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Aug 17, 2015Emotion is so good, it’s formed sky-high expectations out of thin air.
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Aug 13, 2015Her effervescent follow-up [is] an ’80s-inflected collection of sweetly breezy dance-pop baubles.
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Sep 22, 2015It's so proud to be pop and hopefully this'll make others realise it's never a guilty pleasure to enjoy songs that make you happy; songs that make you wanna dance your ass off and songs that perfectly fit the criteria for pretending to be in a music video.
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Aug 20, 2015Emotion goes to great lengths to prove the advantages of being manufactured, with every piece interlocking with machine-like precision with its surroundings. It’s astonishingly effective, and like the best pop, demands to be listened to ad nauseum in order to gawk at the sheer audacity of the accomplishment.
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Aug 21, 2015One of 2015’s most interesting, effervescent records.
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Aug 14, 2015Emotion rolls out banger after banger, all while sustaining a remarkable level of complexity and compassion for everyone in Jepsen’s solar system.
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Jun 1, 2016E MO TION is no fluke. It doesn’t grip you by the heels but instead lures you into a full-bodied embrace that is iron-clad, it’s simply up to you to give it the chance to do so.
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Sep 25, 2015Emotion succeeds on its own terms, arguably remaining truer to the spirit of the era, not to mention Jepsen’s stated aim of taking the time to craft an album rather than rushing to cash in on a YouTube sensation.
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Aug 20, 2015An even more consistent album than Kiss, E-MO-TION further defines Jepsen as an equally stylish and earnest pop artist.
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Aug 20, 2015An album that’s incredibly enjoyable even as Jepsen stands on the precipice of heartache.
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Aug 20, 2015With an uncanny melodic gift that enlivens even the most tired sentiments and a chameleonic ability to seamlessly transition between disparate production styles, Jepsen proves she's worthy of those comparisons [to Taylor Swift and Rihanna].
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Aug 18, 2015E·MO·TION demonstrates how little improvement could be made on her sharp, consistent songwriting abilities. These are perfect pop songs; a few more rare glimpses of their rougher edges would make them all the more spectacular.
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Aug 13, 2015The result is a nearly anonymous album of stellar pop music, one where it seems all the attention was placed not on positioning Carly Rae as a cultural force, but on making sure Emotion makes you smile.
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Aug 19, 2015E.MO.TION has all the tenets of a successful pop record, but feels more cultivated than previous work.
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Aug 17, 2015E•MO•TION is as solid and spotless a pop album as you're likely to hear this year, the result of several years working alongside a storied list of contributors.... but E•MO•TION fails to tell us who Jepsen is or wants to be.
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Sep 16, 2015Emotion is packed with frighteningly relatable songs about love, longing and heartbreak.
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Aug 25, 2015Almost every track is like a bouncy castle: fun, certainly, but not made for long-term stays.
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Aug 20, 2015This is music for flash mobs, a valentine to crowdsourcing, and a public engagement proposal to the universe.
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Apr 24, 2017She doesn’t do anything to stamp her identity on the songs: good as they are, you’re struck by the sense you could be listening to anyone. It’s one problem that all the expensive names in the credits can’t solve, a single glaring imperfection in an album of otherwise perfect pop.
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Aug 19, 2015For all its unexpected sounds and catchy choruses, Emotion falters in its lyrical blandness.
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Aug 19, 2015Emotion is full of pure cotton candy--delicious, distractingly sweet and filling, with a mildly suspicious aftertaste.... [The album is] full of excellent songs that seem to give up about two-thirds of the way through.
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Aug 18, 2015E·MO·TION is still a very pleasing album if not just a shade overambitious, clearly trying too hard to make the same genius pop moments that Kiss churned them out with effortless flair.
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Aug 13, 2015Due to the era the album fetishes, the music sounds inescapably chintzy.... Jepsen’s improbably young voice helps distract from that.
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Sep 8, 2015Carly Rae Jepsen and her production team try overly hard to be clever. In the end, what's left is a record that takes itself too seriously to be taken seriously by anyone else.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 746 out of 813
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Mixed: 14 out of 813
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Negative: 53 out of 813
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