Glitter Mariah Carey

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  • Release Date: 09/11/2001
  • Sales Rank: 3,260
  • Label: VIRGIN RECORDS US
  • UPC: 724381079720

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Glitter

1LISTENLoverboy / Shawnna Remix 4:30
2LISTENLead The Way 3:53
3LISTENIf We / Nate Dogg 4:20
4LISTENI Didn't Mean To Turn You On 4:54
5LISTENDon't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica) / Mystikal 3:37
6LISTENAll My Life 5:09
7LISTENReflections (Care Enough) 3:20
8LISTENLast Night A DJ Saved My Life / DJ Clue? 6:43
9LISTENWant You / Eric Benet 4:43
10LISTENNever Too Far 4:21
11LISTENTwister 2:26
12LISTENLoverboy 3:49

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Mariah Carey was the bestselling female artist of the '90s, yet prior to the 2001 release of Glitter, the soundtrack to her much-touted feature film debut, the starlet suffered a physical and emotional breakdown -- reportedly due in part to the lackluster reception afforded the first single, "Loverboy." Well, Carey need not worry her pretty head any longer: Glitter, an homage to '80s dance and R&B grooves, is one her finest albums to date. In context -- the film is set in New York City's '80s club scene -- the Cameo-sampled "Loverboy" sounds more vibrant than it initially did on radio. Carey puts her stamp on other nostalgic tracks in her trademark five-octave-range fashion, including "Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica)," an up-tempo reworking of the basement party classic "Funkin' for Jamaica" featuring energized rapper Mystikal; a DJ Clue-assisted remake of "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life," featuring Busta Rhymes and newcomer Fabolous; and a sassy version of Cherelle's "Didn't Mean to Turn You On," written in 1984 by Glitter's executive producers, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. The soundtrack isn't, however, completely retro. Carey gets into the mid-tempo groove with Ja Rule and Nate Dogg on the catchy "If We" and with Eric Benet on the provocative "Want You." And, of course, Glitter wouldn't be a Mariah Carey affair without a ballad -- or two or three. Here, the diva flexes her pipes on the poignant "Lead the Way," "Reflections (Care Enough)," and "Never Too Far." As much as these tearjerkers strain for sentiment, it's the disc's last slow jam that's the most telling. "Twister" ostensibly details the life of singer Billie Frank, Carey's character in the film, but the reflective lyrics mirror the songbird's own reality: "She was kind of fragile/And she had a lot to grapple.../Lord I pray she's found some peace." For Carey's sake, we certainly hope the same. Tracy E. Hopkins, Barnes & Noble

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Glitterby Anonymous

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November 25, 2003: Mariah Carey makes new sounds here 80´s pop and it sounds good in songs like Didn´t Mean To Turn You On,Last Night A Dj Saved My Life with rappers Busta Rhymes,Fabolous,and Dj Clue,All My Life is one of my fave on the album the powerballad Lead The Way was written by Mariah and Walter Afanasieff in 1997 so he didn´t work with her on this album they seperated ways after her Butterfly album and she began working with the duo of Jimmy Jam And Terry Lewis instead they produced the song with Mariah for her Glitter movie not Walter A i don´t think he did though. my favorit songs on Mariah´s Glitter are. Lead The way,I Didn´t Mean To Turn You On,All My Life,Last Night A Dj Saved My Life and Never Too Far. All in all a nice album and worth for all Mariah fans. Mariah´s voice is very powerful on this album and she is the greatest of all divas with an voice of an angel and 7 stunning range.

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August 25, 2003: Mariah does what she does best, she writes great lyrics, produces hot beats and pays homage to the 80s in this nearly perfect record. Unfortunately the movie wasn't so great. My favorites on the album are Loverboy, Want you, Lead the way and the extremely poigant Twister. MAriah relays alot of her early experience with racism in this song (Twister) and conveys a vunerablity that she's never really done before. An excellent song that compliments an excellent record.


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