So after selling in the region of 80 million albums on the Columbia record label Mariah decides that Mr Motola, her ex husband, and Sony Music America CEO are just too much to handle.
Enter Virgin Records, a new soundtrack album and Mariahs first movie. And might I add last movie in which she is the main character.
The movie first and foremost I made my girlfriend watch because im a Mariah fan. We've had a baby now but this movie didn't do me any favours on my quest to assuring her i was the man of her dreams!
The album itself i quite enjoy but i suppose in a sense im bias as ive been following Mariahs musical career for 10 years since i was a smooth faced 15 year old. It has the usual ballads mixed in, including Never Too Far, which i would say is probably the saddest song on the album once you've seen the movie. It also has another very sad song called Reflections but a fantastic ballad by Mariah's usual standards. Great bridge, great strong, long notes and a great overall slushy big ballad.
There are other songs with a more jamaican kinda feel to them like Dont Stop (funkin for Jamaica). Lets not forget the first single from the album "Loverboy". This is quite a fast paced song along the lines of Heartbreaker or Honey with other rap artists adding there own little sound all around Mariahs.
My personal favourite on this album is a song called All My Life. Ive still not figured out why i like it so much but its just a nice, happy, fresh song which never got released as a single but by any means i think should have.
There are a few other songs mixed in with a rap/soul feel to them and overall the album has a very 80s music feel but still gets that fantastic 7 octave voice that we're all used to across. Nice little transition album between Columbia - Virgin and Def Jam Records.
Price wise this can now be picked up quiet cheap and for anyone who likes Mariahs music or the movie i would say this is a must have.
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although i'm not big fan of Mariah Carey, you did give a well explained review and i feel slightly more could have been added. keep up the good work
Andy
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eighth studio album,Glitteris surprisingly focused. The disjointed style of "Loverboy" may have turned off some, but after a few plays it's apparent that this is on...
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eighth studio album, Glitter is surprisingly focused. The disjointed style of "Loverboy" may have turned off some, but after a few plays it's apparent that this is ...
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Jan 11th, 2006
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