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Re: Ranking Mariah Carey albums vocally (94,462) (94,470) by Bill from the UK Best to worst: 1. Merry Christmas 2. Emotions 3. Mariah Carey 4. Music Box 5. Daydream 6. Butterfly 7. Rainbow 8. Glitter 9. The Emancipation of Mimi 10. Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel 11. Merry Christmas II You 12. Charmbracelet 13. Me I Am Mariah 14. E=MC2 15. Caution Shocked to not see Emotions higher up on some of the lists. Vocal highlights: 1. Mariah Carey (Vision of Love) 2. Emotions (And You Don't Remember) 3. Music Box (Anytime You Need a Friend) 4. Merry Christmas (All I Want for Christmas Is You) 5. Daydream (Fantasy) 6. Butterfly (The Roof) 7. Rainbow (Can't Take That Away) 8. Glitter (Lead the Way) 9. Charmbracelet (My Saving Grace) 10. The Emancipation of Mimi (Fly Like a Bird) 11. E=MC2 (I Wish You Well) 12. Memoirs of An Imperfect Angel (I Want to Know What Love Is) 13. Merry Christmas II You (O Come All Ye Faithful) 14. Me I Am Mariah (Make It Look Good) 15. Caution (With You) (Sunday 28 June 2020; 10:40)

Re: Ranking Mariah Carey albums vocally (94,464) (94,469) by Andrew from the United Kingdom To you and to TJ, I just can't get on board with the vocals from the debut era. I don't much like the album (or the cover). The vocal is too shaky and lacks the warm velvet tone or accessible elasticity that was to come. Even in the live performances, the vocals shake and Mariah's singing style is more about delivery than emotion, I think. And live performances especially make me a little unrelaxed with lyrics ending in "-uh". E.g.: "Treated me kiiiin-duh/ Sweet destinyyyyy-uh". It surprises me to see so many people like the debut album. It really surprises me to see people vote it on top of the albums that followed for vocals. I never bought it, not once in my life. I pretended that Mariah started with Emotions. Maybe after all this time I should give it another go. Can I ask you both why the vocals on this particular album were in your top 2? Genuinely. I just don't get it, at the moment. It may help me try to appreciate it. I never wanted to not like it. (Saturday 27 June 2020; 21:07)

Re: Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? (94,465) (94,468) by Andrew from the United Kingdom Said it before and I'll say it again: you have a superb pop music knowledge and you write really well. You should do reviews for a publication. Martyn did it. Why not you? A. (Saturday 27 June 2020; 21:00)

Re: Ranking Mariah Carey albums vocally (94,466) (94,467) by Andrew from the United Kingdom I like your game. Best actual vocal performance show Mariah's voice off to an alien from each album, what would you play? I struggled with some of these - simply because I don't really favour some of the songs, like Fly Like A Bird. And for Merry Christmas I thought I would put O Holy Night for the power or Miss You Most for the emotiveness, but I agree with Jesus Oh What... she sings that masterfully. 1. Mariah Carey (Love Takes Time) 2. Emotions (Till The End Of Time) 3. MTV Unplugged (If It’s Over) 4. Music Box (All I’ve Ever Wanted) 5. Merry Christmas (Jesus Oh What A Wonderful Child) 6. Daydream (I Am Free) 7. Butterfly (Whenever You Call) 8. No.1’s (When You Believe) 9. Rainbow (Against All Odd (Take A Look At Me Now)) 10. Glitter OST (Lead The Way) 11. Charmbracelet (Bringin’ On The Heartbreak) 12.a The Remixes Disc 1 (Fantasy (Def Club Mix)) 12.b The Remixes Disc 2 (Honey (So So Def Mix)) 13. The Emancipation of Mimi (Fly Like A Bird) 14. E=MC2 (I Wish You Well) 15. Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (I Want To Know What Love Is) 16. Merry Christmas II You (The First Noel) 17. Me. I am Mariah. The Elusive Chanteuse (Heavenly (No Ways Tired/Can’t Give Up Now)) 18. Caution (With You) It's funny thinking about individual track vocals rather than albums as a whole. E=MC2 doesn't seem to be popular for the vocals. But I Wish You Well has a beautiful vocal and tonal quality that wasn't translated across the rest of the music due to the nature of the songs. Imagine if it had been so, instead of the octave jumps Mariah started to rely upon to climax. William, I'm sorry, forgive me. You know I'm a contentious twat lol. I miss your lists. You can hate me from afar but the world needs your lists, buddy. (Saturday 27 June 2020; 20:58)

Re: Ranking Mariah Carey albums vocally (94,463) (94,466) by ktktkt from Philippines 1. Daydream (highlight - I am Free) 2. Merry Christmas (highlight - Jesus Oh What a Wonderful Child) 3. Music Box (highlight - Never Forget You) 4. Butterfly (highlight - Outside) 5. Glitter (highlight - Lead the Way) 6. Charmbracelet (highlight - Subtle Invitation) 7. TEOM (highlight - Circles) 8. E=MC2 (highlight - Last Kiss) 9. Mariah Carey (highlight - Prisoner) 10. MOAIA (highlight - Candy Bling) 11. Caution (highlight - With You) 12. Emotions (highlight - And You Don’t Remember) 13. Merry Christmas II You (highlight - When Christmas Comes) 14. Rainbow (highlight - Heartbreaker) 15. Me. I am Mariah (highlight - Make It Look Good) (Saturday 27 June 2020; 18:38)

Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure? (94,465) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia is one of the best pop albums in recent years. Very unapologetically upfront with its influences and ambitions, it succeeds in living up to the promise of its title. However, as immensely fun as it is, it, just like Lady Gaga's Chromatica, can come across as quite brash and can be quite fatiguing. Jessie's fourth album, which marks a return to her dance diva roots. What's Your Pleasure? is a mostly disco and 80's synth pop affair which sounds just as homogenous as it is varied. Jessie approaches each track with an elegant soulfulness reminiscent of Lisa Stansfield. It's mostly upbeat, but at just the right tempo that is maintained throughout the album; and even in the slower tracks, the beats take a step back to hushed, simmering grooves and lush instrumentation. The beats, even at their most severe, are hardly pounding or banging. The entire project is ethereal, intoxicating and sophisticated, and Jessie's vocals are strong yet understated, bringing what pop in the last few years has been sorely lacking - finesse. There's a lot to like: a longer version of the classy Spotlight, the cool Step Into My Life, and on the slower side, the hypnotic In Your Eyes, and the lovely closer Remember Where You Are. Nothing here beats her early hit Running, but this collection is the closest she has gotten to achieving that level of magic. What would it take for Mariah to make a beat-driven album without any real ballads. If Madonna can pull it off, I don't see any reason why she can't. (Saturday 27 June 2020; 06:01)

Re: Ranking Mariah Carey albums vocally (94,463) (94,464) by MusicfanJ from Germany TJ that would be exatly my list. I would only switch Nr.1 Mariah Carey with Nr. 2 Music Box. (Friday 26 June 2020; 13:39)

Re: Ranking Mariah Carey albums vocally (94,462) (94,463) by TJ from Norway 1. Mariah Carey 2. Music Box 3. Merry Christmas 4. Emotions 5. Daydream 6. Glitter 7. Butterfly 8. TEOM 9. Rainbow 10. MOAIA 11. E=MC2 12. Charmbracelet 13. Merry Christmas II You 14. Me. I am Mariah 15. Caution (Friday 26 June 2020; 11:41)

Ranking Mariah Carey albums vocally (94,462) by Andrew from the United Kingdom Fly Like A Lamb ranked Mariah's albums on YouTube vocally as below, stating: "Albums with electronic assistance are not particularly high on the list." Ouch. Never seen a dedicated lamb declare something like that so brazenly before. 15. Caution 14. E=MC2 13. Merry Christmas II You 12. Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel 11. Me. I Am Mariah. The Elusive Chanteuse 10. Charmbracelet 9. Rainbow 8. The Emancipation of Mimi 7. Mariah Carey 6. Glitter 5. Butterfly 4. Emotions 3. Daydream 2. Music Box 1. Merry Christmas Not sure I disagree with the list much at all. Except for maybe moving Mariah Carey further down. The vocals on it are good, but the voice hasn't quite yet reached a fully relaxed tone and makes me on edge. But this list is good. "Electronic assistance" lol ouch, baby. (Thursday 25 June 2020; 13:37)

Vocal freedom (94,461) by Lafa from Sweden I caught vocal freedom in the song Butterfly (Classic Bossa Nova) first time when I was 13 years old. Some people don't get what that is though, they have "gone out", their star has ceased to shine. Vocal freedom. Towards an angel forever in flight to heaven. I slowed down the tempo of the song to album tempo and then FM-enhanced it for another kind of sound. [Webmaster: You already posted this two months ago.] (Thursday 25 June 2020; 09:56)

With You (94,460) by Malcolm from Asia This here is 100% timeless. But I hope on the next songs she'll release with big name producers she'll decline putting the producer tag and just make some arrangements. Beyonce can do that so I hope Mariah too. That tag can be used in upbeat songs but it's kinda annoying with slow jams like With You. (Wednesday 24 June 2020; 16:48)

Re: Great documentary (94,405) (94,459) by Pau from Mexico Video unavailable. The uploader has not made this video available in your country. Anyone has the same problem? (Wednesday 24 June 2020; 08:31)

Re: Caution album (94,456) (94,458) by RibbonB from USA We're off that tired topic. I'm tryna discuss 8:46 and you want to re heat old tea, that's not tea, because Mimi makes murky her own waters with reality show revisions and Stellar's staged situations. Now that's why Caution flopped, that's tea. (Wednesday 24 June 2020; 03:39)

Re: Caution album (94,456) (94,457) by Bill from the UK Haha it wasn't me although I wish it was. Though I do love a list as we all know. (Wednesday 24 June 2020; 00:47)

Re: Caution album (94,453) (94,456) by Bobby A from United States Oh, okay. But didn't Edward or Bill give the whole Caution/Bruan/Stella synopsis song by song last year? Where are you Edward or Bill? I need some help. (Tuesday 23 June 2020; 22:18)

Re: Superlatives (94,452) (94,455) by Andrew from the United Kingdom There we go. (Tuesday 23 June 2020; 21:47)

Re: Great documentary (94,451) (94,454) by Andrew from the United Kingdom Lovely. The "I'm wrong and I lost but I'm better than this." Should be followed with immediate response to something else to show you just don't care. (Tuesday 23 June 2020; 21:47)

Re: Caution album (94,448) (94,453) by RibbonB from USA I meant Licia on my post, not Lucia. (Tuesday 23 June 2020; 20:37)

Re: Superlatives (94,433) (94,452) by Bill from the UK I love this. I would have Daydream as Best Dressed though, her outfits were great during that era. She always looked like the flotus. (Tuesday 23 June 2020; 19:35)

Re: Great documentary (94,450) (94,451) by Bill from the UK TLDR. I really have better things to do. You win I lose. (Tuesday 23 June 2020; 19:31)

Re: Great documentary (94,449) (94,450) by Andrew from the United Kingdom "I'll accept the possibility Mariah was uncomfortable if you can accept the possibility that she wasn't." I am currently lying in a park sunbathing. As I look across the luscious green grass I see children running and playing each other in the glorious sunshine, smiling, laughing, giggling. Now I could accept the possibility that they are not happy, that they are visibly displaying emotions that they are not feeling. I cannot read their minds, as I am equally unable to read Mariah's mind on that stage at the Academy Awards over twenty years ago. But, on the balance of probabilities, given the simple truths on show, I think it reasonably and objectively safe to say that they are enjoying themselves. As it is possibly safe to say Mariah was more uncomfortable than not. "And I really have no feelings either way. I'm just calling out nonsense and fabrications from delusional fans." Before you "call people out" (I dislike this turn of phrase) pay close attention to detail lest you look foolish. As an example, contradicting Terna who (quite rightly) pointed out that Whitney was singing Mariah's part in places was a mistake. Oh, William, wilt thou ever love me, again? (Tuesday 23 June 2020; 17:23)

Re: Great documentary (94,445) (94,449) by Bill from the UK I'll accept the possibility Mariah was uncomfortable if you can accept the possibility that she wasn't. And I really have no feelings either way. I'm just calling out nonsense and fabrications from delusional fans. (Tuesday 23 June 2020; 16:26)

Re: Caution album (94,438) (94,448) by RibbonB from USA Cool. Robert Anthony, did you watch 8:46 by Dave Chappell? Mesmerizing. We gotta shake Lucia Same to get her take on it too. If you haven't seen it, it's on YouTube. (Tuesday 23 June 2020; 16:15)

Re: With You (94,439) (94,447) by PresidentJesus from Germany It's definitely a great track, kind of timeless even and yes, sensual. Too bad fans came to expect the next #1 yet again and were disappointed when it was neither the big 90s ballad nor the pop banger we always seem to long for. (Tuesday 23 June 2020; 16:12)

Re: Superlatives (94,433) (94,446) by RibbonB from USA Cute list. (Tuesday 23 June 2020; 15:33)

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