Maureen (album)

Maureen is the third studio album by German recording artist Joy Denalane.

Incorporating neo soul, R&B and hip hop styles, it features production and songwriting credits from Steve McKie, Anthony Bell, Kahedi, Paul "Gooch" Cantor, Bilal and Denalane's husband Max Herre.

Upon its release, Maureen earned a mixed response from critics who complimented its production but found that the album lacked depth.

She concluded that "even if there is objectively nothing wrong with this record, the spark in the overall package doesn't really jump over.

"[1] Frank Lähnemann from the German edition of Rolling Stone praised the album's technical as well as Denalane's vocal performance on Maureen but noted that the album left him "unemotional," writing: "Here I only feel cold and strangeness, as if I were leafing through the advice pages of Cosmopolitan.