"turn me up" is just so so so great
― monotony, Thursday, 13 September 2012 13:11 (eleven years ago) link
best synth sound in the world is in the chorus of "guitar string/wedding ring"
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2012 13:58 (eleven years ago) link
like moving jelly
This is fantastic.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 13 September 2012 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
I love this album a lot a lot
― would smash pumpkins (Ówen P.), Thursday, 13 September 2012 18:37 (eleven years ago) link
the owl city song sounds like some alternate version of california gurls
Which itself sounded like some alternate version of "Tik Tok".
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 13 September 2012 21:36 (eleven years ago) link
And "Tik Tok" > "California Gurls" > "Good Time"
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 13 September 2012 21:37 (eleven years ago) link
"Hurt So Good" is supposed to be an Amy Grant rewrite, right? (This album is awesome sans "Call Me Maybe," "Good Time," and "Beautiful" with "Drive," "I Know You Have a Girlfriend," and "Sweetie" instead.)
― cr4bdbgs, Thursday, 13 September 2012 22:16 (eleven years ago) link
sans "Call Me Maybe,"
what the hell no
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2012 05:49 (eleven years ago) link
picture me trollin
― J0rdan S., Friday, 14 September 2012 05:52 (eleven years ago) link
I can't even see why you'd listen to this album if you didn't like "Call Me Maybe". I mean, I love that song and everyone is saying this is great and I'm still having a hard time mustering up any enthusiasm to check it out.
― tuomas without a nose ring (The Reverend), Friday, 14 September 2012 07:08 (eleven years ago) link
i felt the same - before i was actually commissioned to review it i didn't really have any interest in it. it keeps on giving though.
― lex pretend, Friday, 14 September 2012 07:21 (eleven years ago) link
i liked 'call me maybe' fine but this album p much just got on my nerves tbh
― r|t|c, Friday, 14 September 2012 07:53 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't get rid of "Call Me Maybe" because I didn't like it, just that it's jarring to listen to with a bunch of songs I haven't heard a million times. It should have been the last track. Album sounds better with the bonus tracks at the front anyway.
― cr4bdbgs, Friday, 14 September 2012 13:00 (eleven years ago) link
kinda agree with rtc, this album feels p tedious first time through
― dayo, Friday, 14 September 2012 13:01 (eleven years ago) link
this is a great lp, but it's sort of depressing that even after CMM was SO massive, the label still think she needs to have some really shitty crossover collabs on there. it doesn't need them.
― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 14 September 2012 13:10 (eleven years ago) link
i will never forgive gibbard for this owl city bullshit
^^^^
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 14 September 2012 13:32 (eleven years ago) link
the more i hear it i think there are some good bits - some really good bits - on this album but i very much sympathise with finding it problematic in relation to 'call me maybe'. consider what makes that record pop out so much on the radio, the kinda classic sturdier sound feeding into latent nostalgia, the whole angle on her being a tad older, and it's basically a microcosm for how it sits on the album - even while most of the songs as written and performed mine a complementary cyndi lauper/cars vibe (whatever man let's not get picky) the production on pretty much all of them tap back into that shriller modern all-american katy perry lmfao max martin rictus that in its eagerness to press home the good times becomes kinda gruelling, claustrophobic, relentless. and in the end feels like a tide crj has to swim against
whereas without 'cmm' on there you would feel idk, a little more braced for the whole thing i guess?
― r|t|c, Friday, 14 September 2012 13:36 (eleven years ago) link
but lol albums anyway as ever, this'll have a bunch of fun singles so
― r|t|c, Friday, 14 September 2012 13:39 (eleven years ago) link
relentlessLY FUN
― hardhouse banter (tpp), Friday, 14 September 2012 14:09 (eleven years ago) link
we have a thread now!
yeah, this is great. first listen was ok but it's pretty much amazing all the time now that i've deleted owl city and bieber.
bonus tracks are uniformly great - should be integrated into the album as a whole. the house-y remix of curiosity seemed kind of unnecessary, but the mellow electropop o.g. fit in on the EP but wouldn't have belonged on this. and yeah, Call Me Maybe, while amazing, doesn't fit in with the vibe of the rest of the album. sticking it at the end gives a sort of release.
i dig the tracklist that cr4bdbgs posted somewhere, although part of me really enjoys the fact that the album opens with that awesome sam cooke sample:
DriveTiny Little BowsThis KissI Know You Have a GirlfriendSweetieCuriosityMore Than a MemoryTurn Me UpHurt So GoodWrong Feels So RightTonight I'm Getting Over YouGuitar String/Wedding RingYour Heart Is a MuscleCall Me Maybe
Anyway, the main lesson from this album is that more pop albums should feature disco strings + slap bass.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Friday, 14 September 2012 14:09 (eleven years ago) link
and idk, i've never been a huge fan of the forced rictus of fun Katy Perry steez and I don't get that vibe here, no matter how up tempo it is?
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Friday, 14 September 2012 14:10 (eleven years ago) link
also, while there are definitely a lot of the usual suspects on here about a quarter of the non bieber/owlcity stuff is co-written by her boyfriend, who's some random nyc musician i guess? and at least one or two other tracks that were done by canadian industry folks
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Friday, 14 September 2012 14:15 (eleven years ago) link
even while most of the songs as written and performed mine a complementary cyndi lauper/cars vibe (whatever man let's not get picky) the production on pretty much all of them tap back into that shriller modern all-american katy perry lmfao max martin rictus that in its eagerness to press home the good times becomes kinda gruelling
Yeah that makes sense to me, only the CRJ album has made me realise I actually like that sound when it's called into the service of an actually decent set of songs and a singer with a bit of charm.
― Matt DC, Friday, 14 September 2012 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
i think it was indeed the disco string and slap bass that did it for me. if it had been turned up to chic/level 42 levels this would be the best album ever made.
― Jamie_ATP, Friday, 14 September 2012 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
i kinda disagree completely about the modern shrillness thing - CRJ doesn't have the persona(lity) to be all up in your face being obnoxious and personality-heavy like katy perry et al, even on the album's most obvious nod to the guettadrop there's something completely lite and weightless about it (plus it works because it's the only one)
― lex pretend, Friday, 14 September 2012 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
He's not really talking about the vocals though. The production is pretty in-your-face throughout really, bar two or three songs.
― Matt DC, Friday, 14 September 2012 16:07 (eleven years ago) link
also, for those of you who do find that production in your face *and those who don't* apparently no one outside canada got the Curiosity EP that originally contained Call Me Maybe?
It was supposed to be her 2nd LP and then got reduced to an EP. Call Me Maybe aside it's charming midtempo electropop, including the original mix of Curiosity and a cover of Both Sides Now.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Friday, 14 September 2012 16:36 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krDk7clnihs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMlUaxBp33U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASZXZDIyPz8
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Friday, 14 September 2012 16:37 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPWWSmXhc50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=migIuRMadOk
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Friday, 14 September 2012 16:38 (eleven years ago) link
I remember seeing that EP in stores, but I think they pulled it back out once "Call Me Maybe" started to blow up. That or it sold out really, really quickly, since I could never find it again once I was interested.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 14 September 2012 16:38 (eleven years ago) link
Anyway, if you like her and/or her song but don't like the super-aggressive thump, this might be more to your taste.
Her first album is super folky in a Mraz sort of way, with the exception of the title track, 'Tug of War', which is sort of folk-trance and is pretty lovely:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IoedEgydRo
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Friday, 14 September 2012 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
Tug of War is pretty nice.
Where did she place in Canadian Idol? Did she win?
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 14 September 2012 17:32 (eleven years ago) link
iirc, they let everyone on Canadian Idol finish first, because, well, it would just be rude to let so many people down, you know?
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 14 September 2012 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
you forgot "eh"
― Number None, Friday, 14 September 2012 17:36 (eleven years ago) link
too obvious
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 14 September 2012 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
The "eh" is regional anyway, right? "Soooory" is nationwide, though.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 14 September 2012 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
In 2007, she placed third in the fifth season of Canadian Idol, and was a part of the Canadian Idol Top 3 concert tour.
Canada only has a top 3 tour? Nice. I think American Idol tour sales are in the garbage can because no one wants to sit through 10 singers, half of whom they hate.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 14 September 2012 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
was all prepared to hate this, but find myself unable to do anything but smile and bop my head
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Friday, 14 September 2012 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
She lost to this guy:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIySPt2D0zI
And this guy, who was the winner:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeoTQ9Z2i_g
― MarkoP, Friday, 14 September 2012 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
the overall sound is a lot gentler than what i think of as the "shriller modern all-american katy perry lmfao max martin rictus" style. it's clear and bright, pops where it should, but i don't feel at all battered by the production. it's more inviting than insistent.
agree that the sequencing of "call me maybe" feels jarring, though i'm not sure why.
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Friday, 14 September 2012 18:47 (eleven years ago) link
i think "call me maybe" sits kind of perfectly in its spot! provides a context for the rest of the record. also, impossibly, hearing it in album context totally reenlivened it for me
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2012 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
also i think a lot of the appeal of the sound of this record is the push and pull between the guetta/dr. luke/max martin/lmfao elements and, you know, the pure disco, which i think are the clear and bright elements that contenderizer highlights. even max martin's big dubstep number is grounded by carly's voice and lyrics, the whole "drop" mirroring the release of the lyric "tonight i'm getting over you," like being released from a line, the sudden preponderance of weight, etc.
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2012 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
how the fuck is "drive" a bonus track?
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Friday, 14 September 2012 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
haha. so say we all.
― twinkin' and drinkin' and ready to fly (Alex in Montreal), Friday, 14 September 2012 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
also, 'i know you have a girlfriend'. also, 'sweetie'.
otm. three of the best songs on the album. would happily cut the owl city and beiber tracks for those, though i don't really hate either. on the first pass, i'm not a big fan of "tonight i'm getting over you" or "GS/WR" either, but i need a few more listens.
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Friday, 14 September 2012 19:42 (eleven years ago) link
"GS/WR"
favorite song
a surprise b/c that's a real awful title
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2012 19:42 (eleven years ago) link
it verges on the willfully abrasive pop sound discussed upthread, but that's not necessarily a bad thing
― i know your nuts hurt! who's laughing? (contenderizer), Friday, 14 September 2012 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
It’s a 👍👍
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 17:15 (five years ago) link
"now that i've found you" makes this year's betty who album a little redundant lol
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, February 27, 2019 12:11 PM
This year's Betty Who album does that to itself.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 17:26 (five years ago) link
that's a little too cynical for me, there are some jams on it and it's better than the last one
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 17:29 (five years ago) link
Both songs are awesome, can't wait for this album
― Vinnie, Thursday, 28 February 2019 01:15 (five years ago) link
Yeah, good stuff.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 February 2019 02:30 (five years ago) link
certified bopperinos
― maffew12, Thursday, 28 February 2019 12:28 (five years ago) link
Songs are good. Album isn't due out until this summer though, which depresses me a little, but will hopefully help her in terms of release strategy or something.
― ☮ (peace, man), Thursday, 28 February 2019 12:30 (five years ago) link
these songs are really nice, looking forward to the album even though i doubt it'll feel anywhere near as exciting as Emotion did
if she mentioned a release window, that's something at least, though it's a shame it's still a while away then.
― ufo, Thursday, 28 February 2019 12:47 (five years ago) link
none of these songs have completely ruled my life like say the night the title track of emotion leaked but i'm hopeful
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 February 2019 16:21 (five years ago) link
yeah that's my feeling as well. pretty solid but no eurekas yet.
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Thursday, 28 February 2019 16:27 (five years ago) link
I thought it was very bold of Popjustice to point out that these songs aren't exceptional and that "Cut To The Feeling" being left of Emotion and B-Side suggests that Jepsen and her camp don't really know what they're doing
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 3 March 2019 11:00 (five years ago) link
doesn’t seem v bold of popjustice to be wrong, seems like their normal thing
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, 3 March 2019 13:35 (five years ago) link
finally heard these and am board with them except for one thing -- between "no drug like me" and "party for one" what the hell is going on with her vocals? her voice used to be so clear and bright, and now it's like listening to '10s vs. '90s Mariah Carey. did she get a new and terrible vocal producer? is she trying to make her vocals breathy in some ill-advised R&B pivot? (which wouldn't even make sense, since there are plenty of R&B vocalists with that same brightness of tone -- Kehlani comes to mind)? is this a casualty of The New Chill in pop (who the hell listened to Carly Rae Jepsen for chill songs?) did she blow out her voice on the "Cut to the Feeling" chorus?
― theorizing your yells (katherine), Tuesday, 5 March 2019 15:51 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnGjfxJqf6I
video is perfect
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 14 March 2019 14:58 (five years ago) link
That's ace
― groovypanda, Thursday, 14 March 2019 15:14 (five years ago) link
I wasn't sold on the song itself but the video has totally won me over.
― kitchen person, Friday, 15 March 2019 05:28 (five years ago) link
her best ever video surely
― ufo, Friday, 15 March 2019 06:07 (five years ago) link
odds that the director saw russian doll
― theorizing your yells (katherine), Friday, 15 March 2019 15:12 (five years ago) link
https://shop.604records.com/shop/carly-rae-jepsen-dedicated-pre-order/
― kitchen person, Monday, 1 April 2019 14:03 (five years ago) link
New thred
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 1 April 2019 14:03 (five years ago) link
Carly Rae Jepsen • Dedicated
― ☮ (peace, man), Monday, 1 April 2019 14:24 (five years ago) link
Oh fuck, is this an April Fools Day thing?
i don't think so
wouldn't love to be proven wrong here
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 1 April 2019 14:26 (five years ago) link
Real; ticketmaster has tour pre-order going up tomorrow
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 1 April 2019 14:28 (five years ago) link
xp that pre-order will take you all the way through the cart where you enter your credit card info, so if it's a prank it's also probably illegal.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 1 April 2019 14:30 (five years ago) link
art direction taking a lot of cues from poppy I see
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 02:16 (five years ago) link
I don't think I can recall spotting a release date on an album cover before. (the art's on Apple Music now, so it seems to be official)
― Simon H., Tuesday, 2 April 2019 02:35 (five years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/E_v5GS49BYXO9nPXy41U2PwRr80=/fit-in/600x595/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-413829-1362846581-6111.jpeg.jpg
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 2 April 2019 03:41 (five years ago) link
that feels like cheating since it's actually *named* for the release date, but sure, fair point.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 2 April 2019 05:00 (five years ago) link
i made that joke in the other thread
it is possible to change a cover before release date it’s called metadata
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 08:24 (five years ago) link
though if i get a record with a date on the cover i guess i’ll eat my words here
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 April 2019 08:28 (five years ago) link
Usher was in '87? Holy crap I'm old!
― maffew12, Tuesday, 2 April 2019 10:54 (five years ago) link
call me maybe just came on the radio and it’s still absolutely perfect
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 3 November 2021 18:52 (two years ago) link
hard to overstate the giddy euphoria this song generated in 2012 - and that energy still flows on like some law of thermodynamics
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 3 November 2021 18:53 (two years ago) link
a tune I remember exactly where I was the first time I heard it and knew immediately it would be a smash
― Indexed, Wednesday, 3 November 2021 20:06 (two years ago) link