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Originally posted by Hivy
HELLO LAMBS. I've been getting into Mariah lately and I bought her "DayDream" album which is Flawless.  I know most of her singles but I never listened to any of her Albums in full and I gave DayDream a listen and I loved it. Always be my baby and Looking In are my favs. Can you recommend some of her other good albums to Buy? |
Welcome!
Divine Trinity: Butterfly, Daydream, Emotions
Upper Tier: Debut, Music Box, Emancipation of Mimi
Middle Tier: E=MC2, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel
Terrifying Trio: Rainbow, Glitter, Charmbracelet (Charmbracelet is superior to the others though)
The Divine trinity is flawless throughout. Daydream is the easiest to get into, Emotions has her best vocals and is Mariah at her most soulful, Butterfly is her most intimate and is generally considered her magnum opus
Upper tier is also great throughout. Only a few weak tracks.
Debut is a big mix of Pop ballads, RnB influenced midtempos, New Jack Swing, Pop Rock, and Dance Pop (featuring rapping by hers truly)
Music Box can be considered boring by some if you are not in the mood, but it has beautiful songs
Emancipation is also a very easy listen, catchy music and great vocals
E=MC2 is a more fun version of Emancipation, seeing Mariah experiment with heavier urban, Reggae, and a disco throwback.
Memoirs is also a little boring to some but sonically consistent and great once you grow to appreciate it.
Rainbow has many ups and downs, with songs like Bliss, Petals, and Heartbreaker, and then songs like How Much and X-Girlfriend
Glitter is even more inconsistent, with beautiful ballads but uninspired uptempos that feature too many rappers and are groovy but don't really get anywhere.
Charmbracelet is too whispery and boring but is rather consistent, has great lyrics, and overall most of the songs are quite good if you don't fall asleep.
That's my overall advice. Sorry if that was too long
