Carly Rae Jepsen • Kiss

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

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 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

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.

how the fuck is "drive" a bonus track?

haha. so say we all.

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.

"GS/WR"

favorite song

a surprise b/c that's a real awful title

it verges on the willfully abrasive pop sound discussed upthread, but that's not necessarily a bad thing

"tonight i'm getting over you" and "turn me up" are the only ones i thought nodded explicitly at current guettapop rather than the golden age of teenpop thing

the whistling melody throughout "i know you have a girlfriend" <3

"hurt so good" is def my fav non-CMM song

pains me to admit it, but i think i love this album

tonight i'm getting over you grew on me really quickly.

it took a day and then when it clicked, it CLICKED.

the half-spoken bits on 'i know you have a girlfriend' are great.

especially 'cuts me like a knife / gonna be your wife'

okay, i take it back, i flat fucking hate the owl city parts of "good time", dude fucking ruins a potentially decent song

yeah owl city is a...low point

the bieber duet isn't even that awful just a bit boring

i have no complaints about the sequencing or the presence of CMM fwiw - it's been one of those mad busy weeks where i've had too much to listen to and also do so i haven't had any time left over to thinking about how it could be better in that respect

second time through the sequencing of CMM didn't bother me at all. bit jarring on the first pass, a visitor from another world, but now that i'm prepared, it sounds perfect.

i also think the beginning "curiosity" sounds great how it issues softly out of the end of "call me maybe"

where can I listen to songs from this album? they removed fuck all from youtube

spotify

The reason one of the best songs is an "bonus" is because it's standard practice for the company to leak/stream the album minus the bonus songs. So then if you want to legally hear them you have to buy the CD.

Best I can tell, it's not up on Spotify yet because it hasn't been officially released, but here's where it will be: http://open.spotify.com/album/134tOfYZccuTVvBEQOAUto

no spotify in my coiuntry :(

There appear to be several different versions on Spotify and only one of them has 'I Know You Have A Girlfriend' on it, which is mentalism.

soulja boy nod on "turn me up" <3 <3

fake-out just before the second chorus of "curiosity" <3 <3

can't stop listening

as your last.fm would testify

Best I can tell, it's not up on Spotify yet because it hasn't been officially released, but here's where it will be: http://open.spotify.com/album/134tOfYZccuTVvBEQOAUto

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 16 September 2012 08:21 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

No? It seems to work here...

You're in the uk, right? Monday release vs. Tuesday release in the us.

Finally heard and reviewed "This Kiss." Quite good.

the first track on this album is so sickly sweet and cutesy it is making me seriously angry

maybe I shouldn't have listened to Purity Ring and Sleigh Bells on repeat all this morning before trying to play this

yeah I'm gonna try this later when I'm not all aggro, right now this is just the worst fucking thing and I can tell it's 90% because of my mood and not the music

if i'd had to listen to purity ring and sleigh bells all morning i'd be so overjoyed to hear carly rae jepsen

actually i ended up having a deadline on the same day for my bob dylan piece and carly rae jepsen review, the evening before i took to alternating one song off each album just to make the impending deadlines more fun, and my god going back to dylan every time was physically painful

If. You. Cut. A Piece. Of. Guitar. String.
I. Will. Wear. It. Like. It's. My. Wedding. Ring.

^^^ I've heard this shitty laboured chorus like twice and I already feel I've heard it thousands of times. That one's the real clunker here.

the first two songs basically sound like aural saccharin to me right now

You might as well stop, it's all basically the same.

yeah I went on to something else, I'll try again later

call her maybe!

I'm really feeling this album. Reminds me of marit larsen.

*ejects*

big time 80s vibe here, cars reference upthread otm, also men at work

whoa, you guys are making me actually want to go buy this.

I'm liking some of the tracks a lot, and I hear some of Kylie in this, especially her sweeter, older stuff. Very no-fuss pop. Sequencing is a little funky to me - I think the first 7 or 8 tracks all have similar beats and structures and the album could use one or two more songs that deviate from that (though Guitar String/Wedding Ring is pretty bad).

If. You. Cut. A Piece. Of. Guitar. String.
I. Will. Wear. It. Like. It's. My. Wedding. Ring.

^^^ I've heard this shitty laboured chorus like twice and I already feel I've heard it thousands of times. That one's the real clunker here.

yeah, there are other missteps (owl city), but i like GSWR less each time through

the first two songs basically sound like aural saccharin to me right now

can't say you're wrong, but the bright, sugary effervescence of the sound is what i like about kiss. "tiny little bows" makes me instantly, giddily happy every time i hear it. it's like the aural equivalent of the wachowski's speed racer movie, an insubstantial cloud of neon hearts and rainbows. my favorite parts of the album are those that seem the least substantial.

it just made me yearn to hear the Presets album

i like this and the new presets about the same. actually that's unfair, I need to give the presets a few more listens.

FML, i like the owl city one :-( , but a lot of this is better than ok, with some great highlights

man y'all "guitar string/wedding ring" only gets better for me

lol either I am in a much poppier mood than I was this morning or the first two songs on this are really, really terrible; I started listening at "Call Me Maybe" this time and am enjoying this immensely (currently up to "More Than A Memory")

haven't really read the thread yet, have we already had the "'Turn Me Up' is a lost Kylie song" conversation