Love, Save the Empty

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Love, Save the Empty
Love, Save the Empty album.jpg
Studio album by
Erin McCarley
ReleasedDecember 30, 2008
Studio
  • Little Big Sound and Big Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • The Galt Line (Hollywood, California)
Genre Pop rock, alternative rock, acoustic rock
Length45:38
Label Universal Republic
Producer Jamie Kenney
Erin McCarley chronology
Love, Save the Empty
(2008)		My Stadium Electric
(2012)
Singles from Love, Save the Empty
  1. "Pony (It's OK)"
    Released: February 2, 2008
  2. "Love, Save the Empty"
    Released: June 8, 2008
  3. "Pitter-Pat"
    Released: November 17, 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Artistdirect Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Hartford Courant (Positive) [4]
New York Times (Positive) [5]
Scripps Howard News Service Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Times Herald-Record B [7]
Ultimate Guitar (8.3/10) [8]

Love, Save the Empty is the 2008 debut album by American pop rock singer Erin McCarley. It was released digitally through Universal Republic Records on iTunes on December 30, 2008. The hard copy was released on January 6, 2009. Jamie Kenney, McCarley's musical partner, produced the album and also arranged, played, and co-wrote most of the songs.

Contents

McCarley toured throughout January to promote her release. Love, Save the Empty peaked at No. 5 on iTunes "Top Albums" chart on January 2, 2009, resulting in a No. 86 debut on the Billboard 200 in the issue dated January 17, 2009. The following week, the album rose ten spots to a new peak of 76.

In addition, all three of her singles released from the album charted. The song "Love, Save the Empty" is the song featured mostly in He's Just Not That Into You and is the only track featured in the film with has a music video. Both "Love, Save the Empty" and "Pitter-Pat" were featured on the fifth season of Grey's Anatomy. "Love, Save the Empty" was included in the first season of the CW's show Privileged. "Pony (It's OK)" and "Pitter-Pat" were featured in One Tree Hill .

Both "Pony (It's OK)" [9] and "Pitter-Pat" have been on the Triple A (Adult Album Alternative) chart, and "Love, Save the Empty" made the Hot Adult Top 40 (or Hot AC) chart [10] as well as VH1's Top 20 Video Countdown, where it peaked at No. 17.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Erin McCarley and Jamie Kenney except where noted

Love, Save the Empty track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Pony (It's OK)" 3:26
2."Blue Suitcase" 3:28
3."Sticky-Sweet" 3:27
4."Lovesick Mistake" 4:15
5."Love, Save the Empty" 3:16
6."It's Not That Easy"
  • McCarley
  • Kenney
  • David Rolfe
4:22
7."Hello/Goodbye"McCarley3:58
8."Pitter-Pat" 4:19
9."SleepWalking"
  • McCarley
  • Kenney
  • Wayne Rodrigues
3:32
10."Bobble Head"
3:22
11."Gotta Figure This Out"McCarley4:48
12."Pony (It's OK)" (acoustic bonus track) 3:25
Total length:45:38

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. Love, Save the Empty at AllMusic
  2. ↑ American Songwriter review
  3. ↑ ARTISTdirect review
  4. ↑ Hartford Courant review
  5. ↑ New York Times review
  6. ↑ Scripps Howard News Service
  7. ↑ Times Herald-Record review
  8. ↑ Ultimate Guitar review
  9. ↑ "Mediabase Triple A 2008 Year-End Chart". Popradiotop20.com. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  10. ↑ TPM – Total Popular Music (March 30, 2009). "TPM Hot Adult 40 Playlist". Total Popular Music. Retrieved February 29, 2012.


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