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MARIAH CAREY

3

1990–2018

1148 reviews

20 albums

OVERVIEW

OVERVIEW

Caution

4.1

warm reception

unified reaction

28 reviews →

2025

Here for It All

3.5

warm reception

unified reaction

17 reviews →

REVIEW

REVIEW

Butterfly

3

2.5/4

3

Newark, NJ, USA

September 16, 1997

Carey takes some bold steps forward, but then retreads to the tried and true.

Butterfly

4

3/4

3

McLean, VA, USA

September 16, 1997

Steve Jones

Butterfly

4

3.5/5

3

Philadelphia, PA, USA

September 17, 1997

Jonathan Takiff

Butterfly

2

3

Adelaide SA, Australia

September 18, 1997

If you can stomach relentless dollops of sweet, sweet lyrics ... then this is for you. Others ... will wish this little butterfly had stayed in its cocoon.

Butterfly

5

A

3

Atlanta, GA, USA

September 18, 1997

Sonia Murray

Butterfly

1

1/4

3

Toronto, ON, Canada

September 18, 1997

Her worst record yet.

Chris Dafoe

Butterfly

4

3

Hartford, CT, USA

September 18, 1997

Roger Catlin

Butterfly

3

2.5/5

3

Jackson, Michigan, USA

September 18, 1997

The ballads are interchangeable and the dance numbers could have been written by a computer.

Butterfly

3

2.5/4

3

San Diego, CA, USA

September 18, 1997

Carey's newest album builds on that previous flirtation with rap and urban contemporary production techniques.

Butterfly

3

2.5/5

3

Winnipeg, MB, Canada

September 18, 1997

John Lyons
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