HIGHLY underrated
this and charm bracelet made me love her

This is the remix that people hate (that's on the album).

http://www.youtube.com/wa...G_qCdhlVik

this is a fun song!

veronikka said:

Co-penned by "I'm Rick James, bitch"!

daPrettyman said:

I wish there was a CLEAR version of this song I'm sick of the endless giggles

Alej said:

chile That was a tuuurble album


1 Through the Rain Carey, Cole 4:48
2 Boy (I Need You) Carey, Smith, Whitfield 5:14
3 The One Carey, Cox, Dupri 4:08
4 Yours Carey, Harris, Lewis, Wright 5:06
5 You Got Me Carey, Carter, Pridgen, Smith 4:22
6 I Only Wanted Carey, Cole 3:38
7 Clown Carey, Davis, Harris, Tatum 3:17
8 My Saving Grace Carey, Crouch, Jackson ... 4:09
9 You Had Your Chance Carey, Cox, Dupri, Haywood 4:22
10 Lullaby Carey, Davis, Harris 4:56
11 Irresistible (West Side Connection)
12 Subtle Invitation 7 Aurelius, Bacon, Carey ... 4:27
13 Bringin' on the Heartbreak Clark, Elliott, Willis 4:34
14 Sunflowers for Alfred Roy Carey, Cole 2:59
15 Through the Rain [Remix] Carey, Cole 3:34
16 Miss You [*] Carey, Cox, Dupri, Etling ... 5:07

Moonwalkbjrain said:

Really? I cannot take Charmbracelet. I have tried and tried and tried and tried and tried and tried and I cannot take that album. I recently pulled it out trying to give it another try and couldn't do it. She just whispered too much for me.

Daydream is the album that made me a true fan. Her albums before that were good, but Daydream did it.

veronikka said:

Co-penned by "I'm Rick James, bitch"!

HIGHLY underrated
this and charm bracelet made me love her

It is underrated. It is also Mariah's best album.

Alej said:

I said that for years! I'm glad you arrived at the same opinion.

Yeah, I've heard perhaps 4 or 5 of his albums, and the material from this one really is what I could find myself listening to.

I couldn't even find it on soulseek though. I mean that's a p2p -network where you'll have thousands of hits for each Ornette Coleman or Autechre album

728huey said:

Indeed. Loverboy was a horrible choice for a lead single. It was almost like she was trying to release "Heartbreaker" part 2 again.

I don't think it's underrated. If the entire album had been in the vein of "All My Life", then yes. But there's a lot of crap on here, from the lead single and its remix to the Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica) cover to trite-as-hell ballads like Lead The Way and Never Too Far.

I was listening to it today.

I don't know people hate this album. I actually think its a good album.

I haven't seen the movie, but just cause the movie was bad, doesn't mean the same applies for the music album.



Track listing

1. "Loverboy" (Remix featuring Da Brat, Ludacris, Shawnna, & Twenty II) – 4:30
2. "Lead the Way" (Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff) – 3:53
3. "If We" (featuring Ja Rule and Nate Dogg) – 4:20
4. "Didn't Mean to Turn You On" (James Harris III, Terry Lewis) – 4:54
5. "Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica)" (featuring Mystikal) – 3:37
6. "All My Life" – 5:09
7. "Reflections (Care Enough)" (Carey, Pierre Philippe) – 3:20
8. "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" (featuring Busta Rhymes, Fabolous and DJ Clue) – 6:43
9. "Want You" (featuring Eric Benét) – 4:43
10. "Never Too Far" – 4:21
11. "Twister" (Carey, Samuel James, Lewis, James "Big Jim" Wright)– 2:26
12. "Loverboy" (featuring Cameo) – 3:49


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[Edited 10/1/09 16:15pm]

Not only was "Glitter" the final time Mariah really challenged herself during a project, I stand by the belief that she was the victim of horrible timing and being about 4 years ahead of the music cycle. It's one thing to sprinkle your songs with 80s samples but a song like her remake of "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" was another thing entirely. At the time. The funny thing is I seriously think that if this album had come out in 2005, and the 80s-flavored songs were released as singles, it would have BLOWN UP.

It's her voice's last stand
It IS her best album
It IS her most underrated
...and I hate that the soundtrack has went into the trash bin along with the campy movie. Like someone else said, many other movie/soundtrack vanity projects by other artists resulted in the music being able to rise above the film. "Glitter" is an unfortunate exception.

The only songs that are even seeing the word filler are "Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica)" and "If We", and that's mainly because they barely contain Mariah herself at all. However, both songs have strong input from Mariah and good hooks, fit nicely into the project, and had single potential. While "Loverboy" doesn't necessarily fit the definition of filler, it's easily the weakest link. However, I can forgive her for it because it was a rushed job anyway. The WAY TOO SHORT clip of the original version of the song before the whole J-Lo fiasco sounds a million-times better (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2lr0EsSzv0).

She finally perfected the ballad with "Never Too Far", "Lead The Way" and "Twister". Neither are overdone, marred with annoying production or sacrifice a good melody for screaming. She has yet to top either of them since (though "Circles" and "I Wish You Knew" were good tries). "Reflection (Care Enough)" is still good but it doesn't manage to excite me like the others.

The 80s cuts - "Want You", "All My Life", "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" (she'll sadly never do anything that sounds like it or looks like the great video that goes with it again), "Didn't Mean To Turn You On" are all wonderful. They just work, and are evidence of the one time in her entire career she noticeably stepped outside of her comfort zone. Music was still stuck on bubblegum-pop and hip-hop at that time and I gotta respect her releasing "Glitter" when most people weren't even ready for it.

It's her only album of hers I can listen through all the way through too.

"Butterfly" is sentimental to me (listening to it takes me down Memory Lane) and I do admit that I openly praise it more than "Glitter" but -when it comes down to it- "Glitter" wins. I've never been a Lamb (I used to be a big Mariah fan though) but credit is due here.

Some people would say "Chambracelet" is the most underrated album but the word implies that if more people heard it, it would be thought of more highly...
The clincher there is that the album is -in actuality- horrible and there are, at most, 4 songs that I would ever pull it out for (of the top, "Yours", "Subtle Invitation", "The One" & "Bringin' On The Heartbreak"). I've tried and tried but that album contains both Mariah's weakest vocals and the most boring, monotonous songs of her entire career. If anything, it would probably get a WORSE rap if more people heard it.
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daPrettyman said:

you mean "Fantasy' part 5

daPrettyman said:

you mean "Fantasy' part 5

Moonwalkbjrain said:

listen to lead the way and never too far

missmad said:

Great songs.