Mariah Carey - Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel Album Review
Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel is the twelfth studio album by American R&B and pop recording artist Mariah Carey. The album will be released on September 25, 2009 to Australia and some of Europe through Universal Music, with Mercury Records releasing in the UK and Island Records in the US on September 28 and 29 respectively.
In the thirteen songs on her spellbinding new album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, Mariah Carey explores those aspects of our shared humanity with a rare depth, honesty and open-heartedness. It’s one of the strongest statements in her long, distinguished career.
The subject of Memoirs is love at all its stages in our lives. Experiencing it for the first time. Losing it. Remembering its most painful moments, and also its times of greatest innocence and joy. Yearning for it. Learning from it. Growing as a result of its profound power. Finding it again and being grateful for so great a gift. And, finally, being humbled, filled with wonder and elevated by love’s mysterious ways. In that sense and more, Memoirs is a full, immensely satisfying journey.
Mariah has a great talent and a very powerful voice, if you buy this you wont be disappointed.
Mariah Carey - Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel Track Listing
1. “Betcha Gon’ Know (The Prologue)” - 4:00
2. “Obsessed” - 4:05
3. “H.A.T.E.U.” - 4:28
4. “Candy Bling” - 4:03
5. “Ribbon” - 4:21
6. “Inseparable” - 3:34
7. “Standing O” - 4:00
8. “It’s a Wrap” - 3:59
9. “Up Out My Face” - 3:41
10. “Up Out My Face (The Reprise)” — 0:51
11. “More Than Just Friends” - 3:37
12. “The Impossible” - 4:01
13. “The Impossible (The Reprise)” - 2:26
14. “Angel (The Prelude)” - 1:04
15. “Angels Cry” - 4:02
16. “Languishing (The Interlude)” - 2:34
17. “I Want to Know What Love Is” - 3:27
Nearly all of the album was written and produced by Carey, Tricky Stewart and The-Dream.
“Obsessed” was the album’s lead single and premiered on June 16, 2009. It was released for digital download on July 6, 2009. The song debuted at number 11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, making it Carey’s highest debut on this chart since May 1998. It has since peaked at number 7 giving Carey her 27th top 10 hit in the US, the second among women and the fifth among all.
The album’s second single will be a cover of Foreigner’s “I Want to Know What Love Is“. The song premiered to European radio on August 28, 2009.
During an interview with music retailer Amazon.com Carey revealed her inspiration and motivation for the album. “Each song is like an intimate conversation or entry in a private diary,” Carey says about the album. “A lot of the songs reflect specific, different times in my life. Others were inspired by movies, actual events that happened to me, or the stories of friends who told me about experiences that they’ve gone through.” With just one exception, Carey wrote and produced the entire album in collaboration with The-Dream and Tricky Stewart. The trio clearly shared an inspired sense of what Memoirs should be. Sinuous grooves and instantly memorable melodies flow from track to track, while the wit and intimacy of the lyrics create the feel of one friend talking to another. As well-defined as each song is, Memoirs plays with the beauty and consistency of a classic, start-to-finish album.
About the album title: “I had written a song called ‘Imperfect,’” Carey says, “but it didn’t make it onto the album. The lyrics of that song address the fact that the world puts so much pressure on us — especially on women — to be perfect and look a certain way, and that is impossible because nobody is perfect. Only God is perfect. I know I’ve tried to be a good person, but I am definitely no angel!”
“But after I put this album together and decided to name it Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel,” she concludes, “I remembered that the Minnie Riperton album that contained ‘Lovin’ You’ was called Perfect Angel. So I felt in so many ways that it was meant to be.”
Album Information
Released September 25, 2009
Recorded January - August 25, 2009
Genre Pop, R&B
Length 58:13
Label Island
Producer Mariah Carey (executive), L.A. Reid (co-executive)
Heatmyzer, James “Big Jim” Wright, Los Da Mystro, Randy Jackson, The-Dream, Tricky Stewart
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September 28th, 2009 at 1:09 am
Well the review is great and I agree that it didnt disappoint me at all! Memoirs is indeed a finer and you can see Mimi has placed effort to Perfect-ize the album. My fave’s Obsessed, I want To Know..,Angel’s Cry, HATE U, Candy Bling, Inseperable. I wud give it 5STARS *****
October 1st, 2009 at 5:35 am
excellent review, cant wait to hear her album.
October 15th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Album sucked, her voice is completely gone. Mariah’s voice sound so rashpy.
October 30th, 2009 at 2:07 am
I think it is great!! Smooth r&B record
November 16th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
The album is great - the best in this decade. The songs are about the different faces of love and also the quest for it. She’s a wonderful songwriter. Her voice is also great; she only focuses on whispers notes, which doesn’t mean she can’t sing. On the other hand, it shows her great vocal techniques. Her voice is still the same, but she looks younger and more beautiful with the passing of time.