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Like many big-budget albums of the last years of the 2000s, Mariah Carey's Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel faced shifting release dates, all as the final product was tweaked in light of disappointing reactions to early singles, particularly the Eminem-baiting "Obsessed." Unlike many of those big-budget albums, including several made by Mariah herself, Memoirs isn't the product of a stable of producers and collaborators; it is almost entirely the work of The-Dream and Tricky Stewart, the team best known for their tracks for Rihanna. Certainly, there are echoes of "Umbrella" to be heard on Memoirs, just as there are elements of the gauzy "Touch My Body," The-Dream and Tricky Stewart's previous single for Mariah, although working with mainly one set of producers does give Memoirs a cohesion that can sometimes lapse into sameness, but not in an unpleasant fashion. Even if it doesn't smack of the confessional autobiography of the title, there's no denying that Memoirs is an album, not a collection of tracks, possessing its own flow and mood, which gives it a personality the slightly desperate E=MC2 lacked, even if it never manages to kick out a song that is all that distinctive on its own terms. Nevertheless, what it also lacks is the pandering, heavy-handed sexuality Mariah has relied upon too heavily this decade -- and in doing so, it feels age appropriate in a way she hasn't in a long time, despite a collection of silly, jumbled lyrics. All Memoirs needs to push it over the edge is a great pair of singles, and their absence does hurt the album a bit, but not enough to prevent it from being her most interesting album in a decade.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Christopher Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Terius Nash, ComposerLyricist - James Wright, ComposerLyricist - James "Big Jim" Wright, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Giancarlo Lino, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Pensado, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Wuepper, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luis Navarro, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - C. "tricky" Stewart, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Garten, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mariah Carey, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Producer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Mariah Carey
Christopher Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Terius Nash, ComposerLyricist - Giancarlo Lino, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Pensado, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Luis Navarro, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Garten, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mariah Carey, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Producer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - C. "Tricky" Stewart for RedZone Entertainment, Producer
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Mariah Carey
Christopher Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Terius Nash, ComposerLyricist - Giancarlo Lino, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Pensado, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Luis Navarro, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - C. "tricky" Stewart, Producer - Brian Garten, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mariah Carey, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Chris 'Tek' O'Ryan, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Producer - Keith Gretlein, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Mariah Carey
Terius Nash, ComposerLyricist - Giancarlo Lino, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Pensado, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Carlos Mckinney, ComposerLyricist - Brian Garten, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mariah Carey, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Chris 'Tek' O'Ryan, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Klemmer, ComposerLyricist - Stefan Kendal Gordy, ComposerLyricist - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Producer - Los Da Mystro, Producer - AHMAD A. LEWIS, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Mariah Carey
Christopher Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Terius Nash, ComposerLyricist - Giancarlo Lino, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Pensado, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Luis Navarro, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - C. "tricky" Stewart, Producer - Brian Garten, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mariah Carey, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Chris 'Tek' O'Ryan, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Producer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Mariah Carey
Cyndi Lauper, ComposerLyricist - Christopher Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Terius Nash, ComposerLyricist - Robert Hyman, ComposerLyricist - Giancarlo Lino, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Pensado, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Luis Navarro, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - C. "tricky" Stewart, Producer - Brian Garten, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mariah Carey, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Producer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Mariah Carey
Christopher Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Terius Nash, ComposerLyricist - Giancarlo Lino, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Pensado, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - C. "tricky" Stewart, Producer - Brian Garten, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mariah Carey, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Producer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kevin Porter, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Mariah Carey
James "Big Jim" Wright, Producer - Barry White, ComposerLyricist - Giancarlo Lino, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Pensado, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Monte Neuble, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Luis Navarro, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - C. "tricky" Stewart, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Garten, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alex Al, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mariah Carey, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - LEON BISQUERA, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ronnie Gutierrez, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - "Big Jim" Wright, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Heatmyzer, Producer
℗ 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Christopher Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Terius Nash, ComposerLyricist - Giancarlo Lino, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Pensado, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Luis Navarro, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - C. "tricky" Stewart, Producer - Brian Garten, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mariah Carey, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Chris 'Tek' O'Ryan, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Producer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Mariah Carey
Christopher Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Terius Nash, ComposerLyricist - Giancarlo Lino, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Pensado, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - James King, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Chahwala, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Malone, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justin Roberts, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - C. "tricky" Stewart, Producer - Mariah Carey, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Arturo Solar, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Producer - Nicholas B. Thomas, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John J. Robert, Trombone, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Mariah Carey
Christopher Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Terius Nash, ComposerLyricist - Rashad Smith, ComposerLyricist - Etterlene Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Mark DeBarge, ComposerLyricist - Chris Wallace, ComposerLyricist - Giancarlo Lino, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Combs, ComposerLyricist - Dave Pensado, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Luis Navarro, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - C. "tricky" Stewart, Producer - Brian Garten, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mariah Carey, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Chris 'Tek' O'Ryan, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Producer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Mariah Carey
Christopher Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Terius Nash, ComposerLyricist - Donald DeGrate, ComposerLyricist - Albert Brown, ComposerLyricist - Julio Miranda, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Giancarlo Lino, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Pensado, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Monte Neuble, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer - Luis Navarro, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - C. "tricky" Stewart, Producer - Brian Garten, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mariah Carey, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Chris 'Tek' O'Ryan, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Producer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Mariah Carey
Donald DeGrate, ComposerLyricist - Albert Brown, ComposerLyricist - Julio Miranda, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Giancarlo Lino, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Pensado, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Monte Neuble, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer - Luis Navarro, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - C. "tricky" Stewart, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Garten, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mariah Carey, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Chris 'Tek' O'Ryan, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Mariah Carey
Christopher Stewart, ComposerLyricist - James Wright, ComposerLyricist - James "Big Jim" Wright, Producer - PHIL TAN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Carlos Oyanedel, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Damien Lewis, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - C. "tricky" Stewart, Producer - Brian Garten, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mariah Carey, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Mariah Carey
Christopher Stewart, ComposerLyricist - James Wright, ComposerLyricist - James "Big Jim" Wright, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Crystal Johnson, ComposerLyricist - PHIL TAN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Carlos Oyanedel, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luis Navarro, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Damien Lewis, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - C. "tricky" Stewart, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Garten, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mariah Carey, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Mariah Carey
James Wright, ComposerLyricist - James "Big Jim" Wright, Producer - PHIL TAN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Carlos Oyanedel, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Damien Lewis, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Garten, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mariah Carey, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Chris 'Tek' O'Ryan, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Mariah Carey
Randy Jackson, Producer, Additional Producer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - James "Big Jim" Wright, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mick Jones, ComposerLyricist - PHIL TAN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Carlos Oyanedel, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Luis Navarro, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Damien Lewis, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel - C. "tricky" Stewart, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Garten, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mariah Carey, Producer, MainArtist - Kevin Guarnieri, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris 'Tek' O'Ryan, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mary Ann Tatum, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - "Big Jim" Wright, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Rollings, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Sherry McGhee, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Sherry Tatum, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerohn Garnett, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - John Lemkuhl, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Mariah Carey
DISC 2
Christopher Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Terius Nash, ComposerLyricist - Giancarlo Lino, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Pensado, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Luis Navarro, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Garten, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mariah Carey, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Cahill, Producer, Additional Keyboards, Additional Producer, Remixer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Producer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - C. "Tricky" Stewart for RedZone Entertainment, Producer
℗ 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc. & Mariah Carey
Christopher Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Terius Nash, ComposerLyricist - Giancarlo Lino, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Pensado, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Luis Navarro, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Garten, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mariah Carey, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Seamus Haji, Drums, Keyboards, Remixer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Producer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Emanuel, Drums, Keyboards, Remixer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - C. "Tricky" Stewart for RedZone Entertainment, Producer
℗ 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc. & Mariah Carey
Christopher Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Terius Nash, ComposerLyricist - Giancarlo Lino, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Pensado, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Luis Navarro, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jump Smokers, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Garten, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mariah Carey, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Producer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - C. "Tricky" Stewart for RedZone Entertainment, Producer
℗ 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc. & Mariah Carey
Christopher Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Terius Nash, ComposerLyricist - Giancarlo Lino, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Pensado, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Luis Navarro, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Garten, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mariah Carey, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Producer - Brian "B-Luv" Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Friscia And Lamboy, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - C. "Tricky" Stewart for RedZone Entertainment, Producer
℗ 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc. & Mariah Carey
Album review
Like many big-budget albums of the last years of the 2000s, Mariah Carey's Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel faced shifting release dates, all as the final product was tweaked in light of disappointing reactions to early singles, particularly the Eminem-baiting "Obsessed." Unlike many of those big-budget albums, including several made by Mariah herself, Memoirs isn't the product of a stable of producers and collaborators; it is almost entirely the work of The-Dream and Tricky Stewart, the team best known for their tracks for Rihanna. Certainly, there are echoes of "Umbrella" to be heard on Memoirs, just as there are elements of the gauzy "Touch My Body," The-Dream and Tricky Stewart's previous single for Mariah, although working with mainly one set of producers does give Memoirs a cohesion that can sometimes lapse into sameness, but not in an unpleasant fashion. Even if it doesn't smack of the confessional autobiography of the title, there's no denying that Memoirs is an album, not a collection of tracks, possessing its own flow and mood, which gives it a personality the slightly desperate E=MC2 lacked, even if it never manages to kick out a song that is all that distinctive on its own terms. Nevertheless, what it also lacks is the pandering, heavy-handed sexuality Mariah has relied upon too heavily this decade -- and in doing so, it feels age appropriate in a way she hasn't in a long time, despite a collection of silly, jumbled lyrics. All Memoirs needs to push it over the edge is a great pair of singles, and their absence does hurt the album a bit, but not enough to prevent it from being her most interesting album in a decade.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:01
- Main artists: Mariah Carey
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Def Jam Recordings
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2009 Mariah Carey ℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group and Mariah Carey
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