Will be released on August 25th and called Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel! Can't wait!

http://mariahcarey.com/news/news.php?uid=2487

Disc 1/1

01. Betcha Gon Know (4:00)

02. Obsessed (4:02)

03. H.A.T.E.U. (4:27)

04. Candy Bling (4:03)

05. Ribbon (4:21)

06. Inseparable (3:33)

07. Standing O (4:00)

08. Its A Wrap (4:00)

09. 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 (4:00)

13. The Impossible (The Reprise) (2:25)

14. Angel (Prelude) (1:04)

15. Angels Cry (4:01)

16. Languishing (The Interlude) (2:33)

17. I Want To Know What Love Is (3:27)

Disc 2/2:

01. Obsessed (Cahill Radio Mix) (3:22)

02. Obsessed (Seamus Haji And Paul Emanuel Radio Edit) (3:14)

03. Obsessed (Jump Smokers Radio Edit) (3:21)

04. Obsessed (Friscia And Lamboy Radio Mix) (4:11)

Edited October 15, 200916 yr by Sylph

The song is ok. It's not one of her best. I will probably just download her hits on iTunes. I doubt I will pick up her album although I do have all of them.

Now Mimi's gonna do a play, too!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/3am/2009/06...15875-21449921/

Holy SH!T! Mariah's working with Walter Afanasieff? Really?

I LOVED their work together.

I don't care how wrecked her voice is. They could make new songs work!

I'm a huge Mariah fan, so after all the hype about Obsessed, i was quite underwhelmed. I was expecting another Migrate or Side Effects (it was a crime these two songs weren't singles). But then I found myself singing it when I least expected it. Then all of a sudden I have become absolutely OBSESSED with this song. I can't stop playing it!

I'm really excited to hear the rest of the album. I think that the "voice" will truly be back. Apparently she had her "nodules" surgically removed, which have deteriorated her voice for the last 10 years. But it was truly at its worst during the last era. She could barely sing Touch My Body. reportedly, LA Reid told her to get them removed in August when she did Jimmy Kimmel and I've definitely noticed that her voice has been a lot stronger from live performances in the last couple months. For christ sake, she can even belt now.

I'm a huge Mariah fan, so after all the hype about Obsessed, i was quite underwhelmed. I was expecting another Migrate or Side Effects (it was a crime these two songs weren't singles). But then I found myself singing it when I least expected it. Then all of a sudden I have become absolutely OBSESSED with this song. I can't stop playing it!

Complete word to everything. Especially about Migrate and Side Effects.

^LOL, God, this woman is too tacky for words.

Her tastes are so horrible, yet so very hilarious.

Edited June 25, 200916 yr by Y&RWorldTurner

^LOL, God, this woman is too tacky for word.

Her tastes are so horrible, yet so very hilarious.

Yup. But your favourite version of her music is not coming back.

BTW, you haven't bought the previous album? And hate her to the core?

BTW, you haven't bought the previous album? And hate her to the core?

I've heard the album quite a few times all the way through, didn't care for it, and apparently the audience didn't either. It fizzled really fast commercially, especially when compared to her previous offering.

I don't necessarily hate Mariah to her core, I hate her public persona and how obsessed she seems to be with things like #1 singles, butterflies, ponies, raindows, and all that 10 year old girly stuff. I think she had the mental capacity of a 10 year old.

Edited June 25, 200916 yr by Y&RWorldTurner

What certification did it achieve?

What certification did it achieve?

It only went one time platinum, it scanned about 1.3 million in the US, compared to the nearly 6 million Emancipation scanned a few years before.

It only went one time platinum, it scanned about 1.3 million in the US, compared to the nearly 6 million Emancipation scanned a few years before.

Hm. Repetition does that. I mean I loved E = MC^2, but I can see how it dropped so much from the previous one.

And her biggest selling album is...?

And her biggest selling album is...?

Music Box and Daydream, both are diamond certified albums that shipped 10 million in the US. In terms of sales scanned, both actually scanned a bit over 7 million, though I think in the US Daydream scanned a few thousand more than Music Box. Though, worldwide, Music Box is by far her most successful album.

Her self-titled debut album is next, receiving a certification of 9x platinum in the US, meaning it shipped 9 million.

Edited June 25, 200916 yr by Y&RWorldTurner

I'm really excited to hear the rest of the album. I think that the "voice" will truly be back. Apparently she had her "nodules" surgically removed, which have deteriorated her voice for the last 10 years. But it was truly at its worst during the last era. She could barely sing Touch My Body. reportedly, LA Reid told her to get them removed in August when she did Jimmy Kimmel and I've definitely noticed that her voice has been a lot stronger from live performances in the last couple months. For christ sake, she can even belt now.

Was this before or after Hero 2009?

Hero 2009 makes me want to cry, because she can no longer sing and she's still doing that whispery stuff.

The rap/R&B-ish crap that she's doing is really dated. It would be different if she were A.C. and singing ballads like "Always Be My Baby." But she still considers herself some spring chicken. I'd love to see her go the Kylie/Madonna route(as much as I hate her) with more dance-able, electronic stuff.

The Walter stuff makes me very excited either way. His ballads are so dramatic and beautiful. I can't wait! Her ballad from the last album, "I Wish You Well" was probably the best song from that album. But I often wonder, given what songs she and Sony chose for her Ballads compilation, what she considers a "ballad." Songs like "Vanishing," "Till The End of Time," and both of her "hidden tracks" from Music Box ("Do You Think of Me" and "Everything Fades Away") should have been on that compilation, as well as others.

Edited June 26, 200916 yr by bellcurve

Billboard Magazine

MARIAH CAREY

Obsessed (4:05)

Producers: Mariah Carey, Terius "the-Dream" Nash, Christopher A. "Tricky" Stewart

Writers: M. Carey, T. Nash, C.A. Stewart

Publishers: various

Island Def Jam

Jay-Z may have declared AutoTune dead, but Mariah Carey just revived it. On the debut single from her 12th studio album ("Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel," due Aug. 25 on Island Def Jam), the singer who needs no vocal manipulation uses the effect with startling success. The key is making it look easy. Along with the-Dream and C. "Tricky" Stewart, Carey has crafted a gem of a diss record that coasts, even over its sputtering moans and synth jabs. One questionable Windex analogy aside, her lyrical boasts are biting and funny, and they syrupy lightness of her vocals is tailor-made for the ribbing she gives her mystery pursuant. Though some lament Carey trading in her sky-high notes and ballads for a more constrained, R&B-friendly range, the singer has clearly found a new comfort zone that could very well produce her 19th No. 1 hit. - MH