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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

#1's

2

3.2

Allentown, PA, USA

November 28, 1998

Paul Willistein

#1's

4

4/5

3.2

Daytona Beach, FL, USA

December 2, 1998

Three other new tunes that are pretty, although they don't measure up to the hit ballads around them.

#1's

4

3.2

Adelaide SA, Australia

December 3, 1998

A worthy, quality album, boasting easy listening and Mariah's dulcet vocals ideal for wedding-reception disc jockeys, as it has plenty of heart-felt tunes about love and life. 

#1's

3

3/5

3.2

Charlotte, NC, USA

December 3, 1998

Some of this stuff I've heard a thousand times (from the days I used to listen to the radio), but it still manages to sound good.

1998

#1's

4

3/4

3.2

Toronto, ON, Canada

December 3, 1998

Chris Dafoe

#1's

4

B+

3.2

Charleston, SC, USA

December 3, 1998

Shows that Carey has achieved quite a bit in the eight years that she has been recording.

Devin Grant

#1's

3

3.2

Baton Rouge, LA, USA

December 4, 1998

Carey's definitely got the knack for pop-R&B lushness and record sales, even if genuine emotion takes a back seat to vocal gymnastics.

#1's

3

3/5

3.2

Knoxville, TN, USA

December 4, 1998

A monument of prosperity, but it's also a case study in how a good singer lost her way.

#1's

3

2.5/5

3.2

New York, NY, USA

December 4, 1998

Carey is the Taco Bell of the music industry, using the same basic five or six ingredients.

VH1 Divas Live

3

Allentown, PA, USA

December 5, 1998

It's not history-making, but there are some good points.

Larry Printz
BIRD'S EYE VIEW

BIRD'S EYE VIEW

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