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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2010 3:02:17 GMT -5
All things considered, the album turned out to be enjoyable and solid and her whispery singing style fits some of the songs very well. There are only two songs that should have been left out: "O Holy Night" (Live from WPC in South Central Los Angeles) and "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (Extra Festive).
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Post by lum on Oct 26, 2010 3:24:15 GMT -5
Wow.....I must buy this.
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Post by The Northern Star⭐ on Oct 26, 2010 3:51:00 GMT -5
Well, I'm waiting til next week, but I'm pleased to hear so many good things concerning the album.
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Post by The Northern Star⭐ on Oct 26, 2010 3:58:35 GMT -5
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Post by Rhythm Nation on Oct 26, 2010 7:57:07 GMT -5
PM please?
Excited to hear that vocals are strong on this!
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Post by r.enato on Oct 26, 2010 8:10:31 GMT -5
People close your traps and stop complaining. People on these boards aren't satisfied with anything. Some of ya'll stay over analyzing everything. She sounds AH-MAZINGGGG on her new album WOW !!!!!!! Everybody's enjoying it. Pm .................................... you're the definition of a blind, deaf and annoying lamb, I'm sorry, but you are. You haven't even listened to the album yet and you're already complaining about people having opinions different than "OMG PERFECT SHE'S THE QUEEN OF ALL! VOICE OF AN ANGEL WHO'S NOT FAT AT ALL!!!!111!!!"
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Post by rosenkavalier on Oct 26, 2010 8:14:10 GMT -5
Dere is NO ONE that can sing like this!!
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Post by rodrigo on Oct 26, 2010 8:27:53 GMT -5
People close your traps and stop complaining. People on these boards aren't satisfied with anything. Some of ya'll stay over analyzing everything. She sounds AH-MAZINGGGG on her new album WOW !!!!!!! Everybody's enjoying it. overdramatic much? chill, not everyone is supposed to like every note or every song. r.enato is right.
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Post by Diego on Oct 26, 2010 8:42:36 GMT -5
I'm very pleasantly surprised by this album. After hearing "Oh Santa!" and taking her last 2 albums into consideration, I was dreading that this album would be too heavily driven by hip-hop and r&b. I love Oh Santa, which is really more pop than anything, but having an entire Christmas album full of that sound, with ghetto lyrics and guest rappers would have been disastrous. I'm really glad she chose to go to her AC roots and work with people like Marc to bring out that old-school Christmas soul. Here Comes Christmas is the exception, but having just 2 tracks sound pop/hip-hop is surprising and more than I was expecting.
The originals DON'T SOUND like originals - they sound like classics, all the way up there with the covers. Christmastime Is In The Air Again has that black-and white Christmas movie feel; The hook with the children in One Child sounds very pure and divine; and the operatic touch her gifted mother adds to Oh Come All Ye Faithful is perfection.
Her voice is in much better condition than her previous albums - you can tell she actually TRIED to sound good everywhere, avoid the rasp and the strain and, as she put it, "give vocal moments people will remember" (paraphrased).
I would have preferred less of the airy notes. As noted above, they work for some of the songs in some parts, but more utilization of her chest voice would have been better in my opinion. Regardless, she doesn't sound tired and husky like she did in a lot of Memoirs tracks, and that will definitely help her sell.
Some of the tracks sound like growers. I know I'll love it the more I listen to it...for now, the songs that really captured me besides the aforementioned include Auld Lang Syne, the perfect new year's party anthem, and surprisingly, the new rendition of All I Want. I was against the inclusion of yet another version, but after hearing that new intro and the modernized beat, it just wouldn't feel right leaving out that shining classic out of this collection.
I'm still skeptical as to how it will sell. She might have alienated a lot of the older fans that would have been interested in this by releasing E=MC^2 and Memoirs, but hopefully they'll give it a try because it sounds like a classic and it's not an equal but a worthy successor to her first, especially considering her recent studio efforts.
Simply put, it's the most adult contemporary album she's released in the 2000s. Hopefully it'll help her regain some of the respect as a real artist and vocalist she might have lost in recent years...
Proud to be a lamb, Diego.
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Post by NeRD on Oct 26, 2010 8:42:50 GMT -5
Any drastic upward movement on Amazon?
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Post by #LisaRinna on Oct 26, 2010 8:45:37 GMT -5
Overall the album has the mature sound of The Emancipation of Mimi with a Butterfly vocal style (in which the whipering actually sounded good) and the her mid-range used prominently again. I feel like what this album lacks compared to Merry Christmas is the true church, Gospel vibe of tracks like 'Jesus, Oh What a Wonderful Child' or 'Jesus Born On This Day'. Tracks where she just let herself go and let her spirit come through her voice, in a soulful interpretation. I really miss that. I really like it and it's a solid album that will please many people. The Queen of Christmas is here to claim her throne, bow. :'(
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Post by rosenkavalier on Oct 26, 2010 8:46:47 GMT -5
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #64 in Music
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Post by Diego on Oct 26, 2010 8:57:22 GMT -5
I feel like what this album lacks compared to Merry Christmas is the true church, Gospel vibe of tracks like 'Jesus, Oh What a Wonderful Child' or 'Jesus Born On This Day'. Tracks where she just let herself go and let her spirit come through her voice, in a soulful interpretation. I really miss that. Yes, I agree. She could never do something of equal vocal brilliance, but I'm sure she would have sounded great if she tried. I was also hoping for something along the lines of "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)", a catchy & uptempo pop song where she really lets loose. I suppose the New Year Anthem comes close...
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Post by HolidayGuy on Oct 26, 2010 8:59:01 GMT -5
My initial take on the album, as I'm sure many are anxious to hear my take on it. 1. Santa Claus is Coming to Town (Intro): Pleasant enough- sounds like something you'd hear on animated holiday specials. 2. Oh Santa!: Bouncy and peppy rewrite of "All I Want For Christmas is You," but not destined to be a holiday classic, a la that track.- B3. O Little Town of Bethlehem/Little Drummer Boy: The first half is best, before she goes into overwrought vocals, before bringing it back for a "softer" ending.- B-4. Christmas Time is in the Air Again: Nice old-school-sounding Christmas "torch" song. Unsurpringly, the collaborator is not one of the regulars, but Marc Shamian. Like this one a lot.- A-5. The First Noel/Born is the King (interlude): Not a bad delivery- loses it when the generic beat kicks in for the interlude last minute.- B-6. When Christmas Comes: The collaborator on this also worked on "Mine Again," and you can tell in the vocal delivery once the chorus arrives (also like "Circles"). Nice sound, but not quite as good as "Christmas Time is in the Air Again." The sprinkling of "Jingle Bells" in there is a cute touch.- B7. Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)/Housetop Celebration: Why did JD or whoever have to start this track off? The "come on y'all" touches and the male voice are completely unnecessary and take away from the track. This one also doesn't flow as nicely as some of the others.- C8. Charlie Brown Christmas: This is one of my favorite pieces of music- EVER. Incorporates "Linus and Lucy" "Christmas Time is Here." Perhaps too brief, but anytime that music is heard, it's satisfying.- B+9. O Come All Ye Faithful/Hallelujah Chorus: Starts off fine enough, but then Mimi resorts to wailing vocals later on, which aren't the most pleasant to these ears. Mimi's mother is a decent contrast to Mimi's wailing.- B- 10. O Holy Night (Live): I gather this is from many years ago? I enjoy the lighter vocal moments over the big, wailing moments- and at times the backing singers, dare I say, overpower her. But, still fine.- B11. One Child: This is similar to "Jesus Born on This Day" from the first Christmas album, utilizing a child choir. A nice track.- B12. All I Want For Christmas is You (Extra-Festive): This starts off with an orchestral reading of the original. It sounds like most of the the same vocals from the original recording, with a few new vocal effects near the end. Nonetheless, how can it not be the best track on the album?- A13. Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem): This is this album's "Joy to the World," in that it kicks into a dance/uptempo number. Fun take on this track. Mimi pokes fun at herself with, "Does anybody really know the words?" (referencing when she sang it at her New Year's concert last year)- BAfter an initial listen, it's a sold-enough effort. Like I've always said, Mimi's regular themes fit in nicely with the holiday, so she adapts quite well to holiday music.
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Post by colson on Oct 26, 2010 9:03:11 GMT -5
^How did you get ahold of this album already?LOL
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Post by rosenkavalier on Oct 26, 2010 9:05:37 GMT -5
Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)/Housetop Celebration is cute imo .
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Post by #LisaRinna on Oct 26, 2010 9:07:07 GMT -5
^How did you get ahold of this album already?LOL IKR! Is trying to impress us with B scores gonna work?
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Post by HolidayGuy on Oct 26, 2010 9:07:24 GMT -5
colson, I don't have a physical copy as of yet. Saying "album" refers to the music contained on the album, of course. :)
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on Oct 26, 2010 9:07:28 GMT -5
I was going to listen to it, but I think I'll wait, is only a few more days. I'm glad to hear many of you enjoyed it.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Oct 26, 2010 9:08:55 GMT -5
colson, I don't have a physical copy as of yet. Saying "album" refers to the music contained on the album, of course. :) You better buy one if you want to stay faithful to those scores you gave :)
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Post by colson on Oct 26, 2010 9:09:12 GMT -5
colson, I don't have a physical copy as of yet. Saying "album" refers to the music contained on the album, of course. :) That's my point. I'm surprised you were even that interested to go 'looking for it' this early. :)
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on Oct 26, 2010 9:09:31 GMT -5
First time Holidayguy talks about Mariah and I didn't roll my eyes. :giggles: ;) Nice review.
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Post by Diego on Oct 26, 2010 9:11:12 GMT -5
Mimi's "wailing"? LOL okay...
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Post by r.enato on Oct 26, 2010 9:11:13 GMT -5
HolidayGuy isn't a hater, people. I am.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Oct 26, 2010 9:12:07 GMT -5
HolidayGuy isn't a hater, people. I am. You better wear that Madge avatar, then. :kii:
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Post by rosenkavalier on Oct 26, 2010 9:14:45 GMT -5
and baby URRRRRRRRRR the one !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!03:46-till the end !!!!!!!!
just wooooooooooooo @ those moments in When x'mas comes
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Post by HolidayGuy on Oct 26, 2010 9:15:15 GMT -5
I told ya, people think I don't like Mimi because I'm critical of her- but that's because as a fan (I'm not a MEGA-lamb, never claimed to be), I'd like to see more from her. I often hope that she would mix things up a bit, but she does what she does well enough, for the most part.
I bought the dual disc of Merry Christmas when it was released (and had the original on cassette). The only Mimi albums I did not get were Rainbow, Glitter and Charmbracelet, as what I heard did not compel me to do so. I ended up with burned copies of Rainbow and CB, and someone gave me the physical copy of Glitter.
diego, you should know what I mean by "wailing." I enjoy it more when she sings in a more restrained vocal- for instance, the vocal for "All I Want For Christmas" was perfect.
MESSIAH, dahling (as Mimi would say), I don't need to impress anyone. *accepts a glass of champagne*
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Post by r.enato on Oct 26, 2010 9:16:16 GMT -5
^ yeah, Charmbracelet deserves to be burned.
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Post by Me. I Am l!nk!nfan815... on Oct 26, 2010 9:19:34 GMT -5
^ yeah, Charmbracelet deserves to be burned. I enjoy that cd. I could see why people don't care for it but I like it a lot.
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Post by Ivy Leegue™ on Oct 26, 2010 9:22:45 GMT -5
I enjoy ALL Mariah CDs when I first get them and then I stop listening to them after I get sick of them (the ones that aren't that strong) and they burn quickly. An example of those albums are: Charmbracelet, Glitter and Rainbow. That said, EVERY Mariah album has at least a handful of "go-to" tracks. UGH! I can barely stand the anticipation for this album. I will need to listen to the clips O Recordman posted!
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