Emotion

No thanks.

I joined the 1001 Albums journey to challenge myself—to explore music beyond the boundaries of my comfort zone. The main list did that quite well, sparking curiosity and discovery. That momentum carried me into this collection of user-submitted albums. However, I now find myself reaching the outer limits of what resonates with me. Unfortunately, this particular album leaves me completely unmoved—it simply doesn’t connect with me on any level. Sorry to the submitter.

Wanted to give this a fair shot after being burnt out on 'Call Me Maybe' when it dropped, but this album is just more of the same in that department. The whole LP feels so lifeless and vapid – outside of some fun bass lines, the instrumentals sound like Ableton preset tracks and have no real character or strong melodic sense. Additionally, Jepsen's vocals come across as perfunctory, and at times feel almost computer-generated for how soulless they sound. Even if the album dared to touch subjects outside of A) love and B) boyfriend, CRJ's delivery makes it seem like she could care less about any of these subjects and is just reading off the script the studio songwriters gave her. It's all more product than performance, an exemplar of how modern pop is more commercial package than actual art – which this album is assuredly not

one hit wonder tries to be more "serious" by sounding like every other artist of this period with heaps of autotune. Incredibly forgettable. 1.4