BeyondIdolization wrote:
ArabianLamb wrote:
BeyondIdolization 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.
There's like three people on this board myself included who still have positive things to say about the album. Most people (several in this thread)
mysteriously changed their tune. I respect the ones who said they disliked it from the start, but not the ones who said it was "THE MOST AMAZING
ALBUM OF HER CAREER!!!", and now completely dismiss it.
Most people here did that with TEOM also despite its success, peoples minds change, if an album like Butterfly can be liked for over 10 years
proves its a timeless classic, but if an album like E=MC2 can be liked for only 3-4 months proves how mediocre it is with zero longevity.
A lot of people here said that they were completely over TEOM when E=MC2 was released, they hadn't listened to it in months etc, meanwhile now you see
several people suddely name TEOM one of her best albums. This is only because people glorify the TEOM era. Had E=MC2 been the bestselling album of 2008, you
know most fans would stick to their original opinion on the album.
I don't doubt that if the album was huge like 'TEOM', it would be in better standing with fans. But the album was well received when it was
released, and I think many fans either still have a positive view of it or just changed their mind after finding it didn't age well. I would hope Mariah
fans aren't so shallow that they would change their opinion of an album because it flopped.