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Old 03-05-2011, 00:58
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For me Mariah was at her best during her first decade - I miss the poppy side that's found on the first 3 albums - To Be Around You, Someday, Emotions, I've Been Thinking About You, Dream Lover....
She released the excellent Butterfly in 1997 - her first proper R&B album and first without Tommy Mottola....since then she's leant more and more to that style of music - but losing the beautiful melodies of her earlier work. The only album I truly love from the 2nd decade is The Emancipation of Mimi, she re-discovered herself and it shone through in the songs. She failed to build on that with E=MC2 (one of her worst albums) and the slightly better Memoirs....

I'd rank her albums

01 Music Box
02 The Emancipation Of Mimi
03 Emotions
04 Butterfly
05 Glitter
06 Mariah Carey
07 Daydream
08 Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel
09 Rainbow
10 E=MC2
11 Charmbracelet
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Old 03-05-2011, 01:06
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i loved her early stuff too! her debut was the best for me! i bought her records from day one. yes even all the flops! someday and emotions were top singles!

01 Mariah Carey
02 The Emancipation Of Mimi
03 Emotions
04 Music Box
05 Butterfly
06 Daydream
07 Rainbow
08 Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel
09 E=MC2
10 Glitter
11 Charmbracelet
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Old 03-05-2011, 02:04
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Mariah Carey has managed to steady the ship at the latter part of the last decade after the debacle signing over to the Virgin record label from Sony ten years ago. It was this time when she had some personal problems but she has turned it around with The Emancipation of Mimi that had the single 'We belong together' and 'Say somthin' and then there were other singles 'Touch my body.' It is full credit to her that she has managed to turn it around after a poor start to decade.
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Old 03-05-2011, 05:14
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easily the 90's. i much prefer her earlier stuff, mariah carey, emotions, musicbox are my fave albums by, for me it all went downhill from butterfly on and i havnt bought any of her albums since butterfly apart from the greatest hits and going by her music in the last few years i cant see myself ever buying a mariah studio album again.
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Old 03-05-2011, 08:42
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Both. She's been good in both devades.

I'd rank her albums like this:

1. Butterfly
2. Emotions
3. The emancipation of mimi
4. Mariah Carey
5. Memoirs of an imperfect angel
6. E=mc2
7. Music box
8. Daydream
9. Glitter
10. Charmbracelet
11. Rainbow
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Old 03-05-2011, 11:50
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Without question her older stuff is her best...But I do still love her new stuff, The only album I havent took to is 'imperfect angel' ..I have to disagree with above comments about E=MC2 - I loved this album more than Emancipation of mimi!! 'Lovin You Long Time' is a TUNE!! love this album when the sun is shining!!

I just wish she would tour soon...I have been waiting since Emancipation to see her but only toured the US....

I do have the DVD of the tour and its brill

She deffinitly doesnt have the vocal power she used to have, but she is Mariah Carey so she is always going to be fab!!
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Old 03-05-2011, 13:00
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For me Mariah was at her best during her first decade - I miss the poppy side that's found on the first 3 albums - To Be Around You, Someday, Emotions, I've Been Thinking About You, Dream Lover....
She released the excellent Butterfly in 1997 - her first proper R&B album and first without Tommy Mottola....since then she's leant more and more to that style of music - but losing the beautiful melodies of her earlier work. The only album I truly love from the 2nd decade is The Emancipation of Mimi, she re-discovered herself and it shone through in the songs. She failed to build on that with E=MC2 (one of her worst albums) and the slightly better Memoirs....

I'd rank her albums

01 Music Box
02 The Emancipation Of Mimi
03 Emotions
04 Butterfly
05 Glitter
06 Mariah Carey
07 Daydream
08 Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel
09 Rainbow
10 E=MC2
11 Charmbracelet
Listening to Butterfly...I really love that album, so it's now looking like this

01 Music Box
02 The Emancipation Of Mimi
03 Butterfly
04 Emotions
05 Glitter
06 Mariah Carey
07 Daydream
08 Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel
09 Rainbow
10 E=MC2
11 Charmbracelet
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Old 03-05-2011, 13:09
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E=MC2 is my favourite!
Just shows that we're all different.
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Old 03-05-2011, 13:53
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E=MC2 is my favourite!
Just shows that we're all different.


'I stay in love' is one of her best ballads ...love this album too!!
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Old 03-05-2011, 14:55
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I love Migrate, I'm That Chick, I Stay In Love and Side Effects...
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Old 03-05-2011, 15:04
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Side effects is brilliant.
If she had done this song as a ballad, people would have raved about it, saying how sad it was, but because it was quite a 'fast' song, it kind of got ignored.
The song is a fantastic account of her marriage breaking up, probably my favourite MC song ever.
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Old 03-05-2011, 15:28
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H.A.T.E.U. is one of my favourite MC songs of the last 10 years.
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Old 03-05-2011, 17:23
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01 Charmbracelet
02 The Emancipation Of Mimi
03 Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel
04 Butterfly
05 E=MC2
06 Rainbow
07 Daydream
08 Glitter
09 Music Box
10 Mariah Carey
11 Emotions
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Old 03-05-2011, 20:04
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Without question her older stuff is her best...But I do still love her new stuff, The only album I havent took to is 'imperfect angel' ..I have to disagree with above comments about E=MC2 - I loved this album more than Emancipation of mimi!! 'Lovin You Long Time' is a TUNE!! love this album when the sun is shining!!

I just wish she would tour soon...I have been waiting since Emancipation to see her but only toured the US....

I do have the DVD of the tour and its brill

She deffinitly doesnt have the vocal power she used to have, but she is Mariah Carey so she is always going to be fab!!
great post i also lurve E=MC2 in fact i actually prefer a lot of her newer stuff
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