Audio CD review:
Mariah Carey - The Remixes

Mariah Carey - The Remixes

Band: Mariah Carey Title: The Remixes Rating: Release Date: 14 October, 2003 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: My All Morales - "My" Club Mix 2: Heartbreaker/"If You Should Ever Be Lonely" - Junior's Heartbreaker Club Mix 3: Fly Away (Butterfly Reprise) - Fly Away Club Mix 4: Anytime You Need A Friend - C&C Club Version 5: FANTASY Def Club Mix 6: Honey Classic Mix 7: Dreamlover Def Club Mix 8: EMOTIONS 12" Club Mix 9: Through The Rain HQ2 Radio Edit 10: Fantasy Feat. O.D.B. 11: Always Be My Baby - Mr. Dupri Mix featuring Da Brat and Xscape 12: My All/Stay Awhile - So So Def Remix Featuring Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz 4. 13: Breakdown - Featuring Krayzie Bone & Wish Bone 14: Honey - So So Def Mix Featuring Da Brat & JD 15: Loverboy - Remix 16: Heartbreaker - Remix Featuring Da Brat & Missy Elliott 17: Sweetheart - Album Version 18: Crybaby - Album Version Featuring Snoop Dogg 19: Miss You - Feat. Jadakiss 20: The One - So So Def Remix Featuring Bonecrusher 21: I Know What You Want - Album Version Busta Rhymes & Mariah Carey (Featuring Flipmode Squad)

Customer Reviews The Queen of Remixes During this period, she did manage to slip some other influences into her music here and there, but overall it was very polished, adult-contemporary vocal pop. Since the emancipation proclamation that was the album, Butterfly, Mariah has made it crystal-clear in interviews that before that time, her record label had restricted her creative boundaries and created a certain "turtle neck" image she was to pertain to. Remixes, however, really gave her an opportunity to explore different genres and territories that weren't allowed to be touched on her major album releases. This two-disc set surveys her highlight re-inventions of some of her most successful (and also more obscure) singles. Disc one is packed with nine of her best club/dance remixes. All of the tracks (excluding "Through The Rain") have re-recorded vocals from the artist. New melodies, new lyrics and altogether new sections are added to the original. As said before, these remixes allow her to go in unmarked territory, such as gospel and even a little jazz; each remix has powerful, gospel-influenced backup vocalists and Mariah actually scats on "Anytime You Need A Friend. " Two remixes, one of them being "Emotions," begin with only her singing with a piano, and then the beat suddenly picks up out of nowhere. These are not your ordinary house mixes; they are climactic, creative, artistic and do not follow the cut-and-paste vocal technique that is lazily used by most. The second disc collects her famous hip-hop remixes, with popular collaborators, Jermaine Dupri and Da Brat, among others. As with the first disc, these remixes really put a new spin on the singles; some could be a completely seperate songs altogether. She re-records and re-writes on these also, avoiding the annoying trend of today where a rapper it added to the original song and it's called a "remix. " This disc, however, is very flawed. Almost half of these songs are not remixes at all! They are album tracks ("Crybaby," "Breakdown," "Sweetheart," etc. ) that could be easily attained by even the most casual fan. These slots, which were carelessly wasted, could've been used for some of her other genious hip-hop/R&B remixes that were not included here. However, the second disc still is quality and even provides one or two gems that even the most dedicated fan may not have. Any person who thought Mariah was one-dimensional. . . well think again. Overall, although this has some flaws, it is an amazing collection of club and hip-hop/R&B mixes from an artist who really put a lot of effort and control into making them. They really show just how creative and talented Carey is. Highly recommended to anyone, especially if you enjoy her music. . disc 1 dislike disc 2 is great only buy this album for the second disc b/c all the good remixs are on disc 2 but why would you waste your money like that so you do better downloading disc 2 on to your i pod. One for me, one for the niece. Always. Love Mariah. I am a big fan of hers. It brings me back to some of her first CDs. . You can see a complete list of all Mariah Carey discography, or go back to the Mariah Carey tabs