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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

2

4/10

3

Los Angeles, CA, USA

November 10, 1997

40

These songs are, for the most part, sluggish, unmemorable and basically DOA.

Butterfly

2

2/5

3

Tinley Park, IL, USA

November 27, 1997

If you buy this CD at a $14.99 cover price, you're basically paying $5 a piece for the first three songs.

Butterfly

4

4/5

3

New York, NY, USA

December 1, 1997

111

With an album as satisfying as 'Butterfly,' Mariah Carey deserves our respect.

Butterfly

5

3

New York, NY, USA

December 4, 1997

VH1 Divas Live

2

Miami, FL, USA

October 2, 1998

What you get here is a mildly entertaining CD if you judiciously exercise your player's skip button.

Howard Cohen

VH1 Divas Live

3

2.5/4

Hamilton, ON, Canada

October 6, 1998

For whitebread yuppies who like the polish on their pop, the "divas" offer a smattering of hits.

Nick Krewen

VH1 Divas Live

2

2/5

Calgary, AB, Canada

October 8, 1998

We get Shania, Celine and company doing average or below-average—but star-studded—arrangements of their hits

James Muretich

VH1 Divas Live

3

2.5/5

Winnipeg, MB, Canada

October 8, 1998

For all the R&B content, this is fairly soulless stuff, designed from the very beginning to sell millions.

Bartley Kives

VH1 Divas Live

3

Buffalo, NY, USA

October 9, 1998

Despite all the talent, somehow this CD falls short of expectations. Despite all the talent, somehow this CD falls short of expectations.

Anthony Violanti

VH1 Divas Live

2

1.5/4

Los Angeles, CA, USA

October 9, 1998

Generally overblown star turns.

Fred Shuster
BIRD'S EYE VIEW

BIRD'S EYE VIEW

October 9, 2024

What the Critics Said About Mariah Carey's 1991

October 8, 2024

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