This Is How You Smile
# This Is How You Smile

Professional ratings :

| Aggregate scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.6/10 |
| Metacritic | 82/100 |
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Exclaim! | 8/10 |
| Loud and Quiet | 7/10 |
| Pitchfork | 8.5/10 |
| PopMatters | 7/10 |
| Spectrum Culture | |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | 4/5 |
| Uncut | 7/10 |
| Under the Radar | 7.5/10 |

This Is How You Smile is the sixth studio album by American musician Helado Negro. It was released in March 2019 under RVNG Intl.

## Critical reception

In a year-end essay for Slate, Ann Powers cited This Is How You Smile as proof that the album era format is not dead in 2019 but rather undergoing a "metamorphosis", with artists such as Negro utilizing the concept album through the culturally-relevant autobiographical narratives, which in this case is a "bilingual love letter to his family".

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Roberto Carlos Lange.

## Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes and AllMusic.

* Roberto Carlos Lange – vocals, Casio MT-30, electric banjo, electronic percussion, classical guitar, electric guitar, Juno, Korg synthesizer, Moog synthesizer, noise, ondes, Roland Juno-6, vibraphone, field recording, recording, mixing, engineering
* Adron – vocals
* Raquel Berrios – vocals
* Luis del Valle – vocals
* Nene Humphrey – vocals
* Ela Minus – vocals
* Victoria Ruiz – vocals
* Xenia Rubinos – vocals
* Kristi Sword – echo, footsteps, whistle
* Matthew Crum – guitar, bass
* Keith Reynaud – guitar
* Owen Stewart-Robertson – guitar
* Jenn Wasner – guitar
* Sufjan Stevens – piano
* Bryan Abdul Collins – synthesizer
* Chris Devoe – synthesizer
* Oliver Hill – viola, violin
* Jason Trammell – drums
* Joe Westerlund – drums
* Jason Nazary – drums
* Jay Wynne – drums
* Tim Barnes – percussion
* Andy Stack – steel pan
* Jason Ajemian – bass
* Logan Coale – bass
* Nick Sanborn – synthesizer arrangements, writer
* Aquiles Navarro – trumpet
* Angela Morris – saxophone
* Nathaniel Morgan – saxophone
* Jean Cook – field recording
* Michael Kaufmann – field recording
* Isaac Lekach – field recording
* Matana Roberts – field recording
* Matt Werth – field recording
* Rachel Alina – mastering
* Anna Grothe-Shive – photography
* Will Work For Good – design
* Michelle Grinser – lacquer cut
