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Carly Rae Jepsen was nearly a victim of her own success. Her breakthrough single "Call Me Maybe" wasn't just big -- it was one of 2012's definitive songs, with a presence so massive that it overshadowed just how good Kiss, the album that housed it, was. After taking time to regroup, Jepsen returns with E-MO-TION, another set of songs that are better than the average Top 40 hit. While nothing here is as instantly striking as "Call Me Maybe," the album gives the impulsive sweetness of her big hit some perspective. If Kiss was the sound of first love and first heartbreak, then E-MO-TION captures how heady the ups and downs of crushes can be the third or fourth time around. For every head-over-heels declaration like "Run Away with Me," there's a song such as "I Really Like You," a smaller-scale outburst where Jepsen acknowledges "this isn't love." This sophistication extends to the music; where Kiss suggested several potential directions, E-MO-TION presents a more unified front. A-list songwriters and producers including Sia, Devonté Hynes, Ariel Rechtshaid, Shellback, and Greg Kurstin help her focus Kiss' effervescence into a cohesive sound that is somehow even more '80s-influenced. The slap bass and crystalline synths on "All That" turn it into a seemingly long-lost slow jam, while Rechtshaid's unabashedly glossy production on "When I Needed You" reflects how big an impact his work with HAIM had on the 2010s pop landscape. Jepsen gets more adventurous on the album's second half, teaming with Sia to bring newfound drama to "Making the Most of the Night" and with Rostam Batmanglij and Tegan and Sara on "Warm Blood," one of E-MO-TION's most contemporary-sounding tracks. Jepsen said she drew inspiration for the album from Cyndi Lauper and Robyn, both of whom excel at sounding exuberant and yearning at the same time. Like those artists, Jepsen is at her finest when she lets her sparkly facades crumble a little with vulnerable lyrics. The excellent "Your Type" is so deftly self-deprecating and catchy that it could actually be a Robyn song, while the title track and "Boy Problems" capture longing and heartache in ways that feel like they were written for everyone's inner junior high schooler. An even stronger album than Kiss, E-MO-TION's equally stylish and earnest songs helped establish Jepsen as one of the most consistently winning pop artists of the 2010s
© Heather Phares /TiVo
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Shellback, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Holter, ComposerLyricist - Mattias Larsson, ComposerLyricist - Robin Fredriksson, ComposerLyricist - Carly Rae Jepsen, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jonnali Parmenius, ComposerLyricist - Mattman & Robin, Producer
℗ 2015 School Boy/Interscope Records
Nate Campany, ComposerLyricist - Ben Romans, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Carly Rae Jepsen, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Christopher J Baran, ComposerLyricist - CJ Baran, Producer
℗ 2015 School Boy/Interscope Records
Peter Svensson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jacob Kasher, ComposerLyricist - Carly Rae Jepsen, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 School Boy/Interscope Records
Shellback, Producer - Mattias Larsson, ComposerLyricist - Robin Fredriksson, ComposerLyricist - Carly Rae Jepsen, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Mattman & Robin, Producer
℗ 2015 School Boy/Interscope Records
Ariel Rechtshaid, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Devonte Hynes, Producer - Dev Hynes, ComposerLyricist - Carly Rae Jepsen, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 School Boy/Interscope Records
Greg Kurstin, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Sia Furler, ComposerLyricist - Carly Rae Jepsen, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tavish Crowe, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 School Boy/Interscope Records
Sam Dixon, ComposerLyricist - Sia Furler, ComposerLyricist - Danielle Haim, ComposerLyricist - Emre Ramazanoglu, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Carly Rae Jepsen, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - E. Haim, ComposerLyricist - A. Haim, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 School Boy/Interscope Records
Carl Falk, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Wayne Hector, ComposerLyricist - Rami Yacoub, ComposerLyricist - Ben Romans, Producer - Carly Rae Jepsen, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tavish Crowe, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 School Boy/Interscope Records
Ben Romans, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Carly Rae Jepsen, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Christopher J Baran, ComposerLyricist - CJ Baran, Producer
℗ 2015 School Boy/Interscope Records
Carly Rae Jepsen, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Stint, Producer - Ajay Bhattacharyya, ComposerLyricist - Zachary Gray, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 School Boy/Interscope Records
Rostam Batmanglij, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Carly Rae Jepsen, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Joe Cruz, ComposerLyricist - Agostino Tino Zolfo, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 School Boy/Interscope Records
Nate Campany, ComposerLyricist - Ariel Rechtshaid, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Carly Rae Jepsen, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tavish Crowe, ComposerLyricist - Daniel Nigro, Producer, Additional Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 School Boy/Interscope Records
Greg Wells, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Evan "Kidd" Bogart, ComposerLyricist - Carly Rae Jepsen, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 School Boy/Interscope Records
Lukas Hilbert, ComposerLyricist - Wouter Janssen, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Carly Rae Jepsen, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Joe Cruz, ComposerLyricist - LULOU, Producer - Agostino Tino Zolfo, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 School Boy/Interscope Records
Shellback, Producer - Mattias Larsson, ComposerLyricist - Robin Fredriksson, ComposerLyricist - Carly Rae Jepsen, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tavish Crowe, ComposerLyricist - Mattman & Robin, Producer
℗ 2015 School Boy/Interscope Records
Album review
Carly Rae Jepsen was nearly a victim of her own success. Her breakthrough single "Call Me Maybe" wasn't just big -- it was one of 2012's definitive songs, with a presence so massive that it overshadowed just how good Kiss, the album that housed it, was. After taking time to regroup, Jepsen returns with E-MO-TION, another set of songs that are better than the average Top 40 hit. While nothing here is as instantly striking as "Call Me Maybe," the album gives the impulsive sweetness of her big hit some perspective. If Kiss was the sound of first love and first heartbreak, then E-MO-TION captures how heady the ups and downs of crushes can be the third or fourth time around. For every head-over-heels declaration like "Run Away with Me," there's a song such as "I Really Like You," a smaller-scale outburst where Jepsen acknowledges "this isn't love." This sophistication extends to the music; where Kiss suggested several potential directions, E-MO-TION presents a more unified front. A-list songwriters and producers including Sia, Devonté Hynes, Ariel Rechtshaid, Shellback, and Greg Kurstin help her focus Kiss' effervescence into a cohesive sound that is somehow even more '80s-influenced. The slap bass and crystalline synths on "All That" turn it into a seemingly long-lost slow jam, while Rechtshaid's unabashedly glossy production on "When I Needed You" reflects how big an impact his work with HAIM had on the 2010s pop landscape. Jepsen gets more adventurous on the album's second half, teaming with Sia to bring newfound drama to "Making the Most of the Night" and with Rostam Batmanglij and Tegan and Sara on "Warm Blood," one of E-MO-TION's most contemporary-sounding tracks. Jepsen said she drew inspiration for the album from Cyndi Lauper and Robyn, both of whom excel at sounding exuberant and yearning at the same time. Like those artists, Jepsen is at her finest when she lets her sparkly facades crumble a little with vulnerable lyrics. The excellent "Your Type" is so deftly self-deprecating and catchy that it could actually be a Robyn song, while the title track and "Boy Problems" capture longing and heartache in ways that feel like they were written for everyone's inner junior high schooler. An even stronger album than Kiss, E-MO-TION's equally stylish and earnest songs helped establish Jepsen as one of the most consistently winning pop artists of the 2010s
© Heather Phares /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:54:11
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Carly Rae Jepsen
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Silent Records IGA
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2016 School Boy/Interscope Records ℗ 2016 School Boy/Interscope Records
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