''Emails I Can't Send'' is the fifth

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by American singer and songwriter

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, released on July 15, 2022 by

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. It is Carpenter's first studio album with the label. The album spawned five singles" Skinny Dipping", "

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", " Vicious", "Because I Liked a Boy" and "Nonsense". Carpenter embarked on the Emails I Can't Send Tour in September 2022, in support of the album. The album ranked 44th overall in

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's list of the 100 Best Albums of 2022. On the US

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, it peaked at number 23 and became her highest charting album on the chart.

Background and release

By June 2019, while promoting her fourth studio album '' Singular: Act II'', ''

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'' magazine reported that Carpenter had begun work on a fifth studio album. In 2020, she released " Honeymoon Fades" and songs intended to support her acting career such as "Let Me Move You" for '' Work It'' and the ''

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'' soundtrack. In January 2021, Carpenter was signed to

, after four albums with

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and released "

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". The track debuted at number 48 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming her first entry on the chart. Carpenter reported to ''

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'' in September 2021 that many of the album's songs were written from emails she wrote to herself, such as the song she shared on August 7 with the description "intro", later revealed as the title track of the album. She also revealed that she finished the album's recording in

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, John Ryan and

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, after she moved to Manhattan's Financial District, in June 2021. Carpenter confirmed on ''

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'' that the album would be dropped sometime in 2022 and that the title was hidden in work released the year before. The album's name clue was in the music video for " Skinny Dipping", in a shot where the name appears in a

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Singles

" Skinny Dipping" was released as the album's lead single on September 9, 2021. "

" was released as the album's second single on February 18, 2022. " Vicious" was released as the third single on July 1, 2022, along with the album's pre-order. "Because I Liked a Boy" was released as the fourth single on July 15, 2022, along with the album and its music video. A music video for "Nonsense" was released on November 10, 2022, which was later confirmed by Carpenter to be the fifth single from the album.

Promotion

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Tour

On August 15, 2022 Carpenter announced that she would embark on her fourth concert tour in support of "Email's I Can't Send". The first leg of the tour began on September 29, 2022 in

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and concluded on October 20, 2022 in

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. On December 12, 2022 Carpenter announced a second

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n leg of the tour for the spring of 2023.

Critical reception

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'' stated that the album is "the most fully realized vision of Carpenter the musician—and the most rounded portrait of Carpenter the human being—yet."

Year-end lists

Commercial performance

''Emails I Can't Send'' debuted at number 23 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, with 18,000 album-equivalent units earned, which consisted 7,000 pure album copies, making it Carpenter's highest entry on the chart, as well as number 55 on the

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, her second and highest entry on that chart. The album debuted at number 76 on the

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, making it Carpenter's first entry on the chart. In Australia, the album debuted at number 44 on the

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. It tied ''

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'' as Carpenter's highest-charting album in the country. In New Zealand, ''Emails I Can't Send'' debuted at number 27 on the chart, Carpenter's first entry on the chart.

Track listing

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Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Emails I Can't Send''. Recorded, mixed and mastering *

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(Woodshed Studios) * Rhinebeck, New York (The Clubhouse) Vocals *

– vocals (all tracks), backing vocals (6, 10) *

– backing vocals (6) * Steph Jones – backing vocals (8–9) * Alida Garpestad Peck – backing vocals (11) * John Ryan – backing vocals (6, 10) *

– backing vocals (6) Instrumentation * Crystal Alforque – violin (3) * Julian Bunetta – bass, drums, keyboards, percussion (8) *

– bass, guitar, drums (3, 11–12), percussion (3, 8, 11–12), keyboards (3, 8, 11), mellotron, synths (3), lap steel (12) * Noah Conrad – trumpet (11) *

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– guitar, bass, synth (2) * Peter Lee Johnson – strings (10) * Forest Miller – strings (8) * Jorgen Odegard – bass, drums, keyboards, percussion (4) * John Ryan – bass, guitar, drums, percussion, keyboards (10) * JP Saxe – keyboards (1), guitar (4, 7, 11), bass (4) * Alex Sutton – guitar (4) * Yi-Mei Templeman – cello (11) Production * Julian Bunetta –

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(8–9) * Leroy Clampitt – production (1, 3, 8, 11–12) * Jason Evigan – production, vocal production (2) * Ryan Marrone – production (7) * Jorgen Odegard – production (4) * John Ryan – production (5–6, 10, 13) Technical * Bryce Bordone – mix engineer (5, 10) * Julian Bunetta –

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, programming (8–9) * Leroy Clampitt – recording (1, 3, 8, 11–12), mixing (1), programming (3, 8, 11–12), string arranging (3) * Jason Evigan – recording, programming (2) *

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– mastering (1, 3–4, 6–7, 9–13) *

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– mixing (5, 10) * Josh Gudwin – mixing (2–4, 6–9, 11–13) * Ryan Marrone – recording (7) * Jorgen Odegard – recording (4) * Will Quinnell – mastering (2, 5, 8) * Jackson Rau – recording (2) * John Ryan – recording (5–6, 10, 13), programming (5–6, 13) * Heidi Wang – mix engineer (2–4, 6–9, 12–13)

Charts

Release history

References

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