Ew... very basic, I hoped a lot more from this artist, total dissapointment. I guess at least he tried with that song See You Again, which if is his only good and recognized song, It is sad for a talented person to become a One Hit Wonder :(
  14. beto102
    Feb 7, 2016
    0
    Basic. A total waste of voice and talent, with an album full of mediocre feelings, trying too hard to be "romantic" but ends up being ridiculous. Full of balades that tried to be at least romantic, but end up giving tasteless feelings.
  15. Trydox
    Feb 22, 2016
    1
    This album feels really soulless, unreal, bland and generic. This is just a bad attempt to be a mediocre romantic album. This is the worst album of 2016 by far.
  16. diegonelli
    Jan 31, 2016
    1
    Awful album. Basic songs, basic voices, basic lyrics. I really doubt someone can give this album praise. It's horrid. Just another One Hit Wonder. The only good song is We Don't Talk Anymore and that's why I'm giving this 1 instead of 0.
  17. 67Stone
    Feb 6, 2016
    10
    Nine Track Mind is a good album. Charlie Puth is a new artist. It's good enough for being his debut album. I hope he can make better albums in the future.:)
  18. Custom_Concerns
    Feb 6, 2016
    1
    Nine Track Mind is one of the most uninspired albums I have ever heard in my entire life.I don't believe I've heard a record this bad in...well...uhm...I don't believe I've heard a record this bad.
  19. MatheusSouza
    Jan 30, 2016
    8
    Gostei muito, valeu totalmente a espera! Tem algumas faixas fracas sim, mas são no máximo 3, nada que as outras não compensem. Parabéns Charlie! É um grande álbum.
  20. heroman
    Feb 3, 2016
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mediocre at best, awful lyrics, awful voice, awful production. He has no talent. One of the worst album debut ever. I can't believe some people like it.… Expand
  21. gugu
    Feb 3, 2016
    0
    A bad album, builded for a good singer, this is really sad about him, someone who write "See You Again" came with this BOMB, state of alarm, this album is really baaaaad
  22. simas
    Feb 1, 2016
    5
    um album pessimo, chato e pouquissimas musicas que prestam que no caso foram as lançadas anteriormente, espero que no proximo ele se supere MUITO e faça algo BEM melhor.
  23. TheBoy6
    Feb 5, 2016
    4
    after delays, the album probably was changed and here there some songs who made the cut only because they have force to be future hits. Selena Gomez is the highest and enjoyable moment on there, she's the reason why i listen to it
  24. stefaniwitch
    Feb 10, 2016
    1
    Esse álbum é uma vergonha. Charlie Puth não passa de um lixo genérico que quer fama a custas dos outros. Selena Gomez realmente é muito humilde pra fazer um feat com isso. Flopando nas vendas e nas críticas, que morte horrível pro cakeputh, que além de fã daqueles pisados do 5SOS, agora é fã de uma chacota que é o Charlie Puth.
  25. itsbrunos
    Feb 16, 2016
    4
    If I was him, I'd go back to the studio and make a new album, you might agree that we have no experience to critic but the critics are telling the same thing. And yes, I have listened to the album and it isn't 100% bad. I mean, "We don't Talk Anymore" feat. Selena Gomez could be a hit single in US with a radio impact, Tv performances and a gread music video. I think thats the high pointIf I was him, I'd go back to the studio and make a new album, you might agree that we have no experience to critic but the critics are telling the same thing. And yes, I have listened to the album and it isn't 100% bad. I mean, "We don't Talk Anymore" feat. Selena Gomez could be a hit single in US with a radio impact, Tv performances and a gread music video. I think thats the high point he'll get in this Era. Sorry, Charlie Puth but thats not the righ way to realease a lead album....… Expand
  26. Julia1d
    Mar 8, 2016
    0
    Não gostei! Musicas sem graça, tudo muito sem uma estrutura, musicas repetitivas, me deu dor de cabeça no final. O que salvou o álbum foi as parcerias por isso das vendas, a voz dele é bem fraquinha...
  27. BeYellow
    Sep 17, 2016
    0
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  28. Jay_the_cutie
    Jun 20, 2016
    10
    The songs are melodious. His voice is better than many of his contemporaries. The highlights are "We don't talk anymore", "Suffer", "Some Type of Love", and obviously "See you Again". Being his first album, it's an honest effort and a good one at that. The criticism is totally unfair. Thee best thing about this album is that Charlie's voice uplifts even the monotonous songs. This guy has aThe songs are melodious. His voice is better than many of his contemporaries. The highlights are "We don't talk anymore", "Suffer", "Some Type of Love", and obviously "See you Again". Being his first album, it's an honest effort and a good one at that. The criticism is totally unfair. Thee best thing about this album is that Charlie's voice uplifts even the monotonous songs. This guy has a majestic voice and a great career ahead of him.… Expand
  29. YunuenMendes
    Aug 15, 2017
    10
    Charlie tiene un gran talento, pero muchos no lo ven, por dios el fue quien escribio la cancion de see you again que ahora es uno de los videos mas vistos de youtube, saben este album fue algo comercial, solo para darse a conocer mas, pero en su proximo album espero que demuestre el talento que tiene
  30. Electro252015
    Jan 23, 2018
    10
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Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 7
  3. Negative: 3 out of 7
  1. Q Magazine
    Feb 5, 2016
    20
    Nine Track Mind whimpers like a sick kitten. [Mar 2016, p.113]
  2. Pitchfork
    Feb 3, 2016
    25
    It doesn’t help that Nine Track Mind is all ballads except for three tracks, two of which are duets (Trainor, a sleepy Selena Gomez) that somehow still feel like ballads. Puth cannot fill this frame of sentimentality with any genuine sentiment.
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  3. The Observer (UK)
    Feb 1, 2016
    40
    There are flashes of something special on Suffer, and the surprisingly sultry Selena Gomez collaboration We Don’t Talk Anymore, but in general, Puth’s anonymity is infuriating.
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