Sticky synths, Aphex Twin-lite percussion, and what sounds like a police siren on the hook? “Love Again” has it all. “Love Again” is way too good to be quarantined on the Japanese edition of the album. Only Carly Rae Jepsen has the power to turn the dancefloor into Braveheart. This song’s secret weapon is the epic ascending war drums on the bridge. This song packs way too many syllables into way too small a space.
Speaking of the chorus, those piano keys? Brilliant. I can practically smell the shirtless dudes with construction hats and glowsticks chanting along to its chorus. “Didn’t Just Come Here to Dance” is up there with Lady GaGa’s “Just Dance” in the pantheon of mixing European techno with American pop. Instead, we are left with an impeccably crafted love song with an earworm of a hook. The instrumental is primarily built on a wobbling bass that suggests a darkness that never really materializes. I get the feeling that this song could have been a lot more. However, it’s a pretty standard song on an otherwise extremely distinctive album, and the vocoder effect is a little janky. “Favourite Colour” is pure balladry, complete with a soaring chorus that would make Toto jealous. It’s a testament to Emotion’s brilliance that a song as great as this is the worst track on the album.
Each one of its 17 tracks are practically bulletproof, and so in the interest of internet list-nerdery, I have taken upon myself the Sisyphean task of ranking all of them. Emotion is a perfectly constructed mix of synth-pop, funk, and R&B. Emotion was far and away my favorite album of 2015, and arguably the best pop album of the past 10 years. This is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.
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