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You Had Your Chance (99,484) by Bobby A from United States Another forgotten gem that added nothing to Charmbracelet. However, what it did showcase was that JD and MC could write a club song. The duo perfected the club song in 2007 with It's Like That. And it was a stone cold winner. I have enjoyed looking back at my Mariah papers this week. Tomorrow I am going to talk about another forgotten gem from Daydream. Who can guess what it is? No one ever talks about this gospel influenced ballad. She wrote this song with all of her heart and soul. Walter A's piano on playing is crazy. (Thursday 20 January 2022; 13:26)

Re: Memoirs (99,482) (99,483) by T from USA Memoirs is just such s great listen. I secretly wish it was 12 tracks of just the best songs so it could compete with Butterfly as her all time best R&B album. 1. Betcha 2. Obsessed 3. HATEU 4. Candy Bling 5. Ribbon 6. Inseparable 7. Standing O 8. It's a Wrap 9. More Than Just Friends 10. The Impossible 11. Angels Cry 12. Languishing (Thursday 20 January 2022; 02:30)

Memoirs (99,482) by Bobby A from United States I must say that I love this album. I listen to it all the time. I know that The Dream and Tricky Stewart were bashed for its poor sales, but it was really a well crafted brilliantly produced album. I would love for MC to try it again with another one production team like Mike Will Made It and P-Nasty with Timbaland and Nova Wav sprinkled in. If she only listened to me all the time. Lol. (Thursday 20 January 2022; 01:29)

Re: Reimagining albums into 10 tracks (99,477) (99,481) by Bill from the UK Haha well done. I think originally articles called To the Floor "Tonight" as it leaked around the same time as Say Somethin' did. Personally I think Tonight is the better title. (Wednesday 19 January 2022; 17:08)

Re: Impossible (99,478) (99,480) by Lady B from USA I love that track. (Wednesday 19 January 2022; 16:09)

Re: Through The Rain/AYNAF (99,476) (99,479) by Joachim Agerup Løkkevik from Norway Randy, it was a success outside USA, not a huge hit, but it actually performed better than the songs on TEOM here in Norway. Also a modest hit in the UK. In Asia it was a huge hit, especially in the Phillipines, there I think it's Mariah's biggest hit of her career. Back to Norway, people here recognize TTR more often than WBT for example. Charbracelet came out just after I moved to Oslo to study when I was 19 years old. Have so many memories from that album, when I listen to it, it takes me right back to those times. I rarely listen to CB nowadays though. (Wednesday 19 January 2022; 14:47)

Impossible (99,478) by Bobby A from United States Why is Impossible such a minimalist sounding song? I remember one critic described it as that type of song. How many other minimalist sounding songs does MC have in her catalog? (Wednesday 19 January 2022; 13:08)

Re: Reimagining albums into 10 tracks (99,475) (99,477) by Bobby A from United States Bill, I took your advice last night added Circles to my workout playlist. Hopefully, when it comes on during my rotation, I will keep moving with my cardio. I added To The Floor as well since I can't stop calling it Tonight. Lol. (Wednesday 19 January 2022; 12:46)

Re: Through The Rain/AYNAF (99,461) (99,476) by Randy from USA I can honestly tell you I am befuddled as to why TTR wasn't a success. The video was amazing. She promoted the hell out of it. And that last chorus is one of her best emotional vocals. And on a personal note, there were many mornings that song got me to work. I would be in my car on the way to work on the verge of tears and that song would keep me from having an emotional breakdown. It's infinitely better than Hero and Can't Take That Away in my opinion. Now AYNAF is another of my MC favorites. But what I've noticed is that casual fans love that song as well. (Tuesday 18 January 2022; 23:59)

Re: Reimagining albums into 10 tracks (99,472) (99,475) by Bill from the UK Bobby, don't deny yourself a great Mariah track over one bad encounter with somebody. Reclaim Circles as yours. Absolutely not worth letting somebody like that live rent-free in your head, and to take something that you, by rights, should love. Give Circles another chance and put all that nonsense out of your head and enjoy the song for what it is. I had the same thing with Never Forget You. I couldn't listen to it for ages because of the line "I should of said I love you, why didn't I just tell you?", those words cut straight through me. Someone I loved very, very much passed away and I spent years wishing I had told them I loved them. I never did and it pained me so much that they died not knowing. Then I thought to myself, they wouldn't want to ever deprive me of something I love. They knew I loved Mariah, and I realised at the same time, they knew I loved them. So now when I listen to that song, as sad as it is, it fills me with a certain joy for the time we had together and the lyrics speak to me in a different way now. Indeed, I'll hold onto the memories and never leave them behind. (Tuesday 18 January 2022; 23:51)

Re: Through The Rain/AYNAF (99,467) (99,474) by Edward from USA Looking at the songs on Billbord that AYNAF was competing with on its chart run, I can understand why it only made it that far. It's not that the song was lacking in anything, it's just that the competition was tough back. The 90's was simply a great decade for music. (Tuesday 18 January 2022; 22:18)

Re: Reimagining albums into 10 tracks (99,468) (99,473) by Bobby A from United States Yes, Bill. I always do that when I am talking about Your Girl. Lol. (Tuesday 18 January 2022; 20:02)

Re: Reimagining albums into 10 tracks (99,469) (99,472) by Bobby A from United States Lol. Let me give you the backstory as to why I don't like Circles that much. My best friend in Memphis hooked me up with a friend he was counseling through a tough time. So, we agreed to meet at 12 midnight at Spin Street, the local music shop where I would be waiting in line to purchase TEOM when it was released that night. The guy follows me back to my car and we listen to the CD. Circles comes on and MC's voice cracks on "I just keep going round and round." You know the part. And the guy says, "See, she can't sing any more." Well, after that he said that he had to go. I never heard from him again. He told my best friend that I was too pushy. Do you all think that I am too pushy? So, that's why I can't play Circles anymore. It brings back too many bad memories of that crazy night with that guy. And my best friend believed him and didn't even care to hear my side. (Tuesday 18 January 2022; 20:00)

Re: Through The Rain/AYNAF (99,465) (99,471) by MusicfanJ from Germany I miss those songs too Terna. Yeah, the last true pop ballad. I remember non-fans (most friends of mine) really liked "Through the Rain". The video was a little hit at that time. It was played and wished by many people at music television. Everyone was happy for her, that she's back after the "Glitter disaster" with a typical Mariah song with lyrics people can relate to. (Tuesday 18 January 2022; 19:52)

Re: Through The Rain/AYNAF (99,467) (99,470) by Bobby A from United States Bill, you are spot on for both. (Tuesday 18 January 2022; 19:46)

Re: Reimagining albums into 10 tracks (99,464) (99,469) by Tevin from USA Robert Anthony (at least make Circles a bonus track). I love that song. (Tuesday 18 January 2022; 17:16)

Re: Reimagining albums into 10 tracks (99,464) (99,468) by Bill from the UK Did you mean Your Girl instead of Yours? Yours is from Charmbracelet. I agree with this list but would axe Joy Ride in favour To the Floor (which I think you've called Tonight), to give the album more "edge". (Tuesday 18 January 2022; 17:15)

Re: Through The Rain/AYNAF (99,461) (99,467) by Bill from the UK TTR I get not performing well. Mariah's reputation had taken a pretty big hammering, her image was all over the place, and as much as I like the song it wasn't really radio friendly. It had too slow a build to the "money shot" of the bridge and end chorus, and I think it would have done better with live instrumentation, instead of the clinky Casio keyboard, some strings, a choir etc. It was as if the blueprint was there but it wasn't really coloured in. As for AYNAF, it's a mystery to me how that didn't reach the top ten. It made it to #8 in the UK, following the #1 Without You of course which probably helped its performance. The remixes for that track are some of her best. The manic C&C Club Mix with the scatting at the end, gospel vocals, and then that gorgeous Soul Convention Remix. Beautiful. (Tuesday 18 January 2022; 17:13)

Re: Say Something and I Wish You Knew (or Mine Again) (99,463) (99,466) by T from USA The stars aligned and everything worked in Mariah's favour. It's actually a career miracle if you really think about it. It would've been another Charmbracelet in terms of success and who knows if AIWFCIY would've even grown if she never became cool again. A lot can be owed to JD and LA Reid who suggested she go back and collaborate with her friend. Mariah left only to her own devices produces something more along the lines of MIAMTEC or Rainbow. (Tuesday 18 January 2022; 15:27)

Re: Through The Rain/AYNAF (99,461) (99,465) by Terna from Nigeria I knew "Through the rain" wasn't going to be a big hit immediately I heard It, as it kind of came across as "cliché" for the lack of a better word. But I also knew even in that moment that it was an important recording for her and would be one of those songs that would stand the test of time. I can say it has and its become a classic the casual listener knows, but doesn't even know the singer, Kind of like "Hero". It's sad that was the last true Pop ballad she recorded as she ditched the format entirely and I miss those type of songs from her. (Tuesday 18 January 2022; 14:39)

Re: Reimagining albums into 10 tracks (99,462) (99,464) by Bobby A from United States I just got my 10 points. 1. It's Like That 2. We Belong Together 3. Shake It Off 4. Mine Again 5. Say Something 6. Stay The Night 7. One and Only 8. Yours 9. Joy Ride 10. Fly Like A Bird Get My Number, Tonight, Circles, and I Wish You Knew were just album fillers to me. (Tuesday 18 January 2022; 10:33)

Say Something and I Wish You Knew (or Mine Again) (99,463) by Rashidi Rahim Rick from Malaysia We all know the story that Mariah and Jermaine collaborated at the last minute for the Mimi era in 2005. Meaning that It's Like That, Get Your Number, Shake It Off and We Belong Together would not be in the original tracklist for the comeback album in 2005. The original plan was to release Say Something as the leading single. As you all know that the pattern for second single would always be a ballad. So I always wonder whether Mariah would pick I Wish You Knew or Mine Again as the second single. I would think Mariah would pick I Wish You Knew. Will I Wish You Knew be as big as We Belong Together topping the charts for 14 weeks? Only God knows. Mariah said in her Japan interview "I almost named this album Joy Ride" so I guess that's the initial album title but then she changed it to The Emancipation of Mimi after she collaborated with Jermaine and recorded It's Like That. (Tuesday 18 January 2022; 10:22)

Reimagining albums into 10 tracks (99,462) by T from USA Some of Mariah's greatest albums with the best flow happen to be her ten track albums. Imagine Mariah only made albums with 10 tracks since the very beginning? Which song(s) would you leave off to create the perfect album. (Hint: it's not so easy.) I'll go first. Debut: Prisoner Daydream: Interlude, Open Arms Butterfly: Reprise, Beautiful Ones Rainbow: Interludes, DIDT, How Much Glitter: Loverboy Remix, Twista Charmbracelet: Boy, TTR Remix, Ir, YHRC TEOM: (too hard to make into ten tracks) E=MC2: Bye Bye, LV, LK, OOC MOAIA: UOMF, MTJF, Impossible, IWTKWLI MIAMTEC: Heavenly, OMT, $*/., Camouflage Ten points to whoever can recreate TEOM into a perfect 10 track album. (Tuesday 18 January 2022; 03:08)

Through The Rain/AYNAF (99,461) by Bobby A from United States I was going through some more of my Mariah papers today. Why did Through The Rain stall at #81 and AYNAF at #12 on the Hot 100? TTR failed to resonate with radio and the public like other inspirational songs such as Hero, Make It Happen, One Sweet Day and Vision of Love. It even stalled on the Adult AC chart at #17. Ironically, it was a number #1 dance hit. The Hex Hector/Max Quayle and Full Intention remixes were some of her best dance remixes since Fantasy. I remember MC saying in an interview that Lyor Cohen insisted on an inspirational ballad to be the album's first single because of her personal and professional struggles during the Glitter era. AYNAF should have been a least a top 5 hit. I wonder what is the backstory behind its stall at #12. Maybe Tommy had something to do with it? Or was it just the way it usually was back then with 4th and 5th singles where they don't perform as well as 1st through 3rd singles? Just my thoughts. (Tuesday 18 January 2022; 02:26)

Re: How Greatest Hits should've played out (99,455) (99,460) by Edward from USA Since most people don't collect anymore, greatest hits albums are pointless, unless a few new non-rushed quality tracks are added. In the digital era, anybody can create their own Greatest Hits. For me it was sacrilege staining the #1's album with crap like Crapfinity. Different from when #1's was originally released, with quality tracks like "When You Believe", "I Still Believe", "Whenever You Call" and "Do You Know Where You're Going to". Even her remixes were worthy of being on the album, like "I Still Believe Pure Imagination". I've been thinking for a while that Mariah's heart is not in music anymore, all that is evidenced by her non-album collabos between between projects. Even for an album like The Rarities, she couldn't come up with a decent new track. The Rarities 2 would be amazing, even though she said there were no leftovers from the Butterfly sessions, but I'm pretty sure there are many other great tracks like "One Night". A Jazz album would be cool, but a Gospel album, well, she doesn't have the voice for that anymore. You can't whisper a whole Gospel album. I'm excited for the new music though, I just hope she at least blow on some songs. (Tuesday 18 January 2022; 00:54)

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