December 30, 1994

June 14, 1999

April 23, 2000

May 26, 2000

Carey makes some strides in stripping away the gloppy veneer on which she's staked her divahood.

September 11, 2001

A musical white flag that finds the New York singer-songwriter surrendering to her most commercially appealing persona.

December 3, 2002

As sequels go, "E=MC2" is better than most, boasting a higher, and more consistent, quotient of slinky, dance-floor charm and stronger ballads than "Mimi".

April 14, 2008

What is unfortunately not elusive on the album are a clutch of interchangeable slow-to-midtempo tunes long on pulsating atmosphere—several with distractingly fidgety rhythmic tracks—but short on melody or verve.

May 26, 2014