High expectations

"'High Expectations' is a solid album, with some extraordinarily good pop songs on it (it's no surprise that 'Don't Call Me Up' has been successful globally), yet it just feels like something's missing. Mabel's gorgeous silky vocals soar, the glossy production is stellar, but the exuberance and effervescent attitude that make tunes like 'Don't Call Me Up' so brilliant aren't found throughout".

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"Eschewing the artiness of her uber-cool heritage, Mabel serves up dizzying chart-friendly pop and R&B on her debut album ... The road on which sweet-natured, retro-tinged emotional soul-pop runs is short. The stuff made from trap beats, tropical breezes and a little lubriciousness opens up a vast highway. And that's the road Mabel is travelling".

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"On her undeniably hit-making debut, the daughter of Neneh Cherry sings `I'm not a people pleaser' over backings intent on pleasing as many as possible ... As it is, you're left with a solid, well-made pop album that occasionally hints its maker might be more interesting and individual: time will show if that's the case, but the immediate future seems secure".

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