ArabianLamb wrote:
rainbow1199 wrote:
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.
Yes completely agree, as an album its just...there, nothing amazing, nothing timeless...just okay material, with okay vocals. Mediocre is the best word to
describe the album by far.
Contenders for her best albums include Butterfly, Daydream, Debut and TEOM.
LOL Fake. You used to say it was better vocally than TEOM.