What makes Day and Night succeed and stand out in Carly Rae Jepsen’s discography is the confidence and strength that shine through the music

If the words ‘double album’ fill your mind with images of prog synth lords and dread, fear not: Carly Rae Jepsen’s new album is a beautiful banquet stacked with treats that cater for many tastes

Jepsen’s double album finds fresh excitement in the friction between a steady voice and restless arrangements, even when its generosity outruns its editing

Day and Night's blissfully eclectic pop will convince devoted fans - and maybe even a few cynics - that happy endings still exist

Throwing varied sounds at a wall with no hooks makes any album fade to the background, and unfortunately, that’s what Day and Night becomes—a dance mix for a forgettable cocktail party

On her first ever double album, the Canadian artist splits her time between lightly psychedelic pop and reassuringly classy club bangers

The album is the singer’s most adventurous to date, even if the results are a little unwieldy

Jepsen still sounds great in this vein, but she sounds more at home, more herself, in Day and Night's first half

Carly Rae Jepsen’s sprawling new double album celebrates full-time love and commitment with sweet, sunny tracks for Day and sleeker, dancier songs for Night

A double album full of sensual, confident and accomplished dance-pop that reflects recent positive life events

Day and Night is another notch in the belt of one of pop’s best flag-bearers. Grown up but never stiff, it’s Carly Rae Jepsen’s most creative and far-reaching work to date

Across 24 tracks, the prolific pop star traverses styles and continents while tracing the dazzling highs and devastating lows romance can bring

What’s most striking about the pop singer’s eighth album is how spatially and texturally interesting it sounds: choral vocals darken the corners, time-stretched samples burst apart when beats drop, instruments wash into each other

The premier pop songstress of the 21st century is back with a double album that starts with exploration and ends with tedium