Butterfly

People listen to this kind of bland music?

Une écoute que j'ai plus apprécié que j'anticipais. Je ne suis toujours pas fan de ce style de chant avec beaucoup d'oversinging et de melisma, mais ce n'était pas trop au point que ça écoeure. Je pense que de toutes les chanteuses qui font ça, c'est celle que j'ai le plus apprécié à date (plus qu'Aguilera certain). J'ai trouvé l'album un peu front-loaded, mais généralement il se tient bien. Aussi, il n'y a pas tellement de mauvaise pièce. Par contre, il est un tantinet unidimensionel et vers la fin ça commence à être répétitif, surtout que c'est un peu trop smooth tout le long. 7/10

The Golden Hour!

It's a mixed bag. The upbeat stuff, with it's old school references is great. Conversely, the ballads are all a bit too saccharine to be enjoyable

🤷‍♂️

Love

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?

There are albums in this book that make you appreciate other albums.

This style of music is aggressively boring.

A fun one with a lot of good see cuts I hadn’t heard! A classic for a reason.

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.

Fuck this stupid album. (Lora left me yesterday).

1/5 Best: Breakdown (feat. Krayzie Bone & Wish Bone) Worst: Butterfly

Potential for a great album sadly eclipsed by oversinging and overproduction. Tear it down a little and we'd have something fantastic here.

I really enjoyed listening to this but was dealing with some complex personal admin at the time so didn't focus that well. It's a banging album and really takes me back to simpler times... The voice is obviously the star of the show, but also love the nostalgic vibes. Not sure this is my fave MC album though and it kind of blurred into one and nothing stood out too much. A cool sound though overall.

Well I am impressed by Mariah Carey, of course I am, and there were some slamming tunes on here but broadly speaking it isn't really my thing. It was perfectly adequate driving music. I remember our A Level music tech teacher (the missionary one) said Mariah was the best singer of all time ever, I often think about that

She undoubtably got a fantastic voice and these are good songs, but it just didn't really interest me, can't imagine actually listening to it for fun but it doesn't seem pretty good.

it has bops of its time and that’s sexy to me

She got nice vocals but a great chunk on this record is just so forgettable and stale. It’s a shame cause i love her singles but ig she just isn’t a album artists. Not much happens here but it’s not the worst and it got some decent cuts, overall 5/10 pretty indifferent to the record

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.

Love "Honey" and "Breakdown," but wasn't overly enamored with the rest of the album. Rounding up from 2.5.

She annoys the hell outta me and can't stand to listen more than one song. No thanks.

Pop comercial lamigoso. Rollo. Un 2.

I remember several of these from when they were on the radio. Some of them are ok.

This was a big turning point in her career, but I kinda wish she'd shocked the world and made an art-pop masterpiece with Brian Eno instead. Guess there's still time. One can always dream.

100% not my thing. Mariah Carey is talented at what she does though, so I'll recognize that at least.

Ufff

Favourites: • The Roof

Mariah Carey has one of the best voices in the business. The biggest problem with this album today is the dated sound of it all.

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

Nostalgia gives it 3 stars

Hard to listen to without cringing, hasn’t really held up

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.

I know Mariah has had dozens of hits and I was hoping there was something along the lines of Britney’s “One More time” in this collection. The first song was promising, with its funky synths, but the rest was unbearable.

Oh Lord I really did try to listen to this but I couldn't finish it. As most of the reviewers here have mentioned she does have a good voice but she just moans scales in order to show off her vocal range. Not much substance here as all the songs sound the same. It's a sad commentary on our society that such mediocrity and lack of imagination is so popular.

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

uuuugh I remember singles from this coming out and thinking "what's with all these cute pop singers doing DIRTY ASS HOE SHIT with rappers? hahaha. Of course at the time I was like 13 and had no idea how music marketing worked and what a big splash gangsta rap had made in the pop industry, esp. in America. I was into metal and punk but all the girls I was trying to root were right into this, All Saints, etc. Ballads mixed with DIRTY ASS HOE SHIT. It was a trying time lol. I'm surprised how much of this album is familiar - the first 5-6 songs must've all been singles. But the whole thing was a struggle, it's just too much of the same thing. She has a huge range and the vocal theatrics are impressive... but after about 30min it's really tiring. I wonder if Mariah Carey is the reason all the idol-type singers do this shit non-stop? ah either way, if it'd been half the length I could've given this a 4. The imitation Bone Thugs song was actually pretty cool. 3/5.

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.

Mariah does sound lovely here, and songs like Honey and Breakdown are pure 90s RnB goodness. But too many of the other tracks meld into ballad malaise to call this album truly great.

Disclaimer: I am not an R&B fan, never listened to this album before. This album feels really representative of the time it came out. I was pretty young, but I seem to remember a lot of music on the pop stations around that time having this style of late '90s R&B. Now, again, I'm no expert on R&B, so I can't really say whether Mariah started the wave or just rode it, but this does scratch a certain nostalgic itch for me.

1.5

better than I thought, but generally not my preferred genre

Good but not great Mariah

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 trying, but I dislike this as much now as I did in the 90s.

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

Oh my. There are a couple of songs here that sound different - the first one for example - but otherwise there's nothing at all to redeem this. I was tempted by 2 stars just for the odd note that was in any way interesting, but fuck it, this is a nailed on 1 star disaster zone for me.

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.

Honey and My All low key bangers. The Roof (Back In Time) - samples the Shook Ones Pt. 2. Didn't finish

Quite dated now and actually more a novelty record than anything else. Mariah has a great voice and is beautiful. I wonder what music she would have made if born 20 years earlier or later?

som agradável, romantico e tal

Clearly, this album was written for someone, but unfinished emotion and the technical ability to hit a wide vocal range of notes does nothing for me. I am firmly in the camp that feels that Mariah has some, but not enough ability to create music that is intellectually and creatively important.

I once worked on a show that featured MC and a host of other performers. Dick Clark, who I like to refer to as Cock Clark (because he really was a dick), owned the rights to produce the American Music Awards in 1998(?) Anyhow, the AMAs had booked MC and I remember when she showed up for rehearsal the day before the show, she threw a big shitfit because she didn't have a honeybear. Yep, a honey bear, you know the little plastic bears that squirt honey? The entire crew had their panties in a bunch about working with MC and the people that would interface with her... I think those were the days that she was dating or married to Tommy Mattola who was rumored to be mafia or at least connected(?) Anyhow, she had a long list of demands that her dressing room be stocked with. Honey and tea, because you know, her voice, was one. Evidently someone didn't get the memo about the honey dispenser being the bear kind and MC went on a tear yelling at everyone and threatening not to perform the following day. Anyway, this album doesn't speak to me, but I really did enjoy that first track 'Honey.'

"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.

Emotions was wayyyyy better

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

A few tracks were fire, but a handful were dragged. But the ones that hit, hit hard! Girls got pipes like nobodies business.

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

Meh.

Oof not a fan. Airy, breathy voice over boring R&B/pop beats really made this an annoying listen.

This album is perfect if you want to listen to pining in specifically the 90s pop genre. I mean that in a very positive sense. It's not something I usually listen to which is kind of fun.

would rather 2023 jodie marsh.

Human Caviar

Yeah she can fucking sing!

3/5 smooth production. pleasant as background music. not much variation in tone/color and the melisma is really too much.

It‘s just not mine - like guitarists who like their solos extended beyond the Van Allen Belt it‘s these soul divas I cannot digest without making a hard workout face.

Trash. Mariah is obviously a talented vocalist, so it's not WHOLLY without redeeming qualities, but I'd still have preferred listening to construction noises for the duration. Pretty much all of the songs sound alike (and that sound is late 90s high school slow dance). No fuckin' thanks. 1.5 rounded down.

Bland, R&B/pop. We all know that she can sing, it's just... well, do we really need to hear this before we die? I'm going to say NO. Best Tracks: Honey; My All; Breakdown (feat. Krayzie Bone & Wish Bone)

Hard to even consider this an album. It's just an exhibition of her vocal range, which gets old after about 10 seconds

She can sing but it’s not for me

Always wanted to give one to Mariah Carey, and here it is 🌟 👍🏾

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)

Classic tracks by a major artist. Not really my jam though.

It doesn’t have quite the high moments as Daydream (Fantasy, Always Be My Baby, One Sweet Day), but it clearly builds on and experiments with the success of those hip-hop/soul-influenced-pop formulas. Honey is a smooth album all the way through. Standout: Fly Away was a fun moment. 4/5.

I would have said that I didn’t like Mariah Carey, especially when she just shows off the high notes for no apparent reason. However this was quite enjoyable. Maybe I’m mellowing in my old age ! 3*

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

There is absolutely nothing less interesting than a pop album whose only focus is the artist's voice. Actually, there is: a pop album whose only focus is the artist's voice, and the artist proceeding to hardly even sing lyrics. It's literally just her voice over generic beats. What am I missing here. At least Breakdown has Bone Thugs-N-Harmony on it

The best Mariah album hands down

Yeah this wasn't too good at all. Honestly kind of disappointed with her voice too considering I thought she was help in high regard vocally

Pop corriente y moliente

I went into this thinking it would be bad, but decided to approach it with an open mind, and… it’s terrible. At its best it’s boring, but more often the vocals are either mumbled or shrieked and the lyrics are riddled with cliches. The music itself is generic enough to be in the background of a YouTube commercial. Nope.

A nice listen, calm

I’m sure she was trying something here.

Rating: 6/10 Best songs: My all

vuelve a quedar demostrado que el pop lo es todo para mi. 8/10

Mimi's best album by fat, Emancipation might tip her crown but for now, I am a Butterfly stan. Lead single is one of the best songs about (sea-men_ ever and her vocals are incomparable Breakdown deserved to go diamond, I love the layering and the verses, Mariah's pen goes as hard as ever on this album and it's so cohesive and vital to her imperial era. Definitely a leg up from Daydream But surprisingly my favourite song is Fly Away reprise, David Morales popped off with the house remix, something for the gays and girls to dance to in the summertime I see. Happy Pride everyone. That's a real fucking legacy to leave. No notes. Not a single skip.

Fucking horrible

Nope

Can you see me? I've got my finger on my ear and my eyes closed, head tilted towards the sun. It's a good look for me. I'm certain of it. There's soooo much going on in this album. Too much to unpack.

Very polished and produced. Smooth sweet soulful R&B vibe. Main detraction is that everything blends together on the first listen through... very ballad heavy. Enjoyed Close My Eyes and Whenever You Call.

Not my music but generally speaking a great commercial album

I may be the only person who thinks "meh" when they hear Mariah :-)

Hmm nope

Truly this is one of the worst things I've ever listened to. She may have a good voice but why does she have to warble away like that? Truly terrible.

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.

About time I get encountered by a butterfly and all I can think of is... okay. I was rather psyched and pleasantly surprised get this album in the generator and was looking forward to listening to it and the further I got into this album, the more underwhelmed I was by it. After the boppiness that was Honey, I was rather annoyed and irritated by the balladery that followed and the sheer drop of expectations levied towards this album. I get that this album has its fans and I respect what it achieved for Mariah and the people involved, I just expected something different. Oh well. Favorites: Honey, The Roof (Back in Time), Fourth of July, Breakdown, Close My Eyes, The Beautiful Ones.

You know, it's high ticket mainstream hip hop soul, which is fine. Carey is a great singer but it all has a little too much of that record biz gloss on it for my tastes. The unnecessary version of The Beautiful Ones served as an unflattering highlight the difference between this and the equally mainstream output of a genius auteur like Prince.

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.

I think it's impressive how Mariah can adapt to basically any track. On another singer's record, the gamut of gospel, R&B, hip-hop, and pop might sound strange, but for the most part Mariah fits perfectly in. A few duds here, but otherwise solid album. Favorite tracks: "My All", "The Roof", "Breakdown"

Must not let my love for this icon skew the voting

There are 3/4 songs on this that carry the whole thing

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.

It is a solid R&B album, but I didn't hear anything timeless or unique from any other good R&B album.

All the soft loud, trilling, whispering and cheesiness I’ve always disliked about Mariah for a whole album

SPELLLING! spellling, mi artista favorita de los ultimos años, tiene cosas de mariah carey, la voz, la superposicion de las voces, las melodias, las onomatopeyas "uuuuuuuooooooo" en las canciones, sin el sentimiento y los instrumentos de gospel que tanto identifican a spellling, especialmente turning wheel. Me gustó mucho. También (medio stretch) siento alguuuuuuunas cosas de los bee gees que tambien amo mucho, en las canciones.

rnb sensual y buenos feats

me re gusto! fue como escuchar a kali uchis hace 20 años. lo voy a volver a poner, sobretodo para la mañana

Good production and decent songs. Not my thing overall.

A few things to unpack here - Carey is an amazing vocalist and this album a sold so many records. And if this project is going to have a nineties soul with hip hop influences this is probably the one to include - here the mainstream shift from pop towards urban sound can truly said to have begun - soon damn near every track and artist would have Dre or Puffy or Neptunes or Wyclef Jean or Timbaland producing and a guest rapper for Street cred. Is this album brilliant? The upbeat tracks are pretty good, the ballads could all be the same song and some of Mariah’s vocals stylings are initiating so no, not take, but I’m going to argue the album fully merits a place here on this list (and I would rather listen to this again than, say, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway).

😥

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.

good rnb

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

Deserves a 0. every song sounds the same. and that sound is just a woman moaning in a microphone. 0/5 album. trash. trash. i hate it. trash

A logical next album from The Prodigy would be Mariah Carey. Thanks Randomizer. Same year though. "Butterfly" is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. This album was a further move from Mariah away from strictly pop and into R&B/hip-hop. Yeah, there is a decent split between the two styles. Of couse, in no way do I think of Enimem listening to this. Using a number of different producers including Walter Afanasieff (more pop) and Sean "Puffy" Combs (more hip-hop) helped the diversity. Mariah was separated from her then husband which contributed to some of the lyrical content. The album received general acclaim and sold over 10 million copies worldwide. The album opens with the first single "Honey." It was written with Puff Daddy. Light and airy. Hip-hop with a nice bass. A catchy chorus. She wants the honey. Take that as you may. The second song and single switches to a Aranasieff-produced ballad song in "Butterfly." A piano and a soulful chorus and backing vocals. Let someone from free and see if they come back. A Latin guitar and slow beat highlight the ballad "My All." Inspired by a trip to Puerto Rico. Mariah belting it out. "The Roof (Back in Time)" has more heavy beats and in the R&B/hip-hop category. A sample of Mobb Deep in the chorus. The production of Puff Daddy highlights the third single "Breakdown." A nice blend of R&B and hip-hop. Layered vocals. Two members of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony rap a few of the verses. The album ends with "Outside." It's a slow ballad about Mariah's biracial experience. Maybe her best vocals on the album- souful and beautiful. This was about expectations. I had very low ones coming in. Not exactly in my wheel of music but this was fine. I had heard a few of the songs of course. Mariah has a phenomenal voice. It had great production. The variety between her hip-hop/R&B and pop ballads kept it fairly interesting. I know you can a lot worse in the pop category circa 1997.

5 stars for Mariah's voice 1 star for the very dated mid-'90s production

after the first couple songs i thought i was gonna hate it but i didn’t, there were a couple good listens

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

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

first listen pretty good r&b

3.5

Love song sex song sex song sex song wedding song song for the girlies sex song sex song club song prince cover love song

woman sex music

It's a great representation of 90s music with extra quality added by Mariah's exceptional vocal performances. Three tracks stood out for me: My All, Outside - both with just perfect, dramatic vocal delivery and the first track - Honey, which stands out lyrically from all the sweetness elsewhere on the track - due to its not so subtle double meaning. These double meanings are a bit surprising - if not shocking - for this particular type of an album, which then also makes the entire album more interesting and daring. Still, the sweetness and cornyness drags on a bit too much and there's a bit too much filler. Luckily, the most beutiful vocals are kept for the ending which makes you want to keep on listening to the album to hear that Outside. 3-3.5/5

Didn't strike my fancy

Not my usual music, and I find the artist to be unrelatable in interviews I've seen, but this was quite good. Pretty remarkable album, really.

I like Mariah Carey but... yeah, this really didn't do much for me. Pretty bland, unfortunately.

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."

Again, already had this album... Previous review: I'm not really a fan of pop music and hardly a fan of Mariah Carey. Still, this wasn't as agonizing as I expected it to be. Saved tracks: Honey, My All, The Roof (Back In Time)

beautiful voice, great production, but only a few memorable songs.

Mariah Carey Butterfly Honey is a classic. She is really an incredible singer. I love all the super slick production on the 90’s r&b ballads. Well done album the whole way through- I liked the butterfly reprise too. The prince cover is sounds so drastically different from the rest of the album but it works.

Really great, such an amazing voice, great band and top tier songwriting. Feels like a gospel album at times. It felt a little long and repetitive by the end but great stuff

God, I love her voice. This is not my favorite album of hers. (Music Box is the best followed by Mariah Carey for anyone who is asking. My All is a banger though which is why it deserves a 4 from me. She really can (could?) sing.

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.

This is our first album in the bottom 20 globally!! This sh** lowkey kinda good. Y’all can’t tell me you ain’t moving on Fly Away (Butterfly Reprise). No, this isn’t Arctic Monkeys. It’s not fast or exciting. It’s 90’s R&B and when taking that into context, this is pretty good. I’m between a 2 and 3. My mind says a 2, but my heart says 3. However, because she has the waist jewelry thing on in the album cover, my quivering member says 3. By majority, it’s a 3, and yes I expect to get flamed for this score. It’s a 2, plain and simple. Idc what my body says. No, I’m going with my heart. It’s a 3. It’s a bottom of the barrel 3, but a 3 nonetheless.

listened a while ago don't remember

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

Over produced, overly-selfindulgent shit

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'm not a Mariah Carey fan by any means, but this was a pleasant album to have in the background. There's no question that she has talent and it shows on this album.

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.

90s MTV og ofnotkun á gylltum filter í tónlistarvídeóum. Það er það sem þessi plata er. Ágætt í bakgrunni.

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.

so painful i feel trolled

Didn't make it very far honestly. Not bad, just not my thing.

I don't think I've ever listened to a Mariah Carey album from start to finish. I was curious about this one. I thought it might be a fun pop record. Sadly, its like 80% boring ballads. No thanks.

Очень приятный R'n'B альбом, в своём жанре звучит ближе к блюзу и джазу по лёгкости звучания.

This album is not for me. There was an audience for this and it clearly launched Mariah's career. She has a great voice and the production value is high. Artistically it really has no merit. It doesn't push the boundaries and is pretty much nothing to me. Even for the era that it was released it didn't really move the needle. It sounds like great end credit music for a Disney movie or a romcom I've never seen. Not sure who I would recommend it too. That being said I am sure that people that like this music would argue it is a classic. Again she has an undeniably good voice, but it could be used for a better purpose.

Nah not for me.

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

Late 90s pop RNB diva sound. One of the worst musics ever to have gained popularity. All I want for Christmas is this godawful warbling to stop. Rating: 1/5 Playlist track: Honey Date listened: 30/11/22

Girl could sing, for sure.

I just can't do it. I really tried to find the positives, but after 4 songs I just had to turn it off. Started it up again the next day at song 5 and it was another half-hearted R&B light with more vocal acrobatics than actual lyrics. I tried, but I just really dislike this.

I'm not really a fan of pop music and hardly a fan of Mariah Carey. Still, this wasn't as agonizing as I expected it to be. Saved tracks: Honey, My All, The Roof (Back In Time)

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

Ooooooohhooohhh it is a bad album. This is unfortunately my second listen of this album. My sister had this CD and I chose to listen to it in the car. I skipped a lot of songs then and I should have skipped songs this time too. Two notes: the Bone Thugs beats were interesting. I realize there is a Prince cover, but it does not save the album and not a good cover.

Cover of Prince's The Beautiful Ones best memory of this album. Listened to the 25th Anniversary Edition.

I will defend Mariah Carey’s first album to my grave and would defend it on this list but this is garbage. Not sure why it was picked over the other one. She’s very talented though so I can’t really justify 1 star.

I really dislike this. I dislike all the ad libs, I dislike how nasal/breathy she sounds, I dislike the length of this album. Nope.

Though the vocal circus is proficient, it is still somewhat void of true meaning and the music is so predictable is boring

Pop comercial lamigoso. Rollo. Un 2.

Mejor de lo que esperaba. Soportable. La verdad es que tiene muy buena voz. No sabía que Honey era suya.

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.

Fantastische zangeres, en iets meer R&B dan ik verwachtte. Je merkt waar Beyoncé de mosterd haalde

Quite cliche and soooooo long!

It's fine, I guess. I'm just not really into it. 1/5

Prachtige stem , mooie songs!

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

suurin osa albumista geneeristä 90 luvun pop r ja b tyylistä musiikkia.... onneksi tytteli saa laulunpäästä kiinni MAINIOSTI. muutama sävellys, etenkin albumin loppu-puolella on myös MUUSIKKILLISESTI niin sanotusti myös hyviä. KESKIVERTOINEN albumi ei millään tavalla merkkityksellinen,,,, A alabumin nimikko biisi butterfly paras...

I wasn't sure what to think about this album at first. This is after the era where I was aware of what Mariah Carey was doing and doesn't contain any of the songs I think of when her name is mentioned. However, at this point I'm three songs deep in the album and I recognize all of them. Moreover, each song has its own thing going on. Some sound more like her earlier work, some presage some of the movements in pop music that would happen in the early 2000s. The hip-hop tracks provide a good balance to the more straightforward R&B tracks. Her vocals are more subdued than a lot of the vocal acrobatics of her earlier work, though the angelic power of her voice is still evident in every track. I do feel like the album bogs down a bit as it goes, but overall it's still a 4/5

absolute perfection from start to finish.

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.

It was so strange hearing Shook Ones (Part II) and Tha Crossroads samples on a Mariah Carey album. 3/5

Vocals do shine on this one. “Mariah Carey has a great voice” is like, one of the least controversial opinions a 90’s kid like me could have. Some reviews I saw were claiming a lot of her vocals were “showing off”, which is a criticism I find as idiotic as when people criticize bands like Rush for “showing off” their instrumental prowess. Great love songs with more instrumental diversity than I expected, with piano, guitar, Latin percussion, trap beats, and more sprinkled around to create the soundscapes. All that said, the fact that most of these are fundamentally low tempo R&B love songs does mean that they fade together a bit after a while. The first few songs are great, but after that it gets old. A heavily frontloaded album, but that front load is good enough to give this a decent rating. Top Tracks: - Honey – Nice dance track. - Butterfly – Solid anthemic track. - My All – High tier love ballad with a little bit of Latin influence. - The Roof (Back in Time) – Great sensual song.

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.

Nice enough, liked Beautiful Ones.

This bunch of very long overproduced vocal stretches without any melodic or lyrical content was a real waste of my time.

okay.

No

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

Vem fan tycker att denna platta tillhör denna lista. 57 minuter jag aldrig kommer få igen. Hon kanske kan sjunga men förstör varenda låt med att waila. Det är så jävla dåligt.

Come on man. This album blows. I had this whole thing typed out and thought I'd soften up a bit but no. I don't like the vocal runs that litter every inch of the track list. She just cant stop with these God damn scales. And her voice sometimes has this little boy quality that I loathe. I will never come back to this. I do have a never ending hatred for her Christmas bullshit but maybe that was just cause that holiday sucks. No it's her 100%. Hate it. Congrats Mariah you get to be my 1st one star.

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... 😒

It shames me to like this. Beyond a select few hits, I hated the predominance of R&B in the 90s pop charts, most of which were super generic and too focused on highlighting the singer's voice than anything. Maybe Mariah invented the trend. But either way, this is almost an exception, or at least the very least when you put effort into making a decent album out of it. The production is fantastic, with interesting arrangements taking influence from hip hop, jazz, and downtempo, both atmospheric and chill, with smooth transitions between tracks that make the whole album consistent despite the varying styles. I love the multi-tracking vocals, allowing the compositions to be colorful and full of life. However, I think it takes a sharp turn into the R&B realm of the generic, uninspired, and lame following "Breakdown." Production is still great, but not interesting enough to maintain my attention, especially with the tiresome overused tricks. My favorite songs were the disco tracks like "Honey" and "Fly Away", and I wish they expanded on that more. But I can see the merit in the well-made ballads "Butterfly" and "My All." In the end, the only track to be taken seriously is "Honey". Favorites: Honey, The Roof, Fourth of July, Breakdown, Fly Away

Meh

Ненавижу.

Just goes on a bit really.

An excellent album if not out of step with most of everything on this list.

Things I would rather do than listen to this album again: 1. Stick my hand into a nest of murder hornets 2. Eat Taco Bell for 24 meals in a row 3. Binge-watch Joanie Loves Chachi Yes, it was that bad to me. The only positive thing I'll say is that, while I've never found Mariah Carey to be at all attractive, she does look sort of hot on the album cover. 1 star.

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.

This was actually pretty good. Not something I'd typically listen to, but enjoyable nonetheless. I would listen to it again!

Awful. Okay if yo like this sort of thing I suppose, but I cannot stand her voice.

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.

My wife knew every word

Her involvement with the songs is something that I respect, and I definitely underestimated her singing abilities, but the songs themselves are just a bit lacklustre for me, nothing exciting or memorable.

Mariah has a good voice but even though this song was a departure from her usual pop towards more R&B the album was just kinda boring. A whole hour of slow ballads that all sound the same is just not that entertaining

Geez - I totally forgot how tiresome R&B tracks had become by the late 90s. Slow jam after slow jam with synthesized everything accompanied by little more than a fretless bass guitar. FKA Twigs this is not! While still largely constrained to the formula above, I would point to the track 'Breakdown' as a pleasant break out (at least in meter) from the well-worn guardrails that the rest of the album feels tied down by. Above the tracks Mariah's vocals are flawless and float back and forth between smokey seduction and belting power. I'd point to 'My All' and 'Close My Eyes' as being the stars of the album in particular.

Of course Mariah Carey has a good voice. The production seems a bit dated though and some of the songs read as very shallow (esp that one about growing up too soon) Overall it’s not an unpleasant experience, it could just be so much more

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.

I wasn't relishing listening to this album much, but it was more pleasant than I anticipated. That said, it did conform to my preconceptions: silky smooth R&B underlying Mariah's unique voice. Wouldn't listen again, but don't feel that my ears have been violated.

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

Waarom deze zoetsappigheid van die zangvibrator nu tot beste albums ooit moet horen, is mij een raadsel

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.

Ik vroeg me al af waar dit soort albums bleven in deze lijst. Hoewel ik er op voorhand een beetje tegenop zag, kon ik het voor een keer best goed hebben.

Some ok beats, warbling singing is not for me.

Vocal powerhouse

This gave me a chance to spend some time with Mariah Carey, as generally in the past I had avoided her. I was not previously familiar with any of the songs here, even though they seemed to have been popular. "Honey" isn't the sort of song I would normally pick to listen to, but I found it a somewhat interesting and engaging piece, especially the second time through. Then, there was the rest of the hour of warbling slow jam adult contemporary (maybe best exemplified by "Fourth of July") with a soupçon of hip hop (see "Breakdown"). This very, very extended smooth mood seemed only to be broken by the dancey anthem "Fly Away (Butterfly Reprise)" which did inspire me to raise my arms and strut along a bit before going back to the boudoir. I might just feel a little more appreciative of her work, although it's not likely I'll be back. I have, however, filed "Fly Away" for inspiration emergencies.

I did not love this album. I found it a bit boring. It got me thinking that maybe I don’t care for r&b slow jams…but that’s not right…this particular album just didn’t hit in the right spot for me today.

I was under the impression that I did not particularly care for Mariah Carey's music. I was so wrong! I really dig this album. Outstanding.

I like my divas a little rougher than this. Mariah Carey is a remarkable singer and I appreciate why this is a popular album. There are some songs that I warmed up to more than I thought I would after several listens. The vocals flit around like… butterflies. There were times I was a bit bored and grew weary of some of the vocals. I think I like Mariah’s pop phase more than this move towards R&B. Still, this is a polished presentation of Mariah Carey’s formidable vocal skills.

I mean, it's Mariah Carey so it's gonna be good. But that said, this album was worth a listen but not the legendary status where I'd consider it essential for this list. Fave track: "Butterfly", the title track. But this record is no Daydream. Her vocals really "Carey" (har har har) this record. Because even though she has these great whistle tones and amazing technique, and that lives up to the hype, the melodies are meh and the production is just okay. This album reads as much more dated to me than Daydream and the Emancipation of Mimi. And there's the fact that the artist is a serial sexual harasser (funny, isn't it, how the culture dismissed that one during #MeToo) and overalls seems like a shitty person. If I knew her in real life then I'd say I don't know her. Anyway, I digress. Normally this album would be 3 stars but I'm bumping it up one on the strength of the vocals alone.

Really really hated it. And I like everything.

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

I decently enjoyed it. Very smooth r&b with some hip hop vibes thrown in. Mariah’s voice is perfection but on a few songs she only sings in a sort of whisper which I don’t find as great. Quite a few really good songs on here though. 7/10

nothing stood out 2.5

allright. some good tracks.

I've only listened to Caution which is one of my favorite albums from Mariah Carey, so it was nice to check out some of her older material. While I'm not super into her slow ballad pop cuts on here, it's balanced with the hip-hop influenced bangers and R&B burners. It's a very decent album although it wears its era on its sleeve.

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

She has such an incredible voice and such average songs

I wanted to enjoy this more than I did but yeah, all the songs are just a bit samey, and there's just a lot of vocal layers that are kind of buried in the mix and add nothing. When Mariah actually has a strong vocal line to sing, she sounds incredible, it's just a shame that a lot of the album is so washy

Reading the Wikipedia page for this I was hoping for at least some Missy Elliot, but that track is not even on the album. Skipped through this. Mariah couldn’t Carey less, for me.

Refused to listen. Played some Crass instead.

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

Voy a escucharlo, pero es lo más alejado a mi interés solo un poco por detrás de mi odio/miedo a Michael Jackson & family. ¡Qué pérdida de tiempo escucharlo! ¡qué de gorgoritos y rollo aburrido de diva de la canción! Entiendo que haya quien le guste, pero está muy lejos de mí.

overplayed but catchy haha. +1 star because its easy to listen to at work.

syrupy sweet and very "discount sexy" -- breathy hooks and moans, Donna Summer did it better. But Puffy does know what he's doing, it's a solid album.

Really good album, great beats, harmonies and melodies. Mariah’s singing is still amazing all these years later

I was never really a fan of 90’s R&B, and this album does not change that fact. It’s probably a quintessential album for the genre (at least I can only assume so - why else would it be on this list?). The melodies and harmonies never really interested me as they seemed too breathy and slow. To add onto that, there wasn’t any part of this album (or songs) that made me want to listen to more as it’s mostly just more 90’s R&B sounds. If you like that sound, more power to you, though.

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.

Nije loš album al mi i nije toliko wau. Možda nisam subjektivna jer mi Mariah nikad nije upala u oko kao neke druge rnb pjevačice 90ih

The Roof (Back in Time) - okej, okej, može se i tako iskoristit sample koji je Mobb Deep napravio za Shook Ones Part II. Prije nekih 13-14 godina bio sam ogromni fan BTNH-a, pa zato i znam Breakdown - koja je za mene klasik. Ne, ovo uopće nije loš album, u većinu slučajeva nije moja porcija paštašute (žalopojke većinom), ali ima dobrih stvari i nek sam ovaj album preslušao. Pod dobre stvari stavljam u potpunosti slijedeće - Honey, The Roof (Back in Time), Breakdown i Close My Eyes.

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”

Ouf, ça dégouline la pop ça! Après une première pièce qui a attiré ma curiosité, l’album s’enfonce dans une ballade r&b sans, malheureusement, le génie d’un Stevie Wonder. Nous serons captifs de ce sirop qui ne prend pas aux tripes mais finit par tomber sur le cœur. Très léger, très superficiel, racoleur à fond. Les rythmes hip hop qui parsèment l’album sont une appropriation honteuse pour vendre de la copie. Ce n’est pas de la musique facile pour autant, mais les vocalises de la diva, toutes virtuoses soient-elles, me tapent sur les nerfs. Je les accuse aussi, ces vocalises, d’avoir pavé la voie à une tradition de chanteuses s’égosillant à tout crin. Serais-je victime de mes préjugés à l’encontre de la musique commerciale? Sans doute. J’accorderai une étoile pour le bénéfice du doute.

Sorry Puff but you're wrong. This is one personality void that can't be filled by any amount of moneyed production. Such a stupid inclusion that I kind of feel sorry for Mariah.

meh

Bom.

Not bad for a pop starlet. But really a 1001? (5/10) FT: My All

I actually liked the majority of it. Not every song, but a lot of them I can see why it was a hit, it's quality. Phenomenal vocal control she's got It makes me nostalgic, they don't make music like this anymore.

Some good tracks but a bit meh especially for like the best 1001 albums of all time

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.

Big. Time. Pop. Record. When it was popular I was oh, so, too, cool. I was a dummy then. But I was also distracted by music like Radiohead's "OK Computer," which I think is a worthwhile endeavor. So, I'm giving this record a 4/5 for the impact it had on the people I know who loved it (almost every girl in my life between the ages of 2-20).

Mariah Carey's voice is an amazing instrument. But this album sucks hard. It's boring and lazy on just about every front. Krazie Bone is cool though.

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 wanted to do this properly - give the album a good listen, dissect the good and bad, try to dig out why this merits being on this app. However, and with all due respect, this is absolute dog. The one thing I will say is that I can hear echoes of Carey in a slew of artists who trailed in her wake, so its influence is not to be doubted. The music itself is crap - without the vocals, it's what you get when on hold to your car insurer. Surprisingly, the vocals are rank, too. Carey is no doubt a supreme technical singer, but her primacy of technique over feeling leaves this a real mess of melisma. With some more judicious choices the ballad 'Butterfly' could be a lovely song. And by 'judicious', I mean 'restrained'. Even that husky, breathy ersatz sotto voce (her greatest legacy) fails to sound sexy when it's pumping and heaving against a wall of similar vocals, trilling and gushing to fill every last corner of the soundscape. It has the potential to harrow. Hell, there's even a bit in my favourite track where Carey sounds like she's struggling to breathe properly. I'm sure someone can correct me on her breath control, but much of the time it's as if she's about to sneeze.

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.

Nice enough but not really my bag.

90s pop r&b just really isn’t good

Is good, not a big fan of the constant yodeling.

No. Too many notes.

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

Was actually a bit surprised by this album. Had never listened to it and it was better then i thought.

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.

Very much not my thing, but made for nice background music while I worked.

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

Muy buen disco

I find this style of smooth RnB a little monotonous, the best parts of the album for me were when the formula got shaken up a little bit, like on "Breakdown". Everything else was just fine, but it just isn't impactful or bold enough to catch my attention, just kinda slides off me. Mariah is a great singer, though.

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

3 i guess. not my jam and I did seriously consider a 2, but her vocal skills kept it at a 3.

6/10 great vocal performance of course, but as an album it got a bit boring

5/10. Sorry Mariah Carey, you are doomed to be remembered only for your Christmas music.

About what I expected. 5/10

too sugary for my liking yet her voice is beautiful

Musical pollution. In the case of the people vs. Mariah Carey, this is evidence for the prosecution.

Butter-shit.

I wanna stan but no way I can