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New Mariah Carey Album

My favourite singer Mariah Carey has released a new album! It's called The Rarities and came out on 2nd October.

The Rarities is Mariah's 8th compilation and consists of fan favourites, rare songs and unreleased music. Along with her memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey which was released in September, it marks the 30th anniversary since her debut with her self-titled album in June 1990.

The album has two discs- the first contains 15 tracks ranging from MC's earliest songs in 1990, right up to new music released this year; and the second features live performances of her greatest hits and other well-known songs. I have previously heard Everything Fades Away (originally on the 1993 album Music Box) and Close My Eyes (from the 1997 album Butterfly) but not the acoustic version.

My favourite songs are Do You Think of Me, All I Live For, Slipping Away and Cool On You. Also I already like Everything Fades Away and Close My Eyes. It was cool to hear the Firecracker Original Version of Loverboy as well. The new songs on the album are Save The Day and the acoustic version of Close My Eyes.

Here are some of the songs. They're all audios, but I will update if there are any music or lyric videos made. :)


Save The Day

I previously featured Save The Day in September, along with a new Christina Aguilera song: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/09/new-mariah-and-christina-songs.html


Update 23/10/10: The official lyric video for Save the Day has just been uploaded. Watch it in the post above or directly on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ65DZdQ2Q4


Do You Think of Me 

This was recorded in 1993, so it's from the "Music Box era". Music Box was Mariah's 3rd album, released in 1993 and includes the hit song Dream Lover. Do You Think Of Me was released as a B-side on the Dream Lover single.

It's a slow song with a relaxed beat and I especially like the music part at 2.55.

 


All I Live For

All I Live For is also from 1993, a real "90s sounding" song!  The chorus reminds me of another song. According to comments on YouTube, Mariah recorded new vocals to finish this track from about 3 minutes on.



 Slipping Away

Chilled song with melancholy vibes about a relationship that's going wrong.  It didn't make the cut for Mariah's 1995 album Daydream and ended up being the B-side of Always Be My Baby in 1996.

 


 

Loverboy (Firecracker Version)

I knew that back in the day Mariah and Jennifer Lopez (who is also one of my fave singers) had a rivalry, but I didn't know the story behind the sample of Firecracker,  a song by the Japanese band Yellow Magic Orchestra, becoming an issue between them. It was originally used for Loverboy, but given to J.Lo instead by MC's ex-husband Tommy Mottola (now married to Mexican singer and former actress Thalia), so Mariah ended up using Cameo's Candy. Jennifer used it for I'm Real. 

I actually think I prefer the version which was included on the Glitter album (2001) but it was good to hear this one too. :) There's a remix as well.


Watch the music video for the final version of Loverboy here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDM60CimbJw

Here's Jennifer's I'm Real: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD2D6phvRRk

And you can listen to Firecracker here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkkFST5qrLg

 

Cool On You

Newer song from 2007 about moving on from a relationship. This is a simple R'n'B song that you can chill out to. Gives me nostalgic vibes! My fave part is the chorus.  

 


Listen to the full album here: https://mariahcarey.lnk.to/listenYD

And you can read more about it in this article: https://themuse.jezebel.com/mariah-careys-current-moment-legacy-dahling-1845289199

 

Hope you liked the post! :) What do you think of The Rarities? Whart are your favourite Mariah songs? 

 

Mariah fan too? Check out these posts:  

Top 10 Mariah Songs: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2013/01/top-10-mariah-carey-songs.html

More Mariah songs: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2013/08/more-mariah-songs.html

And more Mariah songs!: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2013/09/and-more-mariah-songs.html

Post about her 2018 album Caution: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/11/new-mariah-album.html

Happy 50th Anniverary (Bday) Mariah!:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/03/happy-50th-anniversary-bday-mariah-carey.html

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