Audio CD review:
Mariah Carey - Music Box

Mariah Carey - Music Box

Band: Mariah Carey Title: Music Box Rating: Release Date: 31 August, 1993 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Dreamlover 2: Hero 3: Anytime You Need A Friend 4: Music Box 5: Now That I Know 6: Never Forget You 7: Without You 8: Just To Hold You Once Again 9: I've Been Thinking About You 10: All I've Ever Wanted

Editoral Review Her songs might be full of big notes and high emotions, but they satisfied every predictable expectation of a love ballad or good-time rocker. Linda Ronstadt was America's sweetheart of the '70s, because she was able to combine a pretty face, a pretty voice and a safe personality. Mariah Carey is America's sweetheart of the '90s for the exact same reasons. Music Box topped the Billboard album charts, yielding number-one singles like "Dreamlover" and "Hero. " The titles, one a hollow Minnie Riperton knock-off and the other a stiff Barbra Streisand imitation, are tip-offs to Carey's reliance on untethered fantasy (she's the fantasizer in the lyrics and the fantasy object in the videos). These songs, coªwritten and co-produced like most of the album by Walter Anasieff and Carey herself, are constructed to show off her dizzying soprano, not to provide an original approach to a well-worn subject. Even when she gets a strong ballad to sing, like her current singles--Babyface's "Never Forget You" or Badfinger/Nilsson's "Without You"--she overdoes the self-pity bit so much that the song loses its dramatic tension. --Geoffrey Himes .. You can see a complete list of all Mariah Carey discography, or go back to the Mariah Carey tabs