''Big Boy'' is the first EP from the Quebec singer Charlotte Cardin, released in 2016. Cardin toured in support of the EP around Canada and the United States in 2017.

Critical reception

According to ''Unsung Sundays'', Cardin's voice on ''Big Boy'' is "impeccable" and brings a "sensual" touch to the "French jazz-influenced pop EP", which they also called "delightfully minimal" as well as "single-minded and focused". The instrumentation is referred to as "dripping with atmosphere, and oozing with sensuality." ''Unsung Sundays'' also wrote that "the production on the record is deceiving, because it sounds bigger than it is", also commenting that "there isn't a hint of autotune" in Cardin's voice. Stephen Carlick from ''

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'' believed songs such as "Like it Doesn't Hurt" are "a masterful display of songwriting", referring to Cardin's voice as "smoky, billowing nd soundingeffortless but angingthick in the air". Carlick felt that "Dirty Dirty" "evokes Amy Winehouse" and "Faufile", a French song, is a "powerful, straightforward ballad", but also wrote that the title track "Big Boy" "proves the weakest cut here" and "out-of-time" amongst the other songs presented."Big Boy - EP on Exclaim!"
July 13, 2016.

Track listing

Charts

References

2016 EPs Charlotte Cardin albums {{2010s-jazz-album-stub