Carly Rae Jepsen • Dedicated

🎶 he needs me / he needs me 🎶 ^_^

Tons of filler on this thing - Julian is a terrible album opener and after that I don't like anything beyond track 5. I Want You In My Room is the obvious highlight, but as mentioned above, way too short. Hoping for a 12-inch edit.

This is good, certainly, but thinking I'll like the live show even more. (The crowd last time I saw her in 2016 was off the charts, in the best possible way.)

“happy not knowing” splits the difference between kiss and emotion side b and it’s amazing

not liking "i'll be your girl", "automatically in love", "real love" etc is completely crazy !

The “he needs me” section in Everything He Needs has got to be a nod to the Shelley Duvall song in Popeye, right?

Nilsson is credited

"julien" isn't "run away with me" but it's one of the highlights here

Julian is great, I’d love an 80s style 6-minute extended remix to DJ with.

I just keep thinking of The Shield actor and irl wife murderer Michael Jace.

Listening again and some of the other stuff is growing on me a little. I'll keep trying.

Damn, Julien murdered his wife?

I am halfway through my first listen of this album and liking it, though it doesn't seem as sticky as Emotion yet. are the guitars on "Want You in My Room" sampled? sounds like a Chameleons song or something

I'm liking it better and better. Maybe I was just feeling prickly when I listened to it yesterday.

Too Much is the only one that's really doing it for me.

Misheard lyrics file:

Automatically in love
Right away, baby, it's a real motherfucker
When the wind goes the other way

she's describing a fart iirc

Alfred!

I'm 100% in on those album now. Don' know what was going on with me on Sunday. J0rdan otm:

i've heard some songs from this and... i don't think anyone has anything to worry about

― J0rdan S., Monday, 25 February 2019 04:35 (two months ago) Permalink

the, not "those"

Too Much bangs very hard it is also an exceptional Taylor Swift song

oooooooooo ooo
NEVER GUESS WHAT CAME AFTER

Something's coming over me, I need to get a hold of you now from Real Love really jumped out at me and for some reason instantly made me think of the Wilco line His fangs have been pulled and I really want to see you tonight from Poor Places. Which is quite a stretch, yes, but Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was one of the most visible albums in that shot of Carly in front of a shelf of records that was floating around the other day.

I had a very similar experience, was lukewarm at first , but then after repeated listens the nuances in the production paired with the lyrics really made me changed my mind. So much so , that I prefer it over EMOTION.

I had a very similar experience, was lukewarm at first , but then after repeated listens the nuances in the production paired with the lyrics really made me changed my mind. So much so , that I prefer it over EMOTION.

you prefer it over REASON

really into this after one listen

besotted by the album; "on the bed! on the floor!....i don't care! anymore!" and "and i'll press you to the pages of my HEART!" are both top tier carly moments

second favourite song on the album after WYIMR is "everything he needs", it's the most glorious thing to use as a soundtrack for a sunny walk

Favorite moment of the album has to beThe second verse from WYIMR " When no one loves you like they really mean it I got you covered, under covers, Can you feel it?" There is something so endearingly cheesy but affirming about it.

Totally agree with monotony on the 2 highlights.

Dedicated: "Break up with that Ariana album, I'm bored"
Me: "You had me at 'slide on through my window'"

"I'll Be Your Girl" the clear underrated track here

so many favorite moments all over the whole record -- my most favorites have been "Julien" and "Want You In My Room"

79I've been underrating I'll Be Your Girl. It's very different from the rest of the album. It would have been cool if she had released a whole album or ep or single like that or something, but it does kinda stick out here, imo. I do agree that it's a successful pop rock song though, a la No Doubt or Paramore.

The swoopy little synth from Automatically In Love feels like when you're on the Scrambler at the county fair.

Feels Right is one of my favorites on the record now. What does everybody think about her frazzled vocals on the chorus?

(no idea where the 79 came from, sorry)

Feels Right is one of my favorites on the record now. What does everybody think about her frazzled vocals on the chorus?

I love 'em. Actually sound even better next to those generic dudebro vocals

I love them too! I just hope she isn't hurting herself as much as it sounds like. Also, I didn't realize that the backing vocals were so generic. I don't keep up with much dude pop these days.

But on a similar note, I have had a disquieting thought about Want You In My Room. I've been operating under the assumption that Carly herself provided the vocodered vox on the chorus. But what if it was Jack Antonoff and the song was more of a duet? Under so much processing - would it matter? It kind of gives me chills (the bad kind). Is there any evidence to support or debunk this?

i don't have liner notes in front of me but i've been assuming the robotic voice in the chorus is him. i... don't think this makes the song a duet any more than his "whoaaoh"s on "out of the woods" would

I guess I just don't want Jack Antonoff wanting me in his room.

I'm not seriously serious on this btw.

Want You In My Room
Written by Carly Rae Jepsen, Jack Antonoff and Tavish Crowe
Published by Universal Music Corp./Jepsen Music Publishing (ASCAP), Sony/ATV Songs LLC / Ducky Donath Music (BMI), Crowe Music Publishing (SOCAN)
Produced by Jack Antonoff
Mixed by Serban Ghenea
Mixed at MixStarStudios, Virginia Beach, VA
Engineer: John Hanes
All instruments and programming by Jack Antonoff
Engineered by Laura SiskRecorded at Conway Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Mastered by Gene Grimaldi at Oasis Mastering, Burbank, CA

deduce from this what you will

Not enough love for "For Sure" in here.

amazing song

Another song I wish they would have extended. Could have let that outro ride for another minute.

Albeit the lenght, "For sure" is a top track for me , the way the chants dispersed throughout the song always end differently, really was what drew me in.

the twin horn lines at the end of “i’ll be your girl” are wonderful and i have no way of confirming this but i suspect they’re there bc crj is a huge van morrison fan

Wow, she's finally doing a Canadian tour.

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Not enough love for "For Sure" in here.

― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 17:05 (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

amazing song

― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 17:08 (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

came here to etc etc

It would be tough for this to match Emotion, and it doesn't have quite the same consistency for me. Also the songs are roughly in the order of my favorite to least favorite, which is a weird coincidence that doesn't leave much to look forward to. Still, good album! Would like to hear more in the vein of "I'll Be Your Girl", which is the biggest departure

don't know if it's her confidence or my imagination but i think her singing is an asset this time around as opposed to emotion that mostly sold terrific songs

xp Would actually be interested to hear your take on it if you listen back to front?

I like this album a lot, after a few plays so far. Hard to compare to Emotion as I might've played that one out for myself