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8.0
44616
8.0 |
Evening Standard
The real triumph is in the album’s production: big, muscular and without an X Factor-type ballad in sight
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7.0
44617
7.0 |
NME
There’s some razor-sharp and achingly ‘now’ production from the Invisible Men and some star-studded turns
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7.0
44612
7.0 |
BBC
It's derivative, but in the best possible way; Maynard's songs do a good job of incorporating current dance and urban trends into some very catchy pop tunes
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7.0
44674
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
More than anything, what impresses about Contrast is the quality of songs on offer
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6.0
50263
6.0 |
Rolling Stone
He displays a Bieber-like flair for mixing boy-band guile-lessness with state-of-the-art R&B style
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6.0
44613
6.0 |
The Guardian
Follows the Bieber template of fitting a breathy teenage voice to cleancut urban pop created by some of the genre's biggest names
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6.0
44614
6.0 |
The Observer
Much more sonically sophisticated, and far slicker, than a record by a teen-market singer has any right to be
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6.0
44615
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
Aided by collaborators like Pharell Williams and Ne-Yo, much of the album has a slick MTV “white R&B” feel
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6.0
44618
6.0 |
Independent on Sunday
The super-efficient dance-pop doesn't miss a beat drop
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6.0
44629
6.0 |
Q
Maynard is clearly being primed to take on Bieber. Print edition only
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6.0
44637
6.0 |
The Scotsman
This is a pleasantly accomplished start with a heap more attitude than anything One Direction have released to date
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