Published by Mason Oldridge, 25 August 2024
Former Disney star Sabrina Carpenter is all grown up and establishing herself as a pop princess.
Short n’ Sweet is her sixth studio album and concludes a summer of dominating the charts with singles Espresso and Please Please Please. However, the pop heavy focus also welcomes touches of other genres as there is a pleasing variation between tracks. Latest single Taste opens the album with a rock feel whereas Please Please Please is much more dreamy. Good Graces adopts a R&B aura before Sharpest Tool provides a more stripped back offering. Coincidence contains acoustic guitar, Bed Chem offers chilled funk vibes and lead single Espresso takes centre stage with its bubblegum pop. Dumb & Poetic flips the mood as a slow song with haunting emotion, Slim Pickins incorporates a country influence, while Juno features some sexually explicit lyrics. Lie to Girls is heavenly with some unique instrumentation before Don’t Smile closes the album nicely with its dream-like sound.
Overall, Short n’ Sweet is an album of clean production and strong vocals, a recipe for success.
8/10