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Jul 6 15 1:10 PM

Kevon wrote:
I like it but I feel like it was a waste of good songs. The songs were beautifully written, lyrically and melodically. It was a Mariah album through and through. I think what lets it down is the mumbly, whispery vocals that just got lost in the production. A real shame because the songwriting on the album is amongst her strongest.


Yeah, it is a VERY Mariah album. Her last that really used the formula and the quality of lyrics and melodies are actually commendable and classic Mariah. My views on it have slightly softened over the years in hindsight, compared to albums like E=MC2 and Memoirs which just get worse over time and in the grand scheme of her career, mean little to nothing in Mariah's overall tapestry.

Its an album you have to work for and you know what I'm like with music - I don't believe in that or letting things 'grow' in. As a product, it either works or it doesn't but you do need look past or struggle on with the muddy production and whispering vocals of CB to see the quality underneath but its a lot of work. I cant be bothered to do that. As often said, with better production, vocals and less filler, it would have been a far more enjoyable piece of work.