...it is, Mariah’s fifth album, Rainbow for £1 at that price I had to get it (and it wasn’t a pirate!!). When I had a listen to it in the car on the way home, I forgot how good it was.
1) HEARTBREAKER (4:46)
The first release from the album and a cracking song it is. It’s an upbeat hip hop song featuring none other then Jay-Z. The song took a few listens before I really got interested in it and then it became stuck in my head, and ... ...a grand ballad.
13) RAINBOW (INTERLUDE) (1:32)
A uplifting interlude which features rain noise then a soft piano beings and Mariah sings about finding a rainbow.
14) THANK GOD I FOUND YOU (4:17)
The last song and it was the last release from the album. It really does lift up the album when this song plays at the end. It finishes a story Mariah is trying tell. After all her ups and downs she finally finds happiness. The song features the smooth ...
Honey_Bee 16.09.2002
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Advantages: Her BEST album to date Disadvantages: I couldn't find any
...Mariah has released the album Rainbow twice in the UK because of the collaboration with Westlife on Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now).
1) – HEARTBREAKER featuring JAY-Z - Is one of the most up-tempo songs on the album, and it’s also the most pop song on the album. Her voice is perfect and with the help from Jay-Z on the rap there’s no wonder this song went to number one. The video to Heartbreaker was one of Mariah’s ... ...BRILLIANT!!!! 10/10
13) - RAINBOW (Interlude) – The album title, but sadly on an interlude but a very good interlude. This sounds like a very sad interlude – not quite sure what it means but I think it carries on from Petals about her family. 4/5
14) - THANK GOD I FOUND YOU featuring JOE & 98 DEGREES – This is one of Mariah’s best collaboration on the album giving another boy band a chance to sing with her and an unknown ...
Mat_B 17.06.2001
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Advantages: some nice songs, nice cover... Disadvantages: ...but I didn't like all of the songs...
Hi out there. Today I'm going to write my first opinion @ ciao.uk. First of all I've to say that I come from Germany - it may be, that my English is really bad, but I hope that you correct me...
But now let's go on with the cd, I will present tonight: Mariah Carey's "Rainbow"...
[a few words to mariah carey]
Mariah Carey is not only the worldwide most succesfull singer, but also has a sparkling carrier. Her first cd "Mariah Carey" and the first ... ...Carey wasn't famous at all. Most people thought that she was a cheap copy of Whitney Houston -> similar texts, similar music. With the following cd's she pointed out that she is no copy of anybody - just Mariah... Today she sold over 160.000.000 cd's and 'collected' diamond and platin...
[the cover]
The cover is made very simple: Front and back are white, showing rainbows and Mariah Carey. The inlay is two-sided. On one side it is a poster showing ...
Jerex 19.06.2003
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Advantages: Read it to find out. Disadvantages: None
...at all disappointed with it.
Rainbow consists of 14 tracks including funky R&B 'How Much', featuring Usher (remember him?), 'X-Girlfriend' and 'Did I Do That?' as well as many others, and the soulful ballad 'After Tonight'. There's the remix of the hitsingle 'Heartbreaker' and the cover version of Phil Collins 1984 classic, 'Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)' which MAriah gives her own special touch with her powerful voice. Mariah worked ...
reh 09.09.2000
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...complement her amazingly sultry voice. Rainbow sees Mariah team up with well known and well loved artists such as Usher, Snoop dog and Jay-Z. My personal faveroute on the album is track 10, Crybaby, which is excellent! People have often complained that Mariah does too many slushy slow ballads but this album proves her critics wrong with some R and B kinda tunes! ...
juicyjess 11.07.2000
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Advantages: The album cover does make for interesting discussions about the decline in the faith of pop divas Disadvantages: The quality of the songs, perhaps? Still, the album cover’s supposed to keep your mind off all that.
Before she discovered she could attract an audience by just wearing clingy costumes and swimsuits, Mariah attracted potential record buyers with a deathly ability to reach those high notes without the threat as though someone was strangling her during those oh-so-emotional ballads....I never did like Mariah Carey though.
Fans will flock to hear her cover of Phil Collins’ ‘Against All Odds’ without the added Westlife (depends which ... ...dull and akin to superior karoake as she hits and recreates note-for-note seemingly perfectly. Better than the original? I hate Phil Collins and thus no worthwhile comment can be passed through my lips on that particular track.
‘Ex-Girlfriend’ is very dancey and occasionally has you wondering what the words are....pity my occasional poor hearing then....I couldn’t make any of it out through the MIDI acoustic guitar and programmed ...
the_grouch 26.05.2001
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Advantages: She's got a great singing voice.... Disadvantages: ....but no ability to carry a tune though.
She certainly has changed direction in all of a hurry....and hasn’t changed a bit. The big single here is ‘Heartbreaker’ and as you might have noticed does bare a passing resemblance to her previous hit
‘Fantasy’. Although really was there a need for two versions, one for her and the other where it’s taken over by Da Brat and Missy Elliott? Essentially, this is an album about getting over HER heartbreak, you
can’t feel any sympathy for her. A moderate ... ...how many clothes she’s wearing nowadays?) and having embraced hip-hop rather too religiously, you’ve got to be wondering where she’s heading. This isn’t what you’d expect from her and is mostly turgid stuff. And it doesn’t help that she seems to cover Phil Collins’ ‘Against All Odds’ note-for-note either. Although 'Ex-Girlfriend' might make a good single though. ...
redcockney 10.08.2000
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...complement her amazingly sultry voice. Rainbow sees Mariah team up with well known and well loved artists such as Usher, Snoop dog and Jay-Z. My personal faveroute on the album is track 10, Crybaby, which is excellent! People have often complained that Mariah does too many slushy slow ballads but this album proves her critics wrong with some R and B kinda tunes! ...
juicyjess 11.07.2000
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Advantages: Superlative voice, good collaborations Disadvantages: Little variation in style
You've heard the line, it features on nearly all her songs:"Mariah, you on Fire", but it's not quite right. I confess I have three of her albums and love her music but it's hardly inspirational or different is it.
Obviously Mariah has a great voice, sells millions upon millions of albums, and is a great songwriter, not to mention the fact that she's quite nice to look at. Someone doesn't get to where she is without talent which she has in abundance ... ...such a narrow range to her music. She's found a nice little niche in the market and one almost thinks she is afraid to branch out for fear of losing her popularity.
Her ballads are great and are clearly her strength providing the ideal backdrop for work, play, or even a little romance. But the tunes that stand out in my mind and make me pay attention are the more lively R'n'B type tunes where she collaborates with the likes of Puff Daddy, Jermaine ...
Timmy_Magic 06.03.2001
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Advantages: Good singer, does good duets aswell............. Disadvantages: none..........
I know the most common terms you hear when the name Mariah Carey comes up these days are not the best to put down on paper. But after listening to her latest release, "Rainbow", you see that the labels that have been bestowed upon her are meaningless. Because when it all comes down to it her music is still great, Don't get me wrong I highly enjoy the photos inside the booklet of the CD, but the record is also something to be recognized. I brought ... ...much, that and many other artists is all i hear from my daughters room. The record begins with the thumping anthem, Mariah's fourteenth number one single of the 90's, "Heartbreaker". Her vocals certainly shine on the record, and with Jay-Z rapping and DJ Clue on the 1 and 2 the track certainly becomes tighter. "Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)" is a moving song for those that need inspiration, but I personally couldn't relate to it. My personal ...
moonlightmist 28.08.2000
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Advantages: Songs, Lyrics, Duets Disadvantages: Thank god I found you song
Mariah is back with totally amazing album. She's been around for 10 years and she gets better with every album. My favourite track has to be the remix of heartbreaker. Idon't understand why it wasn't released. x-girlfriend is worth checking out. Every song has a different meaning. My least favourite is Thank god I found you it is so dull and so unlike mariah. However, this is one truly excellent alubm and everyone should own a copy and play it very ...
arifaslam 29.07.2000
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Advantages: easy listning Disadvantages: fast forward button should be close
There was a time when Mariah Carey's music was just innovative, risk taking and extraoridinary as Alica Key's falling .That was 12 years ago when she was young and could only move up. Now, at 32 with ehr diva status and host of emotional problems, Carey is desperately trying to prove she can still praticipate in the race, even if she can't rule it. CHARMBRACELET, her latest album is a conservative, uninspired effort. she dosent do anything wrong, ... ...talent is capable of producing. After the collapse of Carey's multi-billion dollar deal with Virgin and the rumours that they paid her jsut to leave, there is a lot riding on this CD. It seems the fragile diva cant handle the pressure. Lead single Through the rain is as trite and overly contrived a ballad as Carey's debut single Vison of love was savvy and special. Notable tracks on charnbraclet include You had your chance and the one ( which is ...
hashoo 13.03.2003
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...complement her amazingly sultry voice.
Rainbow sees Mariah team up with well known and well loved artists such as Usher, Snoop dog and Jay-Z.
My personal faveroute on the album is track 10, Crybaby, which is excellent!
People have often complained that Mariah does too many slushy slow ballads but this album proves her critics wrong with some R and B kinda tunes! ...
juicyjess 10.07.2000
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...complement her amazingly sultry voice. Rainbow sees Mariah team up with well known and well loved artists such as Usher, Snoop dog and Jay-Z. My personal faveroute on the album is track 10, Crybaby, which is excellent! People have often complained that Mariah does too many slushy slow ballads but this album proves her critics wrong with some R and B kinda tunes! ...
juicyjess 11.07.2000
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