• 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. Negative: 12 out of 77
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  1. Jun 14, 2016
    1
    Wow. It looks like a lot of "artists" these days don't even try writing lyrics anymore. Every song is about the same subject (guess what?).
    As for the melody. All songs are pretty much the same here too.
  2. Jun 13, 2016
    1
    I was rooting for you Nick... all the song sound the same, this is why i just like two song. In my opinion still better than Lovato, and that tour will be lit if you dont sing EVERY SINGLE SONG like you were suffering... god damn, anyway it could be better
  3. Jun 14, 2016
    1
    Honestly this album is not really good. Close is fun but the rest is basic. Pretty sad! I expected more! Nick Jonas has potentiel, I wish he would be experimental and open to new sounds
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68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.