If the Harmony era ended with a bang, Camila lands with something much more like a whisper. Not because it’s not hyped ... but because it feels like a much smaller, more intimate album than you might expect from last year’s high-gloss collaborations.
A strong and surprisingly confident first impression.
Camila is one of those moments where the committee approach strikes gold: smart enough to avoid smoothing out the quirks and slavishly chasing trends, it’s a product of the pop factory that doesn’t sound run-of-the-mill.
With Camila, the former Fifth Harmony singer pays homage to the culture and the core of who Cabello is. And for the first time, we can see her clearly.
Camila is by no means a bad first outing but one that is ultimately unmemorable. That said, it's the rare pop star that arrives confident enough to offer an entirely cohesive vision on their first go.
The credits reveal the usual backroom teams behind so much of today’s interchangeable pop (with as many as nine writers to each track). What’s surprising, given all these studio cooks, is that there is still some flavour in the broth.
Camila Cabello’s solo debut Camila is the rare album where we get to see a pop star grow in real time—but it’s easy to wish more of that growth had happened before she actually dropped the album.
Full review on my YouTube channel: "Brad Taste in Music"
I ended up giving this the exact score I expected to give it before I heard it
I gave each track an individual rating and it literally averaged out to exactly a 5/10
Smh this is literally just a radio album
A rare example of a debut album being an artists best overall. There are a lot of nice tracks on here, but they’ve all been overplayed in unhealthy moderations, causing it to just feel cheesy in the long run.
Favourite: Havana (feat. Young Thug)
Worst: All These Years
1. Never Be the Same - 2
2. All These Years - 1
3. She Loves Control - 3
4. Havana (feat. Young Thug) - 6
5. Inside Out - 3.5
6. Consequences - 2
7. Real Friends - 4
8. Something's Gotta Give - 5
9. In The Dark - 4
10. Into It - 3
Average: 3.35
Quick Comment: I actually don't get how she made it big? She literally has the most boring vocals, no energy and just a bunch of commercial songs. I also swear Every song is on a 45s loop
Camila Cabello's debut solo album is full of beautiful vocals and vulnerable lyrics. I didn't expect this much depth after hearing her songs with Fifth Harmony and her debut solo single Havana. I was pleasantly surprised by this album upon first listen and I'm happy to report that it holds up 6 years later. Although the first half is stronger, there is no real dud or absolute skip on this album.
Faves: Never Be The Same, All These Years, Consequences,
Least Faves: Inside Out, Havana
mira como empezaste camila y fuiste decayendo
favoritas: something is gotta give, real friends, consequences,
1 | Never Be the Same 3:46 | 79 |
2 | All These Years 2:44 | 70 |
3 | She Loves Control 2:57 | 71 |
4 | Havana 3:37 feat. Young Thug | 76 |
5 | Inside Out 3:02 | 61 |
6 | Consequences 2:58 | 77 |
7 | Real Friends 3:34 | 70 |
8 | Something's Gotta Give 3:56 | 75 |
9 | In the Dark 3:39 | 67 |
10 | Into It 2:55 | 60 |
11 | Never Be the Same (Radio Edit) 3:47 | 64 |
#3 | / | Rolling Stone |
#7 | / | Us Weekly |
#8 | / | Billboard |
#10 | / | Entertainment Weekly |
#10 | / | Refinery29 |
#10 | / | TIME |
#20 | / | Uproxx |
#25 | / | The Independent |