As a whole, Dedicated’s palette is more muted. It’s more in line with the current vogue of anesthetized songs than E•MO•TION was, which felt like a bright burst in the face of pop’s moody grays.
also this is an inaccurate description of the record
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 May 2019 15:24 (five years ago) link
also, bad writing
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 16 May 2019 15:25 (five years ago) link
shouting “firsties” shouldn’t be a command to be taken seriously. and yet
― maura, Thursday, 16 May 2019 15:27 (five years ago) link
Stereogum in bad writing shocka
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Thursday, 16 May 2019 15:30 (five years ago) link
i think this album rules and blows emotion out of the water
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 16 May 2019 15:35 (five years ago) link
but i’ve come to understand that most ppl will find that position crazy
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 16 May 2019 15:37 (five years ago) link
I never considered Emotion a front-to-back masterpiece; it's its own sonic identity, different from Kiss, which I like as much.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 16 May 2019 15:38 (five years ago) link
i'll be your girl >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 16 May 2019 15:40 (five years ago) link
i think even the one that sounds like random access memories is great
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 16 May 2019 15:43 (five years ago) link
people get too affected by album cover art sometimes
― omar little, Thursday, 16 May 2019 15:45 (five years ago) link
The stereogum review is pretty OTM about Emotion (there really isn't a bad song anywhere on there), so i'm a little apprehensive about hearing the new one now.
― enochroot, Thursday, 16 May 2019 15:45 (five years ago) link
1 day, people!
― maffew12, Thursday, 16 May 2019 16:20 (five years ago) link
Emotion wasn't meant to be this big statement album. It, like Dedicated, was just another collection of songs that happened to be excellent across the board. It was merely just the next album. The record found its own high critical acclaim, and it resonated with a sizable audience, and a large part of that connection had to do with the internet word-of-mouth for CRJ that came out of the love for Kiss (which is still an incredible record ftr). Not only is this Stereogum review holding Decidated in constant comparison to Emotion, but it's also creating this false narrative out of what this critic remembers witnessing during the Emotion era and is furthermore imbuing Carly Rae with false intentions as to how she makes music and navigates her career.
― josh winters (josh), Thursday, 16 May 2019 20:22 (five years ago) link
I don't have access to this fancy-ass leak yet. Just gonna have to wait until tomorrow. In the meantime, I'm just gonna share this emotion-era brain worm that has been troubling me. But I still love you I'm sorryI'm sorry, I love youI didn't mean to say what I saidI miss you, I mean ithttps://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/022/158/Peanut.jpg
― ☮ (peace, man), Thursday, 16 May 2019 21:23 (five years ago) link
“everything he needs” is brilliant, eagerly awaiting jepsen sings nilsson
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 May 2019 21:48 (five years ago) link
Jepsen Schmepsen
― maffew12, Thursday, 16 May 2019 22:02 (five years ago) link
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is this "feels right"? i think it is kind of a jam
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 May 2019 22:32 (five years ago) link
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YOU'RE MYBABY
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 May 2019 22:34 (five years ago) link
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ha no i meant the one you compared to harry nilsson
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 16 May 2019 22:43 (five years ago) link
"automatically in love," a jam, "happy not knowing," a jam, album is lousy with jams
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 May 2019 22:44 (five years ago) link
"automatically in love" is my actual favorite
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 16 May 2019 22:46 (five years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Thursday, May 16, 2019 3:43 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ahhh i hear it lol
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 May 2019 22:46 (five years ago) link
i love the "automatically in love" chorus is so good that i'm not only overlooking the multiple mixed metaphors but embracing them
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 16 May 2019 22:48 (five years ago) link
i think the**
should I get “Kiss” I’m sensing perhaps I should, I haven’t heard it
― omar little, Thursday, 16 May 2019 22:49 (five years ago) link
YES
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 May 2019 22:52 (five years ago) link
preferably a copy with all the bonus tracks you can get
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 May 2019 22:53 (five years ago) link
kiss is amazing
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 16 May 2019 22:57 (five years ago) link
kiss rules, the japanese bonus track "melt with you" is essential
― ufo, Friday, 17 May 2019 02:45 (five years ago) link
I....think I like Dedicated better than Emotion overall? At least on first blush? A more consistent vs higher highs type deal.
― Simon H., Friday, 17 May 2019 02:53 (five years ago) link
yeah, Dedicated is really good. I've only listened to it once so far but I can only see myself warming to it more and more
― be the cowboy dan, Friday, 17 May 2019 05:52 (five years ago) link
Oh my god, this is so good. This is gonna age sooo well
― josh winters (josh), Friday, 17 May 2019 06:43 (five years ago) link
this was enjoyable enough and then a track began and i thought 'shit this sounds like warmed-over 1980s' and of course it's the track ilx is going mad for
― imago, Friday, 17 May 2019 07:07 (five years ago) link
yeah, imo this is a good first three tracks then a very long snooze. 'party for one' came on eventually as a bonus track and woke me up. that style for me is her strength, not the sophisti-mithering that makes the bulk of this
but anyway, go wild
― imago, Friday, 17 May 2019 07:46 (five years ago) link
This is currently one of the three headlines on the BBC front page. Amazing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48265955
― groovypanda, Friday, 17 May 2019 08:05 (five years ago) link
i live for 'real love'. such a jam.
― Nourry, Friday, 17 May 2019 09:08 (five years ago) link
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― lowercase (eric), Friday, 17 May 2019 11:06 (five years ago) link
(wonder if this'll be a less uncommon opinion among kiss partisans generally)
― lowercase (eric), Friday, 17 May 2019 11:09 (five years ago) link
this > kiss (there are a few mediocre tracks but at least they're mediocre solo tracks and not mediocre tracks with owl city) > emotion
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Friday, 17 May 2019 11:30 (five years ago) link
this > kiss
a ranking i can’t resist
coming around to thinking this is better than emotion
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 17 May 2019 11:46 (five years ago) link
oh boy
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 May 2019 11:49 (five years ago) link
After three consecutive listens, I thought this the weakest of her records on beats alone; for me the rhythms go splat
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 May 2019 11:55 (five years ago) link
i think this one is pretty great up until and including "Too Much" but then falls off a little. idk where it'll end up in relation to Kiss, which is mostly fantastic except for "Good Time" (which would probably be perfectly tolerable if unspectacular without Owl City's presence), "Beautiful" and "Guitar String/Wedding Ring" (just rather awkward to me).
it doesn't quite reach the same highs as consistently as Emotion did or hold together quite as well either imo but Emotion really captured a certain syncopated sophisti-pop sound perfectly for me on some tracks so i'm fine that she's done something a little different and a bit more playful.
― ufo, Friday, 17 May 2019 11:57 (five years ago) link
"Feels Right" is the only one I'd ditch, I think.
― Simon H., Friday, 17 May 2019 12:02 (five years ago) link
<3 "i'll be your girl"
― nxd, Friday, 17 May 2019 12:03 (five years ago) link
i love the way "automatically in love" unspools out of "the sound"
― lowercase (eric), Friday, 17 May 2019 12:03 (five years ago) link
"Want You In My Room" is reminding me of "Heart and Soul" by T'Pau. Great track (both of them, actually)
― enochroot, Friday, 17 May 2019 12:13 (five years ago) link
opener is very city pop. which i approve of.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Friday, 17 May 2019 12:24 (five years ago) link
CRJ - I'm sorry I ever doubted you. The new album is solid.
― enochroot, Friday, 17 May 2019 12:36 (five years ago) link
that panning shimmer in the chorus of "now that i found you" really sold me on the song
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 17 May 2019 12:43 (five years ago) link