Turns out live she is the fucking best
― boxedjoy, Friday, 7 February 2020 23:51 (four years ago) link
the show I went to in December was absolutely fabulous
― monotony, Saturday, 8 February 2020 00:12 (four years ago) link
what the actual fuck has happened to carly's vocal production post-emotion
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Saturday, 8 February 2020 00:13 (four years ago) link
Her vocal prod sounds like my voice after screaming about her West Coast tour announcement this morning!
Alsooo guess what west coast...I’m playing three special shows in addition to Coachella this spring! Oakland, Seattle, Portland – I can hardly wait! 💕Presale starts Tuesday at 10 AM with code FRIENDS, in honor of my new song 🤩https://t.co/00Rj4ihjRc pic.twitter.com/nOBoo54sbc— Carly Rae Jepsen (@carlyraejepsen) February 7, 2020
― winters (josh), Saturday, 8 February 2020 00:31 (four years ago) link
Rumours going around that Dedicated Side B is coming in two weeks. Twelve new songs not including Let's Be Friends.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 7 May 2020 15:08 (three years ago) link
really hope it's true
"automatically in love" greatest song of all time
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 May 2020 15:20 (three years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/bOMFPLLd1X— friends of pudding (@friend2pudding) May 7, 2020
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 7 May 2020 20:11 (three years ago) link
Dedicated Side B out now everywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/7oHKKCXCFIv3J1Yh5F08pu?si=PuVRmWLLSECtedhQ1vS-ww
― monotony, Thursday, 21 May 2020 12:20 (three years ago) link
Awesome!
― groovypanda, Thursday, 21 May 2020 12:22 (three years ago) link
how on earth did "this love isn't crazy" not make the album
― ufo, Thursday, 21 May 2020 12:35 (three years ago) link
wow "comeback" rules
― ufo, Thursday, 21 May 2020 13:17 (three years ago) link
"my home is your body, I can't stay away" <--- finally, a love song for Cronenberg fans
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Thursday, 21 May 2020 13:24 (three years ago) link
make that two songs! that broke my brain a bit.
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Thursday, 21 May 2020 13:29 (three years ago) link
not to knock the songs on this one too harshly but I think she just about nailed the song selection for the "real" album
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Thursday, 21 May 2020 14:10 (three years ago) link
jesus christ she did it again
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 21 May 2020 14:16 (three years ago) link
there are quite a few songs on here i have no idea how she could have chosen "feels right" over for instance.
― ufo, Thursday, 21 May 2020 14:17 (three years ago) link
hence "just about" lol
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Thursday, 21 May 2020 14:18 (three years ago) link
"window"!!!!! what was that!!!!
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 21 May 2020 14:19 (three years ago) link
xps Interesting, I feel the exact opposite. For me the back half of Dedicated is a bit patchy, but after one listen I love this one all the way through. Which is a pleasant surprise bc I thought Emotion Side B was significantly weaker than the og album (except for Cry, which is all-time).
― J. Sam, Thursday, 21 May 2020 14:23 (three years ago) link
Man, Now I Don't Hate California is sooo lush w/the twinkling synths and wave sound fx. I wish it went on for twice as long. Also side B is only five minutes shorter than the album proper!!
― J. Sam, Thursday, 21 May 2020 14:24 (three years ago) link
"stay away," wtf... how is this happening
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 21 May 2020 14:26 (three years ago) link
i agree about the back half of dedicated being a bit patchy and this one being more consistent
― ufo, Thursday, 21 May 2020 14:27 (three years ago) link
back half of dedicated is all jams except "feels right" which is almost too linear of a "jam" to be a jam, but it ruled live so whatever
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 21 May 2020 14:29 (three years ago) link
anyway thrilled to have another perfect collection of crj songs somehow, HOW IS SHE SO FUCKING GOOD
For me the back half of Dedicated is a bit patchy
imo "Feels Right" is the only sour note on the whole thing. "Right Words Wrong Time" and "Real Love" ar etop tier for moi.
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Thursday, 21 May 2020 14:30 (three years ago) link
lol xp
like "heartbeat," what's up with that glistening backdrop, where did it come from
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 21 May 2020 14:33 (three years ago) link
the strings on "summer love"
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 21 May 2020 14:38 (three years ago) link
Gonna have to put the entire Dedicated set on shuffle for a few days to sort this out. What a trial.
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Thursday, 21 May 2020 14:40 (three years ago) link
the early-new order instrumentation of "let's sort the whole thing out"
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 21 May 2020 14:40 (three years ago) link
Can't wait to check this out. Dedicated never really bit me. Maybe I can cobble together my own tracklist between the two of them.
― peace, man, Thursday, 21 May 2020 14:44 (three years ago) link
"comeback" is donna lewis-core
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 21 May 2020 14:47 (three years ago) link
i like that she put "felt this way" and "stay away" together on the tracklist. variations on a theme
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 21 May 2020 15:06 (three years ago) link
Oh man, this is so much better than last year's record.
― peace, man, Thursday, 21 May 2020 15:22 (three years ago) link
I liked, didn't love, the Dedicated album and idk you guys most everything here seems left off the album for a reason. Like Dedicated is lesser than Emotion, so are the leftovers.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 21 May 2020 16:36 (three years ago) link
"summer love" is an unreal mirage of a song
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 21 May 2020 17:34 (three years ago) link
dedicated isn't lesser than emotion, looking forward to hearing the b-sides
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 21 May 2020 18:39 (three years ago) link
"this love isn't crazy", "window", "heartbeat", "let's sort the whole thing out", "comeback", "solo" are all great and the rest is still solid. feels about equal to dedicated in quality overall which is very good if not emotion-level
― ufo, Friday, 22 May 2020 01:20 (three years ago) link
this rules
― nxd, Friday, 22 May 2020 08:55 (three years ago) link
Fun interview:https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/22/carly-rae-jepsen-lockdown-listening-my-fridge-caught-on-fire
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 22 May 2020 11:51 (three years ago) link
Too early to say which songs I would have preferred to see on the A-sides release, but "Let's Sort The Whole Thing Out" would definitely have been one of my favorite tracks from that album. I might have also put "Felt This Way" on the album proper.
― enochroot, Friday, 22 May 2020 15:33 (three years ago) link
i would replace "feels right" with "summer love" if i cared to do such a thing
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 22 May 2020 15:45 (three years ago) link
I don't love all of this (even Carly can't sell "I'll be your special somebody/God I love your body") but from "Heartbeat" through to "Now I Don't Hate California After All" makes a super solid stretch and those two particular songs (+ "Let's Sort The Whole Thing Out") are among my favourites she's done.
― coptic feels (seandalai), Saturday, 23 May 2020 23:48 (three years ago) link
It’s buried near the end, but Solo is the big euphoric pop banger here.
― aphoristical, Sunday, 24 May 2020 05:12 (three years ago) link
"Solo" bugs me a bit for some reason I can't quite discern
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Sunday, 24 May 2020 10:58 (three years ago) link
i know we're still talking about side b but i was just thinking about how "happy not knowing" is the best song ever
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 25 May 2020 04:57 (three years ago) link
Definitely a highlight
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Monday, 25 May 2020 05:03 (three years ago) link
guess who also has a quarantine album in the pipeline
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Thursday, 28 May 2020 14:40 (three years ago) link
i put off digging into dedicated for a long time, and i just realized it was the monochromatic cover putting me off. emotion is overflowing with color, so monochrome felt like a bad turn. but i'm listening to it now and it's just. remarkable.
does anyone else have this experience with carly where she seems to have an uncanny ability to go through my mental listening history, pick out sounds i've liked but wish there were more examples of, and then make perfect songs from them? is this just me?
― Josh (phantompenguin), Thursday, 28 May 2020 16:20 (three years ago) link
I can't say I feel you on the second point exactly (she does use a lot of cool sounds tho), but I used to feel like albums with black and white covers somehow made the music more drab
― Vinnie, Friday, 29 May 2020 04:53 (three years ago) link