Last Year Was Complicated
by Nick Jonas
  • Record Label: Island
  • Release Date: Jun 10, 2016
User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 77 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 54 out of 77
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 77
  3. Negative: 12 out of 77
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  1. leocarli
    Jun 30, 2016
    5
    Quando ouvi "Close" pela primeira vez (e achei um dos melhores singles de 2016 até agora), logo imaginei que viria um álbum totalmente diferente do "Nick Jonas", mas não foi bem isso que aconteceu...
  2. rebeligado
    Jun 13, 2016
    6
    Consegue ser um albúm bom, mas começa a ser cansativo na faixa 9. muito bom que as faixas ousam na sonoridade cada uma de uma forma.

    Best Songs: Champagne Poblems, Under You e Bacon.
  3. BlogCritic123
    Jun 14, 2016
    5
    This just another disappointingly bland, generic pop album that could be made by anyone. Nick Jonas's Voice is pretty mediocre as well.

    I will say there are some decent songs toward the end. But they aren't amazing.

    Overall If you like mainstream pop, buy this. If you want better music, pass on this.
  4. longjetty7
    Jun 18, 2016
    5
    Well, this is certainly better than what I was expecting from Nick Jonas, but it's definitely not a standout album to me. This is, for the most part, very anonymous, generic 2016 pop music. The nice thing is that with maybe one or two exceptions, there really aren't any songs that are downright bad, but everything is really so formulaic and similar that I suppose that's not much of a feat.Well, this is certainly better than what I was expecting from Nick Jonas, but it's definitely not a standout album to me. This is, for the most part, very anonymous, generic 2016 pop music. The nice thing is that with maybe one or two exceptions, there really aren't any songs that are downright bad, but everything is really so formulaic and similar that I suppose that's not much of a feat. Interestingly enough, the biggest standout in my opinion is Under You, which is one of two songs on the album Jonas had no part in writing. Overall, I'd say this is a decent pop album, especially if you're in the right mood, but it doesn't really pique my interest.… Expand

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#59 Most Discussed Album of 2016

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Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Spin
    Jun 17, 2016
    70
    This is Jonas’ complication: talking his way into, and then through, sexual minefields. The theme suits his peculiar pipes--the jutted-jaw pout, the texture he scratches into his more insistent notes--which, in turn, take the burden from the compositions.
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  2. Pitchfork
    Jun 16, 2016
    63
    While the result is a 12-track standard edition full of potential hits, the brunt of it rests on interchangeable tempos from existing, already-charting singles.
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  3. Consequence
    Jun 14, 2016
    42
    While Last Year Was Complicated is completely adequate, its highlights are a SparkNotes summary of the pop music from the past 12 months.
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