Carly Rae Jepsen The Loveliest Time
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MyMentality
July 31st 2023


1464 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

It's definitely missing those "big" tunes, but there's still a lot to like in my opinion. Opener surprised me with its industrial edge, Kamikaze is a CRJ pop banger, After Last Night is also something pleasantly refreshing for Carly... Kollage echoes the slower songs from The Loneliest Time, Shadow is another to add to the CRJ banger playlist.

There's a few duds though with Aeroplanes, Psychedelic Switch, So Right and Stadium Love. I'd have canned all of these to keep a tighter package overall. Carly's iconic charisma seems to be amiss throughout most of this too, feels a little off.

Tundra
July 31st 2023


9674 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

um, new CRJ, cool, I guess? RYM overrating it

Sowing
Moderator
July 31st 2023


43956 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

---The fact that she will ultimately only have ever made one great album is very sad---

We're talking about Dedicated Side B, right? ;-)

tectactoe
July 31st 2023


7357 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

How did I have no idea about this until now.

Also how am I supposed to believe this really isn't a collection of B sides with a non-descript title? It is the AMNESIAC effect all over again.

Sowing
Moderator
July 31st 2023


43956 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

I thought I read somewhere that these were The Loneliest Time b-sides, or recorded at the same time.

solrage
July 31st 2023


309 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

This album is the epitome of lustrous sounds with too many lackluster songs. There are a few bangers here, but most of what keeps my attention is the production that makes for some pleasing sonic distraction from the fact that the album is often lacking vocal or musical hooks, so at least the album never sounds bad even when it isn't particularly ear-catching. Right now I am digging Kollage, Shy Boy, So Right, and Come Over; but most of the rest are forgettable, with Psychedelic Switch being memorable for the wrong reasons in how annoyingly monotonous it is (worst song she's made?).

Sowing
Moderator
July 31st 2023


43956 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

Shadow is my favorite here. The ending really goes.



Psychedelic Switch is also pretty nice.



Overall I agree that this lacks hooks.

MO
July 31st 2023


24019 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

a few songs in and this already kills loneliest

MonotoneCulprit
July 31st 2023


199 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"the pop star of choice for, among others, a broad cohort of very online men otherwise incapable of touching pop with a barge pole."



Jesus Johnny you didn't have to do me like that

GreyShadow
July 31st 2023


7040 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Stadium Love is like top 3 at lowest wtf

Shattered_Future
July 31st 2023


1629 Comments


Sounds like every other CRJ companion album: some interesting ideas, some bad ideas, inconsistent, and one track that immediately rockets to one of the top tracks she's ever done.

AmericanFlagAsh
July 31st 2023


13293 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Put It To Rest is incredible

AmericanFlagAsh
July 31st 2023


13293 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Honestly this is her best since Emotion, slaps

solrage
July 31st 2023


309 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I think Dedicated and Dedicated Side-B are both superior to this. I probably need to give a relisten to Loneliest as it's been a while since I heard it, but right now I'd probably rank this a notch below it. I don't think anything here comes close to bopping as hard as Talking To Yourself, though I do generally prefer the production here.

AmericanFlagAsh
July 31st 2023


13293 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

That's wild because this is immediately better than Loneliest to me

Pikazilla
July 31st 2023


29760 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

low bar

Colton14
July 31st 2023


22 Comments


“ the pop star of choice for, among others, a broad cohort of very online men otherwise incapable of touching pop with a barge pole” - the most online user on the site who listens to seiko oomori

JoyfulPlatypus
July 31st 2023


810 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Eh, I've given this a few more listens and I agree with the people here who think this is underwhelming. This really FEELS like a B-sides album, which makes it ironic that this supposedly ISN'T a B-sides album lol.



Can't fault her too hard tho, one semi-dud in the last like 6 things she's released is hardly a big deal.

Pikazilla
July 31st 2023


29760 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

her b-sides album is loneliest time



especially coming off the back of the amazing dedicated and emotion

GreyShadow
July 31st 2023


7040 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Anything To Be With You is def a better opener than Surrender My Heart. tbh ya get kinda used to the annoying hook. great song



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