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Jun 18 14 12:02 AM

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Don't get me wrong I love this album but personally I thought Memoirs was a better album. Songs like Its A Wrap, Obsessed, Hate U, Betcha Gona Know are among my favorite Mariah songs and better than anything on this album IMO.
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Jun 18 14 12:09 AM

Am I the only one that thinks MOAIA was a better album?

You need hearing aids.

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Jun 18 14 1:27 AM

Hmmm not sure I agree but also not sure I disagree...need more time m.the album before I can sat but my initial thought is to disagree w.the thread starter. (Reserve the right to revisit this...)

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Jun 18 14 4:31 AM

At the end of the day it's all a matter of taste.

Memoirs had 1 great song, 2 decent songs, and the rest was forgettable.
MIAM has several great songs, most of the rest is decent and only 2 are fogettable.
I have a winner.



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Jun 18 14 5:40 AM

The songs Memoirs are actually good. However some of the songs have the samey sound or feel. Broken down or mixed in with other Mariah songs each song gets to shine in its own right.

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Jun 18 14 11:41 AM

LikePhoenixFromTheAshes wrote:
At the end of the day it's all a matter of taste.

Memoirs had 1 great song, 2 decent songs, and the rest was forgettable.
MIAM has several great songs, most of the rest is decent and only 2 are fogettable.
I have a winner.

You are always right on the money, do you know that?

But yes, Memours has basically two classics for me and the rest was forgettable, plodding, samey and revealed nothing about Mariah or progressed her.

MIAM has no utter 100% classic song for me but its loaded with loads of really good quality tracks, shows a diversity and progression, plus a return to Mariah writing about something once more with meaningful lyrics built around solid harmonies and structures. This album sh!ts all over Memoirs for the uninspired, dull effort it always was.
  

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Jun 18 14 11:55 AM

I love Memoirs, but it has too many flaws. I have emphatic feeling for it because it could be much better in many ways. HATEU is one of her best works ever done. Candy Bling is so 90s throw back which makes me wanna cry. Inseparable is my personal gem, still play it constantly. I still appreciate Mariah made this album just 1 year after E=MC2. It proves that she can still release a good collection of songs within a short period of time.

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Jun 18 14 1:02 PM

i agree. MOAIA is better than MIAMTEC.
choosing between the two albums which i can stand if it'll be lost forever as if it never existed, i think i'll be just fine without MIAMTEC.

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Jun 18 14 1:44 PM

There is no right or wrong answer to this question.Regardless of positive or negative reviews,in the end it all comes down to how you feel and what kind of emotions each album as a body of work brings out of you.It's a matter of taste.For instance,I prefer Memoirs to TEOM,I enjoy it so much more and I listen to it quite often whereas I can't even remember when it was the last time that I listened to TEOM.Now that is blasphemy for many people on this board but it is what it is. Do I prefer Memoirs over MIAM?I don't know.At the moment I'm in MIAM mode.Time will tell.

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Jun 18 14 5:06 PM

kittykow105 wrote:
I love Memoirs, but gurl... no lol. The lyrics, vocals, production, mixing, variety is all better on 'Me I am Uncertified... The Elusive Chart Position.'
B*tch you didn't

  
  

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Jun 18 14 5:17 PM

I am still liking Memoirs better. Nothing seems to be sticking to me with this new album. I am enjoying You're Mine a lot more when I hear within the context of the album. Most of it is forgettable though. I mean..I am not sure I could sing many of the melodies off the top of my head. BUT...the Butterfly album was a grower for me too..so I still have hope. These Memoirs tracks are classic MC for me: Obsessed, HATU, Candy Bling, It's a Wrap, and Betcha. The rest of Memoirs is iffy.

In a lot of ways MIAM reminds me of CB with better vocals. It is just a LITTLE over-produced. Many of the tracks have just a little too much, except for Supernatural - that has a LOT too much. The baby noises should be separated as an interlude because supernatural could be a very strong song.

Just my thoughts..

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Jun 18 14 5:22 PM

^I reacted to this album the same way that I did with Butterfly - it's not packed with immediate catchy moments like 'E', but there are a lot of growers, with songs that have loads going on in them that you appreciate the more you listen to.

Regardless, this album sh*ts all over Memoirs, which most of the time doesn't sound like a Mariah album, and most of the time when it does, it sounds like colour-by-numbers reductive Mariah (Angels Snore, anyone?). This album is diverse but still all sounds distinctive Mariah.



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Jun 18 14 6:04 PM

Re: Am I the only one that thinks MOAIA was a better album?

Both are great and I can relate to them differently. Memoirs has HATE U or Betcha, but MIAMTEC is more cohesive and interesting. Better produced, sung and grower.

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