The Rarities by Mariah Carey

The Rarities

Mariah Carey

2020

The Rarities is a Soul & Funk album by Mariah Carey, originally released in 2020. On Gatefold: 15 pressings tracked.

Sound DNA

  • Soul & Funk
  • Contemporary R&B
  • polished
  • tender
  • urban

About

Undeniable pop music royalty, Mariah Carey has enjoyed a multi-decade career that has produced <i>28</i> top 10 singles and six No. 1 albums. Of course, not everything makes it off the cutting room floor, and <i>The Rarities</i> offers a peek of the music that got lost to time or the archives, from her earliest cuts up through 2020. The front half aptly opens with “Here We Go Around Again,” a nostalgia-inducing dance-pop track from 1990 initially intended for her first demo tape, and wraps up with a brand-new acoustic rendition of “Close My Eyes,” from her sixth album <i>Butterfly</i>. As the compilation unfolds through soaring emotional ballads and ebullient upbeat jams, the singer’s brilliance is revealed again and again—the singular qualities of her unparalleled voice, the agility which allows her to snake between style and genre with ease, the minute details that make Mariah Carey’s presence within the space of a track immediately identifiable. And after you get your fill of unreleased songs, B-sides, and reworks, the second half offers live recordings of her bona fide classics, taken from a 1996 concert at Japan’s Tokyo Dome during her <i>Daydream</i> tour. If hearing her in the studio is breathtaking in its own right, listening to her raw and in her element onstage is altogether transcendent.

via Apple Music

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Tracklist

  1. The Rarities
  2. 1-1Here We Go Around Again3:55
  3. 1-2Can You Hear Me4:06
  4. 1-3Do You Think Of Me4:48
  5. 1-4Everything Fades Away5:25
  6. 1-5All I Live For3:22
  7. 1-6One Night4:41
  8. 1-7Slipping Away4:31
  9. 1-8Out Here On My Own3:16
  10. 1-9Loverboy - (Firecracker - Original Version)3:14
  11. 1-10I Pray2:53
  12. 1-11Cool On You3:11
  13. 1-12Mesmerized3:22
  14. 1-13Lullaby Of Birdland (Live)3:18
  15. 1-14Save The Day3:50
  16. 1-15Close My Eyes (Acoustic)3:18
  17. Live At The Tokyo Dome
  18. 2-1Daydream Interlude (Fantasy Sweet Dub Mix) (Live At The Tokyo Dome)1:31
  19. 2-2Emotions (Live At The Tokyo Dome)4:06
  20. 2-3Open Arms (Live At The Tokyo Dome)3:46
  21. 2-4Forever (Live At The Tokyo Dome)4:46
  22. 2-5I Don't Wanna Cry (Live At The Tokyo Dome)5:54
  23. 2-6Fantasy (Live At The Tokyo Dome)5:25
  24. 2-7Always Be My Baby (Live At The Tokyo Dome)4:38
  25. 2-8One Sweet Day (Live At The Tokyo Dome)5:20
  26. 2-9Underneath The Stars (Live At The Tokyo Dome)4:07
  27. 2-10Without You (Live At The Tokyo Dome)4:19
  28. 2-11Make It Happen (Live At The Tokyo Dome)5:03
  29. 2-12Just Be Good To Me (Live At The Tokyo Dome)6:37
  30. 2-13Dreamlover (Live At The Tokyo Dome)3:58
  31. 2-14Vision Of Love (Live At The Tokyo Dome)3:46
  32. 2-15Hero (Live At The Tokyo Dome)4:59
  33. 2-16Anytime You Need A Friend (Live At The Tokyo Dome)5:58
  34. 2-17All I Want For Christmas Is You (Live At The Tokyo Dome)5:04

Credits

Performers

Rare pressing on Gatefold · 15 pressings tracked on Gatefold