Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel
Mariah Carey
On first listen the response to this is disappointment, as everything is either slow or mid-tempo. And it’s this very reason that it took me 2 months to appreciate this album following putting the promo in the first time, and missing out on those two months of loving it. Mariah is an undisputed master of the ballad, having the ability to change the emphasis of the genre, which tends to be on the lyrical storytelling, to the pop instrumentation and the radio hook quality she’s capable of creating. All of these songs, if you let them, pull you in immediately and have some form of pop quality that has you hitting the back step button by track’s end because you want to hear that catchy thing she did on it again. They’re slow jamz that don’t put you to sleep. But to satisfy the radio crowd, and to make up for the somewhat lackluster sales in comparison to many of Mariah’s other albums, it has already been announced that the disc will be re-released as a remix package, every track getting a treatment, and judging by the mixes that have already been leaked, it’s gonna be freaking hot. And for a quick fix, a two disc version of the present version of the album is available featuring the remixes of “Obsessed,” radio edited, and includes productions by Seamus & Emanuel, Cahill, Jump Smokers and Friscia & Lamboy.
