Cry Baby

by Melanie Martinez

Overview

Building upon the conceptual ideas of her 2014 EP, Dollhouse, Melanie Martinez's 2015 full-length debut, Cry Baby, finds her taking the innocent imagery of youth and family ("Carousel," "Training Wheels," "Milk and Cookies") and subverting them into angular R&B and electro-infused anthems of familial strife, abuse, and romance gone wrong. An arty, self-assured singer with a style that falls somewhere between Beyonce and Bjoerk, Martinez first came to the public's attention singing Britney Spears' "Toxic" as a contestant on the third season of NBC's The Voice. Perhaps not surprisingly, then, her songs also fit nicely next to the work of contemporaries like Lorde and Lana Del Rey. As with Dollhouse, aiding Martinez on Cry Baby are a handful of hip-hop and pop-steeped producers including Kinetics & One Love (B.o.B, Pitbull, Neon Hitch), SmarterChild (Krewella, Usher, Tori Kelly), and Frequency (Eminem, Royce da 5'9", Slaughterhouse). Featured on Cry Baby are the singles "Sippy Cup," "Soap," and "Pity Party." ~ Matt Collar

Product Details

Release Date:	08/14/2015
Label:	Atlantic
UPC:	0075679919243
Rank:	3343

Tracks

1. Cry Baby
2. Dollhouse
3. Sippy Cup
4. Carousel
5. Alphabet Boy
6. Soap
7. Training Wheels
8. Pity Party
9. Tag, You're It
10. Milk and Cookies
11. Pacify Her
12. Mrs. Potato Head
13. Mad Hatter

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Melanie Martinez   Primary Artist,Vocals
Frequency   Keyboards,Keyboards
Babydaddy   Keyboards
Aalias   Keyboards

Technical Credits

Mike Miller   Producer
Chris Gehringer   Mastering
Wally Gold   Composer
John Gluck   Composer,Composer
Scott Hoffman   Composer,Engineer,Producer
Kara DioGuardi   Composer
Manny Marroquin   Mixing
Pete Ganbarg   A&R
Chris Galland   Assistant,Mixing Engineer
Frequency   Engineer,Producer,Programming,Producer,Recording
Babydaddy   Producer,Programming
Jeff Levin   A&R
Michael Leary   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Additional Production
Scott Harris   Composer
Herb Wiener   Composer
C.J. Baran   Composer,Engineer,Producer
Seymour Gottlieb   Composer
Emily Warren   Composer
Anne Declemente   A&R
Jeremy Dussolliet   Composer
Tim Sommers   Composer,Engineer,Producer
Aaron Kleinstub   Composer
Christopher J. Baran   Composer,Engineer,Producer
Kyle Shearer   Composer,Producer
Jenn Decilveo   Composer,Producer
Melanie Martinez   Design,Composer,Art Direction
Lissy Elle Laricchia   Photography
Felix Snow   Composer,Producer
JL Brown   Vocal Engineer
Sachiko Asano   Design,Art Direction
Smarterchild   Engineer,Producer
Rick Markowitz   Composer,Engineer,Producer
Aalias   Producer,Programming
Phoebe Ryan   Composer
Chloe Angelides   Composer
Michael Keenan   Composer,Engineer,Producer
Ike Schultz   Assistant,Mixing Engineer
Bryan Fryzel   Composer
Chloe Tersigni   Illustrations
Christoper J. Baran   Composer,Engineer,Producer