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The Essential Mariah Carey (2 CD)

Mariah CareyAudio CD
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As autumn leaves begin to fall, interna­tional superstar Mariah Carey puts the finishing touches on MERRY CHRISTMAS II YOU, her second career album of holiday tunes, arriving November 2nd on the Island Def Jam Music Group. Highlighting the long-awaited new album is a brand new recording of Mariah’s all-time standard, “All I Want For Christmas Is You.”

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  • Audio CD (May 8, 2012)
  • Original Release Date: 2012
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: Sony Legacy
  • ASIN: B00795C5RU
  • In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,063 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Disc: 1
1. Vision Of Love
2. Love Takes Time
3. Vanishing
4. I Don't Wanna Cry
5. EMOTIONS (12" Club Mix)
6. Can't Let Go
7. Make It Happen
8. I'll Be There
9. Dreamlover
10. Hero
See all 14 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. One Sweet Day
2. Always Be My Baby
3. Underneath The Stars
4. Honey
5. Butterfly
6. My All
7. Close My Eyes
8. The Roof (Mobb Deep Extended Version)
9. When You Believe (from The Prince Of Egypt)
10. I Still Believe
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Editorial Reviews

2012 two CD collection from the Pop/R&B diva containing her biggest hits and fan favorites. 28 tracks including 'Vision Of Love', 'Emotions', 'One Sweet Day', 'Dreamlover', 'Butterfly' and many more.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Mariah Carey makes history. May 11, 2012
Format:Audio CD
This is a great collection of songs that showcases Mariah Carey's long-lasting career starting in 1990 through 1999. I'm just a little disappointed that certain songs were not included like "Someday" (instead, replaced by "Vanishing") "Breakdown" and the gospel-brassy inspired "If it's Over". But all in all, it's a great collection for all the loyal Mariah fans out there.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Deal May 9, 2012
By gb0923
Format:Audio CD
This is a great deal for a Mariah Carey cd. It is a two disc edition for a great price with some of her best songs on it. I know that the track listing is almost identical to 2001's Greatist Hits, but they do this with all of the legends like Elvis and the Beatles. They want to keep her music alive and out there, so I appreciate this release. This has reportedly been remastered, so that is a good thing since I believe Mariah Carey has the most beautiful voice the world will ever hear. One thing to remember is that this only has famous Mariah Carey songs from 1990-2000, anything after that has not been compiled into a second greatest hits cd yet.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Fairly inessential Mariah. June 20, 2012
By Melissa
Format:Audio CD
Mariah Carey is arguably the best selling female artist in the world (a title that's hotly contested by her equally legendary peers, Madonna and Celine Dion), and the sheer depth of Ms. Carey's catalogue speaks to that. Since her debut in the spring of 1990, she has overtaken Elvis Presley's record of #1 hits on Billboard's Hot 100; the first fifteen of these chart-toppers released during her time at Sony BMG's imprint Columbia Records, and the latest #1 being the Island Def Jam single "Touch My Body".

It's at best a headscratcher, then, that her post-Sony output has been completely ignored by Columbia in favour of a retread of her Nineties back catalogue.

To add insult to injury, however, this 2CD collection also doubles as an inferior re-release of her 2001 collection, Greatest Hits. At least Greatest Hits had the excuse of trying to stem the tide of a dark period in Mariah's career -- a year plagued by anti-Glitter sentiments and the tabloid fodder of Mariah's alleged breakdown -- by reminding the public of her hitmaking past.

The Essential Mariah Carey has no such rationale. With her biggest misstep now more than a decade behind her, and her since having returned to form as an artist, it makes no sense to ignore her more recent releases.

And when I said that Essential is a double-dip of Greatest Hits, I wasn't exaggerating. The hits "Someday," "Forever" and "Sweetheart" were swapped for three non-commercial tracks ("Vanishing" from her 1990 self-titled debut, "Close My Eyes" from 1997's Butterfly and "Bliss" from 1999's Rainbow), the album versions of "Anytime You Need A Friend" and "Emotions" were replaced by their club mixes, and the cute bonus remix of "All I Want For Christmas Is You" was jettisoned for Ms.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
If you are just a casual Mariah Carey listener and not a hardcore fan, you should know that she switched record labels after 2000. They really should have called this "The Essential Mariah Carey: The Columbia Years". (They have done that with other artists in these collections). So if you are wondering why "We Belong Together", "Shake It Off", "Touch My Body", etc. aren't included here, that's why. You'll have to wait until her current label wants to release a "Greatest Hits Volume 2". I could see that happening following her next album.

The tracklist here is very similar to her 2001 "Greatest Hits" album, but with a couple "hits" replaced with songs that Mariah herself likes. Fans know this. She took out "Someday" and "Forever" - two songs Mariah has made obvious that she does not like. These were replaced with "Vanishing" and "Close My Eyes" - songs Mariah is really proud of and are "fan-favorites". "The Roof" was also added, which casual fans will probably remember better if you looked up the video on YouTube. "Bliss" is an odd addition IMO and should have been replaced with "Crybaby".

The other difference between this and Greatest Hits is that remixes of "Emotions" and "Anytime You Need A Friend" were included instead of the original versions.

So if you are just looking for a 100% Greatest Hits album with the original versions, you should just go with the very similar "Greatest Hits" release from her. In fact, that collection is essentially a chronological singles collection. But if you don't care about "Someday" or "Forever", then definitely get this instead, as "Vanishing", "Close My Eyes" and "The Roof" are better than some of the other songs that were hits.

Only other criticism - who cares that it's a Christmas song...
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars The Essential Mariah Carey for the casual fan May 8, 2012
By rmcrae
Format:Audio CD
The fifth compilation released by Sony, The Essential set fills another 2 discs with Mariah's greatest hits, along with a few non-singles the singer is especially fond of, from the first decade of her career, 1990 to 2000. You can find most of these songs on 2001's original Greatest Hits, but this set features club mixes of Emotions and Anytime You Need a Friend (which both can be found on 2003's The Remixes), the Mobb Deep Extended Mix for The Roof (why it wasn't included on the Remixes record, I don't know, but whatever), and swap album tracks Forever and All I Want For Christmas Is You (So So Def Remix) for Close My Eyes and Bliss. If you're a casual fan just getting into Mariah's music, it wouldn't hurt to start here. If you're looking for the Mobb Deep Extended Mix, you can finally buy that track.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!
Its MARIAH - what else can I say???!!! Its better then other compilations because there's no Christmas songs. I only wish Against All Odds with Westlife would have been included
Published 10 days ago by Brent
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice CD, if you like Maria Carey.
I think that it was one of the best compilations of her songs, and you will have great pleasure listening to, in a very nicely recorded CDs.
Published 29 days ago by Karen G. Arango
5.0 out of 5 stars HERO-ine
what a star Mariah Carey is, if I am feeling down - I put her on my ipod/stereo and she lifts my spirits in seconds.
Published 1 month ago by 80's guy!!!
5.0 out of 5 stars A good compilation, prepared for his fans
Looking forward to this year, and say I was not disappointed.
Mariah fans, will appreciate this edition. Read more
Published 4 months ago by G.A. ROMERO GIL-BERMEJO
5.0 out of 5 stars I don't have any of Mariah's collection CDs, but this one is really...
I have the majority of these songs on my Mariah Carey studio albums and I've heard every single song on here before but I'm guessing (?) these are tracks that Mariah is fond of. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Adrian Cooper
4.0 out of 5 stars It would be great without the mixes
I was so excited to find out that Mariah was getting the Essential treatment. I was disappointed to find that it has remixes and it wasn't thirty tracks but besides that it's a... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Rose Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent collection
Absolutely awesome, Mariah Carey proves that her early stuff was stone of the best music ever. Great voice, she has range that few others can hope to match and some of the best... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Grayson
5.0 out of 5 stars like an angel
This is the best of the best of mariah carey! Every song is great. Ships fast and securely.The best singer in the world.
Published 11 months ago by Mikester
4.0 out of 5 stars Great deal!
The Essential Mariah Carey has two disks of music for the price of one! It was a great deal and nice to have most of my favorite songs on one album. Great buy!
Published 12 months ago by Morgan
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent History
I think the nature of the release bringing you back all the memories from each song makes this collection timeless.
Published 12 months ago by Frank Harrison
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I don't understand why they can't include any hits from Charmbraclet through Imperfect Angel (record companies?)
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