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Happy birthday (108,463) by Jamie from UK
Happy birthday Mariah Carey. I hope your day is as special as you are.
(Thursday 27 March 2025; 10:50)
Happy anniversary (108,462) by Zachariah from Croatia
Happy anniversary to our sweet hero diva and to anyone who is celebrating on this day the same event.
(Thursday 27 March 2025; 08:19)
Mariah day (108,461) by Hanno van Leeuwen from The Netherlands
Happy anniversary MC. I hope you're doing fine and wish you all the best with you're loved ones.
(Thursday 27 March 2025; 05:43)
You have to get rid of one (108,460) by RadChad from United States
Wow this was very difficult, but if I had to chose, it'd be "Everything Fades Away" because Till The End Of Time and Vanishing aren't going anywhere ever.
(Thursday 27 March 2025; 01:38)
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Emancipation & Daydream (108,459) by RadChad from United States
TEOM: Joy Ride, FLAB
Daydream: Forever, When I Saw You
(Thursday 27 March 2025; 01:24)
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You have to get rid of one (108,458) by Edward from USA
How dare you. That would be sacrilege.
(Thursday 27 March 2025; 01:09)
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Buttery tone (108,457) by Edward from USA
The song "Music Box" is pure grass fed organic butter.
(Thursday 27 March 2025; 01:06)
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Ribbon (108,456) by Edward from USA
That's funny, put it on the burn book.
(Thursday 27 March 2025; 00:58)
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Buttery tone (108,455) by Bobby A from United States
I hear her buttery tone especially on Melt Away. I just never thought of her voice that way. I just said she was singing in her soprano voice or her alto voice switching bewteen the two voices.
(Thursday 27 March 2025; 00:15)
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Ribbon (108,454) by Bobby A from United States
I have a funny story here. I had a blind date on the day TEOM was released at record store in my car. I played TEOM while talking to the guy. Circles played next. The guy said to me when MC's voice sounded hoarse on "I just keep going round and round." My date said, "Mariah Carey sounds bad on this song." He never contacted me again and labeled me as pushy when I tried to defend MC and asked him if he wanted to go grab some lunch.
(Wednesday 26 March 2025; 21:36)
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Buttery tone (108,453) by TJ from Norway
I think it went away when she was over exposing the whispering sound. I remember me and my friends were really concerned about her using her voice like that in 97, when she released Butterfly.
(Wednesday 26 March 2025; 21:18)
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Emancipation & Daydream (108,452) by TJ from Norway
Finally a decent person. It brings back the 90s for me. My neighbors hated me for playing music so loud that they woke up really early in the morning during the summer of 94. I had the speakers hanging out of the windows while enjoying the weather and being outside.
(Wednesday 26 March 2025; 21:13)
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Mariah birthday month (108,451) by TJ from Norway
Difficult question. I love The Roof, but I also just love (with capital letters) I Don't Wanna Cry. Just love it.
(Wednesday 26 March 2025; 21:09)
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Emancipation & Daydream (108,450) by TJ from Norway
I will put it on this weekend.
(Wednesday 26 March 2025; 21:04)
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Emancipation & Daydream (108,449) by TJ from Norway
I like Daydream very much. A lot of good songs, and it was released on my 19th birthday (at least in Norway). What a gift. I have never liked One Sweet Day, except the live versions. Fantasy is still one of my long time favourites.
(Wednesday 26 March 2025; 21:03)
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Emancipation & Daydream (108,448) by TJ from Norway
Hahaha Edward. I just embrace every day the dementia has not taken me too far.
(Wednesday 26 March 2025; 20:58)
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You have to get rid of one (108,447) by Tevin from USA
Two of these three songs has to disappear from history. Which song are you saving?
Till the end of time
Everything fades away
Vanishing (no pun intended)
(Wednesday 26 March 2025; 20:34)
Ribbon (108,446) by BFF from United States
I totally agree. "Circles", "Mine Again", and "Stay the Night" all sounded strained and that's why I never cared for those songs. "Joy Ride" was slightly better, but overall, the ballads on the album needed more work. I think "Sprung" should have made the main track listing - there is something so effervescent and joyful about it.
(Wednesday 26 March 2025; 16:27)
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Ribbon (108,445) by Edward from USA
Mariah's voice sounded strained on several tracks from TEOM, particularly those that required more vocal power, such as "Mine Again", "Stay the Night", and "Circles". In "Stay the Night", especially, it feels, in my humble opinion, that she's screaming rather than singing, that's why I probably never enjoyed that track. In contrast, her vocals on E=MC2 and Memoirs were much more relaxed, clear, and controlled. The strain shown heavily on TEOM had vanished by then.
(Wednesday 26 March 2025; 15:02)
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Buttery tone (108,444) by Edward from USA
Bobby A, a "buttery" voice refers to a smooth, fluid, warm, and rounded vocal quality. Most of Mariah's '90s catalog is filled with it. Some examples, just to pick a few, include Vanishing, Till the End of Time, Can't Let Go, Music Box, Underneath the Stars, Lead the Way, Open Arms, Melt Away, and Everything Fades Away. Albums like Daydream, Music Box, Merry Christmas, and Butterfly are basically the epitome of a beautiful buttery voice.

Sadly, by 2002, only traces of that buttery voice were still there. And before some of y'all try to nail me to a cross next to Oprah and Gayle, I'm not saying she couldn't sing, she absolutely could still blow, but the fluidity and seamless transitions between registers just weren't the same. A lot of us complained about the heavy use of the whisper register on Charmbracelet, it's funny that I would take anything from her with even half that quality in a heartbeat.
(Wednesday 26 March 2025; 14:44)
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Emancipation & Daydream (108,443) by BFF from United States
I was hearing Mariah very early on in the 90s and remember songs like "Dreamlover", "One Sweet Day", "I'll Be There", "Always Be My Baby", etc on the radio. But I became a massive fan during the "Rainbow" era. It's not her best album, but it was an incredibly fun era that I loved. I think Mariah was sending subliminal messages to my young gay boy self with that album cover lol.
(Wednesday 26 March 2025; 14:37)
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Late 90s / early 00s Hero renditions (108,442) by BFF from United States
I keep listening to this rendition of "Hero" from the Rainbow tour and am in awe of how the song really took on a different meaning for Mariah at that point in time. She finally understood why the song was so important to so many of us. I'm at a point in my life where I really need the song after a long period of shrinking myself for others.
(Wednesday 26 March 2025; 14:33)
Buttery tone (108,441) by MusicfanJ from Germany
Mariah has indeed the most buttery tone I've ever heard. It made me fall in love with her voice during Daydream. Here are some examples:

Vision of love, Vanishing, Alone in love, Love takes time, And you don't remember, Can't let go, If it's over, So blessed and TTEOT buttery at it's best , Endless love, Music box, Never forget you, Without you, Just to hold you once again, All I've ever wanted, EFA (out of this world), My prayer, Open arms, Melt away, I am free, When I saw you, Forever, My all, Close my eyes, Whenever you call, After tonight, Lead the way, I only wanted, Joy ride, For the record, Languishing.

It's Mariah at her best. When her soulful voice meets that clear buttery tone, that makes you forget everything. It mades me daydreaming all the time, when I listen to these songs.
(Wednesday 26 March 2025; 14:25)
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Ribbon (108,440) by Tevin from USA
Bye Bye is nice. I love that song.
(Wednesday 26 March 2025; 14:04)
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Emancipation & Daydream (108,439) by MusicfanJ from Germany
Emancipation:
We belong together
Joy Ride
Special memory: To the floor (love the funky tune)

Daydream:
Fantasy
Forever
Special memory: Looking in
(Wednesday 26 March 2025; 13:53)
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