Camila
| Camila Cabello
Camila
Camila (stylized as CAMILA) is the eponymous debut studio album by Cuban-American singer Camila Cabello. It was released on January 12, 2018, through Epic Records, Syco and Sony Music. Work on the album began in January 2017, following Cabello's departure from Fifth Harmony, with whom she had released two studio albums and one EP. The project was initially announced as The Hurting. The Healing. The Loving. but was later changed to simply Camila. Primarily a pop record, it incorporates elements of Latin music and R&B. The album was executive-produced by Frank Dukes, with additional work from Skrillex and The Futuristics, among others. Cabello also worked with artists such as Sia Furler, Charli XCX, and Ed Sheeran on tracks that were later scrapped. The debut LP also features Young Thug on the hit song and first single Havana. Camila has been met with positive reviews from contemporary music critics, most of whom commended the Latin influences and ballads featured. -Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
The former Fifth Harmony member’s debut solo album is largely successful at capturing her charismatic flair. Anchored by the wonderful “Havana,” it shines especially when it's light and breezy.
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Rolling Stone
Camila Cabello Eschews Bangers on Personal, Low-Key Solo Album
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Billboard
The spectrum of emotions and sounds on Camila is commendable -- and whether the album earns Cabello another massive hit, the 20-year-old can rest assured that she’s created a piece of work that’s a dynamic solo career launch pad.
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NME
The ex-Fifth Harmony member absolutely nails it on her debut solo album
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The Guardian
Camila Cabello: Camila review – tuneful and unexpectedly nuanced
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Variety
If Cabello hasn’t turned out to be the domineering force of nature we imagined when she shook up Fifth Harmony, there’s as much to be said for a relatable sense of delight as a knack for disruption.
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Atwood Magazine
Camila Cabello’s debut album ‘Camila‘ showcases her vulnerability, her liberation, and her Latin heritage through soaring, raw vocals and a youthful, mature demeanor.
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Independent
The songs on Camila Cabello's debut solo album are lyrically introspective, but also reveal a liberated young singer who is ready for the next step in her career.
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USA Today
Coming in at a blessedly lean 10 tracks and 30 minutes, Camila is a vibrant blend of sounds and styles, bolstered by a reliable stable of hit songwriters and producers including OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder and Frank Dukes (whose credits run the gamut from Lorde's Green Light to Post Malone's Congratulations).
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Inquire
All in all, ‘Camila’ is a strong, multi-layered debut record that combines a personal look into the artist’s past, and character, while still being relatable to listeners.
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Black Squirrel Radio
Pop has seem to be a more simplistic genre, but Camila’s first album proved otherwise.
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AllMusic
Ultimately, Camila is a refreshing debut that makes good on Cabello's flight to pop freedom with songs that feel like they were borne out her own life experience and artistic point of view.
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The Atlantic
The Fifth Harmony ex-member’s solo debut reconciles singalong fun with the hazy, reserved mood that has ruled the charts lately.
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The Diamondback
With Camila, Cabello has already made her mark on pop music and, at only 20 years old, she's just getting started
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RTE
Camila is a well-judged mix of upbeat pop and lovelorn balladeering that tickles all the right boxes. Fifth who?
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The Mancunion
Leaving American girl-group Fifth Harmony in December 2016, Camila Cabello shows she is more than capable of going alone with her honest, heart-wrenching debut album.
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The Telegraph
The distinguishing characteristic of Camila is a lovely lightness of touch.
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The Daily Nebraskan
Camila Cabello’s debut solo album shines with various sounds
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ABC News
“Camila” isn’t quite the first show-stopper of 2018 but it does show an immense amount of promise for Cabello’s future. She is a budding force.
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Newsday
Former Fifth Harmony singer makes surprisingly powerful solo debut.
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Star2.com
‘Camila’: Camila Cabello is sexy and sensational on debut album.
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Entertainment Weekly
If the Harmony era ended with a bang, Camila lands with something much more like a whisper.
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The Sentry
Cabello is telling her side of the Fifth Harmony split and her experiences in pop music, which she has done before with previous singles; however, Camila is set apart from these efforts thanks to its blend of cultural influences and raw, emotionally sophisticated songs.
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Financial Times
The unforced style suits Cabello’s smoky, charming voice. With a minimum of fuss, the girl group past has been jettisoned.
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Spectrum Culture
Camila is such a rush-job, but it’s understandable.
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Vulture
What’s clear after the release of Camila Cabello’s debut solo album, Camila, is that performing at center stage was always the 20-year-old singer’s destiny.
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The Columbia Chronicle
- after listening to the entire album, I was pleasantly surprised to hear Cabello pull away from her pop roots to explore a more acoustic sound.
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Amnplify
Camila is without doubt on point with this album as her vocals and flexibility demonstrate a refreshing and much needed addition to the pop scene.
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BIMM Life
It’s sometimes hard to remember this is a debut album as it sounds like the work of a much more experienced and mature artist, filled with both ballads and fast up-beat songs.
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Off The Record USA
The writing is strong and sound like passages out a journal or diary. The music really enhances her voice, the message she is trying to tell and shows off her Cuban roots with the more upbeat/dance filled songs.
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Popcrush
To boot, it’s the first must-listen pop album of 2018. It drips with mainstream appeal — we can pretty much guarantee you’ll be blasting tracks from Camila deep into summer.
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Cryptic Rock
A delightful, refreshing entry to modern Pop.
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We Plug Good Music
Camila Cabello embodies the power of the 21st century woman, who we all love to listen to, but who has a more a sentimental side in her R&B offering, if we listen to her songs with the proper attention.
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Refinery29
On the whole, the picture Cabello draws is intimate and well-edited.
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The 405
Cabello is finding her footing, and with more swings than misses here, the album signals a hopeful future for a fledgling pop giant.
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The National
Cabello is redefining the pop genre and her legions of fans are warming well to the material.
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Us Weekly
Camila Cabello Takes Charge on Her ‘Vibrant’ Debut Solo Album ‘Camila’
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New Zealand Herald
If this is Cabello finding her feet, there's no knowing where she'll go next.
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Metro
Camila Cabello’s debut album proves that she was more than ready to go solo.
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The Courier
It may not be the party-filled fun that you were expecting from Camila Cabello but there is little to fault with Camila.
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Time
Camila Cabello Shines in Her Solo Act on Camila
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Unherd
“Camila” follows months of experimenting with various styles to feel out what Cabello’s solo work would be, and the resulting singles came off like blindfolded dart-throwing.
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Affinity Magazine
Overall, Camila is a promising self-debut pop album that successfully helps distinguish herself from the rest of the female pop pack.
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Telegram
There’s not a bum cut on the album.
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The Pop Break
Camila by Camila Cabello is a solid album full of heart, passion, and truth.
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Soundlink Magazine
Overall, Camila is a solid pop album from a promising young star.
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Arena
Cabello's first impression as a solo artist is without a doubt a success-- and definitely a game changer in the pop world.
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YoungPost
A year after her controversial departure from pop megastars Fifth Harmony, Camila Cabello has released her debut solo album, Camila. It really doesn’t live up to the hype.
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The Daily Listening
Adding in elements of the singer’s Latin roots with a blend of pop and R&B, we couldn’t ask for a better debut solo effort from this budding songstress than Camila. Watch out, world.
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AXS
Camila is not only one of the best pop records of the year (so far), but one can easily make the claim that this LP is one of the best pop records ever recorded.
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The Tower
Camila is a good piece of pop that is easy to listen to and sticks around after you’re done.
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Redbrick
What Camila Cabello has produced at the tender age of 20 is impressive.
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Stingray
All in all, Camila slays her first album and hits hard. It’s catchy, heartbreaking, fun, light, gentle, and sexy all at once.
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The Ringer
Camila is full of pleasant surprises, most of them more subtle than showy
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The Kelly Alexander Show
Cabello is talented, Camila is a good album, and that’s all there is to say about that.
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The Herald Sun
While Fifth Harmony try on any genre that might get them a hit, Cabello has found her sound for her debut album. It’s more bedroom than club, more ballad than banger.
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The Daily Orange
While I do think that this album might not ‘wow’ everybody, I think it’s a perfect starting point for her — it will be successful, but there’s also room for growth.
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Fansided
Overall, we are really loving this album and the sound that Camila has gone for with her solo career.
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The Musical Hype
There is nothing bad about this album in the least – no fatal miscues.
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Salute
Cabello manages to breathe star power into each of Camila’s songs. That in itself makes it one of the best pure mainstream records to come along in some time.
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The Sun
The singer's inaugural turn is clever and packed with emotion, proving her decision to quit the band 13 months ago was the right one.
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Est. 1997
Despite the lengthy start-stop-go build up, Camila stays on the safe side. She doesn’t step far outside her comfort zone or tackle areas her contemporaries (Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, and co.) haven’t already mastered.
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Celeb Mix
As a whole, Camila shines just as bright as the pint-sized pop-star, further proving not only can Cabello stand her own ground in the business, but is merely getting started.
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The Ratings Game
Everything about it sounds organic/real, which is why I think people will leech on to it.
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Tree Fingers
Overall, I’m just a little underwhelmed by this. I feel like in order to capitalise on the gargantuan success of Havana, Camila and her team just decided to go the really safe route for her debut, and the result ended up being a little too tame for my tastes.
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Collegio
I think Camila Cabello has the potential to become the voice of a Latin American experience, at least I hope so.
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Press Play OK
Does Camila Cabello do anything new? Not at all, but that doesn’t stop this album being great fun and a pleasant surprise for everyone willing a clearly talented young lady to fail.
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Maroon Weekly
The album showcases her versatility and ability to effortlessly switch between styles. It was disappointing to see the lack of artist collaborations in the album, but, nevertheless, Cabello is an artist to watch in 2018.
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The Fresh Committee
It is far from the worst album you’ll hear this winter, but it also is nothing to write home about either.
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The Red and Black
Cabello’s new album is full of fresh-sounding music, and each of her songs show a little bit of her vulnerability.
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The Oswegonian
Despite the imitations, Camila offers a pretty good snapshot into the sounds of pop music
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Her Campus
Overall, this is a great debut album where Camila lets people know the real her.
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Music Mayhem Magazine
Camila puts her foot down with confidence in her new album, stunning her fans, as well as the newly acquired ones, including myself.
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The Otago Daily Times
It’s ebullience offsets the generic patchiness, showcasing an artist completely at ease striking out on her own.
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News Whistle
Camila is not background music. It’s not wallpaper or a plug-in air freshener. She is demanding forty minutes of your time, and it is a good idea to give it to her.
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Knox News
“Camila” isn’t amazing - her range is limited and the themes are often rote – but it’s satisfying. And considering Cabello is still only 20, it’s a great starting point to watch her grow.
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