Nine Track Mind

by Charlie Puth

Overview

The title suggests our singer/songwriter can't be confined to any one lane -- that his mind moves so fast, it doesn't run on one track but nine. For all this bluster, Charlie Puth essentially has two modes on his 2016 debut: balladeer and song-and-dance man. If the latter doesn't surface as often as the former, it nevertheless rules the roost on Nine Track Mind because in the bottom of his heart, Puth is a music theater kid chomping at the bit to put on a snazzy show. He keeps things a little subdued -- his schtick is that he's sensitive, feeling everything a little bit too deeply, even the death of Paul Walker, as he did on the Fast and Furious hit "See You Again," where he tackled the weepier elements Wiz Khalifa dared not touch. That's the single that put Puth on the charts and he followed it by pairing with Meghan Trainor on "Marvin Gaye," a song that suggested neither singer ever heard Gaye nor Motown but were inordinately fond of Glee. A common thread in these singles? Puth was the second banana, happily ceding the spotlight to another act who bowls him over with charisma, a situation that happens yet again on "We Don't Talk Anymore," where the pretty plainness of Selena Gomez seems as brassy as Ariana Grande when compared to Puth's manicured sincerity. Vulnerability is often an asset to singers, particularly in matters concerning love, but Puth's problem is that he feels stage-managed; you can sense him hitting his marks. This isn't merely a problem in the performance. Such fussiness extends to his compositions, which seem to mimic the idea of genuine emotions instead of delivering them, something that would be infuriating if Puth didn't just disappear into his immaculate surroundings, a fading ghost on his own album. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	01/29/2016
Label:	Atlantic
UPC:	0075678667695

Tracks

1. One Call Away
2. Dangerously
3. Marvin Gaye
4. Losing My Mind
5. We Don't Talk Anymore
6. My Gospel
7. Up All Night
8. Left Right Left
9. Then There's You
10. Suffer
11. As You Are
12. Some Type of Love

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Charlie Puth   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Wiz Kalifah   Primary Artist
Wiz Khalifa   Primary Artist,Vocals
Meghan Trainor   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Shy Carter   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Johan Carlsson   Synthesizer,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background),Piano,Guitar,Tambourine
David Bukovinszky   Cello
George Tizzard   Drums,Vocals,Keyboards
Floortje Beljon   Orchestra
Asaf Rodeh   Guitar
Veronica Gan   Violin
Diewertje Wanders   Orchestra
Ian De Jong   Orchestra
Loes Dooren   Orchestra
Marleen Wester   Orchestra
Tseroeja Van Den Bos   Orchestra
Jake Broido   Vocals (Background)
Aton Ben-Horin   Vocals (Background)
Latoya Lee   Vocals (Background)
Bram Faber   Orchestra
Jozien Jansen   Orchestra
Sofie Van Der Pol   Orchestra
Stijn Brinkman   Orchestra
Milka Gragg   Violin
Joseph Kuipers   Cello
Miika Gregg   Violin
Ricciotti Ensemble   Orchestra
Elizabeth Elsner   Violin
Jack Martello   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Kasper Stern   Orchestra
Lotte de Vries   Orchestra
David Faber   Orchestra
Franck van der Heijden   Conductor
Mark Landson   Viola,Violin
Juan Chaves   Conductor
Mattias Johansson   Violin
Emily Williams   Viola
Ross Golan   Vocals (Background)
Mattias Bylund   Strings
Rick Parkhouse   Rhythm,Vocals
Luke Potashnick   Drums,Guitar
Selena Gomez   Featured Artist
Jesse Shatkin   Bass,Synthesizer
Judith Van Driel   Orchestra
Mark Mulder   Orchestra
Nick Seeley   Strings
Kaveh Rastegar   Guitar,Guitar (Bass)

Technical Credits

Johan Carlsson   Programming,Vocal Producer,Composer,Producer
Breyan Isaac   Composer,Producer
George Tizzard   Composer
Jonathan Rotem   Composer,Producer
Ben Maddahi   A&R
Giorgio Tunifort   Composer
Alexander Izquierdo   Composer
James Abrahart   Composer
Red Triangle   Producer
William Lobban-Bean   Composer
Breyan Stanley Isaac   Composer
David Brook   Composer
Geoffro Cause   Composer,Producer
Ike Schultz   Mixing Engineer
Charles Bergmann   A&R Assistance
Miles Beard   A&R
Paul Pauwer   Engineer,Recording
Vara Hall   Composer
Samuel Kalanjjian   Engineer
Giorgio Tuinfort   Arranger,Composer
Manny Marroquin   Mixing
Dwayne Carter   Composer
Andrew Cedar   Composer,Producer
Charlie Puth   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Recording,Programming
Marc E. Bassy   Composer
Ryan Gladieux   Engineer,Recording
Nick Production   Producer
Alex Toval   Recording
Paris Jones   Composer
Dionee Harper   Product Manager
Jack Martello   Composer
Jaime Wosk   Engineer
Chris Galland   Mixing Engineer
Jacob Kasher   Composer
Samuel Kalandjian   Engineer
Neal H. Moritz   Executive Producer
Franck van der Heijden   Arranger
David Kutch   Mastering
Jacob Luttrell   Composer
Matt Prime   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Recording,Additional Production
Priscilla Renea   Composer
Sam Holland   Engineer
Ruby Tartt   Composer
Shy Carter   Composer
Maureen McDonald   Composer
Peter Karlsson   Producer,Vocal Producer
Piper Ferguson   Photography
Kevin Weaver   Producer
Bonnie McKee   Composer
Ross Golan   Composer
Mattias Bylund   Editing,Recording,String Engineer
Josh Kear   Composer
Rick Parkhouse   Arranger,Composer,Engineer,Recording,Programming
Mike Caren   A&R,Producer
Thomas Troelson   Composer
Selena Gomez   Composer
Jesse Shatkin   Engineer,Producer,Drum Programming
Carolyn Tracey   Package Production
Cameron Thomaz   Composer
DJ Frank E   Composer,Producer,Recording
Justin Franks   Composer,Engineer,Producer
Aryanna Platt   A&R
Infamous   Composer,Producer,Composer,Producer
Cory Bice   Engineer
Blake Carter   Composer
Danny Schofield   Composer
Alex Heme Toval   Engineer,Recording
Marcus Van Wattum   Editing
Nick Seeley   Composer,Producer,String Arrangements
Chris Athens   Mastering
Vera Hall   Composer
Lil Wayne   Composer
Julie Frost   Composer
Thomas Troelsen   Composer
J.R. Rotem   Producer