Mariah Carey 'Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel' Discussion thread

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the album has leaked to the web today is going to be released Sep 29.

album cover:



tracklist:

1. Betcha Gon' Know (the prologue)
2. Obsessed
3. H.A.T.E.U.
4. Candy Bling
5. Ribbon
6. Inseparable
7. Standing O
8. It's A Wrap
9. Up Out My Face
10. Up Out My Face (the reprise)
11. More Than Just Friends
12. The Impossible
13. The Impossible (the reprise)
14. Angel (the prelude)
15. Angels Cry
16. Languishing (the interlude)
17. I Want To Know What Love Is

producers: Mariah Carey, Dream & Tricky Stewart, Big Jim Wright.

and yes, it is 100% rappers-free.
[Edited 9/21/09 13:54pm]

the album is pretty solid from top to bottom, it ain't even funny. so damn good!

the album opener is seriously killer.

one of the things i'm loving most about this album is the way she sings in it. you get the emotion even before you pay attention to the lyrics, especially the sarcasm.
the mellow moments are truly heavenly, too

jackie, did you listen to the songs in the right order yet? coz the flow is so pretty

Listening to it now. The opening track is amaaazing! The beat gave me so much life! I also like "H.A.T.E.U" and "Ribbon". Listening to The-Dream's demo's he did for this album made me like it.

PricelessHo said:

jackie, did you listen to the songs in the right order yet? coz the flow is so pretty

Checking it out now, picking it up Thursday possibly wednesday when it hits the mom and pops stores here in NYC, and for those of you worrying about street date violations affecting SoundScan numbers, IT DONT!

PricelessHo said:

OMG OMG OMG

*downloading*

Mixed Vibe first listen, good start then the dreadful single, (who thought she could outdo "touch my body" in terms of horrendous) There is alot of distortion on her vocal tracks, nothing really flys out though and nothing is horrible, except "obsessed".

Agreed^ Obssessed is HORENDOUS. It is so bad I have no desire to listen to the rest of that "album".

PricelessHo said:

the album opener is seriously killer.

one of the things i'm loving most about this album is the way she sings in it. you get the emotion even before you pay attention to the lyrics, especially the sarcasm.

the mellow moments are truly heavenly, too

Love is just like the faucet
It turns off and on
Sometimes when you think it's on baby
It has turned off and gone


Lady Day

ya know it's really nice. seems like a grower. i just hope she and the fans don't expect a massive Mimi-like success with this one. it's just not that kind of BIG album. it's very soft from front to back. i dont hear any clear-cut smashes here. it's really more about the "book." i'm curious about this new direction for her. she has always been so preoccupied with hits. but here she's almost going the Mary or Faith route with a kind of slow r&b record. it's nice to see her change it up, though i do love to hear a really big MC record with those big big songs. or at least ONE big one. i guess i'll have to hear to it some more.

I'm definitely loving it. I really feel like this album is for the fans. She listened to (most of) us and gave us what we (mostly) like and that's the arrangements and the little details in the lyrics and her voice and the odes to some of her favorites.

I'm pretty much in love with It's A Wrap, H.A.T.E.U. and Impossible. As for airplay and hits? Who knows? I can't predict what gets played and what will be a hit but for myself, I like it and will definitely get played by me.

This is sooooo good I'm soo loving it

Betcha Gon Know was hot.

Candy Bling reminded me a lot of this a capella thang Brandy did on her Human album.

I adored the vocals on Inseparable.

Obsessed still makes me laugh

Up Out My Face made me laugh too

Mariah.

Nerdsexy

It was all like HARRY

[Let's stick to threads already created before starting new ones on the same topic, okay? http://prince.org/msg/8/318181 Thanks. - June7]