#1's [ENHANCED]

Mariah Carey

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (November 17, 1998)
• Original Release Date: November 17, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00000G2VD
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (463 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #514,423 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sweetheart [*] - Mariah Carey, JD

2. When You Believe [From the Prince of Egypt] - Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston

3. Whenever You Call [*] - Mariah Carey, Brian McKnight

4. My All

5. Honey

6. Always Be My Baby

7. One Sweet Day - Boyz II Men, Mariah Carey

8. Fantasy - Mariah Carey, , Ol' Dirty Bastard

9. Hero

10. Dream Lover

11. I'll Be There [Live] - Mariah Carey, Trey Lorenz

12. Emotions

13. I Don't Wanna Cry

14. Someday

15. Love Takes Time

16. Vision of Love

17. I Still Believe [*]

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Mariah Carey's #1's is as much a time capsule of '90s pop and R&B as a record of one woman's chart toppers: the disc chronicles a shift from the sweet, nearly '50s-style "Vision of Love" to more recent hip-hop-lite grooves featuring heavy input from Puffy Combs ("Honey"), Jermaine Dupri ("Sweetheart"), and O.D.B. ("Fantasy"). Some hit, some miss, but all feature the fluttery swoops that Carey substitutes for expression of feeling. Depth is beside the point, but few of these tracks are even fun. Still, after eight years, there seems to be no stopping her, and this album will hardly break her streak of successes. --Rickey Wright

Los Angeles Times

The same clichéd sentiments crop up again and again in the lyrics, which are usually co-written by Carey.... There's nothing terrible about singing hit songs ... [b]ut this homogenous presentation only emphasizes Carey's limitations.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mariah at her best, June 16, 2000

By	Josh - See all my reviews

This review is from: # 1's (Audio CD)

There is a reason these songs went to number one. That reason is that they are absolutely incredible! ALways Be My Baby is truly classic, Hero is absolutley inspirational, One Sweet Day is heartwrentching. Honey is a great dance tune and Dreamlover is awesome. Believe it or not, despite her fame, I only recently discovered Mariah Carey. Her Rainbow album was coming out and Bought it because of Heartbreaker. Around that time, The radio stations started playing old Mariah Carey songs. I half-listened to them and went to buy #1's, which I figured were her only good songs. I bought it, fell in love with it and now I have all of Mariah Carey's albums. She really is a talented artist and this CD more than proves it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not too great, but not too bad..., May 16, 2000

By	Rachel (San Francisco) - See all my reviews

This review is from: # 1's (Audio CD)

There used to be a time when I bought Mariah Carey albums on the release date. When this album came out, I did it again. This album doesn't leave me much impression - many songs are lackluster and I simply don't care for, and the ones I do care for, they are familiar already. At least this album is great for early '90s nostalgia (nobody can top Mariah in this department), but it also showcases her career in decline. Especially "When You Believe" - it sounds like a desperate attempt by two outgoing divas to counter the current reigning diva, Celine Dion, without much success.

And thanks to so many sugary songs with little substance, I don't find this album to be so appealing for repeat plays in a short amount of time (i.e. long road trip in a car with a single CD player, where you don't want to stop just to change CD's). I can play Sarah McLachlan's Mirrorball and most Elton John collections over and over without getting sick of them, but with this album, I don't find that quality.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars bland, August 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: # 1's (Audio CD)

I can't deny Mariah Carey has a wonderful voice, it's just a shame she doesn't put it to better use. Clearly designed to succeed commercially rather than have any artistic value, "#1's" is boring, and has an incredibly smug title to top it all off. Of the so-called "divas," Mariah Carey's certainly got the attitude, but she lacks the musical talent of her peers.