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Emotion (stylized as E•MO•TION) is the third studio album by Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen. It was released on June 24, 2015 in Japan and was released on August 21, 2015 in North America and worldwide through 604 Records, School Boy Records, and Interscope Records.[2][3][4][5]

Background

In December 2013, Jepsen told Idolator she had been working on her third studio album.[6] She shared that the upcoming record incorporates pop and folk music, and channels Robyn, La Roux, Kimbra and Dragonette as influences for the studio sessions.[7] It is confirmed that she is working with her past producers, Josh Ramsay, Ryan Stewart and Max Martin while meeting with new producers Benny Blanco and StarGate.[8][9] It was tentatively due for release in the first quarter of 2014 but was pushed back. Jepsen stated that she would not rush the album, instead taking her time to make sure it was of quality.[6][10] Throughout the process of the album, it was revealed that 250 songs were composed.[11]

Recording locations

For the recording of E•MO•TION, Jepsen had recorded at a multitude of recording studios such as Wolf Cousins Studios (Stockholm, Sweden), P.S. Studio (Stockholm, Sweden), Kinglet Studios (Stockholm, Sweden), Heavy Dunt Studios (Burbank, California), No Excuses Studio (Santa Monica, California), Conway Recording Studios (Hollywood, California), Templebase Studios (Hollywood, California), United Recording (Hollywood, California), Paramount Studios (Hollywood, California), The Record Plant (Hollywood, California), Echo Studio (Los Angeles, California), MXM Studios (Los Angeles, California), Venice Way Studios (Los Angeles, California), Rocket Carousel Studios (Los Angeles, California), Lounge Studios (New York City, New York), Kustom Deluxe Stuido (Nashville, Tennessee), Monarch Studios (Vancouver, Canada).

Release and title

Jepsen announced the title of the album on April 11, 2015 and cover artwork on April 15, 2015. The track listing was revealed on June 2, 2015.[12][13][14][15][16]

Promotion and release

Promotion album began with a live performance of the album's lead single, "I Really Like You" at Good Morning America on March 5, 2015. On April 4, 2015, Jepsen performed "All That" at Saturday Night Live.[17] On May 1, 2015, Jepsen performed "Run Away with Me", "E·MO·TION", "Your Type", "Black Heart" and "Gimmie Love" at a show in Beijing, China.[18] On the release date of E·MO·TION in the United States, August 21, Jepsen will perform "Run Away with Me" on Today.

Singles

The album's lead single, "I Really Like You", was released on iTunes Store on March 2, 2015. The song become a moderate commercial success worldwide, reaching the top 40 in Australia, Canada, Japan, and Netherlands, and has reached number 39 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 3 in Ireland and on the UK Singles Chart, and number 1 on the Scottish Singles Chart. The music video was released in March 6, 2015, featuring Tom Hanks and Justin Bieber. "Run Away with Me" was released as the album's second single in July 21, 2015.[19][20] The music video for "Run Away With Me" was released on July 17, 2015 and directed by Carly's boyfriend director David Kalani Larkins. The video was filmed in Tokyo, New York City, and Paris.[21] The track was premiered on Hit FM in Spain on June 22, 2015.[22]

Other songs

The tracks "All That" and "E·MO·TION" premiered in advance of the album's release on April 5, 2015 and June 3, 2015 in Japan and June 23, 2015 in Worldwide respectively as promotional singles.[23][24] "Run Away with Me" and "Your Type" also premiered on a Spanish radio station prior to the album's release on June 22, 2015. "Warm Blood" was released as a promotional single on July 31, 2015. "Making the Most of the Night" was released as a promotional single on August 7, 2015. "Your Type" was released as a promotional single on August 14, 2015.[25] "You [Wildflowers]" was a finished track and originally set to be the 13th and final track to close up the album but remained unreleased until a snipet was leaked on YouTube but the full version is currently unreleased while the snipet was leaked.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[26]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[27]
The A.V. ClubB+[28]
Consequence of SoundB+[29]
Entertainment WeeklyA-[1]
Exclaim!8/10[30]
Pitchfork7.4/10[31]
PopMatters6/10[32]
Slant Magazine[33]
Spin7/10[34]

Following its release, E·MO·TION received positive reviews from music critics, receiving an aggregated score of 79 out of 100 on the review aggregate website Metacritic, signaling "generally favorable reviews" based on 17 reviews.[26]

Matthew Welch of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a A- grade, writing "Her effervescent follow-up [is] an ’80s-inflected collection of sweetly breezy dance-pop baubles. Emotion is the sound of a girl who’s had her career-defining smash; now she just wants to have fun."[1] Jim Farber of Daily News gave the album a three out of five stars, feeling that "Due to the era the album fetishes, the music sounds inescapably chintzy.... Jepsen’s improbably young voice helps distract from that." Siri Svay of Music Connection gave the album seven out of ten stars, writing "Jepsen has crafted an album embedded with catchy bubblegum pop tunes that will get stuck in your head while you’re soaking up summer sun by the pool." Jackie Dosmanos of ABS-CBN News was positive, stating "Emotion is a roller coaster of small and big triumphs. That’s pure accomplishment for a young woman who’s got plenty of room to grow in her musical career."[35] Liam Green of Treble gave a positive review and felt Emotion is a phenomenal pop album, one I didn’t see coming at all. Carly Rae Jepsen has gone from a one-hit-wonder risk to a pitch-perfect chronicler of the universal, oft-sappy but nonetheless true feelings that come with falling in love."[36] Sasha Geffen of Consequence of Sound gave the album a B+ grade, writing "Emotion rolls out banger after banger, all while sustaining a remarkable level of complexity and compassion for everyone in Jepsen’s solar system."[37] Adam Downer of Cokemachineglow wrote a positive review, remarking "The 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. In a year where pop stars fight for brand supremacy, sell personas, and get the most coverage from media outlets for their tweets, it’s funny that the year’s best pop album doesn’t once feature the singer talking about herself."[38] Peter Tabakis of Pretty Much Amazing gave the album a grade of A-, opining that "Emotion is an old fashioned eye-opener. It’s the shiny birthday present stowed in a random closet, hidden in plain sight. It’s also the best gift you never asked for, or even knew you wanted in the first place. That she succeeded in making a near-perfect pop album seems insane... Emotion is so good, it’s formed sky-high expectations out of thin air."[39] Corban Goble of Pitchfork rated the album 7.4/10, commenting "Emotion is as solid and spotless a pop album as you're likely to hear this year.... but Emotion fails to tell us who Jepsen is or wants to be." Evan Sawdey of PopMatters gave the album 6/10 and said "Emotion 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." Kevin Ritchie of NOW Magazine gave the album 3/5, writing "For all its unexpected sounds and catchy choruses, Emotion falters in its lyrical blandness." Jon Caramanica of The New York Times gave the album 3/5, stating "Emotion 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. Jonh Bell of The Line of Best Fit gave the album a 7.5/10, commenting "Emotion has all the tenets of a successful pop record, but feels more cultivated than previous work." Stephen Carlick of Exclaim! gave the album a 8/10 and judged that "Emotion 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." Dan Weiss of Spin gave the album a 8/10 and judged that "This is music for flash mobs, a valentine to crowdsourcing, and a public engagement proposal to the universe." James Rainis of Slant Magazine gave the album a four out of five stars, commenting "With 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]." Maura Johnston of Boston Globe gave the album a 8/10, commenting "An album that’s incredibly enjoyable even as Jepsen stands on the precipice of heartache." Heather Phares of All Music Guide gave the album a four out of five stars, commenting "An even more consistent album than Kiss, Emotion further defines Jepsen as an equally stylish and earnest pop artist." Heather Phares of AbsolutePunk gave the album a 8.5/10 and judged that "Emotion 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." Penfold of I Probably Hate Your Band gave Emotion 7.5/10 and said "E•MO•TION sees CROJO cut her hair short, dump her boyfriend, throw out her wardrobe, and grow into the girl she always wanted to be. Set your Spotify to private, pop in those headphones, and waste an hour in an ’80s dream. You will not be disappointed."[40] Annie Zaleski of The A.V. Club gave Emotion a grade B+ and said "Emotion will propel her to superstardom—but even if it doesn’t, she can at least rest easy knowing she made one of 2015’s most interesting, effervescent records."

Billboard, Spin and Time named E·MO·TION as Pop Album of the Year.[41][42][43][44]

Commercial performance

In Japan, the album debuted at number 8 with 12,189 physical copies sold its in first week.[45]

Track listing

Standard edition[46]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Run Away with Me"
  • Shellback
  • Mattman & Robin
4:11
2."E•MO•TION"
  • Jepsen
  • Nate Campany
  • Ben Romans
  • Christopher J Baran
  • Baran
  • Romans
3:17
3."I Really Like You"
  • Svensson
  • Jeff Halatrax
3:24
4."Gimmie Love"
  • Jepsen
  • Larsson
  • Fredriksson
  • Mattman & Robin
3:22
5."All That"
  • Rechtshaid
  • Hynes
4:38
6."Boy Problems"
  • Kurstin
3:42
7."Making the Most of the Night"
  • The High Street
3:58
8."Your Type"
  • Falk
  • Yacoub
3:19
9."Let's Get Lost"
  • Jepsen
  • Baran
  • Romans
  • Baran
  • Romans
3:13
10."LA Hallucinations"
  • Stint
  • Gray
3:04
11."Warm Blood"
  • Batmanglij
4:13
12."When I Needed You"
  • Rechtshaid
  • Nigro (additional)
3:41
Total length:44:02
Deluxe edition[47]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."Black Heart"
  • Wells
2:59
14."I Didn't Just Come Here to Dance"
  • LULOU
  • Janssen
3:39
15."Favourite Colour"
  • Jepsen
  • Larsson
  • Fredriksson
  • Crowe
  • Mattman & Robin
3:29
Total length:54:09
Japan bonus tracks[48]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
16."Never Get to Hold You"
  • Jepsen
  • Campany
  • Kyle Shearer
  • Crowe
  • Shearer
4:13
17."Love Again"
  • Jepsen
  • Baran
  • Campany
  • Crowe
  • Baran
3:35
18."I Really Like You" (Liam Keegan Remix Radio Edit)
  • Jepsen
  • Kasher
  • Svensson
  • Keegan (additional production and remix)
3:09
Total length:65:06
Target bonus tracks[49]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
16."Never Get to Hold You"
  • Jepsen
  • Campany
  • Kyle Shearer
  • Crowe
  • Shearer
4:13
17."Love Again"
  • Jepsen
  • Baran
  • Campany
  • Crowe
  • Baran
3:35
Total length:61:57

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[50] 8

Release history

Region Date Edition Format Label Ref.
Japan June 24, 2015
  • Standard
  • deluxe
[5]
Worldwide August 21, 2015 [51]
[52][47][53]
Europe September 18, 2015 [54][55]

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