BeyondIdolization wrote:
rainbow1199 wrote:
BeyondIdolization wrote:
Not her best album imo, but a great and very solid one. Whether an album is a great body of work should be judged on its consistency and
cohesion. Unfortunately there are ignorant people (some in this very thread) that fail to grasp that concept, and let their own dated view on what music
"should" sound like (and particularly, Mariah's music) cloud their judgement. But, really, that is their loss and not something worth
contemplating.
What if something is consistently mediocre?
Well, that's not the case here so we don't have to discuss that.
I can understand the criticisms of the ballads on E=MC2 to an extent, but to completely dismiss the album is just silly. There's some really
interesting work here, which everyone seemed to agree on until the album started underperforming.
I don't really see your point there- as far as I'm concerned, there are still plenty of fans praising the album despite it underperforming. The
existence of this thread is proof positive. The only thing this era that had a complete opposite reaction following its performance was 'Bye Bye',
probably because people view it as the murderer of the success of the record. I became disillusioned with it two weeks after it was released, which most would
agree was before it underperformed. And I agree that there's some interesting stuff- but as an album, while cohesive, it's one of her least compelling
imo.