Both the album and the memoir offer a few surprises, and a glimpse into one of the preeminent pop divas of all time.
Like most of Mariah Carey’s product, I sampled her latest album, the double disc The Rarities, trepidatiously. The project includes 15 tracks that were recorded for a variety of albums that the superstar has released over the last 30 years. For reasons we may never know, Carey had left the songs on the cutting room floor.
Producer David Foster once told me that when songs are left off of an album, there’s always a reason, and that most often there’s not much new or revelatory to be found in the figurative trash bin. Overall, that’s true of The Rarities. However, since Carey’s recorded catalog is so exceptional, the legend has released outtakes that are better executed than the tunes found on most new albums these days.
Read freelance writer MPC’s full reviews, and get his take on Mariah’s new album and memoir. Carey tells quite a tale… and talks a lot about her hair – yes, her hair – and another famous mane.
Michael P Coleman is a freelance writer who, as a kid, talked to strangers and got punished. Today, he talks to strangers and gets published. Follow his blog, his IG and his Twitter.
