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Remastering Daydream (107,898) by Terna from Nigeria Yeah I am well aware of the concept of the loud wars, and how it might be perceived as unnecessary for some records or distorting and "changing the feel" for others, but if done right, could really enhance the sound like with Rainbow's anniversary last year. Just an observation actually. It always puzzled me how "dim" so to speak "Daydream" sounds in comparison to "Butterfly" just 2 years later, although it also sits in a transitional era from analog to digital recordings which would explain that. ABMB, OSD and Fantasy on the "#1 to Infinity" record are remastered and I think and they sound great. Now the whole album remastered for Daydream 30th with full colored artwork and unreleased tracks would be epic and a satisfying collector's item. Idea. (Thursday 2 January 2025; 01:03) this is a reply to message 107,890

Remastering Daydream (107,890) by Bill from the UK What you're hearing is an example of the loudness wars: essentially mastering engineers compress recordings to make them sound louder to compete with other poorly mastered (loud) records. This trend became mainstream thanks to Oasis and how their records sounded so much louder on the radio, and due to their popularity, everyone else started doing it. Daydream is an excellently recorded and mastered album, boasting a dynamic range of 13 which is one of the highest in her catalogue. It'd be a shame to lose all those beautifully subdued and quiet moments of the record against the crescendos and climaxes. But that's the way things seem to be going. Personally the CD sounds superb and doesn't need updating in my view. But who am I? (Sunday 29 December 2024; 00:24)

Top posters 2024 (107,897) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain This is my first time on the list. Lol. Happy New Year to everyone. By the way, at the beginning of the season I didn't think that All I Want for Christmas Is You would perform so well this year. (Wednesday 1 January 2025; 23:52) this is a reply to message 107,896

Top posters 2024 (107,896) by Edward from USA Congrats to Robert-Anthony and Mimi L. (Wednesday 1 January 2025; 23:31)

Top posters 2024 (107,896) by Edward from USA Congrats to Robert-Anthony and Mimi L. (Wednesday 1 January 2025; 23:31) this is a reply to message 107,895

Top posters 2024 (107,895) by Webmaster Eric from the Netherlands Top posters in 2024 01. Robert-Anthony from United States: 659 messages 02. Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter: 357 messages 03. Jamie from UK: 166 messages 04. Libra Lamb from USA: 165 messages 05. Edward from USA: 155 messages 06. Stacey from USA: 137 messages 07. MusicfanJ from Germany: 131 messages 08. Zachariah from Croatia: 122 messages 09. Shezz from Pk: 120 messages 10. Tevin from USA: 102 messages 11. Alexis Carrington-Colby from United States: 85 messages 12. jaker20 from US: 80 messages 13. Matty from Vancouver Canada: 64 messages 14. Joachim Agerup Løkkevik from Norway: 57 messages 15. Terna from Nigeria: 51 messages 16. BFF from United States: 49 messages 17. T from USA : 46 messages 18. TJ from Norway: 44 messages 19. Brandon from USA: 39 messages 20. Andrew from the UK: 39 messages 21. Xavier mariohmix from Spain: 33 messages 22. Randy from USA: 32 messages 23. Norman from USA: 31 messages 24. Bill from the UK: 30 messages 25. Carlos from Brazil: 26 messages Top posters all time 01. Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter: 3936 messages 02. B from USA: 3595 messages 03. RibbonB from USA: 2794 messages 04. Robert-Anthony from United States: 2501 messages 05. Bill from the UK: 2417 messages 06. Licia from USA: 2267 messages 07. Edward from USA: 2075 messages 08. MusicfanJ from Germany: 1612 messages 09. Andrew from UK: 1384 messages 10. this_is_qhm from the Philippines: 1171 messages 11. Stacey from USA: 1097 messages 12. 123 from USA: 1055 messages 13. Terna from Nigeria: 876 messages 14. Deedre aka MiTodoChop @HBF from Canada: 795 messages 15. Billy from Greece: 761 messages 16. enwar00 from usa: 724 messages 17. Gee from U.S.A. (New York City): 715 messages 18. Andrew from the United Kingdom: 640 messages 19. Randy from USA: 616 messages 20. TJ from Norway: 602 messages 21. T from USA : 599 messages 22. Shezz from Pk: 580 messages 23. Marissa from USA: 575 messages 24. Lee TS from USA: 572 messages 25. jaker20 from US: 564 messages (Wednesday 1 January 2025; 21:07)

Top posters 2024 (107,895) by Webmaster Eric from the Netherlands Top posters in 2024 01. Robert-Anthony from United States: 659 messages 02. Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter: 357 messages 03. Jamie from UK: 166 messages 04. Libra Lamb from USA: 165 messages 05. Edward from USA: 155 messages 06. Stacey from USA: 137 messages 07. MusicfanJ from Germany: 131 messages 08. Zachariah from Croatia: 122 messages 09. Shezz from Pk: 120 messages 10. Tevin from USA: 102 messages 11. Alexis Carrington-Colby from United States: 85 messages 12. jaker20 from US: 80 messages 13. Matty from Vancouver Canada: 64 messages 14. Joachim Agerup Løkkevik from Norway: 57 messages 15. Terna from Nigeria: 51 messages 16. BFF from United States: 49 messages 17. T from USA : 46 messages 18. TJ from Norway: 44 messages 19. Brandon from USA: 39 messages 20. Andrew from the UK: 39 messages 21. Xavier mariohmix from Spain: 33 messages 22. Randy from USA: 32 messages 23. Norman from USA: 31 messages 24. Bill from the UK: 30 messages 25. Carlos from Brazil: 26 messages Top posters all time 01. Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter: 3936 messages 02. B from USA: 3595 messages 03. RibbonB from USA: 2794 messages 04. Robert-Anthony from United States: 2501 messages 05. Bill from the UK: 2417 messages 06. Licia from USA: 2267 messages 07. Edward from USA: 2075 messages 08. MusicfanJ from Germany: 1612 messages 09. Andrew from UK: 1384 messages 10. this_is_qhm from the Philippines: 1171 messages 11. Stacey from USA: 1097 messages 12. 123 from USA: 1055 messages 13. Terna from Nigeria: 876 messages 14. Deedre aka MiTodoChop @HBF from Canada: 795 messages 15. Billy from Greece: 761 messages 16. enwar00 from usa: 724 messages 17. Gee from U.S.A. (New York City): 715 messages 18. Andrew from the United Kingdom: 640 messages 19. Randy from USA: 616 messages 20. TJ from Norway: 602 messages 21. T from USA : 599 messages 22. Shezz from Pk: 580 messages 23. Marissa from USA: 575 messages 24. Lee TS from USA: 572 messages 25. jaker20 from US: 564 messages (Wednesday 1 January 2025; 21:07)

Daydream (107,894) by Edward from USA If remastering Daydream just means cranking up the volume on every track, I think they should leave it alone. For the past couple of decades, remastering hasn't really added much to '90s recordings. Most of the time, it just makes the albums louder without actually improving the sound. To me, remastering only makes sense if it really enhances the audio, fixing any distortions and bringing out details that couldn't be captured digitally with the technology available back then. In my humble opinion, the lossless digital version of Daydream sounds perfect as it is, so there's no need to mess with it. For Daydream 30, I'd rather see them release some of the tracks that didn't make it onto the album. Based on the B-sides from that era and "One Night" from The Rarities, any unreleased songs from that time would be more than welcome. (Tuesday 31 December 2024; 23:30)

Remastering Daydream (107,893) by Bobby A from United States Could this be reason why Never Forgot You sounds so much louder on the maxi cd single than the album version? I have always noticed that listening to the two versions. (Sunday 29 December 2024; 01:08) this is a reply to message 107,890

Remastering Daydream (107,890) by Bill from the UK What you're hearing is an example of the loudness wars: essentially mastering engineers compress recordings to make them sound louder to compete with other poorly mastered (loud) records. This trend became mainstream thanks to Oasis and how their records sounded so much louder on the radio, and due to their popularity, everyone else started doing it. Daydream is an excellently recorded and mastered album, boasting a dynamic range of 13 which is one of the highest in her catalogue. It'd be a shame to lose all those beautifully subdued and quiet moments of the record against the crescendos and climaxes. But that's the way things seem to be going. Personally the CD sounds superb and doesn't need updating in my view. But who am I? (Sunday 29 December 2024; 00:24)

Merry Christmas SACD (107,892) by Stacey from USA Same. I am trying to hold my expectations in check for Daydream's 30th anniversary. It's hard, though. I get so excited at the thought of what MC may be hiding in the vault. (Sunday 29 December 2024; 00:58) this is a reply to message 107,887

Merry Christmas SACD (107,887) by Bill from the UK Thank you gents, yes all is well with me thanks. Wishing you all the best for the year ahead. If there's no new music from Mariah in 2025, here's hoping Daydream gets an anniversary release with my beautiful London tour date added as a bonus audio CD. I would probably die of happiness. It's still one of the best days of my life, always will be. (Saturday 28 December 2024; 12:40)

Remastering Daydream (107,890) by Bill from the UK What you're hearing is an example of the loudness wars: essentially mastering engineers compress recordings to make them sound louder to compete with other poorly mastered (loud) records. This trend became mainstream thanks to Oasis and how their records sounded so much louder on the radio, and due to their popularity, everyone else started doing it. Daydream is an excellently recorded and mastered album, boasting a dynamic range of 13 which is one of the highest in her catalogue. It'd be a shame to lose all those beautifully subdued and quiet moments of the record against the crescendos and climaxes. But that's the way things seem to be going. Personally the CD sounds superb and doesn't need updating in my view. But who am I? (Sunday 29 December 2024; 00:24) this is a reply to message 107,889

Remastering Daydream (107,889) by Terna from Nigeria I played this record the other day on Spotify and couldn't help notice that it wasn't digitally re-mastered and thus has a significantly lower volume level (you actually have to have Spotify's volume normalization feature on loud to get it to a significant boost in sound level - most recordings from the mid 90's backwards actually) for today's standards than say "Butterfly" or even "Rainbow" which she did earlier on this year. I'm hoping that for its 30th anniversary, she finally does this next year, giving it a long needed update in sound while also reintroducing the album - I dare say is top 3 in her overall best albums, there's no denying this. 1. Butterfly 2. Daydream 3. Mariah Carey 4. The Emancipation of Mimi 5. Music Box (Saturday 28 December 2024; 20:38)

Remastering Daydream (107,889) by Terna from Nigeria I played this record the other day on Spotify and couldn't help notice that it wasn't digitally re-mastered and thus has a significantly lower volume level (you actually have to have Spotify's volume normalization feature on loud to get it to a significant boost in sound level - most recordings from the mid 90's backwards actually) for today's standards than say "Butterfly" or even "Rainbow" which she did earlier on this year. I'm hoping that for its 30th anniversary, she finally does this next year, giving it a long needed update in sound while also reintroducing the album - I dare say is top 3 in her overall best albums, there's no denying this. 1. Butterfly 2. Daydream 3. Mariah Carey 4. The Emancipation of Mimi 5. Music Box (Saturday 28 December 2024; 20:38)

Last Christmas (107,888) by Terna from Nigeria I was shocked to log in to Spotify and there it was. Mariah Carey had 100.6 million followers . Haha. (Saturday 28 December 2024; 19:54) this is a reply to message 107,871

Last Christmas (107,871) by Bobby A from United States There is no need to worry about Brenda every gaining more Spotify listeners. MC just broke another Spotify record today. MC becomes the first black female artist in history to have 100,000 million monthly Spotify listeners. I am sure Fantasy is #2 behind AIWFCIY. There has been no stopping MC during the last quarter of the year. (Thursday 26 December 2024; 19:41)

Merry Christmas SACD (107,887) by Bill from the UK Thank you gents, yes all is well with me thanks. Wishing you all the best for the year ahead. If there's no new music from Mariah in 2025, here's hoping Daydream gets an anniversary release with my beautiful London tour date added as a bonus audio CD. I would probably die of happiness. It's still one of the best days of my life, always will be. (Saturday 28 December 2024; 12:40) this is a reply to message 107,884

Merry Christmas SACD (107,884) by Jamie from UK Merry Christmas Bill. Great to see your post. I hope all is well with you. (Friday 27 December 2024; 23:57)

Merry Christmas SACD (107,886) by Shezz from Pk Merry Christmas to you too. (Saturday 28 December 2024; 05:50) this is a reply to message 107,881

Merry Christmas SACD (107,881) by Bill from the UK Hello all, a flying visit to say a belated Merry Christmas and an advanced Happy New Year to you all. The new super audio CD of Merry Christmas by Mobile Fidelity sounds fantastic. If you have a decent hifi set up and a good pair of headphones, it's worth investing in, as personally I think it is the best the album has ever sounded. There's so many nuances to unearth, I find with each listen I'm discovering more about an album I thought I knew inside out. I only wish the debut, Emotions, Music Box and Daydream would get the same treatment one day. Love to you all. (Friday 27 December 2024; 22:55)

Sweet 18 (107,885) by Shezz from Pk It is so amazing. Happy holidays everybody. (Saturday 28 December 2024; 05:48) this is a reply to message 107,880

Sweet 18 (107,880) by Edward from USA The numbers are in, AIWFCIY will spend its 18th week at the top. Isn't that amazing? (Friday 27 December 2024; 20:07)

Merry Christmas SACD (107,884) by Jamie from UK Merry Christmas Bill. Great to see your post. I hope all is well with you. (Friday 27 December 2024; 23:57) this is a reply to message 107,881

Merry Christmas SACD (107,881) by Bill from the UK Hello all, a flying visit to say a belated Merry Christmas and an advanced Happy New Year to you all. The new super audio CD of Merry Christmas by Mobile Fidelity sounds fantastic. If you have a decent hifi set up and a good pair of headphones, it's worth investing in, as personally I think it is the best the album has ever sounded. There's so many nuances to unearth, I find with each listen I'm discovering more about an album I thought I knew inside out. I only wish the debut, Emotions, Music Box and Daydream would get the same treatment one day. Love to you all. (Friday 27 December 2024; 22:55)

Merry Christmas SACD (107,883) by Bobby A from United States Hi Bill. It is so nice to see a post from you. I hope you post more in 2025. (Friday 27 December 2024; 23:43) this is a reply to message 107,881

Merry Christmas SACD (107,881) by Bill from the UK Hello all, a flying visit to say a belated Merry Christmas and an advanced Happy New Year to you all. The new super audio CD of Merry Christmas by Mobile Fidelity sounds fantastic. If you have a decent hifi set up and a good pair of headphones, it's worth investing in, as personally I think it is the best the album has ever sounded. There's so many nuances to unearth, I find with each listen I'm discovering more about an album I thought I knew inside out. I only wish the debut, Emotions, Music Box and Daydream would get the same treatment one day. Love to you all. (Friday 27 December 2024; 22:55)

Merry Christmas SACD (107,882) by Edward from USA Merry belated Christmas, Bill. You've been missed. Robert-Anthony won't be able to sleep when he sees your post. (Friday 27 December 2024; 23:42) this is a reply to message 107,881

Merry Christmas SACD (107,881) by Bill from the UK Hello all, a flying visit to say a belated Merry Christmas and an advanced Happy New Year to you all. The new super audio CD of Merry Christmas by Mobile Fidelity sounds fantastic. If you have a decent hifi set up and a good pair of headphones, it's worth investing in, as personally I think it is the best the album has ever sounded. There's so many nuances to unearth, I find with each listen I'm discovering more about an album I thought I knew inside out. I only wish the debut, Emotions, Music Box and Daydream would get the same treatment one day. Love to you all. (Friday 27 December 2024; 22:55)

Merry Christmas SACD (107,881) by Bill from the UK Hello all, a flying visit to say a belated Merry Christmas and an advanced Happy New Year to you all. The new super audio CD of Merry Christmas by Mobile Fidelity sounds fantastic. If you have a decent hifi set up and a good pair of headphones, it's worth investing in, as personally I think it is the best the album has ever sounded. There's so many nuances to unearth, I find with each listen I'm discovering more about an album I thought I knew inside out. I only wish the debut, Emotions, Music Box and Daydream would get the same treatment one day. Love to you all. (Friday 27 December 2024; 22:55)

Sweet 18 (107,880) by Edward from USA The numbers are in, AIWFCIY will spend its 18th week at the top. Isn't that amazing? (Friday 27 December 2024; 20:07)

Album sales (107,879) by BFF from United States Jay-Z's number one records as featured artist: "Heartbreaker" with Mariah "Crazy in Love" with Beyoncé "Umbrella" with Rihanna Jay-Z's number one records as main artist: "Empire State of Mind" with Alicia Keys The Recording Academy undermined the value of Grammy awards when they decided to give more awards to Beyonce than Aretha Franklin. (Friday 27 December 2024; 14:44) this is a reply to message 107,876

Album sales (107,876) by Jamie from UK I really don't think Mariah is bothered about Grammys now. If you look at the true greats they only have a handful. Where as Jay-Z and Beyoncé have swallowed them all up and for what? The pair of them have hardly a true hit between them, Beyoncé only has about 4 number ones as a solo artist and I couldn't name one number one from Jay-Z yet they both have Grammys in the thirty's. To me that's just saturation and doesn't really mean anything. Where as Mariah had all her chart accolades which really speak the truth to me. (Friday 27 December 2024; 02:11)

Article: Mariah Carey shares sweet snaps with twins (107,878) by MusicfanJ from Germany Wow, she looks so beautiful. What a lovely pic. (Friday 27 December 2024; 11:48)

Album sales (107,877) by MusicfanJ from Germany Absolutely. I couldn't have said it any better Jamie. Mariah has so many number ones, broke so many records and made music history when she was only 23. Plus this now all-time modern Christmas song. With her unique music catalogue, she can do without more Grammys. (Friday 27 December 2024; 11:45) this is a reply to message 107,876

Album sales (107,876) by Jamie from UK I really don't think Mariah is bothered about Grammys now. If you look at the true greats they only have a handful. Where as Jay-Z and Beyoncé have swallowed them all up and for what? The pair of them have hardly a true hit between them, Beyoncé only has about 4 number ones as a solo artist and I couldn't name one number one from Jay-Z yet they both have Grammys in the thirty's. To me that's just saturation and doesn't really mean anything. Where as Mariah had all her chart accolades which really speak the truth to me. (Friday 27 December 2024; 02:11)

Album sales (107,876) by Jamie from UK I really don't think Mariah is bothered about Grammys now. If you look at the true greats they only have a handful. Where as Jay-Z and Beyoncé have swallowed them all up and for what? The pair of them have hardly a true hit between them, Beyoncé only has about 4 number ones as a solo artist and I couldn't name one number one from Jay-Z yet they both have Grammys in the thirty's. To me that's just saturation and doesn't really mean anything. Where as Mariah had all her chart accolades which really speak the truth to me. (Friday 27 December 2024; 02:11) this is a reply to message 107,848

Album sales (107,848) by Bobby A from United States MC could have one last great multi-platinum seller if she recorded three type of albums. 1. a duets soul and R&B cover album - early to late 70's and early 80's 2. a jazz album 3. a pop album produced by only 3 producers - Jack Antonoff, Jacob Collier, and Andrew Watt (top 20 producers of 2024). I hope one day she can take home multi-Grammys like she should have done in 1996. It would be somerhing that would make her so happy. (Tuesday 24 December 2024; 23:09)

Crystal ball prediction (107,875) by Bobby A from United States I think every morning news program played AIWFCIY in one of their segments during the last two weeks. Radio spins increased. It was playing in every department store. The tour was her biggest Christmas tour ever. The extra retail vinyl helped too. I believe something big is coming in 2025. It may not be MC16, but it will be something that will take the Lambs by surprise and snatch our pocketbooks and wallets. Lol. (Thursday 26 December 2024; 23:26) this is a reply to message 107,874

Crystal ball prediction (107,874) by Stacey from USA I just posted about this very thing. AIWFCIY is cemented as a classic along with Nat King Cole's version of The Christmas song or Bing Crosby singing White Christmas. You can't think of Christmas without those songs. Truly amazing and just another example of MC's talent to create an original holiday song that increases in popularity 30 years after its release. Enjoy the spoils year after year. (Thursday 26 December 2024; 22:37)

Crystal ball prediction (107,874) by Stacey from USA I just posted about this very thing. AIWFCIY is cemented as a classic along with Nat King Cole's version of The Christmas song or Bing Crosby singing White Christmas. You can't think of Christmas without those songs. Truly amazing and just another example of MC's talent to create an original holiday song that increases in popularity 30 years after its release. Enjoy the spoils year after year. (Thursday 26 December 2024; 22:37) this is a reply to message 107,868

Crystal ball prediction (107,868) by Chicago Lamb from USA Mariah's AIWFC goes #1 every year, the rest of the decade and every now/then beyond. Billboard honors her with a 3rd "Song of the Decade" for 2020's. She'll be the only artist in our lifetimes to have 3, OSD, WBT, and AIWFC. In addition, more artist weeks at #1 than anyone could touch for generations. How many weeks can AIWFC touch #1? A possible 18th this year. But beyond it's anyone guess. 30, 40, 50? (Thursday 26 December 2024; 13:21)

Last Christmas (107,873) by Stacey from USA Numbers truly don't lie. What an amazing stat to look at. Thanks for sharing, Edward. It's never bothered me to see MC become a one trick item. Her career accomplishments will never be duplicated. Christmas is a holiday that comes around every year. Her success is celebrated every year. To see a song become more popular then when it was released 30 years ago is truly is what's cool. My 16 year old daughter doesn't care for MC. Not her kind of music. But yet, she loves AIWFCIY, and will sing to it every year. Who else comes close to that? No one. (Thursday 26 December 2024; 22:32) this is a reply to message 107,865

Last Christmas (107,865) by Edward from USA I had no idea they were giving "Last Christmas" a push with multiple releases this year. You'd think people might be getting tired of "AIWFCIY", but judging by its streaming numbers over the years, it's actually getting more popular every year. "AIWFCIY" performance on Global Spotify on December 24th over the years: 2024: #1 - 24.86M 2023: #1 - 23.7M 2022: #1 - 21.27M 2021: #1 - 17.42M 2020: #1 - 17.22M 2019: #1 - 12.02M 2018: #1 - 10.81M 2017: #1 - 8.06M Numbers don't lie. (Thursday 26 December 2024; 02:57)

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