Am I the only one who thinks Mariah Carey's "The Emancipation of Mimi" is The Best Pop Album Of All Time?

You're probably not the only one, but I'm pretty sure yours is the overwhelmingly minority view (e.g., held by, maybe, 100 other people).

well 100 isn't bad.

but ur right, i can't be the only one. which is an odd thought cuz it kinda feels like i am...

i'm in a similar situation with FutureSex/LoveSounds, but probably wouldn't go so far as to say 'of all-time.' Of the millenium, though!

you know that's the other one on my desk...

It might be top 100. And when you're that high up, rankings don't mean so much.

I think Kylie Minogue's Fever is still the best pop album of the decade.

there's this phoenician band called 'the sexi mothers' who put out a better album in 704 BC.

dude, that's a jazz album, not pop.

thanks for the vote of understanding matt. i can always depend on you.

You have to be kidding.

that's the thing. i'm not.

Please explain.

ramzi i'm pretty sure you are the only one who thinks this

maybe nick cannon

my birthday party next week is going to be a mariah-themed slumber party. we're gonna do biore strips, flip through Seventeen and eat junk food. WISEGIRLS (feat. Mariah) will be playing at 9:30pm, and later GLITTER for the sleepover crew.

Oh. So this is a joke. Yawn.

no, haha

haha, I was just going to say one should always celebrate one's birthday free from irony

or by doing what one does every other day of the year

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Wait, i'm confused... Are we voting yes or no we agree that you ARE the only person who holds this opinion? Or are we voting yes or no we agree or disagree with your opinion?

Not a bad question.

Ramzi, your new mission is to seek out each of these 100 or so people and eliminate them so you can maintain your unique position in the world.

=) you're voting on whether or not you think i'm the only one. but if you do agree or know someone who does i'd love to know about it

my birthday party next week is going to be a mariah-themed slumber party. we're gonna do biore strips, flip through Seventeen and eat junk food. WISEGIRLS (feat. Mariah) will be playing at 9:30pm, and later GLITTER for the sleepover crew.

Clearly a look how gaaaaaayy I am thread.

No offense intended.

haha, you think i'm trying to show off my gaydom? look, just b/c that's what i'm doing for my birthday doesn't mean i'm all boisterous about it!

it'll just be great cuz my boyfriend can't complain about putting mariah on cuz 1. it's my birthday and 2. it's the theme!

it'll just be great cuz my boyfriend can't complain about putting mariah

ok, true purpose of thread 100% outed.

you are special surmounter

About time for some challops here.

chalots? scapllops?

scallops sound good (spl)

i think i'm gonna listn to What It Do now

Little el Tomboto lingo for you, Brains.

what it look like?

me and you makin' it last all night

what it do?

my heart is beating faster all the time

what it look like?

no you don't even know everything that goes through my mind

what it do?

ooh boy what you gonna do about it?

bet ya think i'm teasin, but i ain't got no reason

to deny

the way i feel inside, tonight

i just wanna touch you, put my hands on you and love you

you'll be like

i want you over and over and over and over and

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get your votes in =P

I admit I haven't listened to "The Emancipation..." but you've made me really curious. If this isn't a joke, could you explain WHY do you think it is the best album ever? BTW my favorite pop album of the decade is Rachel Stevens' "Come and Get It".

okay.

the songwriting is just awesome. hooks ALL OVER the place. the production is clean and tasteful. and mariah's voice is the main draw. slinky, sexy and dead-on pitch, she jumps all over the beats like no one else could. at the same time that she manages to sound crystal clear, she lays on the vocal layers as well. it's hard to believe how many good songs there are on this album, they just keep coming.

To answer the initial question in this thread: possibly yes, but not because it isn't a phenomenal record. My own personal choice would be (to the surprise of absolutely no one who knows me) would be Kylie's X, loaded as it is with plenty of infectious hooks and the sort of production that Alison Goldfrapp might envy. I am also a big fan of the Rachel Stevens album daavid mentioned, and I have a soft spot for the most recent Britney album after hearing it in its entirely at a club recently. I thought about nominating a Saint Etienne album, but their work over the past few years hasn't been "pop", at least in my mind. Not in the sense that we're talking about here. Doubtlessly the Mariah record is a reasonably pick, though I couldn't completely agree considering I prefer several other albums of hers above this particular one. Might I also humbly submit the Robyn album, which has just managed to reach the American shores?

which other Mariah records?

i'm in a similar situation with FutureSex/LoveSounds, but probably wouldn't go so far as to say 'of all-time.' Of the millenium, though!

-- Tape Store, Friday, May 9, 2008 11:58 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Link

feelin this

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haha

guys this was close

I still don't understand if voting "Yes" meant "yes, it is the best pop album of all time" or "yes, you are the only one who thinks it is the best pop album of all time".

well i wanted it to be the former but then i worded it stupidly :/

i'm pretty sure we were all voting on the latter, or at least i did

only two emoticons from surmounter in this thread-- v disappointing

re: tape store and p12

fs/ls is a really fantastic album, and def in the running for best pop album of the millennium, tho i think best of all time is probably pushing it

also i think it's interesting that no one's brought up any rap albums in the discussion of "best pop album". kanye strives just as hard to make pop music as do justin/timbo, hell one could even make an argument for tip's king. mostly i just think it's odd that ppl either forget rap albums (or rock for that matter-- fall out boy?) wrt "best pop" or have such a narrow idea of what a pop album is, esp. in this day and age

you know, i even felt a little weird calling this a pop album cuz it's kind of an rnb album. i don't know, it does depend on how narrowly you look at it. but it seems like the going definition is something of the britney spears variety.

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As much as i love this album, i cannot agree with the sentiment that it's the best pop album of all time. The nelly collabo disqualifies it for me. And wtf is up with i wish you knew?

Guys, it's Mariah Fucking Carey.

umm. i just realized that in bonus track "so lonely" mariah blatantly references the lisa lisa track "i wonder if i take u home"

love it

also "i wish you knew" fucking ROCKS hard (like one of my fav trax on the album), but i can get behind the nelly collabo sucking