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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2018 20:14:15 GMT -5
Mariah's 2001 soundtrack is currently #1 on iTunes in various countries including the United States!
The album originally peaked at #7 on the Billboard 200 and was certified Platinum.
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Post by Verisimilitude on Nov 14, 2018 20:23:25 GMT -5
Woo an album full of bops! Lead The Way, Reflections, and Never Too Far are some of her best ballads too. Glitter managed to get the resurrection Bionic never could. Poor dat.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 19:22:45 GMT -5
According to Billboard, the album is expected to sell over 3,000 copies this week (its highest one-week total since 2002).
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Post by Relaxing Cup on Nov 15, 2018 19:30:29 GMT -5
I became a lamb during the Glitter after falling in love with the movie and the single "Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica)". I love her femininity.
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Post by Leigh on Nov 15, 2018 20:42:16 GMT -5
I still love the Loverboy MJ Cole remix
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Post by die Lotterie on Nov 15, 2018 22:48:01 GMT -5
I own the "Loverboy" vinyl with the David Morales and MJ Cole Remixes. It's phenomenal fan art.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2018 8:46:52 GMT -5
#36 in album sales this past week
-- 36 MARIAH CAREY
GLITTER (SOUNDTRACK FROM THE MOTION PICTURE)
VIRGIN 4,737 --
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Post by Dreams on Nov 17, 2018 9:17:17 GMT -5
Iconic. So glad for its vindication.
"Lead The Way" | "All My Life" | "Want You" 💖
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Post by stunnedout on Nov 17, 2018 11:40:23 GMT -5
What caused this resurgence?
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Post by HolidayGuy on Nov 17, 2018 18:29:30 GMT -5
^A #JusticeForGlitter social-media campaign, noting that it was $4.99 at iTunes, with a link provided. The total shows, though, the limit in numbers with just sales from iTunes. Hopefully the final figure will be a little higher.
The album really has a bad rap because of the movie.
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Post by jenglisbe on Nov 17, 2018 18:54:32 GMT -5
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Post by bat1990 on Nov 17, 2018 21:54:02 GMT -5
My favorite Mariah album.
When I first tried to get into her music in the mid-2000s, I found her albums up to that point a mix of quality and filler, but Glitter was the standout of being solid from beginning to end. "All My Life," "Didn't Mean to Turn You On," "Lead The Way," "Twister," and "Want You" but really everything were just great!
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Post by #LisaRinna on Nov 18, 2018 7:56:44 GMT -5
What caused this resurgence? Having taste becoming a requirement again in society. |
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Post by Ling-Ling on Nov 18, 2018 7:57:39 GMT -5
It's her most uneven work by far and at the bottom of her albums for me. A half-amazing/half-crap situation. The ballads are all top notch. "Lead The Way" is such a huge moment. "Never Too Far" sounds like some long lost 70's love movie theme. "Reflections" is super personal and raw. And "Twister" is so pretty (right in line with "Petals" and "Sunflowers," love that little trio). "All My Life" is one of those Mariah album cuts that deserves more recognition, especially from her. Such a killer 80's R&B throwback. And "Want You" is very much the same, SEX.
If only the rest of the album lived up to those tracks. "Loverboy" remains an abomination. I don't like Cameo, I don't like "Candy" and the sample is so clunky and heavy it weighs the song down. And it's probably my least favorite Mariah vocal ever, she sounds so sick on it. Still curious about the original version with "Firecracker." I do use the club mixes though, the MJ Cole and Morales mixes are cute. I'm not nostalgic for that early 2000's Ja Rule sound, so "If We," (while harmless) is always skipped. I've always been a huge fan of Cherrelle's "DMTTYO," but Mariah's version is so faithful it's pointless. "Don't Stop" has dated badly and I have to be in a certain mood to make it through any Mystikal song these days. And Busta Rhymes' hype-man bulls**t completely ruins "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life." Like WTF were they thinking with that mess? It's a toss the radio out the window level of annoying.
I'm always glad to see Mariah get some shine. I just wish this whole justice campaign was focused on one of her albums that really deserved it, because this one ain't it. The highlights are amazing though, so I guess there's that! And it was such a negative time for her, anything making it more positive is a plus.
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Post by jenglisbe on Nov 18, 2018 9:28:02 GMT -5
And Busta Rhymes hype-man bulls**t completely ruins "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life." Like WTF were they thinking with that mess? It's a toss the radio out the window level of annoying. Do you like the video edit any better? I think if the ‘campaign’ had been for any other album, it may have been nice but wouldn’t have had the same media impact. Glitter is her most notorious low moment in terms of her music catalog. People wouldn’t have cared if Memoirs or something had another little moment in the sun. |
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Post by Ling-Ling on Nov 18, 2018 9:34:25 GMT -5
Unfortunately the edit does not fix the Busta Rhymes sh*tting all over Mariah issue.
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Post by Leigh on Nov 18, 2018 9:42:39 GMT -5
I’m just glad the “Wilma” nickname didn’t stick 😬
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Post by weaver on Nov 18, 2018 10:38:02 GMT -5
I agree about Busta on Last Night a DJ Saved My Life. Not only is he unnecessary, but he is LOUD in the mix. Love the song, but that detracts from it considerably.
It's little things like that that keep this from being a masterpiece - fixable things. Like, the Nate Dogg verse in If We. Why on earth does it sound so weird? It sounds literally phoned in. Mariah should have just sung that verse.
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Post by jenglisbe on Nov 18, 2018 10:46:59 GMT -5
I agree about Busta on Last Night a DJ Saved My Life. Not only is he unnecessary, but he is LOUD in the mix. Love the song, but that detracts from it considerably. It's little things like that that keep this from being a masterpiece - fixable things. Like, the Nate Dogg verse in If We. Why on earth does it sound so weird? It sounds literally phoned in. Mariah should have just sung that verse. The sound mixing and so forth for the albums she did in Capri are notoriously bad (Rainbow, Glitter, Charmbracelet). Like on “Against all Odds” she sounds far away from the mic. I would love to get any or all of those albums in remastered versions. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2018 11:14:03 GMT -5
Like, the Nate Dogg verse in If We. Why on earth does it sound so weird? It sounds literally phoned in. It was.  |
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Post by weaver on Nov 19, 2018 19:25:20 GMT -5
Like, the Nate Dogg verse in If We. Why on earth does it sound so weird? It sounds literally phoned in. It was. How did that possibly make it to release?? #mess They should have just had Mariah sing the verse and call it a day. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2019 11:12:14 GMT -5
She's doing a Glitter medley ("Never Too Far," "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life," "Loverboy," and "Didn't Mean To Turn You On") on the Caution tour.
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Nov 14, 2019 19:54:12 GMT -5
Okay, here's my take on this. The album wasn't completely a disaster. There were some gems there, but those shining gems were mostly the ballads. I think the ballads had completely outshine the uptempo ones by far. "Loverboy" and "Didn't Mean To Turn You On" are my only favorite dance tracks.
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Post by #LisaRinna on May 22, 2020 7:02:30 GMT -5
NOW AVAILABLE ON ALL PLATFORMS!
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2020 8:02:29 GMT -5
It looks like she purchased all the rights to the album. The label is now listed as "MARIAH".
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Post by The Black Bird on May 23, 2020 10:44:54 GMT -5
A Mariah classic, I love it now even more than I did in 2001. Although Rainbow was my first Mariah album, this was my first Mariah "era", so it will always hold a special place to me.
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Post by B-Boy on Sept 12, 2020 14:39:41 GMT -5
I like that she experimented with or did her own take on 80s funk and R&B. My go-to cuts are "Loverboy" and the remix, "Don't Stop (Funkin 4 Jamaica)", "All My Life" and "Didn't Mean To Turn You On". "Never Too Far" is the best ballad. "Want You" reminds me of "My All/Stay Awhile" maybe because of the SOS/Loose Ends influence.
"If We" and "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" could've been better if the former was just a collaboration with Ja Rule (leave Nate out) and the other had Busta just rapping instead of him adlibbing all over the song.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2020 11:53:58 GMT -5
The original version of "Loverboy" (with the "Firecracker" sample) and a cover of Irene Cara's "Out Here On My Own" recorded in 2000 but left off this project are now available on The Rarities.
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Post by jenglisbe on May 22, 2021 7:56:38 GMT -5
I've completely redone Glitter to make it an album covering the '80s club scene. I only included 1 ballad, and put it at the end as the comedown from a night out.
1. "Loverboy" (Firecracker version)
2. "Didn't Mean to Turn You On"
3. "sweetheart"
4. "If You Should Ever Be Lonely"
5. "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" (video edit)
6. "My All / Stay A Little While, Child"
7. "Want You"
8. "Just Be Good to Me"
9. "Don't Stop" (interlude - Mariah only)
10. "All My Life"
11. "Out Here On My Own"
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Post by back2blk on May 26, 2021 0:03:02 GMT -5
If this wasn't spreading her energy thin with a movie and label battle, and a declining public image, I think she could have really polished up the music better.
It not being available for so many years kept me from really immersing myself into a Mariah album like I normally do.
The ballads are all stellar though; at that time, she could do no wrong with the slow songs.
Now that I have this available on streaming, I can put this on shuffle and just enjoy it as the period piece soundtrack concept project it was intended to be, and it at least succeeds for me in that respect.
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