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80

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User Score
9.1

Universal acclaim- based on 305 Ratings

  • Summary: The eight-track EP includes songs that did not make it on the Canadian pop artist's 2015 album E-MO-TION.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. 91
    Side B is that bash: intimate yet inclusive, with an invitation personally delivered by hand.
  2. Sep 8, 2016
    80
    Unlike many B-side collections, much of E•MO•TION: Side B has single potential to the point where it's crazy that high-energy synth-pop gems like "First Time," "Higher" and "Body Language" were left off of E•MO•TION for mid-tempo bonus cuts like "Black Heart."
  3. Sep 8, 2016
    80
    Carly Rae captures the glitz and glamour and grime and sex and directionless sadness and anxiety of her listeners so, so well, and the way it’s wrapped up in an endlessly compelling composition of synth jams, funk accessories, and modern electro-pop makes it even better.
  4. Dec 12, 2016
    80
    Even if it's not as full of surprises as the original album was, E-MO-TION [Side B] might be even more cohesive--and should delight fans of perfectly crafted pop just as much.
  5. Sep 8, 2016
    71
    That the songs can sound enormous while maintaining this kind of person-to-person intimacy is Jepsen’s particular talent.
  6. Sep 16, 2016
    55
    The success of Emotion and its predecessor, Kiss, was a product of balance. ... Side B does not find that balance, and is most instructive in the ways it illuminates her process. It lets us peek in on the misfits that are the product of every pop album, and hints at the unsexy labor of music-making.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 36
  3. Negative: 0 out of 36
  1. Jun 25, 2019
    10
    Amazing! Songs like “Store” and “Cry” is what really made the last couple of years nostalgic for me, the pop-iness in this EP is whatAmazing! Songs like “Store” and “Cry” is what really made the last couple of years nostalgic for me, the pop-iness in this EP is what preserves the magic of E-MO-TION Expand
  2. Feb 21, 2018
    10
    Musicas tão boas quanto as do álbum principal. Um dos melhores (se não o melhor) albuns de 2016.
  3. Sep 26, 2016
    10
    O album pop mais conceitual que você respeita. Carly acertou mais uma vez nessa continuação do Emotion. Merecia ser mais reconhecida no mundoO album pop mais conceitual que você respeita. Carly acertou mais uma vez nessa continuação do Emotion. Merecia ser mais reconhecida no mundo pop atual, que está em carência de produção mais originais e criativas com essa. Expand
  4. Iia
    Jun 26, 2019
    10
    This honestly deserves all the praise, I can’t believe this below the top 5 spots on the Billboard Top 200, very disappointing to know peopleThis honestly deserves all the praise, I can’t believe this below the top 5 spots on the Billboard Top 200, very disappointing to know people only pay attention to artists like Taylor Swift, not that there’s anything wrong with that, it’s just that Jepsen makes music Expand
  5. May 29, 2020
    10
    Emotion Side-B+ is her best album. Cut To The Feeling / Higher / Fever / Cry / Roses
  6. Oct 11, 2016
    10
    é uma continuação que poderia até mesmo ser o sucessor do ótimo "Emotion", mesmo que com o mesmo conceito, não teria problema nenhum.

    Carly
    é uma continuação que poderia até mesmo ser o sucessor do ótimo "Emotion", mesmo que com o mesmo conceito, não teria problema nenhum.

    Carly continua me surpreendendo
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  7. Nov 21, 2016
    7
    I don't how she manages to give such infectious 80's dance pop jams. I swear that if this had been released in that era it'd made her theI don't how she manages to give such infectious 80's dance pop jams. I swear that if this had been released in that era it'd made her the queen of pop. The best of all it's that she gives lots of good vibes without getting painfully commercial, just fun and bubbly lyrics. For being an EP of leftovers of EMOTION, this could actually be her third album and I wouldn't be mad at all. I hope she continues to grow musically and keeps surprising with great tunes. Expand

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