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Eyes Wide Open (2015)

Where the lyrics of Eyes Wide Open take you, and where it was really made.

Carpenter's debut album was recorded over roughly three years, but most of it was made in 2014.

Key places

Recording at The Guest House (2015)

Recording site Schnee Studio — The album's credits list The Guest House in North Hollywood, California, as a recording location. The point is placed at city-centre level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Several Los Angeles studios (2015)

Recording site Motown Recording Studios — The credits name several Los Angeles studios, including Sleepwalker Studios, Captain Cuts Studios and The Synagogue. The point is placed at Los Angeles city-centre level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Album story

Overview

• Eyes Wide Open: debut studio album by American singer Sabrina Carpenter
• Released 14 April 2015 by Hollywood Records
• Twelve tracks, four of them carried over from her debut EP Can't Blame a Girl for Trying
• Folk-pop and teen pop with acoustic and country influences
• Production uses guitars, piano, drums and keyboards
• Themes: Carpenter's personal experiences, friendship, love and teenage problems

Background

• Carpenter became heavily involved with the Disney Channel in 2013
• She appeared on soundtracks such as 'Smile' and 'All You Need'
• In 2013 she signed a record deal with Hollywood Records
• She released her debut EP with four tracks in March 2014
• After the EP, she began planning the album in 2014, wanting a full-length LP

Recording

• Recorded from 2013 to 2015, with most of it done in 2014
• 'Darling I'm a Mess' was the first song recorded for the album
• 'White Flag' was the last song recorded for the EP
• Four songs on the album were written by Carpenter
• The Hawaiian folk song was co-written by Meghan Trainor

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Sabrina Annlynn Carpenter was born on May 11, 1999, in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, and raised in East Greenville.
• She began studying voice at age six and posted YouTube covers of Christina Aguilera and Adele songs around age ten.
• In 2008 she entered the online singing contest The Next Miley Cyrus Project and placed third in 2010.
• She signed with Hollywood Records in 2014 and released her debut EP in April 2014.

Members

• Solo artist.

Career

• Breakthrough as Maya Hart on the Disney Channel series Girl Meets World (2014–2017).
• Early albums Eyes Wide Open (2015), Evolution (2016), Singular: Act I (2018), and Singular: Act II (2019) had limited success.
• She joined Island Records in 2021 and released Emails I Can't Send (2022), which included the hit singles "Nonsense" and "Feather".
• Short n' Sweet (2024) topped the US Billboard 200, won two Grammy Awards, and produced the global number-one singles "Espresso" and "Please Please Please".
• Man's Best Friend (2025) also topped the Billboard 200 and produced the US number-one single "Manchild".
• She has acted in films including The Hate U Give (2018), Tall Girl (2019), and Work It (2020), and played Cady Heron on Broadway in Mean Girls (2020).
• She has won two Grammy Awards and six MTV Video Music Awards.

Reception

At release

• Headline Planet's Brian Cantor gave the album a positive review
• Cantor focused on the emotion conveyed by Carpenter's performance
• Cantor felt the more heavily produced songs put Carpenter at a disadvantage
• He named 'Eyes Wide Open' and 'We'll Be the Stars' as weaker tracks that do not show her talent and personality fully
• Billboard's Taylor Weatherby praised 'We'll Be the Stars' as one of Carpenter's best songs

Records

• Debuted at number 43 on the US Billboard 200
• Number 31 on the US Billboard Top Album Sales chart
• Number 14 on the US Billboard Digital Albums chart
• Sold over 12,000 copies in its first week, according to Billboard and Nielsen SoundScan

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The lead single 'We'll Be the Stars' made its radio premiere on Radio Disney a day before its 13 January 2015 release.
• 'Eyes Wide Open' was made available on iTunes on 7 April 2015 for people who pre-ordered the album.
• The title track's music video premiered on 14 June 2015, when the song was released as the second single.
• In 2016 the title track won the Radio Disney Music Award for Best Anthem.
• 'Darling I'm a Mess' was the first song recorded for the album, and 'White Flag' was the last song recorded for the EP.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

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