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Re: WBT Valentine's mix (97,430) (97,437) by HoneyLamb from Germany What bothers me most: it's not rocket science to soften the transitions between the different parts. Yes, I am not Mariah the elusive chanteuse, but even I was able to soften most of these "bumps" just by using the stems from the internet and Audacity. So I would expect a studio perfectionist like Mimi (or her team) to do better and not have it sound that obvious. (Monday 22 February 2021; 07:36)

Get a grip (97,436) by Andrew from the United Kingdom "The Rihanna Book: Queen Size is limited to only 500 copies and retails for $1,495. 'It's a piece of art that I am really proud of,' RiRi said." Squeeze me? Baking power? 1.5k for a photo book. Are you kidding? It's like US$500 for a brief-no-redo photograph with the artist. How much money do they need? This is incredibly selfish. It goes to show what I have said all along. The Mariah's and the Rihanna's of the world do not care about you and though you may have spent a thousand hours in your room dreaming of the day, to them you are a dollar sign. $750,000 for crappy bound photos? Oh, tweet her and tell her to foxtrot oscar. The cheek of it. Save your money. (Monday 22 February 2021; 02:45)

Mariah: The Diva, The Drama (97,435) by Korey2 from United Stated Did anybody see this on Reelz? I missed the very first bit, watching some now. (Monday 22 February 2021; 01:30)

Re: My ranking of Mariah's albums (97,421) (97,434) by Edward from USA Re: My ranking: 01. Butterfly 02. Daydream 03. Mariah Carey 04. Music Box 05. Emotions 06. Merry Chistmas 07. The Rarities 08. The Emancipation of Mimi 09. Charmbracelet 10. E=MC2 11. Glitter 12. Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel 13. Rainbow 14. MIAMTEC 15. Merry Christmas II You 16. Caution (Sunday 21 February 2021; 21:50)

Re: My ranking of Mariah's albums (97,432) (97,433) by Webmaster Eric from the Netherlands "I wonder what my #1 will be." Rainbow? (Sunday 21 February 2021; 21:00)

Re: My ranking of Mariah's albums (97,421) (97,432) by Stacey from USA I wonder what my #1 will be. (Sunday 21 February 2021; 19:46)

Re: My ranking of Mariah's albums (97,423) (97,431) by T from USA 1. The Emancipation Of Mimi 2. Butterfly 3. Daydream 4. Mariah Carey 5. Emotions 6. Music Box 7. Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel 8. Rainbow 9. Caution 10. E=MC2 11. Charmbracelet 12. The Elusive Chanteuse 13. Glitter (Sunday 21 February 2021; 18:12)

Re: WBT Valentine's mix (97,418) (97,430) by Andrew from the United Kingdom Agree about Heavenly. It's so nauseating to listen to the back half of it. I love the first two verses and choruses but it then follows into a sonic car crash. It's the same with HATEU. It's such a brilliant moving song. But the part when she sings "But there's nothing I can do, boy I can't wait to hate you" right before the whistle note on the bridge is clearly cut and paste and so bad that I always imagine that Mariah has accidentally swallowed the champagne cork whilst singing and her vocal engineer is performing the Heimlich manoeuvre on her. (Sunday 21 February 2021; 17:52)

Re: My ranking of Mariah's albums (97,423) (97,429) by Andrew from the United Kingdom Oh Australia, you shall not advance fair. Rainbow above Daydream? Charmbracelet above Music Box? Thou art a villain. Everyone knows this is the correct order: 1. Merry Christmas 2. The Rarities 3. Daydream 4. Butterfly 5. Music Box 6. E=MC2 7. MTV Unplugged 8. The Emancipation of Mimi 9. Emotions 10. Glitter 11. Rainbow 12. Mariah Carey 13. Memoirs of An Imperfect Angel 14. Me. I Am Mariah. 15. Caution 16. Charmbracelet 17. Merry Christmas 2 You (Sunday 21 February 2021; 17:43)

Re: My ranking of Mariah's albums (97,422) (97,428) by Shezz from Pk Haha I wonder no one tried a list thread the first time you went missing Bill. (Sunday 21 February 2021; 17:37)

Re: My ranking of Mariah's albums (97,423) (97,427) by Aliya from Canada 1. Butterfly 2. Daydream 3. Charmbracelet 4. The Emancipation of Mimi 5. MIAMTEC 6. Mariah Carey 7. Emotions 8. Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel 9. Music Box 10. E=MC2 11. Caution 12. Glitter 13. Rainbow Unpopular opinion: Charmbracelet ranks high on my list. While some may not love her whisper voice, I think it's beautiful on this album in particular. (Sunday 21 February 2021; 16:24)

Re: My ranking of Mariah's albums (97,422) (97,426) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines Nothing like a good list-themed post to force Bill out of hibernation. (Sunday 21 February 2021; 14:58)

Touch My Body part 2 (97,425) by Anonymous from USA I was listening to Touch My Body just the other day and I think the reason this song was so popular when it came out is because it was a new sound for Mimi and it's just a fun Summer type song that doesn't take itself too seriously. The lyrics were pure ham and the music video was so funny. We need another lead single just like it for the next album. Stat. (Sunday 21 February 2021; 14:25)

Re: My ranking of Mariah's albums (97,421) (97,424) by Anonymous from USA This is hard to do but here it goes: 1. Butterfly 2. Daydream 3. MTV Unplugged (best live vocals ever) 4. Glitter 5. Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel 6. Charmbracelet 7. The Emancipation of Mimi 8. E=MC2 9. Musicbox 10. Rainbow 11. Emotions 12. Mariah Carey 13. Caution 14. The Rarities (unreleased "studio" songs) 15. Me. I am Mariah. The Elusive Chanteuse The two Merry Christmas albums are in my top 5 otherwise. We love everybody. (Sunday 21 February 2021; 14:20)

Re: My ranking of Mariah's albums (97,421) (97,423) by Todd from Melbourne, Australia 1. Butterfly 2. MIAMTEC 3. Rainbow 4. E=MC2 5. Charmbracelet 6. The Emancipation of Mimi 7. Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel 8. Mariah Carey 9. Emotions 10. Glitter 11. Daydream 12. Caution 13. Music Box That was hard because truth be told I love them all. It's more a ranking of tracks that I skip from low-high. (Sunday 21 February 2021; 08:29)

Re: My ranking of Mariah's albums (97,421) (97,422) by Bill from the UK Ooh a list. 1. MTV Unplugged EP 2. Merry Christmas 3. The Rarities 4. Emotions 5. Mariah Carey 6. Daydream 7. Music Box 8. Butterfly 9. Rainbow 10. The Emancipation of Mimi 11. Glitter 12. Caution 13. Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel 14. Me I Am Mariah 15. E=MC2 16. Charmbracelet 17. Merry Christmas II You (Saturday 20 February 2021; 23:29)

My ranking of Mariah's albums (97,421) by Anonymous from United States I've been thinking this over for a while before posting but here it goes. Studio albums only and leaving out the two holiday records. 1. Butterfly (1997) 2. Emotions (1991) 3. Daydream (1995) 4. Me I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse (2014) 5. Music Box (1993) 6. Rainbow (1999) 7. The Emancipation of Mimi (2005) 8. Glitter (2001) 9. Memoirs of An Imperfect Angel (2009) 10. Mariah Carey (1990) 11. Caution (2018) 12. Charmbracelet (2002) 13. E=MC2 (2008) I find "The Emancipation of Mimi" quite overrated and pretty hit-or-miss outside of the singles. I agree with Mariah's assessment of her debut that it's too overproduced. I love "Vision of Love" and "Vanishing" but that's about it. "Emotions" is 1000x better than her debut; that was one solid follow-up record. I think "Music Box" and "Rainbow" are under-appreciated albums in her catalogue; they deserve better receptions for songs like "Anytime You Need A Friend" and "Can't Take That Away", which are among Mariah's best. "Me I Am Mariah" showcases Mariah doing everything she does well, and I think it would have been much more successful if she had not been divorcing Nick during the rollout. "#Beautiful" is one of her most unique lead singles, and duetting with Miguel was a savvy move. I find "E=MC2" and "Charmbracelet" almost unlistenable. "Charmbracelet" would have been better if she hadn't recorded it in her whisper voice. "Caution" was a snooze fest for the most part and felt very rushed. "Butterfly" is her magnum opus., practically flawless from start to finish. (Saturday 20 February 2021; 23:04)

Honey 2008 Summer remix (97,420) by HoneyLamb from Germany Hear ye, hear ye. A full version of the Honey 2008 Summer Remix has been uploaded on YouTube. Not in best sound quality, but at least a full version. (Saturday 20 February 2021; 12:48)

Re: Side Effects (97,408) (97,419) by LoverboyFirecracker from Canada Love that one. That's the one I listened to on repeat when that album was released. (Saturday 20 February 2021; 03:19)

Re: WBT Valentine's mix (97,406) (97,418) by LoverboyFirecracker from Canada The song where that copy/paste/stitching really makes my ears hurt to listen to is "Heavenly". I know a lot of people love this song but I just can't with all of the adlibs at the end. It sounds like each syllable was recorded separately. Sadly, the last chorus on the non-extended late night version of WBT reminded me of that song I so like the arrangement though and some of the extended parts. (Saturday 20 February 2021; 03:18)

Signs of the end (97,417) by Mirage_Nunez from America At this point, I believe every lamb (new or vintage) has already come to terms with MC's vocal situation. Whether it's flawed, prerecorded, half sung in great voice/half lipped upper register etc. We all know what's going on and have a right to feel how we chose to feel about it. There's no right or wrong way to feel about it going forward as far as I'm concerned. Having said that, I'm personally not mad or bothered by Mariah doing a studio album/or songs with pieced together great vocals, because I just love her as an artist, the sound of her voice, and her contribution to music. I understand the argument "if you can't duplicate it live (anymore) then why even bother" and I actually agree with that for the most part, but at the end of the day it's still show business and when there's a market or demand for you the show must go on whether it's all your raw unfiltered talent being displayed or a complete smoke and mirror magic show. You have to do your best with what you got (left). For the most part the people just want to be entertained, and see you do what you do/what expected of your brand whether you're a Whitney, a Britney, or somewhere in the middle. I want Mariah to continue to make great music as long as it's in her to do it and if she wants to piece together a nice live home session every now and again, then have at it. I personally can appreciate it, but everyone don't have to like it and that's totally fine as well. (Saturday 20 February 2021; 01:09)

Re: Last Night a DJ Saved My Life - songs about Derek (97,410) (97,416) by enwar00 from usa Haha I still watch mixed-ish every week, and I recently realized that every time In The Mix comes on during the credits I dance in my seat. (Friday 19 February 2021; 23:54)

Re: Last Night a DJ Saved My Life - songs about Derek (97,396) (97,415) by Mara from United States That would make sense but I do think I remember during the Rainbow era that After Tonight was about Luis and how she was nervous to have that moment with him after having her heart broken before. Even a possible duet was recorded but it didn’t mesh too well with their voices and singing styles. If memory serves me correctly. (Friday 19 February 2021; 22:56)

Re: WBT Valentine's mix (97,407) (97,414) by Andrew from the United Kingdom I like your write-up. But you know what I've always wanted? If production requires many attempts in a studio with the best phrases cut and paste, I couldn't care less anymore. However, when she does do these high pitched WBT climaxes, and long sustained notes and so on, why is it that the camera is never in the studio filming these come out of her mouth? And there's only ever one other person in there with her, the vocal engineer. Funny that. (Friday 19 February 2021; 20:37)

Re: WBT Valentine's mix (97,406) (97,413) by Andrew from the United Kingdom "I feel like Caution and especially Rarities have been very good closing chapters of my life long fandom starting in 1994." I get what you're saying, actually, and I hadn't considered it that way before. It does feel like a nice, round ending. The career came full circle, almost. And if the voice is gone, why bother carrying on? It's a perfectly valid viewpoint. I believe if Mariah doesn't do something very drastic with a new release it will be the end of her recording career anyway. I'm envisioning a Cher "Believe" album type shift. Other than that, I agree the Rarities is a good Chapter End. (Friday 19 February 2021; 20:31)

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