Shawn Mendes Shawn Mendes (Standard Edition) Doo Wop Other covers include Velvet Underground's

Other covers include Velvet Underground's "I Found a Reason" and an autoharp setting of "Sea of Love

In contrast

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The organ-laced "Arnold Layne

" the silky groove of "Holding on to You

Shawn Mendes Shawn Mendes (Standard Edition) Doo Wop Other covers include Velvet Underground'sPicking up the thread left dangling from 2016's Illuminate, Shawn Mendes decides to create an even more fashionable set of soulful pop on his eponymous 2018 album. Mendes remains a quivering adolescent presence he was still 19 years old when this album saw release but his self titled record is assured and quietly confident in a way that suggests he has his adulthood on his mind. He doesn't abandon the soft focus soul that turned "Stitches" into a