''The Shocking Miss Emerald'' is the second studio album by

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. The album was written and produced by David Schreurs, Vincent Degiorgio, Jan van Wieringen and Emerald, with contributions from Wieger Hoogendorp, Robin Veldman and

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and released on 3 May 2013 on

Grandmono Records Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw (born 26 April 1981), known for the project Caro Emerald, is a Dutch pop and jazz singer who mainly performs in English. Active since 2007, she rose to prominence in 2009 with the debut single, " Back It Up". Th ...

. In the UK, the album was released by

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. The album includes singles " Tangled Up" and "

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". In the UK, Emerald performed tracks from the album at BBC Radio Theatre, which was broadcast on

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and on the BBC Red Button. ''The Shocking Miss Emerald'' debuted atop the

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with 34,246 copies sold in its first week, becoming Emerald's first UK number-one album.

Singles

" Tangled Up" written by Schreurs, Degiorgio and

was released as the lead single from the album on 18 February 2013. The song reached number sixteen on the

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, number seventy-seven on the

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, it has also been a Top 20 hit in

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. "

" was released as the second single from the album on 21 May 2013. It was

's Record of the Week and joined their playlist in mid-May 2013; it was 'A' listed, just as "Tangled Up" had been. As of Sunday 2 June it had reached No. 10 on the

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Critical reception

The album received generally positive reviews from music critics. Simon Price of ''

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'' gave the album a positive review stating, "The danger facing this Dutch diva as she follows up the multi-platinum Deleted Scenes… in a marketplace packed with similarly retro-styled chanteuses is that she'll sound like a redundant cabaret turn. What saves ''TSME'' is its often-inspired mix of vintage jazz and modern hip hop. Her secret weapon, in this respect, is producer David Schreurs, who rescues Emerald’s second album from turning into one long perfume ad, albeit a charming one." Stephen Unwin of the ''

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'' said, "it is stylish and jazz-age infused. The stakes are high as Caro's breakthrough album sold like a crazy thing but those stakes needn't have worried. Sassy, smouldering and quite possibly the soundtrack to your summer."

Singles

Critical reception

Track listing

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References