E•MO•TION

AlbumAug 21 / 201512 songs, 44m 5s99%
Dance-Pop Synthpop
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7.4 / 10

Carly Rae Jepsen's third album E•MO•TION is as solid and spotless as any pop album you're likely to hear this year, the result of several years working alongside a storied list of contributors. It is flooded with winning moments, even if it lacks the personality of great pop records.

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Despite ruling the summer of 2012 with the inescapable “Call Me Maybe,” Carly Rae Jepsen still feels like an underdog. Perhaps it’s because the Canadian Idol veteran’s music lands squarely on pop’s outskirts, never quite fitting in anywhere. The chart success of both “Call Me Maybe” and her squeaky-clean Owl City…

7 / 10

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Despite the overshadowing success of "Call Me Maybe", the Canadian pop idol proves with her latest record she's not a one-trick-pony.

Check out our album review of Artist's Emotion on Rolling Stone.com.

Carly Rae Jepsen was nearly a victim of her own success.

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To the ignorant, Carly Rae Jepsen might have seemed easy to write off; her meteoric rise following the success of "Call Me Maybe" made her s...

4.0 / 10

As creator of that song—that song being one of modern pop's greatest moments, "Call Me Maybe"—Carly Rae Jepsen's destiny was seemingly carved out: a one hit wonder. Today Jepsen is the pet project of a creative hipsterati that's determined to prove po

The album is further proof that Jepsen is capable of translating broadly understood emotions and experiences into unshakable earworms.

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Review of 'E•MO•TION' the forthcoming release by Carly Rae Jepsen, The album was produced by Ariel Rechtshaid (Sky Ferreira, HAIM). it comes out August 21.

The Canadian singer who had a mega-hit with Call Me Maybe returns with a new album of precision-tooled modern pop, but there’s something – or perhaps someone – missing

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Album Reviews: Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion

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Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion review: Unabashedly sweet, but also savoury enough to be more than just a guilty pleasure.

One hit wonder's second coming. Review by Lisa-Marie Ferla