Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey is the latest version of Pop Star Mariah Carey, and is another great musician's talent.

Mariah Carey launches with a great track, Vision Of Love, which I suspect will be heard on the radio everywhere, and rightly so. It's really a very nice track.

Mariah Carey is a pleasantly varied, mix of 11 tracks that are very well written songs by this clearly superb artist. Most of the songs display a lot of emotion that does everything for a really great listen. Seemingly drawing from what I can only imagine are her own personal experiences. At different points touching the most real emotions like love and pain of relationships certainly can not be heard.

If you are even slightly pop you will enjoy this CD. Overall Mariah Carey is a great version. I give my thumbs double. You will not be disappointed with a single track.

While the entire CD is really very good some of my favorites are track 2 - It has to be Way, channel 9 - a gift from heaven, and Runway 11 - Love Takes Time

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [... as in "Stuck On Repeat"] is track 1 - Vision Of Love. What a beautiful track!

Mariah Carey Release Notes:

Mariah Carey Mariah Carey released May 15, 1990 on the Columbia label.

List of Songs follows:

1. Vision Of Love 2. There must be a way 3. I Do not Want to Cry 4. One day 5. Vanishing 6. All In Your Mind 7. Alone In Love 8. You need me 9. A gift from heaven 10. Prisoner 11. Love Takes Time

Personnel: Mariah Carey (vocals), Jimmy Rip, Vernon "Ice" Black, Chris Camozzi, Bob Cadway, Chris Toland, David Williams, Michael Landau, Nile Rodgers (guitar), Richard Tee (piano), Walter "Babylove" Afanasieff ( keyboards, synthesizer, drums, percussion, programming), Louis Biancaniello (keyboards, bass, percussion, programming), Ben Margulies (keyboards, drums, programming), Rhett Lawrence, Rich Tancredi (keyboards), Marcus Miller (bass), Joe Franco (drums, percussion, percussion programming); Narada Michael Walden, Omar Hakim (drums); Ren Klyce, Ric Wake (percussion, programming); Fonzie Thornton, Billy T. Scott Jamiliah Muhammed, Haven Clayborne, Billy T. Scott Ensemble (vocals).

Producers include: Ric Wake, Narada Michael Walden, Mariah Carey, Ben Margulies, Walter Afanasieff.

Engineers include: Bob Cadway, Rhett Lawrence, Dana Jon Chappelle.

Recorded at Sound City Studios Cove, and Shakedown Studios, New York, New York.