Released on Christmas Eve, 2013, Justin Bieber’s “Journals” album, at least by some critic standards, is not thought to be his best work. Personally, I have no opinion, not being much of a Justin Bieber fan. I do enjoy some of his songs but have never listened all the way through any of his albums. One critic, writing an AXS.com ranked it fifth out of 10 and called it “musically experimental”.
The critic gave Bieber credit for “stepping well outside his comfort zone and dabbling in significantly more provocative material”. He then went on to say, “it was a nice bridge from the bubble-gum pop of his youth into a more mature R&B performance”.