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Aug 23, 2024An album that not only establishes Carpenter as a multifaceted singer, but also multidimensional superstar.
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Sep 6, 2024With 2024's Short n' Sweet, Sabrina Carpenter reintroduces herself on an instant classic summer album of stylishly fun, smartly-executed pop.
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Sep 5, 2024Short n’ Sweet abounds with Sabrina Carpenter’s sly innuendo, a contrast to the cartoonish flair of Katy Perry. .... Swift’s Speak Now is a sister album to Short n’ Sweet.
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Sep 5, 2024Even on ‘Short n’ Sweet’’s less standout moments, Sabrina is still the spicy kick at its centre, ready to deliver a cheeky wink at every turn.
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Aug 26, 2024A smart, funny, cheerfully merciless catalog of bad boyfriend behavior and the deceptions and rationalizations that enable it. Carpenter mostly smiles and winks her way through songs that recognize the irrational power of lust, but deftly twist the knife on cheaters and hypocrites.
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Aug 26, 2024Short n’ Sweet seals her arrival as a pop superstar. “Espresso” and “Please Please Please” are two of the highlights, but they’re not even the best tunes here. That honor goes to the future karaoke classic “Lie to Girls.”
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Aug 26, 2024Surprising flashes of wit make the competently crafted Short n’ Sweet much more than just a polished slice of pop.
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Aug 26, 2024Musically, Carpenter mostly finds that niche she’s been searching for, getting comfortable in a country-pop groove on the likes of ‘Coincidence’ and ‘Please Please Please’, or nailing frothy pop bops like ‘Taste’ and ‘Juno’.
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Aug 26, 2024If the sound of Short n’ Sweet is occasionally fuzzy, its sense of humor is diamond-sharp.
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Aug 23, 2024The whole thing is delightfully caffeinated: Short n’ Sweet is full of hiss and steam, grinding gears and deep kicks beneath the shining chrome surfaces.
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Aug 23, 2024Espresso shot Carpenter into the spotlight, but Short n’ Sweet shows she is here for the long haul.
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Aug 28, 2024Though Short n' Sweet falls a few inches short of the masterful pop its singles suggested it could be, it's buoyed up by its incredibly high highs, and establishes Carpenter's identity in a pop landscape saturated with next-main-pop-girl hopefuls.
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Aug 26, 2024Occasionally you get the impression that she’s trying a bit too hard – Bed Chem attempts to make a filthy pun on the word ‘camaraderie’ that trips up over its own unwieldiness. However, there’s a lot to enjoy, even love, on Short N’ Sweet.
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Aug 23, 2024‘Short n’ Sweet’ as a whole is a little less addictive than its lead single, and a little less sensitive than its predecessor, but it’s a solid entry into the Sabrina canon, with plenty of potential to sneak up on you with a gut-punch should you ever find yourself relating to it.
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Aug 26, 2024Short n’ Sweet is front-loaded, and the first song is by far the best.
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Aug 23, 2024Short n’ Sweet may arrive at the right time for her, but it’s often too tame, too comfy and untidy – a designated mainstream rather than artistic breakthrough.
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Aug 26, 2024‘Espresso’/‘Please Please Please’ are each strong enough in their own respective ways to carry Sabrina to stardom and keep her there for years to come. It’s just a shame that the rest of this record couldn’t live up to those efforts, because anything worthwhile to be gleaned from this particular era of Sabrina Carpenter’s career has already been out and heard a hundred times over.