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| Studio album by Melanie Martinez | ||||
| Released | August fourteen, 2015 (2015-08-fourteen) | |||
| Recorded | 2013–2015 | |||
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| Length | 46:38 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
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Cry Baby is the debut studio anthology by American vocalizer and songwriter Melanie Martinez. It was released on August 14, 2015, by Atlantic Records through digital download, CD, vinyl and audio cassette.[1] [2] The anthology was supported by the release of three singles. Two singles preceded the album's release: lead single "Pity Political party", was released on June 2, 2015,[3] while the second single, "Soap", was released on July 10, 2015. The third and final single from the album, "Sippy Cup" was released July 31, 2015. Cry Infant is a visual concept album. Musically, Cry Baby is primarily an culling pop,[4] electropop,[v] and indie popular[vi] record, and received generally positive reviews from critics. In 2021 the album was certified double platinum, after earning two 1000000 anthology-equivalent units (sales, streaming, and track sales).
On November 25, 2016, Martinez released an EP titled Cry Baby's Extra Clutter. The EP, released exclusively on vinyl, consisted of the three bonus tracks from Cry Baby, and "Gingerbread Man", which was released on December 23, 2015, as a single. The album was promoted by the Cry Infant Tour (2015–2017).
Background and production [edit]
Martinez had an extended play completely done around 2013, which she began recording soon after she was eliminated from The Vocalisation and was fix to put information technology out. However, after creating her song "Dollhouse" in September 2013, she decided not to release the aforementioned extended play. She began conceptualizing her debut anthology, which differed from the sound of the 2013 EP. In May 2014, Melanie put out her Dollhouse EP, and announced that summer that she hoped to have her album out effectually October. When October came, Melanie released the video for "Carousel" and postponed her release date for her album, and stated that she hoped to take it out in leap. That spring, Kinetics & One Beloved appear that all of the vocals for Melanie's album were finished, and Melanie officially appear that her album would be titled "Cry Baby". Melanie began teasing some titles for tracks. The first single was "Pity Party" and was confirmed on May 27, 2015. The music video was accidentally leaked by Melanie herself on May 29, but she after tweeted that she was happy and excited for the fans who had seen it and promised there was "more to come" during her alive stream on June 1. Information technology was officially released on the day of the live stream. During the live stream, Martinez announced that the release day of Cry Baby would exist in Baronial. The second single, "Soap", was confirmed in belatedly June, and it was appear soon before it was to exist released on July 10. It leaked a day before. The one-shot music video came out the aforementioned twenty-four hour period.
On July 16, the album art and release engagement were leaked on Amazon, although the release date was false. On July 17, the album art was officially revealed, and trade bundles were available to pre-order on Martinez'southward website, with the digital pre-gild on July 24. Before the 24th, the track list of the album was leaked, although the websites that leaked it replaced "Tag, You're It" with "Jump Rope" and "Play Date" with "Half Hearted". The runway list was officially revealed on the 24th with the pre-order. Starting on July 27, Melanie released a snippet of each song (apart from the ones on the deluxe edition) on her Instagram page. On July 28, Melanie released the snippet for "Sippy Cup" and announced that it would exist released on July 31. On July 30, Spin premiered the video, and "Sippy Cup" was released the day after. The album was released on August xiv. The CD was packaged as a storybook, with jewel case CDs available later on. Both a picture disk and a standard black vinyl were released in the futurity. Cassettes were so released, advertised as being in yellow, bluish, and pinkish. There is also a less common green cassette. All physical copies of the album are the standard explicit, with the deluxe and clean being digital exclusives.
Concept [edit]
The album is about a graphic symbol, named Cry Baby, a fantasy version of Martinez when she was a very young child (specifically before she started education), and a representation of her vulnerable and messed-upwardly side. Martinez described Cry Babe as "a child who experiences adult things". She states that many of the things that accept happened to Weep Baby are embellished versions of things that have happened in her own life, except the part where Cry Baby gets kidnapped and kills her kidnapper. Each song on the tracklist has a childhood-related title and contains babyhood-related metaphors, while the deeper messages existence crossed to the listener carry more developed themes and problems. For example, the song "Cry Babe" refers to someone who is teased for openly displaying their emotions (equally opposed to an bodily babe), and the song "Training Wheels" is actually near taking a human relationship to the adjacent level. The storybook available in the pre-order package features rhymes and illustrations based on the album, written by Martinez herself.[7]
Release [edit]
The album was released on August 14, 2015, by Atlantic Records, through digital download, CD, vinyl, and sound cassette.[two] The vinyl and CD have special packaging, which includes a storybook that follows the album by illustrator Chloe Tersigni.[8] Cry Baby debuted at number 6 on the Billboard 200 with 41,000 units sold in its first week; it as well debuted at the top of the Alternative Albums Chart. Information technology was announced on August 2, 2016, that the album had sold 263,050 copies.[9] On February 24, 2017, the anthology was certified Platinum, having sold ane,000,000 copies in the U.s..[ten] [eleven]
Singles [edit]
"Pity Party" was released as the commencement single. The music video was released on Vessel by Martinez on May 29, 2015, for early admission users. It was then released three days later, on June 1, 2015, on YouTube. Information technology was certified Platinum by RIAA.
"Soap" was released every bit the second unmarried. It was released on July 10, 2015, along with a music video. It was certified Gold by RIAA. As of the end of 2017, "Soap" became an online trending song on the application TikTok (formerly known as Musical.ly), and a claiming known as the "Soap Claiming" gained speed, which saw users play Martinez'south song while using liquid dish soap on makeup wipes to blow a stream of foam with their rima oris.
"Sippy Loving cup" was released equally the third single on July 31, 2015, with a music video. It was the darker sequel to the music video of her 2014 unmarried, "Dollhouse".
Other songs [edit]
Martinez said in an interview that she would be releasing music videos for all tracks of the album.[12] The song "Training Wheels" had a music video released on November eighteen, 2015, as a double-feature with a new video for "Soap", simply "Training Wheels" was not announced as a single by Martinez.[thirteen] "Alphabet Boy" received a music video on June ii, 2016.[14] A double characteristic music video for "Tag, You're It" and "Milk and Cookies" was released on August 23, 2016.[15] The song "Pacify Her" had a music video released on November 15, 2016.[16] The song "Mrs. Potato Head" had a music video released on December ane, 2016.[17] The song "Mad Hatter" had its music video released on September 23, 2017, serving every bit the conclusion to the Weep Baby visual story.[18]
In April 2020, Martinez's song "Play Appointment", one of the album's palatial tracks, reached the "Viral 50" songs on Spotify and is subsequently rise on the charts. This resulted from a popular trend on TikTok, where users make an edit of a glory with the song playing in the background.[19] [xx] Martinez posted on Instagram, addressing the vocal's success as the "best altogether present ever".[21] On May 1, 2020, the song was certified Gold past RIAA and as of December 8, 2020 the vocal has been certified Platinum.[xi] In an interview with Idolator on May 8, 2020, Martinez revealed plans to tape a music video for the song from home.[22]
Critical reception [edit]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [23] |
| ABC News | [5] |
| Billboard | [24] |
| Outlet Magazine |    [25] |
| Popdust.com | 4/5[4] |
| Spin | eight/10[26] |
| Under the Gun Review | 9.5/10[half-dozen] |
Cry Baby received generally positive reviews from music critics. Allan Raible at ABC News gave the anthology 4.5 stars out of 5, describing it as "a jarring, affecting record that will stick with y'all days after listening. It'southward not for passive listening. It is a rare pop record that is both catchy beyond belief and an artistic triumph."[5] Jason Scott at Popdust.com described the anthology as "thirteen tracks of pure hypnotic bliss [that] tests the absolute premises of alt-pop, puncturing and bleeding out of [Martinez's] Lesley Gore and Purity Ring influence," highlighting "Sippy Cup", "Mrs. White potato Caput", "Soap", "Cry Baby" and "Alphabet Boy".[4] AllMusic's Matt Collar compared Martinez to Björk and Beyoncé, and said that "her songs also fit nicely adjacent to the work of contemporaries like Lorde and Lana Del Rey." Emma Guido at Under the Gun Review gave the album a nine.5 out of 10, calling the album "a journey with Martinez's creepy alter ego every bit she battles her demons and obsessions", calling her songwriting methods "expressional, passionate and marvelously creative" and writing that "The haunted carnival-esque ambience of Cry Baby...takes on a new form of indie-pop music that the world has been waiting to hear."[half dozen]
SPIN named the anthology number 22 on their list of "The 25 Best Popular Albums of 2015".[27]
Track listing [edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(south) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cry Babe" |
| I Dearest | 3:59 |
| 2. | "Dollhouse" |
| 1 Dearest | iii:51 |
| 3. | "Sippy Cup" |
| One Dear | iii:fifteen |
| 4. | "Carousel" |
| One Love | 3:50 |
| 5. | "Alphabet Boy" |
| One Dear | 4:xiii |
| vi. | "Soap" |
| Shearer | 3:29 |
| 7. | "Training Wheels" |
| Babydaddy | 3:25 |
| viii. | "Pity Party" |
| Baran | iii:24 |
| 9. | "Tag, You're It" |
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| three:09 |
| ten. | "Milk and Cookies" |
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| three:26 |
| xi. | "Pacify Her" |
| Keenan | 3:40 |
| 12. | "Mrs. Tater Head" |
| Kinetics & Ane Dear | 3:37 |
| 13. | "Mad Hatter" |
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| iii:21 |
| Full length: | 46:38 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(southward) | Producer(south) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14. | "Play Appointment" |
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| 2:59 |
| fifteen. | "Teddy Acquit" |
| Snow | 4:05 |
| sixteen. | "Cake" |
| Baran | 3:19 |
| Total length: | 56:01 | |||
Notes
- [a] signifies an additional producer.
- "Pity Political party" samples Lesley Gore's "Information technology's My Party", written past Wally Gold, John Gluck, Herb Wiener, and Seymour Gottlieb.
Personnel [edit]
- Melanie Martinez – vocals
Production
- Jeff Levin – A&R
- Pete Ganbarg – A&R
- Anne Declemente – A&R
- Mitch McCarthy – mixing on all tracks except "Dollhouse", "Carousel" and "Compassion Party" at Owl Foot Ranch
- Manny Marroquin – mixing on "Pity Party"
- Chris Gehringer – mastering
- JL Dark-brown mixing on "Preparation Wheels"
Charts [edit]
Certifications [edit]
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| Weep Infant's Extra Clutter EP | ||||
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| EP past Melanie Martinez | ||||
| Released | November 25, 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 2013–2015 | |||
| Length | 13:51 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Melanie Martinez chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Cry Infant's Extra Clutter EP | ||||
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Cry Baby'south Extra Clutter EP is the 3rd extended play by American recording artist Melanie Martinez, released on November 25, 2016. The EP is a physical vinyl release and her first EP without a digital release of the three bonus tracks from Cry Baby as well as the limited-release 2015 Christmas single, "Gingerbread Man".[56] The vinyl was only available for purchase via Urban Outfitters and Martinez's website.[58] The EP's cover art was drawn by Chloe Tersigni.
Track listing [edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(due south) | Length |
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| 1. | "Play Date" |
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| 2:59 |
| 2. | "Teddy Comport" |
| Snow | 4:05 |
| iii. | "Block" |
| Baran | iii:nineteen |
| 4. | "Gingerbread Man" |
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| three:28 |
| Full length: | 13:51 | |||
Tour [edit]
| Tour by Melanie Martinez | |
| Associated album | Cry Babe |
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| Start date | August 26, 2015 |
| End date | April two, 2017 |
| Legs | 9 |
| No. of shows | 98 in North America 4 in Oceania v in Latin America 17 in Europe 124 in total |
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| Melanie Martinez concert chronology | |
Set list [edit]
- Notes
- The songs that Martinez played as the encore was based on audience choice.
- The encore songs can be played in random order as Melanie likes, but Block volition always be the concluding song, except during the last shows in São Paulo, Buenos Aires, and Santiago (Block was performed before Mad Hatter).
- Melanie decided to perform "Teddy Bear" after "Pity Political party" in select shows.
- From March 26, 2017, to April 2, 2017, "Pacify Her", "Gingerbread Man", and "Play Date" was removed from the setlist.
Shows [edit]
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