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9.0
111428
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Through envy, happiness, uncertainty, and self-assuredness, Dedicated tells us that every emotion we feel is another important step in our own personal saga
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9.0
111442
9.0 |
All Music
A master class in what a 2010s pop album can be
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9.0
111524
9.0 |
God Is In The TV
The whole thing glistens thanks to an endless run of warm, shimmering melodies and rich production details. Dedicated is another masterful record and her fans are likely to live up to the album’s title
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8.0
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8.0 |
PopMatters
Carly Rae Jepsen's Dedicated lives in the explosive lift-offs and devastating crash-and-burns of coupling, those meaty emotionally hefty peaks of relationships that form the inverted bell-curve of the heart
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8.0
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8.0 |
NME
After four years away, CRJ is back with another sparkling collection of lively and stylised pop tunes
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8.0
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8.0 |
musicOMH
This is easily one of the best pop albums of the year as it is: one that’s unlikely to be bettered unless a certain Ms Swift really pulls it out of the bag
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8.0
111434
8.0 |
The Skinny
A glistening collection of 80s-inspired pop earworms
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Guardian
With less of the belt-it-out bombast, Jepsen presents her more confident, seductive and cheeky sides – all are welcome
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8.0
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8.0 |
Clash
Revolving in a shimmering cloud of ‘80s synth, bouncy bass and progressive percussion, she has certified herself as a serious contender in the pop arena
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8.0
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The Irish Times
Bruised affairs with a killer pop heart
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8.0
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The Independent
After the critically acclaimed ‘Emotion’ failed to set the charts alight, perhaps its polished pop follow-up will get Jepsen the recognition she deserves
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8.0
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Exclaim
It confirms both Jepsen's consistency and longevity as a songwriter
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7.8
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7.8 |
Paste Magazine
While reality crumbles around us daily, at least Carly Rae Jepsen is still a force for bliss
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7.5
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7.5 |
The 405
Opts for hooks over identity on the consistently catchy Dedicated
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7.5
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7.5 |
Consequence Of Sound
The Canadian singer turns inward with a new set of producers and a new batch of love songs
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7.3
111392
7.3 |
Pitchfork
The Canadian pop star is doing what she does best, calibrating lovesick or lovelorn synthpop that’s neither too hot nor too cold—and sometimes, regrettably, only lukewarm
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7.0
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7.0 |
Slant Magazine
The album doubles down on the singer’s devotion to all things love and ‘80s pop-rock
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7.0
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7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Her fourth album is another installment of Eighties-loving pop that proudly wears its heart on its sleeve
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7.0
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7.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Dedicated isn’t a perfect album — it’s overlong and occasionally concedes too much to chart tastes to be interesting. But by the time Jepsen takes a bow following bonus track “Party For One,” you’re reminded once again of her generosity, of all the space she’s cleared for strength and weakness, for personal epiphanies and communal release
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6.8
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6.8 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Dedicated is good, but it doesn’t whirl with the same destructive force; in that sense, it is Carly Rae’s first genuine failure in a decade
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6.0
111621
6.0 |
Spectrum Culture
One of the most positive ways the internet has changed how people listen to music is that is has removed the novelty of genre agnosticism
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6.0
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6.0 |
Evening Standard
There are the spangly highs of Julien, the hi-speed lows of Party for One . But mostly it’s an album of creamy middles
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6.0
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6.0 |
The FT
The Canadian singer’s latest album is a well-constructed, quirky ode to the cult of Carly and her ‘Jepsies’
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Arts Desk
There's a strong thread of updated synthy, Nile Rodgers-y 80s disco-funk
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6.0
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No Ripcord
Dedicated, has no shortage of glitzy, very 2019 sonic accouterments
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6.0
111343
6.0 |
Loud And Quiet
As solid a collection as Dedicated undoubtedly is, it’s missing the magic that made Emotion such a cultural phenomenon. Without it, Jepsen seems destined to remain a cult curiosity for the foreseeable future
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