kevo2002 wrote:
therooftop wrote:
I think "E" is a very confident, consistent and cohesive album.
I think the problem with the newer songs are that they are too short. Most of the songs are only a little over 3 minutes. Thats where "TEOM" and
"E" suffers. With the old songs, she continues doing adlibs, scatting and whatnot for about an
additional minute. That's why the fans had something new to discover every time.
Mariah ditched those for commercial appeal. Someone in her team probably told her that her songs were too long, and when she came back with TEOM, her songs
were notably shorter, more repetitive and end more abruptly. Perfect for radio. Bad news for fans
Unlike fans, critics don't put Mariah CDs on repeat for weeks. Thus these 2 albums got a better critical reception. Fans, however, were disappointed
because they ruined the songs for themselves.
To sum it all up, The older albums had a longer playing time (well not exactly because some just have 10 tracks, but you get the point.) More stuff to
discover and less chances of getting sick of.
That's a really good point, I had never thought of that. Many of the songs on "E" are really catchy, but I couldn't figure out
why I lost interest in them so quickly. Maybe you're onto something there.
They clearly wanted to re-create what 'WBT' had with this album - that song was short and sweet, and kept people wanting to listen to it over and
over again. The only problem with that is that, as you said, there's less to the song without Mariah's minute-extra standard. The reason I listen to
the 'Butterfly' tracks over and over is because they all have so much to them. If they were missing a chorus, it wouldn't be the same.
I'd like to see that element to Mariah's music back - if they want to do both, they can cut out the extra for the radio edit like they used to.
It seems as though not just Mariah but everyone is cutting out the extra minute or so of songs, I've noticed songs have gotten considerably shorter in
recent years. Probably due to the digital age and just wanting to sell a hot catchy single.