Love, Save the Empty is the debut album by Erin McCarley

Erin McCarley

Erin McCarley is an alternative music singer-songwriter. McCarley attended college at Baylor University, and is now based in Nashville, Tennessee. She has been compared to Sara Bareilles, Regina Spektor, and Sheryl Crow. Currently, Erin is working on her follow up to 2009's Love, Save the Empty...

. Jamie Kenney, McCarley's musical partner, produced the album and also arranged, played, and co-wrote most of the songs. The album was released digitally on iTunes on December 30, 2008. The hard copy was released on January 6, 2009. She toured throughout January to promote her release. Love, Save the Empty peaked at #5 on iTunes "Top Albums" chart on January 2, 2009, resulting in a #86 debut on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

 in the issue dated January 17, 2009. The following week, the album rose ten spots to a new peak of 76. The song "Love, Save the Empty" is the song featured mostly in He's Just Not That into You

He's Just Not That into You (film)

He's Just Not That Into You is a 2009 American romantic comedy film directed by Ken Kwapis, based on the self-help book of the same name by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, which in turn was inspired by a line of dialogue in Sex and the City...

and is the only song that has a music video of the film. 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. In addition, all three of her singles have charted. Both "Pony (It's OK)" 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 as well as VH1's Top 20 Video Countdown, where it peaked at #17.

Track listing

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

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, Daniel Rolfe) – 4:22
7. "Hello/Goodbye" (McCarley) – 3:58
8. "Pitter-Pat" – 4:19
9. "SleepWalking" (McCarley, Kenney, Wayne Rodrigues) – 3:32
10. "Bobble Head" (McCarley, Kenney, Greg Laswell
    Greg Laswell
    Greg Laswell is a musician, recording engineer, and producer from San Diego, California. He has released four studio albums: Good Movie in 2003, Through Toledo in 2006, and Three Flights from Alto Nido in 2008, and Take a Bow in 2010, as well as several EPs and special singles...
    
    , Shaun Shakel) – 3:22
11. "Gotta Figure This Out" (McCarley) – 4:48