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Nine Track Mind
Standard edition cover
Studio album by Charlie Puth
Released	January 29, 2016 (2016-01-29)
Recorded	2014–2015
Genre	Pop R&B
Length	41:04
Label	Artist Partner Atlantic Otto
Producer	DJ Frank E Matt Prime J.R. Rotem Infamous Charlie Puth Breyan Isaac Jesse Shatkin Geoffro Cause Johan Carlsson Red Triangle
Charlie Puth chronology
Some Type of Love (2015) Nine Track Mind (2016) Voicenotes (2018)
Singles from Nine Track Mind
"Marvin Gaye" Released: February 10, 2015 "One Call Away" Released: August 20, 2015 "We Don't Talk Anymore" Released: May 24, 2016 "Dangerously" Released: December 2, 2016

Nine Track Mind is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Charlie Puth. It was released on January 29, 2016, by Artist Partner Group and Atlantic Records, after being scheduled to be released on November 6, 2015.

The album's lead single, "Marvin Gaye", which features Meghan Trainor, was originally released as Some Type of Love's only single on February 10, 2015, and peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100, while topping the charts in various countries including France, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. The album's second single, "One Call Away", was released on August 20, 2015, reaching number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. On May 24, 2016, Puth released the third single "We Don't Talk Anymore", featuring Selena Gomez, with it having peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. A music video for "Dangerously" was released on November 2, 2016.

Upon release, Nine Track Mind was a commercial success, debuting and peaking at number 6 on the Billboard 200 with 65,000 units. The album received negative reviews from critics, who criticized the simplistic production, overt focus on love ballads, and Puth's vocal performance. Puth himself has confessed that he was disappointed at how the album turned out.

Background

Puth first became known in 2011 for his YouTube cover of Adele's "Someone Like You", which resulted in two guest appearances on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and him signing to eleveneleven, a record label founded by Ellen DeGeneres. In 2014 and 2015, Puth was working with Wiz Khalifa on "See You Again", written for the film Furious 7 which opened in April 2015. Puth also invited Meghan Trainor to sing on his song "Marvin Gaye", released in February 2015. "Marvin Gaye" would return as the lead single of Nine Track Mind.

Release

The finalized track listing was revealed on December 11, 2015. The final track listing removed the tracks "Know Your Name" and "Hard" and replaced them with "Dangerously" and "We Don't Talk Anymore". "I Won't Tell a Soul" was also due for inclusion on the Japanese edition, but was subsequently removed. Puth embarked on his Nine Track Mind Tour in March 2016. A deluxe edition, containing three new songs, was released on November 11, 2016.

Singles and videos

"Marvin Gaye", which features American singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor, was released on February 10, 2015, as the first single from the album. "One Call Away" was announced by Puth as the second single from the album on August 4, 2015, and was released along with the pre-order of the album on August 20, 2015. On May 11, 2016, Puth announced "We Don't Talk Anymore" as the third single from the album. Selena Gomez provides vocals for the song. It impacted US contemporary hit radio on May 24, 2016. "Dangerously" was sent to Italian radios as the fourth and final single from the album on December 2, 2016. A music video for the song was released on November 2, 2016.

A music video was released on February 19, 2016, to the remix version of "Suffer", directed by Austin Starrett Winchell.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	37/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Entertainment Weekly	C+
The Guardian
Idolator
Newsday	B−
The Observer
Pitchfork	2.5/10
Q
Spin	3/10
Toronto Sun	2.5/5

Nine Track Mind received negative reviews from music critics, who were critical of the album's writing, production, and Puth's overall performance. On Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 based on reviews from mainstream critics, the album gained an average score of 37, based on seven reviews, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews," making it the 15th-lowest critic-reviewed album on the site.

The Guardian's Rachel Aroesti gave Nine Track Mind three out of five stars, saying, "the standard of his songwriting is consistently high, and his central theme — romantic obsession that verges on the masochistic — makes for a record that softly burns." In a negative review for Pitchfork, Jia Tolentino — recognizing Puth's talent and "considerable abilities" — criticized the album for sounding juvenile, and wrote that "the album's emotional range covers the spectrum from light longing to light infatuation, contributing to the overall sense that Nine Track Mind is aimed exclusively at hairlessness: children, prepubescents, the discomfitingly waxed." Spin wrote that "The most standout feature of Nine Track Mind might be its rhythmic consistency, an exercise in deceleration.... inoffensive dross". AllMusic criticized the singer's performances and the album's production, stating that "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".

Track listing

Notes:

• signifies a co-producer.
• signifies an additional producer.
• "Losing My Mind" contains elements of Vera Hall's song "Wild Ox Moan".

Personnel

Musicians

• Charlie Puth – lead vocals, programming (all tracks); background vocals (9)
• Luke Potashnick – drums, guitar (1)
• Joseph Kupiers – cello (2)
• Juan Chaves – conductor (2)
• Nick Seeley – strings (2)
• Emily Williams – viola (2)
• Mark Landson – viola, violin (2)
• Elizabeth Elsner – violin (2)
• Miika Gregg – violin (2)
• Veronica Gan – violin (2)
• Kaveh Rastegar – bass guitar (3)
• Asaf Rodeh – guitar (5)
• Jesse Shatkin – bass guitar, drum programming, synthesizer (7)
• Franck Van der Heijden – conductor, orchestra arrangement (7)
• Giorgio Tuinfort – orchestra arrangement (7)
• Riciotti Ensemble – orchestra (7)
• Johan Carlsson – acoustic guitar, background vocals, guitar, piano, programming, synthesizer, tambourine (9)
• Ross Golan – background vocals (9)
• David Bukovinszky – cello (9)
• Mattias Bylund – strings (9)
• Mattias Johansson – violin (9)
• George Tizzard – additional vocals, drums, keyboards (11)
• Rick Parkhouse – additional vocals, programming (11)
• Jack Martello – background vocals (11)

Technical

• Dave Kutch – mastering
• Manny Marroquin – mixing
• Charlie Puth – recording (1, 2, 4–6, 8, 10, 12), additional engineering (7)
• DJ Frank E – recording (1)
• Matt Prime – recording (1)
• Ryan Gladieux – recording (3), additional engineering (8)
• Paul Pauwer – recording (7)
• Alex HeMe Toval – recording (11)
• Rick Parkhouse – recording (11)
• Samuel Kalanjjian – engineering (2)
• Cory Bice – engineering (9)
• Sam Holland – engineering (9)
• Marcus van Wattum – editing (7)
• Chris Galland – mixing assistance
• Ike Schultz – mixing assistance
• Jaime Wosk – additional engineering (7)
• Mattias Bylund – additional engineering (9)

Charts

Certifications

Release history

Notes

1. The Riciotti Ensemble includes Bram Faber, David Faber, Diewertje Wanders, Floorje Beljon, Ian de Jong, Jozien Jansen, Judith van Driel, Kasper Stern, Loes Dooren, Lotte de Vries, Mark Mulder, Marleen Wester, Sofie van der Pol, Stijn Brinkman, and Tseroeja van den Bos.

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• 2016 debut albums
• Albums produced by Johan Carlsson
• Albums produced by J. R. Rotem
• Albums produced by Jesse Shatkin
• Atlantic Records albums
• Charlie Puth albums