Butterfly

Ren pop, god vokal, lyder lidt som det samme hele vejen igennem

Other than the first song, doesn’t seem like any strong melodies. Sounds like boilerplate filler after that.

i'm sure it appeals to many people, but not my thing

Caveat - R&B is not a genre I usually enjoy. Most of the songs on this album were incredibly similar, and none really stood out to me as memorable. The lyrics were very difficult to hear as well, so maybe if I understood them it would have been more profound.

Awful.

Ah, sweet.

Album 482 of 1001 Mariah Carey - Butterfly Rating : 2 / 5 She is an awesome vocalist but this does absolutely nothing for me.

I genuinely felt a bit bored listening to this!

This is definitely not the kind of music I usually listen to. I'm generally not the biggest fan of R&B, but I can understand the appeal in this album specifically. No clear standout songs for me.

Great voice but utilized terribly

Ysäripoppi on kyllä musta aika kehnosti vanhentunutta. Tässäkin taustat on vähän että joo-o.

Good to see that whilst God gave her the looks and the talent and gave her the spotlight, it was also very much the case that her choice of songs was dreadful sentimental crap. But I like Honey, and she clearly had a sense of humour making the video

Sure she's talented, but I don't want to listen to it. 2.5 stars.

Production is clean and I can recognize that she has a great voice, but I can't stand the breathiness and excessive moaning. Not a bad album, but definitely not one that enjoyed. This is surprising because I definitely think 28 year old straight white males is Mariah's exact target demographic.

I suppose that she is a very good singer. 90s pop beats are possibly my least favorite type of beats. That was a really tough hour to muscle through

Diddy is so annoying with him just talking in the background of songs. This isn't bad but not really for me. Nothing really particularly engaging besides her voice which is really beautiful. Just doesn't do enough for me. Just got bored.

This album was not for me. Mariah Carey has an amazing voice, but I don’t care for 90s R&B. Nothing here got me past that. It is a quality album, though. Standouts: The Roof(Back In Time) and Fourth of July.

Blah

There is no denying Mariah Carey has a beautiful voice and exceptional range. But something about listening to her sing is the equivalent of watching da Vinci paint the Mona Lisa as a “paint by numbers.“ The performance lacks the same depth as heard in previous generation talents, such as Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holiday. It’s not Carey’s fault. She may not have had the same life experiences as those other women. But it leaves the performance somewhat hollow in my estimation.

One star because she is a superstar. Another star because she is hot. 2 stars, that is all.

I think she has a lovely voice, however her music on this album does nothing for me.

A couple bangers. Great voice, but not up my alley for the most part

2.5

Favourite song - Honey

Good voice but not my vibe

She can sing but I would never voluntarily listen

The crazy part is I like some of her songs

It’s an ok album, a few hits and a few other songs. She is a great singer but not sure this album is a must listen

It's okay

She has the voice of an angel and also Puff Daddy is all over this.

Not awful, but it needed more Michael Bolton.

Mariah is an undeniably talented singer, but this style of 90s R&B is just really not for me. This was moving much too slowly for me up until the final track which was almost more of an outro. I much prefer Daydream to this album.

2.1 - This is too poppy for me honestly. The vocal warbling get's a bit too overdone personally

Okay

I was hoping for more. I have 2 older sisters and grew up on this stuff. I was expecting my long lost inner 14 year old girl soul to be unlocked and set free. It wasn’t. This was awful. Boring. Irritating. I struggle to see how it’s on this list? I don’t see how it influenced anything. Just seems like another manufactured pop record. Am I missing something? 1.8

This is a tough one. Mariah Carey has a great voice, but this type of 90s R&B is just really not for me. I guess I can’t knock her for that, though.

I really didn’t care for this album

She got altitude Krayzie bone can’t save lulling Like rhythm and snooze

Honey is fun. The rest is meh

Actually some ok beats, but ruined by having no oompf

Oh no..

Did they just pick a random Mariah Carey album? I don’t recognize any of these songs and it’s pretty boring,

Just feels like one long long song. Hardly goes anywhere throughout the album

Imagine having this voice, and range choosing to do this with it.

This is probably the first Mariah album I've listened to from start to finish apart from her Christmas album and while it wasn't as unpleasant as some of the other stuff that I've been subjected to on this list, it was overall pretty forgettable. I am admittedly not a big Mariah Carey or pop/R&B fan, but as a teen of the 90s, I am very familiar with her music having heard it all the time and I did enjoy some of the nostalgia that came from hearing this album. I respect the slight change in sound on this album from her earlier hits and that she wrote and produced every song, but it's still not my jam overall. A lot of songs sounded the same, and while there's no denying she has a beautiful voice, there's too much OooOoohs and whatnot for me. After a while, it all starts to blend together which doesn't work, no matter how good your vocals are.

Man this is so so rough. Obviously well produced and Mariah has a great voice, but this is just feels so cobbled together with no sense of cohesion. Albums built entirely too long in the CD era concerned about charting singles really struggle as full records, and I think this is a great example of that. 2 stars.

I've never listened to a Mariah Carey album all the way through. Always thought of her as a girl with top flight technical voice skills wasted on lightweight music. But I'm certainly willing to give this disc a spin and see if I'm wrong. Nope. It's all pleasant enough but ultimately pretty disappointing. My favorite track, marginally since they are all the same, is Breakdown. And to be completely honest, her voice doesn't actually do anything for me. The respect I feel is entirely intellectual.

Not terrible The Roof is an interesting track. Needs puff daddy to fuck off, can't stand his shitty interruptions and all his noncing about (literally) Nice to hear Bone, Thugs.

without a doubt, mariah carey has a beautiful voice. it's the saving grace of butterfly because without the vocals, the album is so bland. to be clear, butterfly does not contain bad music, but it doesn't have me eager for more. mariah created the entire album as a very smooth listen, at least. her r&b and pop fusion is done well, but it's nowhere near engaging.

Mariah has a great voice but this was nothing more than her crooning for an hour with hardly any variation in tempo or production which made it a less than interesting listen.

Hmmmm. No thanks

She got a really great voice but she doesn’t sing so much as she let the voice ride a rollercoaster on every word. Which is a shame because a few of the songs could have been pretty good. Honey 3 Butterfly 3 My all 3 The roof (back in time) 2 Fourth of july 3 Breakdown (feat. Krayzie Bone & Wish. Bone) 3 Baby doll 3 Close my eyes 3 Whenever you call 2 Fly away (Butterfly reprise) 1 The beautiful ones (feat. Dru Hill) 1 Outside 2

Not for me!

Mariah Carey's old problem is prominent again on this album: she is much too much infatuated with her own voice but can't find anything better do with it than singing not for the songs, but to show off. Her new problem is that the songs are entirely forgettable. 2/5

Fluffy nonsense. Didn't enjoy this at all. It was interesting to play Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey back-to-back: the difference in quality of songwriting stands out immediately, to the detriment of Mariah Carey. Her frequent use of breathy melisma is very irritating, and Aguilera's voice comes across as being much more powerful. I don't ever want to hear this again, it's hopeless in comparison.

This started strong and then was just more of the same, had me voting a solid 3 until a 7 minute meandering duet with dru hill that dropped this down another point to a stinky duece

Has its moments

Biggest waste of talent since Ravel Morrison

Geen fan van dit soort muziek, vind de nummers sowieso best saai. Zelfde probleem als ik heb met Adele, ze kan goed zingen maar er zit gewoon te weinig achter, de liedjes zijn niet leuk.

I think I didn’t like this for the same reason I don’t like Ariana grande’s music. Clearly Mariah Carey has a hell of a voice but I feel like it was just kinda whispy singing that didn’t really project and relied more on her voice than having good music. Sometimes girly pop is just doing too much and I didn’t appreciate her for it. Not terrible but just wasn’t my thing. ca->pa rating#4

4/10 - It was not bad. Her voice is pretty good but I did not love it and some of the songs kind of dragged on.

She has a nice voice but the music itself was super uninteresting, felt like all she cared about was showing off her voice 4/10

Generic and bland and pretty boring 3/10

En låt som jag gillade annars var det bara vanlig 90-tals rnb.

Honey is maybe THE non-Xmas Carey track but this is so leaden with (admittedly well sung) ballads that it's a real trudge. I read her autobiography and this was an important album to her as an artist, but not something I'm going to listen to again

With very few exceptions, up tempo MC > down tempo MC Too often her voice is expected to do the heavy lifting over song ideas that probably shouldn't have made it past demo stage.

Great voice, too many "oooooh aaaaaahs" though.

I am not very familiar with the genre. Mariah Carey has an amazing voice, but I can't help, it annoys me after a couple of songs.

Good album. But not my type of music.

At least the album cover is nice 🦋🦋

that was long an dpainful 4/10

I appreciate Mariah Carey and her talent, but most of the songs sounded the same to me.

Not the hit generator that she would become.

I am not sure why, but I am surprised to find a Mariah album on this list. I am not sure why, but I am also surprised it's Butterfly. I would have thought her older albums like Musicbox were more classic, or perhaps Daydream when she changed focus a bit. Or even the ubiquitous Christmas album. But it's argued that this is her magnum opus and when she fully transformed, thus the title. I dunno. I starts strong with a classic track that shows her fully engaged in a hip hop motif, and then the brakes immediately slam for multiple ballads in a row. The song with Bone Thugs is great, but so much of this crawls and sounds the same with her vocal fills. It was pointed out that this is a tale of two Mariah's and looking at the writers and production the split couldn't be more obvious. That doesn't read as a "best work." I dunno, I'm kind of "meh" about it.

I genuinely do not like this. Excessive vocal gymnastics that get in the way of the melody. It's an unforced error. Mariah Carey has an amazing voice. It's a damn shame I can't hear it for all the backflipping she does all over the place. Congrats to her on feeling so confident on that take of the title track Butterfly, but damn, she's not hitting the melody there. Yep. She's sexy. Got that sexy voice. Cool cool cool. Was this at the point in her career where people were afraid to tell her "no"?

Not my style but I'm sure she's a good singer for some people. I don't like all the vocal acrobatics in the same tone throughout the whole album

- Fourth of July

p815. 1997. 2 stars. Terrific voice let down by sub-par material. This is just bland background music for dinner parties.

Alles in allem dümpelt die Musik vor sich hin und die wirklich tolle Stimme säuselt und ächzt. Nicht (mehr?) mein Ding.

Saccharin. We get it, Mariah, you’ve got a great voice with an amazing range but could you just wind it in a little?

Voice of an Angel Songs of a workman

I tried so hard to get into this but failed, so hard! Yeah, MC has some pipes but these songs sound so much alike. And her vocal histrionic were just too much. I stuck with it for 6 or 7 tracks but had to admit defeat. Nice, well produced pop songs but not for me.

These are flat landscapes for Mariah to scat over. Good make out music maybe... but they feel barren and her gymnastics are not enough to engage me, when the prince cover is the one thing that feels like a tune the rest is problematic.

god, I'm almost dead: only one long long song

Not my music - I don‘t like electronic drum kits and the voice from Mariah is not mine, too.

This was quite amusing. I popped this album on this morning and started to do a bit of work, occasionally pausing to zone in on the ridiculous high and irritating vocal whistling technique she is famous for. Almost every song sounded the same, the evidence for which was accidentally listening to it 2.5 times without even noticing! I'm sure her voice is unique, amazing and celebrated but the songs on this album were just so 'background'. Nothing stood out for me. I didn't hate it and I do have a soft spot for her Christmas album and for that reason I award it 2 stars!

No thank you. This just sounds like one very long, boring, over produced song. Though its quite a feat to sound that breathless while pumping out those vocals.

It's fine

Knew this one was coming eventually. I'm pretty sure there's only one Mariah Carey album on this list, and I'm not sure why it's this instead of her previous, Daydream. I didn't know a single song going into this one, though I recognized the beat on "The Roof" as sampling Mobb Deep, that was cool. Aside from that, why wouldn't we include the album with "Fantasy," "Always Be My Baby," and "One Sweet Day"? Three #1 hits on Daydream, including the first song by a woman to debut at #1. I'm reading that this one is acclaimed too, and that Mariah herself once called it her "magnum opus," but respectfully, she also does annual promo for her Christmas song so I don't know how much I trust her judgment. This one's not bad, but I don't think it's good enough to include here either. My version of a list like this would swap this with Daydream. Favorite tracks: The Roof, Fly Away. Album art: I do like this one, this portrait style shot is so '90s pop, but I think it's cool that everything is gold, minus the brilliant color of the butterfly. You wouldn't even notice it on a smaller picture, but yeah, I like that. 2.5/5

Why so high pitched? Who wants this? Maybe 2 is a bit harsh but the beautiful ones cover upset me.

Definitely not for me

2-

It's around a week until Christmas. I've had it with Mariah Carey. The mix is very tiring. Big smiley curve EQ. Unpleasant to listen to. Occasionally she shows how good she can really sing, but most of the time the ad libs sounds as if she can't hit the right note properly. She also sings very breathy. I can't stand that. It's a complete mismatch with the loud rhythm section. The songs aren't bad per se, but I don't think anyone on this record was on the top of their game. Favorite song: 4th Of July.

Overwrought. Over produced over everything. There might be some lyrical gems though who can tell with the vocal histrionics and voices everywhere in the mix. Just not the kind of music that I like at all. The song Close My Ees was did stand out somewhat for its directness ie they kept the production somewhat minimalist at least in this context. 2 stars

I mean, I don't particularly enjoy this as well, but I don't get why this is one of the lowest rated albums on the site. Seems like a milquetoast, inoffensive R&B album. There's a lot of those on this list. Nothing groundbreaking, but definitely not horrible. Not much worse than something like those two Christina Aguilera albums on here. Also haha at getting a Mariah Carey album in December. On the first snowy day of the year where I live no less.

Not my vibe

Couldn't get through this. Too many vocalizations rather than actual words. Don't understand the diva thing. I guess her voice is nice.

Omg, so bland and too long.

Pop meh

"I'd risk my life to feel your body next to mine" girl no one's asking you to? briefly nodded my head along to one of the songs at the start but then literally couldn't tell it apart from any of the others. she is undeniably talented but oh my they really found a formula that worked for her and stuck to it.

Teenaged me would have been mystified, maybe even a bit angry, at seeing an album by Mariah Carey, of all people, in a list of albums I needed to listen to before I die. Decades later, though, older me went in decided to give Ms. Carey a chance. After all, now that I'm no longer stuck listening to "Honey" over and over again on the radio like when it first came out, maybe I might be able to find something interesting in that album. The whole point of this list is to listen to different music, after all. But... well, it simply just weren't very interesting. I appreciate Mariah going for a more subdued vocal style compared to her early albums where she pushed her voice to the limit, but the end result is something that aims for a dreamy vibe but really is just a bunch of songs that sort of all blend into the other and create a rather tedious background noise. I mostly found it boring.

A great voice and talent, easy on the eyes. But musically this is like mushed carrots. 90’s female pop has some misses

2 - It's fine. Boring, but fine. I expected to be annoyed, but it just went in one ear and out the other. At times, I could appreciate it, but these times were very scarce. I'll probably just forget about this one in time.

Too sweet and soft for my likings. Great and beautiful singer of course.

Boring

Some good things but overall not that great for me

I'm not a fan

Soft pop where nothing is said for an hour straight. Good voice, good beats, but not my cup of tea.

Mariah Carey is one of my favorite pop stars, but this album isn't the one for me. Maybe the worst of her 90s output. 2/5

This album reeks of 90's R&B/pop cheese. Add in a few hip hop collaborations, and you are left with this mediocre record. Mariah's seemingly seductive, breathy, whispered vocal delivery, interspersed with banshee wailing high notes is grating. At almost an hour of runtime, it feels like it overstayed its welcome. I had an issue differentiating one song from another. It sounds like Mariah found a recipe for a song structure and stuck to it, only changing the flavor up a bit when other artists were featured on songs. Overall, not my favourite genre, or artist. At least it wasn't her Christmas album!! I was never a fan of Mariah's music, and this record didn't help matters much. Favourite songs: Honey, Butterfly, Whenever You Call Least favourite songs: Babydoll 2/5

I mean, this is Mariah...so you know it is going to have a certain amount of vocal quality. It does. But this isn't the album filled with all the poppy, danceable hits that I associate with Mariah. It is a solid album, but not as much fun as I think I want from someone so connected to pop and dance and high flying vocal trilling. It was really more of background music to me. 2/5

Ну ок. Обычные треки. Вообще ничего не запомнилось. Но временами ее блеяние меня чуток раздражало. 2/5

I don't know why this is on the 1001 album list. This is one of the worst ones so far. Giving it a 1 is too harsh.

Give me at least a few songs on here that aren't midtempo and this'd get another star but it was far too same-y

If there is one thing I can say about this album, it's that I didn't actively hate it as much as I expected. It's bad music and I can't stand Mariah Carey, but it's not difficult to listen to like some of the other albums here. Can't bring myself to give it a 1, so 2/5 it is.

Carey's voice is clearly great but these songs are not. They're spun sugar and noise. "Butterfly" is overstuffed with completely unnecessary vocal runs and deviations from the melody. And the worst part is that so many artists that came after have been direct imitations of this sound. Like they caught some vocal virus that won't allow them to just hold a note. Which begs the question: did Mariah Carey give pop music the runs?

Srsly? 2 stars, because there was some even worse stuff.

1.5/5. Sounds very dated. Is Mariah Carey actually an artist? I don't want to be rude, but it sounds like she does not have a lot of musical talent. Also, I'm struggling to understand how the songs on here qualify as music. I listen to it and all I hear is people kind of yelling or talking in a weird way.

I recognize the talent but just can’t get behind it. Just wanted it to end, mostly.

Ugh this reminds me of jr. high. I now have I give my all stuck in my head.

The career-defining album of a multi-multi-platinum pop and commercial success... that does very little for me. She has an incredible voice, but I'd rather listen to her speak, or improvise, or sing Christmas songs, than these formulaic constructions.

I wasn't expecting much from this album but I was happy to hear influences of Latin pop, gospel, and club music in addition to overproduced 90s R&B. In particular, the gospel chord changes stood out to me and gave the songs a sense of upward motion. While Mariah Carey has a dynamic range, the whisper singing, too many runs, and dated electronic sounds/production style made this album a chore to get through. Everything is over produced and oversung and it just doesn't hold up. However, I understand that Mariah Carey has had a huge influence on contemporary vocalists so I get why this album is on this list.

Pop comercial lamigoso. Rollo. Un 2.

Ufff

Slick, well produced, a great voice, having said all that I couldn't listen to more than 3 tracks

She is one of these pop icons whose name is known to just about everyone but I didn't recognize any songs on this album. I really couldn't get into it and can't understand what the fuss is all about. I suppose her voice is good enough to keep the rating above 1.

Did not enjoy. Just kinda sucked the life out of my Friday. Ohhhhjj uuuuhh lyric lyric

A fine voice but often devolves into histrionic warbling of the lowest order which grates after a while.

It’s not terrible but not my thing at all.

1.5

It works well as a showcase for Carey's very impressive vocals performances. The hip hop influenced tracks are ok but the ballads, adult contemporary and smooth R&B that make up most of the album aren't for me.

I’m so glad the 90’s vocal stretch is over.

I think the dogs in the neighbourhood all knew I was listening to this - everything is so high pitched - for someone with such great vocal range, she sits in a fairly high key all the time.

Look, she's got a pretty voice and a fantastic range. It would be nice if she'd used her range now and again instead of squawking through my tweakers the entire time.

"Butterfly" by itself is pretty firmly in 1-star territory for me. The vocals are overly breathy, and it almost never feels fun or really grabs your attention. This album saw Carey move more into an R&B and hip hop influenced sound, and you can hear it in the basslines. But even though she worked with some producers known for fun and groovy hip hop, none of that is found here. These breathy vocals do little to show what Carey is capable of as a singer, but her earlier albums do that in spades. So even though "Butterfly" is completely undeserving of inclusion on this list, since her other work is ignored we'll add a star here, representative of the strength of her earlier work.

I respect her range but I hate how she uses her voice to sing in that breathy way.

Very good voice. Very boring music.

Meh, by the time I got to Fourth of July I thought I was near the end of the album but only track 5 and these songs aren’t super long. Also the one (or couple songs Idk) where that rapper just comes in really randomly ruin the album. 2/5

Surprisingly okay for a few songs, but my god it was so samey and so long that it gets dragged back down.

Meh.

She can sing but it’s not for me

that's the epitome of bland and mid 90s pop with a bit of R&B that sadly doesn't make it better... 5/10(2/5)

Despite how huge Mariah was and (I read the Wiki) supposedly how influential this album was... this was just - nothing.

I’m sure she was trying something here.

I’m open minded and willing to try something different and outside my comfort zone, but this certainly meets expectations. Mostly slow and boring and way (“wayayayayeahairohwohoh…”) too much wailing - literally no space without her singing, ever. Not enough faster hip hop beats. Maybe four ok songs: Honey, Bones Thugs collaboration, Butterfly remix dominated by other more powerful singers and the Prince cover thankfully not killing the original.

Great voice, but subpar album. Very 90s pop production.

For someone who was a teenager in the late 1990s this album should be enjoyable, but it isn't. All the songs sounds really samey to me, and musically very simplistic. Her voice is very nice, soothing and mellow but she often shows off her voice for the sake of showing it off - then she doesn't sing words just moans. So overall I've found this album quite dull. 2.5/10.

She did her best. Slay queen.

She sure likes to do runs. I didn't enjoy this album at all. Not my type of music at all. That being said, she has a great voice and I 100% understand why this album is on the list. Just don't make me listen to it again please.

1st March 2023 Had to listen the day after while working from home because I was in the office and was too busy to listen! Not my bag but she’s got a great voice.

This album helped me understand that she does have a really talented voice, but she’s just so freaking boring. After two songs I was done but it went on for almost an hour. These songs truly sounded all so similar to each other.

This album is just smooooooth. But more than a little *too* smooth for my taste - it's like a satin sheet is over the entire production - the same things that sound really neat/nice in headphones are weirdly the same things that grow tiring over just a few songs (also that weird (impressive?) absurdly high whistle-voice she uses sometimes is a no from me). OK but still - even though this isn't my bag, it's a pretty good R&B album. The parts that hit me most are those where she's singing in her lower registers especially; working the slow soulful parts. The rest just sort of washes over me. TL;DR: after a few songs I just zone out of this - boring? It's not bad at all - just kinda boring. I hate to rely on a lazy word but it really is - this might be good background/chill music and not necessarily an hour of active listening. I respect the obvious skill in arrangement and production - I can definitely see how ppl could love this, but it's not exciting or dramatic enough for my tastes. 5/10 2 stars.

Genuinely expected this to feel like nails down a blackboard, but it wasn't. My dislike for Mariah's music has apparently stayed in the 90s. It wasn't replaced by admiration, just indifference. It's pleasant enough in the background, but does nothing for ne. The only one that stands out I'd a Prince cover

Not the best but not the worst

Decent. Kinda boring, Mariah had impressive vocals. Pretty standard r&b album.

Good singer, but one dimensional singer. Songs sound the same.

I remember when this album dropped. Puff Daddy and his crew teamed up with Mariah for her departure from her more pop-infused ballads. I even remember music video for Honey. Not my favorite from her, but far from her worst. My biggest issue with this album is that it's over produced, littered with Puff Daddyisms, and just generally reeks of the pop-music scene of the late 90s. Someone else on here said it best, "Mariah doesn't really sing songs so much as just moan scales."

The start is terrible - It may have been a successful single but 'Honey' is a complete mess - trying to do too many things as a result of which it does all of them badly. Next we get a squeaky ballad with a really badly intrusive drum machine. Then a slightly less squeaky ballad, that just about puts the average listener to sleep - or it would if that infernal drum machine didn't show up to wake them up. Enough. Why does anyone think that she can sing - on the evidence of this she squeaks

undeniably a great voice, but those songs, woof

Not my cup o' tea.

Not my genre and I genuinely believe I would have rested peacefully in my grave without it. There was zero nostalgia nor any songs I’m going to run back. No shade though, I didn’t think it was bad and she does have a great voice.

Sure this exceeded my expectations, but my expectations were already at the floor, so it doesn’t say too much. It was boring, but it wasn’t bad at all. She went for the high notes a few too many times, yet there was more depth than that. A fringe three if I’m being real here, but I’m not coming back to any of these songs for any reason because I’m not a huge fan of the genre.

Butterfly was ight Banging on a summer night This album is trite Mid albums warrant mid haikus

Please tell me what’s so influential about another break up album. I can recognize and appreciate she’s talented but I that was not fun to listen to. 1.5 but I’ll throw her ass a 2.

Great voice but this is just singing by numbers and so dull 😴😴😴😴

Pretty boring generic late 90s R&B

Una de las mejores voces. Llegando a ritmos muy altos. Muy pop y con un estilo al que le falta algo de ritmo

I spent most of the 90's listening to classic rock, 80's rock and pop, and some current mainstream rock. Pop music at that time was pretty much completely off my radar, especially once artists like Backstreet Boys, N*Sync, and Britney Spears started gaining a lot of momentum. During the 2010's however, I started listening to more current pop music (Robyn, Carly Rae Jepsen, Katy Perry, etc.), and that gave me a better appreciation for the pop music of the 90's. Over the last couple of years, I started to appreciate artists like Mariah Carey a lot more, especially the songs off of Daydream. This was my first time listening to Butterfly, and I was really excited when it came up in my feed today. But after listening to it, I was pretty underwhelmed. I didn't find any of the songs particularly catchy or well written, and nothing really showed off Mariah's vocal abilities as well as certain tracks on Daydream did. 'Breakdown' is the bright spot of this album in my opinion, as it shows Mariah's ability to record great duets and work well with other artists. Other than that, I can't say I as terribly impressed by anything else on this album.

Mariah is amazing, some of the 90s production is entertaining, but the songs are a bit samey and repetitive.

Credit has to go to Diddy and Missy Elliott for giving the bangers a kick. And props for the scintillating Prince cover, proving Mimi has great taste. But Mariah can't help herself by overloading the album with too many ballads designed to showcase her vocals, but ultimately trying to find the next One Sweet Day, a song no one really was asking for in the first place.

Not list worthy. Where's the record that features Ole Dirty Bastard? That's list worthy. Her Christmas album is way better then this shit Edit: didn't like it but listened to it all so it gets a 2

nicht meins. insgesamt hab ichs bissl fad gfunden, und irgendwie overproduced oderso

Pop comercial lamigoso. Rollo. Un 2.

I won't deny that Carey has an amazing vocal range and performance, but it's completely wasted on soulless commercial pop like this. Too much vocal filler and seemingly computer-generated instrumentals just leave this LP feeling lifeless and flat - RIP to the session musicians responsible for playing the blandest backgrounds possible on this one.

Mariah Carey's music is not my thing, but this record is mostly listenable at low volume. I don't find it compelling but the production and vocals are smooth. That said, in listening to this I've found that it's best if I turn it down to the level of background music. Furthermore, if given any kind of choice, even from the same genre, I'd choose something else.

Quite cliche and soooooo long!

Shes got a good voice but would a decent song writer go amiss? Practically zero tunes

She really does like showing off her voice. It wasn't bad. 3 2

She's a fantastic singer, even if her overly-commercial pop genre is not my cup of tea. Some good songs and fine performances here, but my god everybody involved should be mortified and embarrassed by including the godawful cover of the Prince song ("The Beautiful Ones," here played for seven excruciating god damn minutes at such a sluggish pace it's actually distracting and frankly upsetting).

It's an interesting piece given when she made it and introducing rap and R&B together, and she is obviously an amazing singer. For me, this is not very engaging and it is easy to lose focus with this on.

HL: Breakdown, Butterfly, Honey, The Beautiful Ones What I like about this album: Mariah Carey’s performance, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, the first 3 tracks, the Prince song What I don’t like: the mid-90s adult contemporary gloss over almost everything. (The Beautiful Ones sounds like it samples the OG from Purple Rain, and the old drum machine sounds fresher to me than the couple tracks before it)

Ah yes, the 90's... right back to my childhood. The album has that typical 90's r&b sound alot of similar artists had. My gf was really glad I 'had' to listen to this album lol.. I'm not really a fan of Mariah's breathy singing style. and almost find it annoying to listen to it. It's like everything she sings she does it in an hushed/whispery way. The album was a nice trip down memory lane because I grew up with this type of R&B.. but that's about it.

R&b blanc amb petites notes de hip hop i house; és el suposat 'Lemonade' de Carey, després del seu marimoni frustrat amb el president de Sony. La màgia, però, aquí no hi és, i els temes van deixant-se passar l'un a l'altre sense que res interessant acabi passant

Yeah, ok, not my cup of tea.

Did not enjoy this. Mariah may well be an amazingly talented singer but this album felt like a real slog to get through. It's like really cheap diet popcorn. Horribly saccharine taste, but utterly unsatisfying. Fave track - Uh... the remix of "Honey" with the rappers, I guess? Or "The Beautiful Ones" seemed to have a bunch of other singers involved to somewhat dilute the Careyness of it all... 😒

Just goes on a bit really.

Mariah Carey mumbling through some scales over Puffy beats is not my idea of a good time. If she's got to be on the list, why not include the one with the Boyz II Men collaboration? The stealth Bone Thugz track saves this from a 1. Best track: Breakdown

Really, *really* boring.

Mariah's a talented singer and the production of the album sounds great. I'm not a fan of R&B though and prefer her earlier, more straight pop oriented songs to this album. All of that said, 13 year old me absolutely owned this CD back in the day.

What can I say - not a Mariah Carey fan. She does too many runs with her singing. it makes every song sound similar and it is annoying.

mariah has an incredible voice of course, but the production and songwriting just isnt there. feels like i would get the same enjoyment listening to her perform a book of vocal etudes.

Ik word duizelig van hoe haar stem alle kanten op gaat, allemaal te onrustig en ergens ook te braaf.

Ik heb een poging gedaan maar na een nummer of 5 moest ik de tandarts bellen omdat ik spontaan een paar tanden was verloren door deze zoetigheden. Wel nog een extra ster voor de Prince cover.

Some ok beats, warbling singing is not for me.

she's a good singer obviously but a whole album of her music gets obnoxious

nothing stood out 2.5

allright. some good tracks.

Sounds like a load of Disney movie credit songs. Too cheesy for me. Missing an "All I want for Christmas" banger. Still, she was an early crush of mine, so kudos for that, I guess?

oooooOOOOOooooOOOOooo damn she can sing, and it all sounds good, but every single song is so bland and uninteresting. Could be so much better if Mariah stopped breathing down the mic and sung about something

This album is not for me. I always found Mariah Carey to be extremely overrated and boring. I recognize this is probably something most other people would enjoy

Seems like a pretty generic pop album from the nineties to me. It's not bad, but I don't see anything special about it.

R´n´B Pop aller erster Güte. Wer´s mag. Ich nicht so.

I was between a 2 and 3, but honestly it was just too repetitive for my taste. Almost every song just has too much of Mariah Carey’s humming/display of vocal range. Like, “OOooOoooWahHooOoOoOoo you get a twoOoOooooo”

meh

Her voice is amazing, but the songs are all so fucking corny, cheesy soft-ballad love/lust lyrics, sterile musical backing. If the music industry had let her follow her muse more like that stunning early career version of 'I'll Be There' then perhaps her music would be less mock-seductive and could be more genuinely musical. Tunes for 12 year old girls.

As far as I know, I've never heard anything from this album. And I'm a fan of at least a few early Mariah songs. So let's see what's what. Yeah, this is pretty generic. Sounds great, production-wise, but I don't remember any of these songs. And they don't seem memorable. And then The Beautiful Ones turns out to be the best song, but this is a pretty dull version. So... yeah. No Vision of Love? Not even Fantasy? Nope, no coming back for more here.

I’m a day behind, but guys! You completely buried the lede here: there’s a song with Bone Thugz & Harmony. Hahaha! I was so happy when I heard that. Also, genuinely might be the most enjoyable song on the record. Anywho, I’m with Alex in that I have a very low tolerance for the breathy, whisperbrato she sings with on so much of this album. Is that even singing? I don’t know. All I know is when she sings at full volume (back half of “Butterfly,” parts of “Whenever You Call” it’s almost like a different person hopped in the recording booth. And I like it so, so much better. I just can’t with the endless vocal runs at a loud whisper. Project, Mariah! Hold a single note! All that said, I didn’t hate it all. “Close My Eyes” was the standout, imo, and I thought the Prince cover was okay? I mean, I never thought the song needed a shot of gospel but that’s an idea.

The longest breathy sigh recorded in human history lasting exactly 57:20.

I appreciate her place in music, but I just don’t like divas

It sounds like shit but that's not what music is about. That's not in the spirit of music I'm hear to learn. I hear to learn.

Prachtige stem maar ik hou niet van dit soort r&b

Why sing one note when you can sing 5? Sorry painful listening for me.

Not my thing.

Everyone knows she has a great voice. But every song is too softly sung and instantly forgettable. Not for me

Mariah is showing off her vocal range in this atmospheric R&B album that is touched with Gospel and Rap. The most lasting thing about this album though is the fascination she has with butterflies. Otherwise, even the leading tracks don't reach the same heights as other singles of hers.

Without the context of why this is on the list, I was confused. It is so edited and produced it is almost unlistenable. It’s the vocal equivalent of bad photoshop. Which is shame because I’m sure she has amazing talent, it’s just hidden by production.

Too sweet...

Meh

Tja... 2,5

Where was the oomph?

I know its good, its just not for me

It was fine, but ultimately not for me. I couldn't finish the last two tracks .

Aw, crap. Well, I guess I'm listening to this... I'm trying to be open minded… I don't like the 'uh-huh's... nothing resonates with me... ¿Am I still listening?... Mariah really needed to get some people to stop chatting in the background... runs and whispers... ¿Who's whistling?… oh, that's singing... Nope... whew!… it's over.

Not a fan of Mariah Carey. 2/5

This isn't really my cup of tea, but I'll give props where they're due: Mariah has a phenomenal voice, and it sounds like she worked with some of the best producers on this record. That being said, I don't think many of the songs stood out and it was very long.

2 1/2

2/5 way too cutie for me

couldn't really tell you why. I just don't find this interesting or enjoyable to listen to

Some classic jams, but too much "breathy" singing. I only remember listening to her albums before this one.

Mariah, stop breathing in my ear. If I hear one more "nah-nah-nah" "uh-uh-uh" "ooh-ooh-ooh", I am not putting you on again. Records like these make me happy I am not a professional music reviewer. I am sure that high-school girls in the 90's had the most pleasant daydreams listening to this overly sweet and sentimental crap, but I can't find the words to express what this record does to me. I guess I like the album cover, so thanks for that?

Yeah it was alright but won't spin it again to be honest

r&b pop. kind of reminds me of a kpop album that drags on too long.

Not my jam.

Not for me.

2/5. I'm sure her fans love it. But, I detest everything about her diva attitude and it affects my enjoyment of the music. sorry.

an R&B classic. I just don't like R&B.

Mariah is an amazing vocalist, this just isn't my thing.

Poppy R and B album that is just kinda there. Nothing really stands out besides Mariah’s vocals. 4.9/10

that bone thugs verse in breakdown is like straight out of crossroads tf is up with that lmao. she's got impeccable control over her voice, that's for sure, but i'm just not a fan of the 30 bpm R&B love song

Not as much of an ordeal listening to this, maybe because Matilda and Nat enjoyed it so I fed off of their energy. R&B was never my thing. But her voice is amazing which makes the tunes more listenable to me than a lot of stuff from the same genre.

Solid 2. Respect to the voice. Honey is a bit of a tune. But just not my vibe.

Was interesting to go through the history of the album. But that was the best bit for me unfortunately.

Can truly fabricate a rhyme, and great pipes. Too churchy feeling for me

Pas vraiment ecoute. Je n’ai roen perdu 2*

I appreciate the talent and like the song with Bone Thugs but listening to an entire Mariah album was a challenge.

pooop

Oof. Might skip this one.

not gonna revisit it

Маша, садись, 2!.. может не то настроение было, но прям тяжело слушать было

I know I'm supposed to like 90s RnB on the principle of being a music fan, but....

basic 90s pop

Mega zoete pop liedjes. Ondanks dat Mariah wel goed kan zingen, is dit niet mijn smaak.

Kerran kuunteli läpi ilman tuskaa

I can appreciate her talent, I'm just not a fan of Mariah Carey

Meh.... Puede tener muy buena voz, pero no me gusta su música...

I went in to this album thinking I would hate it, only to be pleasantly surprised by the opening track. It was nothing special, but it was fine and Mariah sang like she actually had some emotion (a rarety for her). Would my hopes be spared? Would I enjoy, or at least tolerate this album? After the first tracks I hoped so. Then the title track played. Then the next song. And they kept coming and I realized my fears were coming true. This album wasn't going to be good. There goes my hopes of being wrong. Calling this album bad wouldn't necessarily be correct. The production (unfortunately) is fine, with the hilarious exception of getting Mariah Carey to sing over Mobb Deep's Shook Ones Part 2. Mariah Carey sing, and very well as well. At least on a technical level. Her lack of emotions and tendency to default to whining and scales is boring to say the least. But overall this wouldn't be what I normally rate a 1. It's competant and not annoying to listen to. It's not even forgettable so to speak. The problem is that the album is an absolute bore. Every song sounds the same (except for the one with the Shook Ones sample, which is memorable in uts absurdity). The lyrics go in one ear and out the other, or are barely understandable because of Mariah's lack of annunciation and the sound mixing being bad. And overall nothing stands out. This is barely an album. It's more of a collection of muzak made to sound like pop R&B. I wanted to be wrong so bad, I wanted my pre conceived notions and biases to be proven wrong. I wanted to like Mariah Carey, I really did. But I'm not going to re-listen to an album whose entirety I could hear at an upscale dentist's office. Not necessary to listen to thus album again before I die. It wasn't necessary the first time.

How many people does it take to make a Mariah Carey record? Heaps. I'm drawn like shit to a blanket in reading the production details of these 90's/2000's "rnb" records (more on that in a moment). The sheer number of people involved in the songwriting, playing, hanging out and production is extraordinary. Did they hire a marquee and a few portaloos to meet the demands of the caravanserai that was masquerading as a recordng studio. And to what end? Just what exactly is this "rnb" stuff anyway? How is it defined other than being pop music? Good marketing? Is Janelle Morae the same as Mariah? Dunno. So what's going on here? Well surprise surprise with 48 people cramming into the production booth we've got some rapping in the breaks, wow! We've got some tickling of the ivories where she goes a bit quiet...very pianissimo...which as soon as you hear you know she's going to build up to a big belt it out section where SHE GOES REALLY BIG. And I mean BIG...pretty pretty BIG. As this music gets used in so many other forms of entertainment its there as the wall paper of life, I know i've heard it, just didn't know who it was, cause I didn't need to know who it was. And so here it, I've heard some of these songs. Yo, now listen up, Mariahs in the howwwwwowwer house singing at ya fool. Awful.

Dette var ille

Sorry, can't take all that warbling

Like honey that is undoubtedly super sugary, but tastes like it was made in a factory by underpaid third world workers, filled with chemicals to maximise its profits and is very bad for you

Veel te dramatisch

I really like some Rnb. It can be sexy, charming, funny, innovative or just beautiful. This was nothing of those.

para mí muy olvidable

I don't like this. Quiet storm adjacent.

Wow I hated this. I didn’t just hate it I LOATHED it. It’s so grating it’s legitimately the worst thing I’ve listened to for this list so far. I wish I could say it’s a technical issue. Like if the production was really off and shitty. But nope it’s her, I hate her voice so much. I don’t think she’s a talented I think she’s a gifted singer, I’ll explain. See somebody like Mariah can hit notes that are fundamentally difficult and she can bounce between notes effortlessly, but unfortunately for her that’s not what makes you an amazing singer. I’ll use Elvis as an example, he has an INCREDIBLE range, he can hit really high notes that are not usually in his songs (or at the least was more prevalent in his early career) and he can also go crazy low and hit those notes too. What makes him a far greater singer than some one like Mariah who is also naturally gifted? Discretion/self discipline. What makes Mariah so grating and unbearable is her fucking delivery. It’s so dramatic, unnecessary, and narcissistic. She’s just trying SO hard to convince you she’s a good singer. Another great example of someone singing selfishly and “show-offy” look up the video of Fergie singing the national anthem. Trust me you will know when you find the correct video cause she’s so self absorbed while she’s singing she so focused on adding flairs to her singing that it’s legitimately embarrassing. Well Mariah sort of started/pioneered that style of singing. And it’s god awful. All of music in general would be better if she had some discretion or self discipline to be like ok maybe I don’t have to add every trick and flair I know into every song every 30 seconds. This album was insultingly bad…

Not a big Pop fan in general. Great voice, product of its era.

Boring

This is just so so so boring

Not for me

I was never really a fan of Mariah Carey, and this album solidified that for me. The affected, airy low-register singing on multiple tracks did not work for me at all. Her full register is impressive and nice to listen to, but I found the rest of the album almost painful at times. I tried to listen to the songs in full, but found myself skipping many of them after about a minute. Hard pass

Nope

Nope

no one can make me listen to her

Boring and uninspired. Reminded me of middle age soccer-mom music I heard as a teen. I sometimes make additional inferences on an artists work based on the songs Spotify recommends once the album ends. In this case, all 4 songs that came after were terrible and I may have to clear my cache before it influences my preferences. Maybe a 2 for production value? Nah - I don’t ever want to hear this or anything like it again. 1/5

Perda de tempo!

no

asi suena tel aviv

90's fallout

I like some Mariah Carey songs, but unfortunately I realized that none of them are on this album, which is a snooze fest. Too many languorous slow jams, not enough of what makes her great.

Utter tosh. I can feel my brain dying. Please make it stop.

2/10

“Spread your wings and fly, butterfly” YOU CAN’T RHYME FLY WITH FLY! HOW CAN YOU BE A POP DIVA IF YOU RHYME FLY WITH FLY? Shambles

Drivel.

I’ve said it before, but I’m really not a fan when a singer goes overboard with vocalizations and this album is like 90% vocalizations. Not for me.

Not worth any comments.

More cynical, characterless cash-grabbing crap with next to no memorable qualities or redeeming features.

It is very possible to become confused between skill and emotional connection in any kind of art. This is an example of just that. Mariah can sing, her voice is good, but she’s got lost in look what I can do, not what should I do. The songs with ne and exception are vacuous vehicles for this bout of exhibitionism. It took a Prince tune and a duet partner to rein her in.

I have no words

I learnt a new word today - melismatic. This is helpful because it helps me describe what I most detest about the way this woman uses her, admittedly amazing, voice. It completely ruins the dreadfully bland songs. A painful 1*

Artiste connue de nom. Aucun intérêt pour moi, musique très répétitive qui m'ennuie profondément, et vocalises détestables. Je n'ai pas pu aller au bout. =>1/5

Mariah Carey has a great voice, but these are not great songs. They're pretty crummy and she is often not even singing, but sort of screeching over some generic sounding pop.

Can’t believe this is on here. Ruined my street cred by listening to it.

Not for me at all.

Öde und nervig. Immer nur verhauchte Stimme.

Not for me.

No va

Føj! For! Satan!

Every song sounds the same Standout songs: The Roof (Back in time)

Honey

Not for me