Also, can every lamb in here sing and is musically talented? Because I am not. I used to play the violin when I was a teenager and I can read notes but I can't identy them by ear. And everybody in here is like, she hit that F7 so flawlessly, and I don't even know which high note yo're talking about. I am glad that I know what a run and a key change is
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You aren't the only one. Oh, how I wish I could sing half as good as my faves.
I decided against it in the end. I'm just getting my finances in order so to blow £1000+ for a concert (even if it's my fave) is just not smart right now.
Sissy, how could you do Memoirs like that in your ranking? I'm sad now.
I know we're almost like soulmates when it comes to Mariah, we not only share endless love for #Beautiful but very often have the same favorites, and I didn't mean to make you sad but ... I just don't like Memoirs. Its not that it's totally awful – except for Obsessed which is among the five songs by Mariah that I dislike passionately –, it just doesn't compare to all her other albums for me.
What I do like about Memoirs is its cohesiveness. Listening to the entire album as a whole unfurls some kind of very soft, dreamy atmosphere, and that's very cute. But other than that it's very weak, maybe even her weakest album. There are just too many things that are wrong with that album:
1. The production is so tacky, almost all instrumentals sound so artificial and tinny and the beats, throughout the entire album, are poor synthesized hand claps. And that's why the record aged very badly, at least for me, I think it sounds so dated.
2. The songwriting is so kitschy. I know she had just fallen in love when she worked on Memoirs and I think some of those bubbly lyrics (e.g. Ribbons) were actually very sweet. But for the most part the lyrics are trashy. I hardly can believe that the person who wrote masterpieces like The Roof or Outside is the same that wrote those horrid rhymes in More Than Just Friends. The most bitter song for me is Angels Cry because I love, love, love, love the melody but I can't enjoy the song because of that chorus. How can she, who doesn't like Hero because she considers it to be somewhat corny, write a line like, "When you and I said goodbye I felt the angels cry"?
3. The entire concept of the album is beneath her. I liked the approach or the idea of "musical memoirs" but the album wasn't reflecting her roots and discography at all. Instead it became a rather juvenile, at times even infantile album with an embarassing title (everything would have been better than "Imperfect Angel") and a chintzy cover.
Memoirs has a few quality moments (e.g. H.A.T.E.U.) but all in all the production and most of the lyrics as well as the presentation and packaging of the album is so unworthy, and that's why it pains me so much.
I know we're almost like soulmates when it comes to Mariah, we not only share endless love for #Beautiful but very often have the same favorites, and I didn't mean to make you sad but ... I just don't like Memoirs. Its not that it's totally awful – except for Obsessed which is among the five songs by Mariah that I dislike passionately –, it just doesn't compare to all her other albums for me.
What I do like about Memoirs is its cohesiveness. Listening to the entire album as a whole unfurls some kind of very soft, dreamy atmosphere, and that's very cute. But other than that it's very weak, maybe even her weakest album. There are just too many things that are wrong with that album:
1. The production is so tacky, almost all instrumentals sound so artificial and tinny and the beats, throughout the entire album, are poor synthesized hand claps. And that's why the record aged very badly, at least for me, I think it sounds so dated.
2. The songwriting is so kitschy. I know she had just fallen in love when she worked on Memoirs and I think some of those bubbly lyrics (e.g. Ribbons) were actually very sweet. But for the most part the lyrics are trashy. I hardly can believe that the person who wrote masterpieces like The Roof or Outside is the same that wrote those horrid rhymes in More Than Just Friends. The most bitter song for me is Angels Cry because I love, love, love, love the melody but I can't enjoy the song because of that chorus. How can she, who doesn't like Hero because she considers it to be somewhat corny, write a line like, "When you and I said goodbye I felt the angels cry"?
3. The entire concept of the album is beneath her. I liked the approach or the idea of "musical memoirs" but the album wasn't reflecting her roots and discography at all. Instead it became a rather juvenile, at times even infantile album with an embarassing title (everything would have been better than "Imperfect Angel") and a chintzy cover.
Memoirs has very few quality moments (e.g. H.A.T.E.U.) but all in all the production and most of the lyrics as well as the presentation and packaging of the album is so unworthy, and that's why I am so bitter about the album and it pains me so much.
I love the lyrics of Memoirs! But thats because I know she was joking. It was obvious that whole album was a joke the lyrics always have me dying
I like almost everything on Memoirs, the songs, the production, the theme, the art, the videos... It's a very cohesive and enjoyable album with very few missteps imo, including no fillers in a 17-tracks album is not easy so I congratulate her for this
I know we're almost like soulmates when it comes to Mariah, we not only share endless love for #Beautiful but very often have the same favorites, and I didn't mean to make you sad but ... I just don't like Memoirs. Its not that it's totally awful – except for Obsessed which is among the five songs by Mariah that I dislike passionately –, it just doesn't compare to all her other albums for me.
What I do like about Memoirs is its cohesiveness. Listening to the entire album as a whole unfurls some kind of very soft, dreamy atmosphere, and that's very cute. But other than that it's very weak, maybe even her weakest album. There are just too many things that are wrong with that album:
1. The production is so tacky, almost all instrumentals sound so artificial and tinny and the beats, throughout the entire album, are poor synthesized hand claps. And that's why the record aged very badly, at least for me, I think it sounds so dated.
2. The songwriting is so kitschy. I know she had just fallen in love when she worked on Memoirs and I think some of those bubbly lyrics (e.g. Ribbons) were actually very sweet. But for the most part the lyrics are trashy. I hardly can believe that the person who wrote masterpieces like The Roof or Outside is the same that wrote those horrid rhymes in More Than Just Friends. The most bitter song for me is Angels Cry because I love, love, love, love the melody but I can't enjoy the song because of that chorus. How can she, who doesn't like Hero because she considers it to be somewhat corny, write a line like, "When you and I said goodbye I felt the angels cry"?
3. The entire concept of the album is beneath her. I liked the approach or the idea of "musical memoirs" but the album wasn't reflecting her roots and discography at all. Instead it became a rather juvenile, at times even infantile album with an embarassing title (everything would have been better than "Imperfect Angel") and a chintzy cover.
Memoirs has a few quality moments (e.g. H.A.T.E.U.) but all in all the production and most of the lyrics as well as the presentation and packaging of the album is so unworthy, and that's why it pains me so much.
This is literally the exact reason why I never listen to Memoirs and why it's so low in my ranking.
I love the lyrics of Memoirs! But thats because I know she was joking. It was obvious that whole album was a joke the lyrics always have me dying
Exactly. The album was a joke. I love when Mariah plays around, lines like "Them chickens is ash and I'm lotion" are GOLD. But usually her funny songs like Touch My Body" are still classy and somewhat dignified but Memoirs?
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Originally posted by enxe
I like almost everything on Memoirs, the songs, the production, the theme, the art, the videos... It's a very cohesive and enjoyable album with very few missteps imo, including no fillers in a 17-tracks album is not easy so I congratulate her for this
I like almost everything on Memoirs, the songs, the production, the theme, the art, the videos... It's a very cohesive and enjoyable album with very few missteps imo, including no fillers in a 17-tracks album is not easy so I congratulate her for this
The Impossible, Angels Diarrhea, IWKWLI, and Its A Wrap all say otherwise sis
I know we're almost like soulmates when it comes to Mariah, we not only share endless love for #Beautiful but very often have the same favorites, and I didn't mean to make you sad but ... I just don't like Memoirs. Its not that it's totally awful – except for Obsessed which is among the five songs by Mariah that I dislike passionately –, it just doesn't compare to all her other albums for me.
What I do like about Memoirs is its cohesiveness. Listening to the entire album as a whole unfurls some kind of very soft, dreamy atmosphere, and that's very cute. But other than that it's very weak, maybe even her weakest album. There are just too many things that are wrong with that album:
1. The production is so tacky, almost all instrumentals sound so artificial and tinny and the beats, throughout the entire album, are poor synthesized hand claps. And that's why the record aged very badly, at least for me, I think it sounds so dated.
2. The songwriting is so kitschy. I know she had just fallen in love when she worked on Memoirs and I think some of those bubbly lyrics (e.g. Ribbons) were actually very sweet. But for the most part the lyrics are trashy. I hardly can believe that the person who wrote masterpieces like The Roof or Outside is the same that wrote those horrid rhymes in More Than Just Friends. The most bitter song for me is Angels Cry because I love, love, love, love the melody but I can't enjoy the song because of that chorus. How can she, who doesn't like Hero because she considers it to be somewhat corny, write a line like, "When you and I said goodbye I felt the angels cry"?
3. The entire concept of the album is beneath her. I liked the approach or the idea of "musical memoirs" but the album wasn't reflecting her roots and discography at all. Instead it became a rather juvenile, at times even infantile album with an embarassing title (everything would have been better than "Imperfect Angel") and a chintzy cover.
Memoirs has a few quality moments (e.g. H.A.T.E.U.) but all in all the production and most of the lyrics as well as the presentation and packaging of the album is so unworthy, and that's why it pains me so much.
I used to play the violin when I was a teenager and I can read notes but I can't identy them by ear. And everybody in here is like, she hit that F7 so flawlessly, and I don't even know which high note yo're talking about. I am glad that I know what a run and a key change is 
I'm sad now.
Its not that it's totally awful – except for Obsessed which is among the five songs by Mariah that I dislike passionately –, it just doesn't compare to all her other albums for me.
