by
Mariah Carey
- Record Label: Def Jam
- Release Date: May 27, 2014
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Mixed or average reviews- based on 447 Ratings
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Positive: 228 out of 447
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Mixed: 93 out of 447
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Negative: 126 out of 447
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Nov 4, 2022
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Mar 9, 2016
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May 24, 2016
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Jul 24, 2020This album is just not it.. It's her worst, some songs like 'The Art of Letting Go' kinda saved it but the album is still bad. Poor production and generic.
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Jul 24, 2020This album offers a lot of Mariah’s good work. She is truly and incredibly talented. #Beautiful and You’re Mine are a bop!! The cover of George Michael’s One More Try is fantastic. A gospel song is included, Heavenly (No Ways Tired/Can’t Give Up Now). Gem? Yessssss, it’s the Art Of Letter Go
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May 27, 2014
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May 27, 2014Back in true form! Mariah is singing like she has not sung since "Butterfly" This album is very reminiscent of that album and I am so excited to listen to this album over and over.
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Jun 4, 2014
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May 27, 2014
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May 27, 2014this is incredible. the album's two unabashedly uptempo ditties are also the forums for Mariah's most serious-minded performances, galaxies away from "loving you long time." "You Don't Know What to Do" is a stunning tribute to the soul-shouting piano gospel of Jocelyn Brown's "Somebody Else's Guy," with swirling disco swings turning Mariah herself into the calm, confident eye of a disco hurricane.
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May 27, 2014Wow. What an album. Mariah is back and the album is pure Mariah. Amazing vocals, amazing use of featured guests and amazing production. Stand out tracks : Faded, you're Mine, meteorite, beautiful, you don't know what to do, thirsty, heavenly to name a few. This album reiterates why Mariah is the top selling and most successful female artist of all time. A+
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May 27, 2014
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May 27, 2014This album is really everything us lambs have been asking for for the past 5 years. It's been a long wait, but it's been completely worth it. This is Mariah's best effort since her 1997 Butterfly album. I'm truly impressed, and very happy with the result.
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May 27, 2014
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Jan 22, 2015
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May 27, 2014
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May 27, 2014
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May 27, 2014Mariah is truly back to form. Gone are the gimmicks(except for thirsty), the catchy sounds for a quick hit. She's is really just doing what she does best, SINGING. Every song on this album has a meaning behind it and you can relate to the lyrics. Great album, great melodies and off cause great lyrics.
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Jun 14, 2014
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Aug 2, 2014
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May 27, 2014One of her best albums of all career, proving that she can still do some great music. #Beautiful, Money, You Don't Know What You Do and Heavenly overtakes for complete her last two albuns and put her in another level that we didn't see since The Emancipation Of Mimi.
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Nov 16, 2019Most songs sound exaclty the same. She keeps relesing the exact same boring album over and over again
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May 30, 2014
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Jun 15, 2014
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May 27, 2014
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Jul 11, 2014
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May 29, 2014This is indeed Carey's best album post Glitter! it even has more memorable jams than the Emancipation of Mimi and is her most solid work in years! Best Tracks are Dedicated, Faded, Thirsty, Heavenly, You Don't know what to do & Meteorite!
Next potential hits: You don't know what to do & Dedicated -
Jun 4, 2014We have been waiting for over 2 years now for an album and it was definitely worth the wait, Me I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse is true perfection. Almost every song is amazing. 9.510 REMARKABLE.
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May 30, 2014
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Jun 18, 2014Amazing! I DONT CARE FOR HITS! I wanna talent and I saw it in this album! I love it! Amazing! Her best album since The Emancipation of Mimi and the more personal od her career 10
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May 29, 2014
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Jun 27, 2014Really?
Her worst album, she don't sing like before, you can hear horribles belts, i think there are only a few songs that fit in Mariah quality... Cry, #Beautiful, You don't know what to do... Poop! -
Jun 15, 2014
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Jul 8, 2014It was worth having waited almost five years for the album release. This album has a more than perfect Built between Hip-Hop, R & B, Soul, Blue, Disco and Pop Contemporary... It's a great work, worthy of critical acclaim, but Mariah is not to change your prized artistic concept is a bit of the past mixed with the present, and unfortunately it falls short...
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Feb 4, 2015She has lost the star power and the star quality she once had, nowadays only but a few songs fit her voice. Her belts aren't stunning anymore and her whistle notes sound hoarse, maybe because of age? Also her voice lost power and she often strays from the correct pitch/note.
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Mar 4, 2015
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May 28, 2014
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Apr 6, 2015Mariah Carey is the WORST MUSICIAN EVER, next to Justin Bieber. Her music is so trashy. I hate all of her songs SO MUCH!! But still in person, she isn't as idiotic as JB who got detained and arrested by the cops. Avoid this album at ALL COSTS!! Buy Mario Kart Wii, 7 or 8 instead. I also beat her up in SSB4.
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May 27, 2014
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Dec 3, 2014This is not her best and she's not been in her prime for a long time, but this is still a joyful album that's really better than a lot of **** out there.
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Apr 13, 2015Lame, boring, crappy, and Mariah Carey is the worst musician ever! But in person, She is a heck of a lot better than JB whom is a dumb kid that got arrested for assault after an ATV collision, threw eggs at his fans, DUI, etc. Avoid MC and JB at ALL COSTS!!!!!!!!!! I also beat both in SSB 3DS / Wii U. Curse ya Bieber and curse ya Carey!!!!
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Nov 10, 2015The universal management pessima we have played hymns in the trash without disclosure without any support from the record company released the best album of R & B's all played out today.
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Jun 21, 2022An underrated project that deserved better.A lot of good songs in the album
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Oct 20, 2022This album is so deep, I mean deep emotional album songs like Cry., Heavenly this is good album
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Oct 7, 2020Mariah Carey just underwent the returning Sony Music Entertainment years at Epic Records after she was out of Def Jam Recordings in 2015.
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Nov 16, 2018This is Mariah's best effort since Butterfly. maravilhoso. MIMI. nota 10. muito bom.
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Feb 9, 2016This album sound very intimate. The lyrics are very beautiful and the vocals sound mature. The only flaw is the lack of potential singles, but it´s a great album that diserves attention.
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Feb 13, 2016Brilliant from head to toe. Despite only giving it a 60 score, even RS ranks it among the best R&B releases of 2014. It's personal, beautiful, well written and produced. It features some of Mariah's best melodies in years.
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Dec 21, 2016
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Aug 21, 2018Um álbum pessoal de uma artista de verdade, que além de cantar também participa de todo o processo de criação, desde a letra até a produção. Mostrando que apesar do tempo continua muito boa com o que faz, sendo original e ao mesmo tempo não perdendo a sua essência.
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Feb 12, 2022Album gostosinho, so não é coeso a divulgação péssima atrapalhou tudo e singles fracos
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Aug 14, 2018Although it had a stormy release, Mariah delivered one of the best R&B albums of 2014. It had the classic Mariah ballads while also including fresh and breezy dance numbers. Her versatility shines through.
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Mar 29, 2019Mariah's most personal album to-date since "Charmbracelet". Somehow I can relate to all contents in this lyrical genius album.
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Jun 20, 2019Sort of messy as a body of work, but as individual songs this album really did what it needed to do! Mariah proves her music creating genius here.
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Jun 19, 2019Too bad this album was underrated at the time of its release. The divorce drama, continuous negativity from the press and bashing from the audience, and personal issue and poor management all did their thing. But that does not change the fact that this is a great album, full of touching songs, deep lyrics and new sound of Mariah. Huge difference to previous album which makes it even more standout.
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Jul 11, 2019Me. I Am. Mariah. The Elusive Chanteuse is just pure perfection. From the flaring vocals. To the show casing lyrics. Absolutely amazing and well done.
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Jul 22, 2019Me. I am Mariah is Amazing!! Mariah is the Queen Of RnB for a reason
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Sep 14, 2019legendary legendaric stuff if you say you havent cried multiple times uncontrollably to Cry and One More try youre just lying to yourself, yet another step above rendition by thee Mariah Carey
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Nov 16, 2019She really did what she had to do! One of my favorite tracks is "You Don't Know What To Do". This album deserved more and she served.
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Oct 31, 2020After listening to Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, The Emancipation of Mimi and Charmbracelet, there's only one word that describes this album: underwhelming. She brings the most boring aspects of her career all into one; this project. This album does not feel timeless as her others do. She still managed to show some exceptional good quality songs and her lyricism still can't be questionable.
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Jan 6, 2023Muito bom o álbum, uma obra muito lírica, muito coeso, no lirismo muito suave, um tom suave das melodias.
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May 30, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Mar 20, 2021
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Jan 6, 2021This is so Mariah Mariah vibes and all songs in this album so interesting I can listen repeat and repeat again. I love this so much
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Feb 19, 2021
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Dec 13, 2022This is top 5 albums of her career yall arent ready for this conversation
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Aug 22, 2021First Mariah Carey album I heard. It’s a grower album. It took me a while to like it but its good. So many hidden gems and underrated possible #1 hits. But I would not recommend it as an introductory album to Carey’s immense and highly underrated catalogue.
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Nov 7, 2022A poor collection of trite and redundant songs that sound a step below Mariah's caliber and about 4 years too late.
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Nov 28, 2022bjs skv ia sobwob. sosn. ns nos oo o n o n n Op o. oo. h o o o h h b hbbnbb
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May 29, 2023The Art Of Letting Go melhor música R&B lançada na década 10. Tem qualidade.
Awards & Rankings
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Jul 7, 2014She’s just a comfortable [singer], and that’s a good thing for her. She doesn’t need to be, nor should she ever be elusive. This album proves that in spades.
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Jun 16, 2014The album sounds exactly, defiantly like Mariah, acknowledging her place in the pop ecosystem both implicitly and explicitly without chomping at the bit.
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Jun 9, 2014Even for all its collaborations, bringing in Mary J Blige and R Kelly, the desperate skirting around for identity leaves this album feeling underwhelming.