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== Legacy == |
== Legacy == |
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Billboard - she showed signs on record of her uncomfortable marriage to label boss Tommy Mottola why kick off her album with the plea “Dreamlover, come rescue me”? ltimately a product of 1993, “Music Box” does have a few ballads that sound dated and soggy, and Carey’s first teaming with Babyface (“Never Forget You”) is a bit, well, forgettable. Still, it’s one of the strongest albums in her catalog and has arguably the best hits-to-filler ratio of any other pop album released at the time this side of “The Sign.” |
Billboard - she showed signs on record of her uncomfortable marriage to label boss Tommy Mottola why kick off her album with the plea “Dreamlover, come rescue me”? ltimately a product of 1993, “Music Box” does have a few ballads that sound dated and soggy, and Carey’s first teaming with Babyface (“Never Forget You”) is a bit, well, forgettable. Still, it’s one of the strongest albums in her catalog and has arguably the best hits-to-filler ratio of any other pop album released at the time this side of “The Sign.” |
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Nickson p 112 - Music Box as a whole had a great deal of power. It was a very personal statement, something the reviewers missed, and that may well have been the biggest piece of growth it demonstrated. Yes, musically it was more sophisticated, and often more subtle, than Mariah’s earlier work. But the words pushed it across the line into art. What the critics dismissed as “hackneyed high-school poetry” really explored matters of faith—faith in love as a reason to carry on and as an inspiration. |
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== References == |
== References == |
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