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Seanchan posted...

I have to wonder if it's the very...PG...nature of the album that might have turned people off? Someone please correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't CRJ try to avoid more overt sexual references/feelings? That seemed to be what I was hearing, with songs about "really, really, really, really, really liking you" or "hoping you take the long way back". A ton of songs about love and romantic/amorous feelings but presented in a very Disney Channel way.

Yeah, she's pretty tame lyrically. Although considering Call Me Maybe's success, I doubt it was that huge of a factor at least from a commercial perspective. I'd attribute it more to I Really Like You being marketed as the lead single instead of Run Away With Me amongst other factors. I Really Like You didn't have much that made it stand out amongst other pop records at the time, so people probably just thought it was Call Me Maybe 2 and dismissed it as a result.

Also worth mentioning on a personal level that while I do recognize the value of lyrical content and know that a lot of the lyrics in this album are rather cheesy, lyrics don't make a difference as far as my overall enjoyment of music in general. I care a lot more about how music sounds than what it's saying.