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Lamb_O_Chop (40,540) by Isaac from USA Thanks for replying, I appreciate it. Glad you know and like it. I have the song, and enjoy it a lot. And I agree, I would love to hear all the cuts that didn't make the albums. Especially in her debut. Because 1990 was a great year. You know her demo called "Weakness of the body"? It's great. If you haven't heard it, please do. I too think that songs like "Dreamlover", "Music box", "Now that I know", "Everything fades away" and "Do you think of me" are all her best/most special tracks. They all are great. Id also like to know what you'd like or would want from this new album. I'd really just want good songs with nice lyrics. And would like to add another number one hit to her name. I have faith in her and believe that "The art of letting go" will be good, if not great. (Tuesday 14 January 2014; 1:09)

Isaac Ortiz (40,539) by Lamb_O_Chop from Australia Hey there Lamby! I absolutely adore "Do You Think Of Me". Are you kidding me? The vocals, the musical transitions, all the way up to the trumpets at the end. I consider "Do You Think of Me" "Everything Fades Away" younger equally beautiful sister. Could you imagine all the hidden treasures MC has from that era? Ugh. What I would give to hear them. I see great minds think alike and have similar great taste in MC's catalogue. (Tuesday 14 January 2014; 0:12)

Take me back to yesterday: rediscovering Mariah Carey (40,538) by Loris from Italy 1. All In Your Mind 2. Alone In Love 3. There's Got To Be A Way 4. Can't Let Go 5. And You Don't Remember 6. If It's Over 7. Anytime You Need A Friend 8. Music Box 9. Miss You Most 10. Slipping Away 11. Do You Think Of Me 12. When I Saw You 13. Long Ago 14. The Roof 15. Babydoll 16. Breakdown 17. Sweetheart 18. Bliss 19. Crybaby 20. Migrate 21. Cruise Control 22. Side Effects 23. #Beautiful 24. The Art Of Letting Go (Monday 13 January 2014; 23:55)

Lamb-O-Chop (40,537) by Isaac from USA Hey, I found out from your messages that you like the song "Everything fades away". Which I like myself and have. But I wanted to know if you know or like the song "Do you think of me"? It's pretty good. Great lyrics and a great beat. Similar to "All in your mind". If you see this, please let me know. I'm curious to know what you think of it if you've heard it before. (Monday 13 January 2014; 22:27)

Re: Will / Charmbracelet aka the masterpiece (40,536) by Lamb_O_Chop from Australia Loath it all you want chop. I will continue to praise the album and make a statement of my own opinion. When did I say you had to love the album? I just simply defended the album, because I feel it's been unfairly trashed. Why are you so bothered? You're the one that's upset that not everyone agrees with you. So why don't you just learn how to deal with the fact that some of us think it's one of her best albums regardless of your negative view on it, and I promise you'll be a lot happier. (Monday 13 January 2014; 21:56)

Announcement (40,535) by clueey23 from USA With MC being a "citizen of the world" what time are we gonna get this "pip" announcement? What could it be? Single title? Single snippet? Wouldn't it be awesome if she changed the album release date, moved it up instead of pushing it back. Shakira and Rihanna released a song today and it was yikes. I didn't care for it, at all. Has anyone seen the video clips of MC performing from NYE in London? I enjoyed it. Thoughts? (Monday 13 January 2014; 21:08)

February 14 (40,534) by Isaac from USA I really hope Mariah's new single will be as good as "It's like that" or "I stay in love". What does anyone else think? (Monday 13 January 2014; 19:26)

Mariah Facebook (40,533) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter So I have been checking her Facebook page "likes" every now and then and I am happy to see it has been increasing almost on a daily basis. That's a good thing, right? I think in the last 2 months or less alone there has been an increase by a million! I am happy. Wasn't there supposed to be an announcement today? Was there any time specified? (Monday 13 January 2014; 17:03)

I want to know what love is remixes (40,532) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter These are some other remixes I came across: 1) I Want To Know What Love Is (Low Sunday Tempo) 2) I Want To Know What Love Is (The Popstar Radio Edit) 3) I Want To Know What Love Is (Chriss Ortega Club Mix) or Edit 4) I Want To Know What Love Is (Cutmore's Club Shakedown) or Edit 5) I Want To Know What Love Is (Nu Addiction Club Mix) or Edit (Monday 13 January 2014; 12:03)

I wanna know what love is? (40,531) by Commodore from USA Ok lambs I need help with this one lol. So I work out at Planet fittness and believe it or not they play alot of Mariah stuff on their music service like Emotions, Fantasy, Heartbreaker, Shake It Off etc. The problem is they play a dance mix of" I wanna know what love is". I think it was never released or promoted. But this mix is her best to date. All the tv says when it comes on the track is called "I wanna know what love is remix". I checked wiki for what dance mixes were released but those are not listed. I've been looking for this song for like 3 months. (Monday 13 January 2014; 7:15)

Lamb O Chop (40,530) by Will from Australia I don't like Charmbracelet, obviously from my post! Some people do. I wanted to say contrary to those saying they loved it that I loathed it. I'm actually allowed to not like it as it's just my opinion. Why don't you stop arguing with fans on this page for once and trying to control what is said? Stating things as being the truth when it's based on opinion is a bit silly. You should just accept by now that a) Not everyone has the same opinions on Mariah. b) People are allowed to express their free opinions on this message board. My advice is to really contemplate "I'm making a statement, of my own opinion!" Now I've calmed down. (Monday 13 January 2014; 6:20)

How MC can score another #1 (40,529) by B from USA It's straightforward, heartfelt and classy. Mariah pleads with her departed lover - "When you left I lost a part of me, ot's still so hard to believe" - and the song's gentle R&B roll is perfectly understated, built from a few piano chords and a slowed-down So So Def rhythm. It has a homebody quality, almost like an autumn song would. You can imagine a split-up couple singing it quietly, separately, as the world goes on around them. She's on a porch with tea, he's stuck in traffic when he finds Mariah on the radio. It even cleverly references that feel, with Mariah finding the Bobby Womack and Babyface songs on her radio just too tough to hear. There's no tired "I tried to 2-way you" retorts, no trash-technology love affair. "I was at the grocery store and this guy had the same ring tone as you, and I cried." No, there's a classic sensibility to the lyrics and sound of "We Belong Together" that makes for perfect and perfectly universal pop/R&B songwriting. In other words, it's the jam. And there's probably a happy ending, too: Mariah's triumphant octave shift finale makes the song's title an emphatic. (Monday 13 January 2014; 1:17)

MOAIA (40,528) by Blake from USA I just have to defend this album because I think the failure was based on single choices. Obsessed was so auto tuned and not a fav despite it becoming a hit. (#7) But the follow up should have been Angels Cry or Standing O. With proper promotion, it would have done much better. Up Out My Face and HATEU were bad choices in my opinion. With saying that, had HATEU a great video it could have done better. I am so tired of Mariah's video theme: 99% naked always laying down in her videos. Bring back the story lines. A great video can make a song, but she isn't about great videos anymore. So sad. (Monday 13 January 2014; 0:53)

Will (40,527) by Lamb_O_Chop from Australia How are you going to tell us to calm down, when you're the one that's going off. Sweetie, if you want to hate on Charmbracelet, be my guess. It won't change my love and opinion if it. And your description couldn't be any further from the truth darling. Just because you don't care for the album, doesn't mean you have to trash it. As a lamb you should be happy somebody loves it; instead of trying to convince us that it wasn't the stellar album it truly is. Smooches! (Sunday 12 January 2014; 23:53)

[...] (40,526) by Isaac from USA That's your opinion. "Charmbracelet" has not one trashy song on it. The album is great. And definitely better than Memoirs. "Memoirs" is the album that lacked Mariah's musical talent. There was no song that made the album. And is probably her worst. But this new one will be the Mariah Carey we all know and love to hear. "Beautiful" is definitely her song. And a good one at that. And I'm sure there will be other songs on the album that will be just as good. If not better. (Sunday 12 January 2014; 22:32)

Charmbracelet is a horrific album (40,525) by Will from Australia In my opinion. Because it's all about opinion! It was basically thrown out there as quick as possible to move on from the mental breakdown and Glitter era and it sounds as such. I remember watching Mariah perform Boy on UK TV and feeling so sad that she had now turned out music like that instead of the amazing tunes of previous years, but to be honest that song was as bad as Loverboy from another album where I feel she lost her way musically. Sure there are some songs that are stellar on both albums, but far too many trashy songs with bar production and worse vocals. So glad she came back with TEOM, E=MC2 and MOAIA, three albums that have restored my faith in her. Just an opinion so calm down "darlings". (Sunday 12 January 2014; 21:37)

R&B Junkie (40,524) by Isaac from USA Thanks for replying. I was just curious. I too like "Honey". But now about "The art of letting go". I want to know what everyone wants from this new album? What kind of songs or music? (Sunday 12 January 2014; 20:32)

Charmbracelet (40,523) by Lamb_O_Chop from Australia Charmbracelet was the last [...] Mariah Carey album straight up. Eveything afterwards was Mimi, and damn it I want my Mariah back on this new album. I will never understand why so many lambs write this album off. This album was more personal than Butterfly for me, the lyrics were deep, meaningful and poetic, she sung with so much emotion and caressed every song with sincerity, and the musicality was just brilliant. Many are missing out on a true gem, by descrediting that album. (Sunday 12 January 2014; 19:37)

Isaac Ortiz / Honey / My Love (40,522) by R&B Junkie from Poland I do like it! I love its fluffy-sexy sound, great vocals (esp. "I need your love right now babe" at the climax of the song) and the strings in the background - they are so marvelous. My question is, does anyone remember "My Love" with The Dream? I love MC's verse and the arrangements of her voice. It should've been her own song, The Dream's voice gimnastics do not give anything special to the song. (Sunday 12 January 2014; 18:03)

Charmbracelet (40,521) by clueey23 from USA Charmbracelet for me personally was MC's comeback. Not that she went anywhere. But the album was the complete package. And the promotion was through the roof. She was all over the country and the world promoting that album. All over television promoting. But in America they always screw her with horrible single choices. Okay, we needed "Through the Rain" but they jacked the whole thing up by releasing "Boy" instead of "The One". "You Got Me" should've been a single. Period. Lack of radio support nailed the album to the floor. If you don't have radio on your side, you're screwed. I think the Charmbracelet tour was amazing though. So intimate and vocally amazing. The band intro was just one of my favorite elements of the tour. Not to mention MC was just so effortlessly amazing and sexy. But that was over a decade ago. But I do want her to incorporate songs like "Yours" in future concerts. (Sunday 12 January 2014; 17:57)

Charmbracelet (40,520) by Trish from USA I'm surprised so many people like this album! The lack of production was a first for me as a Mariah fan, there's even an out of tune note at the end of I Only Wanted. Though I liked the concept of My Saving Grace the song just isn't very pretty which at that point I had come to expect of a Mariah ballad. I hated the use of computerized words (like boy) on the album. I thought they were distracting and juvenile. I did like Through The Rain and Bringing On The Heartbreak, and I loved the Charmbracelet tour, but the album is not my favorite. On the other hand I loved Memiors, I just thought it lacked some true ballads. For letting ago it seemed MC was really focused on instrumentation and vocal arrangements, but I'd love to see really stunning lyrics and a simple arrangement (mainly piano). I love Beautiful. (Sunday 12 January 2014; 17:23)

Billboard Hot 100 (40,519) by clueey23 from USA Did anyone notice that in 2013 there wasn't an African American artist to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100? Seriously, unless they were a featured artist. TI, Rihanna, and Pharrell. Just a thought. It all comes down to radio and what they choose to play or what they are paid to play. I really hope MC can hit #1 on both the album and singles chart, now that I've noticed the trend of last year. Did #Beautiful peak at #2 on the Billboard r&b singles chart? (Sunday 12 January 2014; 17:21)

Ryan (40,518) by Blake from USA I wasn't trying to be "unfair" or rude about Charmbracelet. I am very glad Mariah made that album, it's just not one I listen to often. IKWYW was never on any US release of Charmbracelet ("The Remixes" featured it) so as far as worldwide hits yes Charmbracelet delivered, but I was referring to the USA. TTR peaked at #81 on the main chart. The other singles never charted at all. I was disappointed with that fate but you are right in saying it was released at a significant time when people were not feeling Mariah. I remember radio talking about TTR when it was released and they were saying her career was done. Boy were they wrong! I just wanted to clarify. It seems everyone on this board is so sensitive when someone posts anything. (Sunday 12 January 2014; 17:00)

Re: Mimi era (40,517) by clueey23 from USA During the "Emancipation of Mimi" era radio was also eating MC up. "It's Like That" with that Run DMC sample was loved at Hip-Hop and R&B stations. We all know that every single format was playing "We Belong Together" for months and then "Shake It Off" came right when Kanye released "Gold Digger". I thought "Shake It Off" was gonna replace "We Belong Together" and then I remember I was actually on this message board when "Don't Forget About Us" video premiered one November morning on MTV. "Say Somethin'" really didn't get the airplay it deserved but by that time MC had the best selling album of 2005. Also, "Fly Like a Bird" on Urban A/C was a nice treat. But notice MC had radio in her corner. Now we are just happy to have her songs on the radio sometimes. So not only did she promote the records on tv, she had radio as the most powerful tool in selling an album. Because if you notice radio stations have like 12 songs that they play each hour. If MC could become one of those 12 songs we should be good. Even though #Beautiful was a hit, it still didn't get the full out radio play that it needed from all the stations. Do you think if MC said "surprise" and released the single to radio and dropped the album on 2/14/14. How do you think it would do with the same promotion techniques from 2005? I just want IDJ to back her 100% again. Also line the pockets of these radio programmers like everyone else. (Sunday 12 January 2014; 14:05)

Charmbracelet (40,516) by Ryan from the Philippines This boils down to one conclusion, we all have differences in terms of music tastes and preferences. Personally, I think CB was really a good and underrated album. The best lyrically and vocally in years IMO. I won't get tired of saying that this certain era has a special place in my heart since this is when I started loving her and her music. It was the first album I bought ever and at the first listen it made me even love her more. The only problem when CB was released, people were not ready to embrace someone who had an almost sinking career and Mimi was not cleared yet from all those issues that sorrounded her that time. I think it's also unfair to read someone wrote that CB didn't even have a single hit when a matter of fact, all those songs she released on that album became famous worldwide especially at this side of the world (Asia). TTR in fact became a singing contest staple and I am not just talking about Through The Rain or Boy (I Need You), remember I Know What You Want? It became a top 3 hit in the US. It's not like Busta or Flidmode was there that it became a hit, Rhyme's Make It Clap even failed to enter the top 40. And if I was to chose between CB and MOAIA, I'd chose the former without a doubt. Listening to 21 tracks off Memoirs that mostly sounded somewhat like rejects from her previous albums is too long and tiring. I usually skip many tracks on MOAIA to be honest. (Sunday 12 January 2014; 12:36)

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