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Oct 27, 2022Her charm holds together The Loneliest Time's whirlwind of daydreams, confessions, and decades of pop allusions, making it another strong album from an artist who knows her niche and how to grow beyond it. At its best, it's pop written by and for those who dream of something, and someone, real.
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Oct 27, 2022It’s a shame there are a couple of tracks here that don’t quite meet the quality of the rest. ... Where The Loneliest Time works best is in its ability to provide sheer, plain honest fun.
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Oct 21, 2022‘The Loneliest Time’ feels a far cry from the saccharine star that launched Jepsen’s career but proves her musical pliability.
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Oct 20, 2022The soundscapes on ‘The Loneliest Time’ may not be as grandiose, or as sugar-coated as we’re used to from her, but that doesn’t mean the feelings aren’t still a lot. ‘The Loneliest Time’ is definitely Carly’s most introspective album.
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Oct 21, 2022The Loneliest Time, Jepsen's sixth album (and the outcome of her being in pandemic lockdown), retains the ardor of her pop-cognoscenti-beloved albums Dedicated and Emotion, but it flaunts a new self-reflective streak that both energizes its highlights and opens the door for Jepsen to play with — and expand — her sound.
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Oct 21, 2022We have an album that diversifies Jepsen’s sound in intriguing ways, while sounding a bit rough around the edges at times.
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Oct 20, 2022Fully fleshed out pop songs with endless charm, if this is what living in the moment sounds like, it suits her.
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Oct 20, 2022There’s no question that Jepsen can write songs that transport you—to the heat of the moment, the late-night neon glow, the driver’s seat on the way out of town. With a more defined roadmap, the whole album might have led somewhere worth sticking around for a while.
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Nov 11, 2022Though there are bright spots of disco bliss, for the most part, The Loneliest Time is a rather reflective project. Its creation took place at one of the most uncertain periods of our recent history, and that uncertainty made Jepsen’s songwriting introspective. ... Deep questions aren’t answered on the record, but her struggles make for some beautiful music.
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Oct 31, 2022Jepsen’s wide range of diverse influences is still on display, but she’s the most mature and refined she has ever sounded.
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Oct 20, 2022For all the broken romances on The Loneliest Time, it’s an uplifting experience.
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Oct 20, 2022With The Loneliest Time, Jepsen strikes a delicate balance.
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Oct 21, 2022The Loneliest Time ends up toggling between this effervescent disco-inspired pop and Laurel Canyon folk sensibilities, with neither shedding light on a new facet of the other. In spite of The Loneliest Time’s tinge of cynicism when it comes to relationships, the title track (which serves as the album’s finale), ends everything on a high note.
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Nov 8, 2022The album’s only real mishap is the lack of sonic cohesion between energizing jams and moments of quiet clarity, but each song is able to hold its own as a solid pop offering.
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Oct 21, 2022The Loneliest Time is still a solid leftfield pop album, showcasing Jepsen’s ability to draw across eras and genres to push the boundaries of what pop can be: ultimately, this is what makes her such a compelling artist.
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Oct 21, 2022As a record, Time isn’t just a sonic heart-swell for listeners, it’s the latest shift for a singer-songwriter who seems as if she’s constantly stretching toward the most whole version of herself.
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Oct 26, 2022As fun as this record is (I mean, it’s a Carly Rae Jepsen record, which is basically the definition of “fun”), the loneliness and weight of the last three years definitely seem to be holding Jepsen back from reaching the euphoria of, say, “Cut to the Feeling” or “I Really Like You.” ... The Loneliest Time finds Jepsen taking a much needed (if small) step inward from the periphery she’s walked for a decade.
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 100 out of 117
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Mixed: 6 out of 117
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Negative: 11 out of 117
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Oct 21, 2022Carly nunca decepciona, un ritmo vintage pero novedoso definitivamente uno de los mejores álbumes lanzados en este 2022
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Oct 21, 2022Carly queen, te amamos. Que álbum tan magnifico, es que solo tu puedes hacer este arte tan bueno, emperatriz del pop
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Oct 21, 2022