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| Ew |
 'She leaves me breathless,'' sings Nick Jonas in one of the many handsome bad-love ballads on his solo debut. Yet fronting a band of studio pros (including alums of Prince's New Power Generation), the youngest JoBro rarely sounds overexerted. Beyond a pair of hopped-up ''Superstition'' rewrites, the low-key Who I Am mostly plays like Take Your Kid to Work Day at the Anaheim House of Blues. Very accomplished, vaguely surprising — and a wee bit dull. B-...full text |
| Latimes |
| Give Nick Jonas credit. Despite being a member of one of the world's most well-known brands in the Jonas Brothers, he's willing to take some risks. How else to explain this collection of well-mannered, slightly funky, adult-leaning pop? Whereas most teen artists are looking to pair up with the hottest songwriters or producers, Jonas has recruited former members of Prince's New Power Generation to back him. Which means that he means business. Unfortunately, one shouldn't go looking for a groove; the backing band isn't given nearly as big a workout here as Jonas' falsetto. The youngest Jonas sings and yelps as if he's trying to will some rock 'n' roll whiskers or has something to prove. "She'll charge you by the hour for a straight trip down to hell," he sings with grown-up gusto over a '70s funk bass on "State of Emergency." He's best when he reins it in, as he does on the lovely and unadorned "Vesper's Goodbye." But too often Jonas is 17 going on John Mayer, at least in spirit, crafting lightly adorned melodies that dip briefly into blues and soul. Despite the seeming stylistic leaps -- bar-band blues on "Conspiracy Theory," a noir-ish ballad on "In the End" and a minimalist keyboard-guitar strut on "Rose Garden" -- "Who I Am" all feels a bit tentative. Recorded, supposedly, in just two weeks, think of it as "Camp Soul." ...full text |
| Rollingstone |
| If you happen to be a young Bro of the Jo persuasion, it's understood that you sing about girls breaking your heart, just because that's what pop stars do. But even so, it's odd how Nick Jonas keeps singing about treacherous ladies. ("She'll charge you by the hour/For a straight trip down to hell" — jinkies!) Doesn't he meet any nice girls? In this side project, he's not trying to be too different from the Bros, just going for a more retro-soul vibe with a band of old Prince alumni powering nuggets like the ace Stevie Wonder hommage "State of Emergency." And the goth-piano dirge "Vesper's Goodbye" deserves to be on the next Twilight soundtrack....full text |
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