Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel
Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel | ||||
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Released | September 29, 2009 | |||
Recorded | January 31 – August 25, 2009[1] | |||
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Length | 58:01 | |||
Label | Island | |||
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Mariah Carey chronology | ||||
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Singles from Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel | ||||
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Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel is the twelfth
Five singles were released to promote the album. The
Upon its release, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel received positive reviews from music critics. They felt that "their team-up with Carey is canny; Stewart and Nash loosen up the diva's sometimes overblown on-record persona", and also "one of her most sonically consistent". Commercially, the album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 with 168,000 copies sold in its first week, and peaked within the top-ten in other five countries. To promote the album, Carey made a pre-show in Madison Square Garden in 2009, embarked on the Angels Advocate Tour (2010), and performed on several television programs, including America's Got Talent, The Oprah Winfrey Show and Today.
Background and production
In early 2009, singer and songwriter The-Dream stated that he and Carey had already begun working on her next studio album: "I think it's about just writing an album that includes the focus of all the hits that she's had. She can't take a loss; she has to do everything to the T. So it's basically like we're trying to make a greatest hits album without using the greatest hits".[2] In February 2009, The-Dream told to MySpace Music that he and Carey had finished seven songs for the album.
In May, Carey revealed that she was calling the album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel because it was going to be "very personal and dedicated to the fans".
Concept and packaging
During an interview with music retailer
It was also revealed that a limited edition collectors' version of the album would be released on October 20, 2009. It features the album and its bonus disc on both standard CDs and limited edition white
Composition and music
For Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, Mariah Carey has collaborated primarily with the team of
The album starts with "Betcha Gon' Know (The Prologue)", involving Mariah finding her man cheating on her with an unclothed woman[17] and threatening to expose him on national television ("Oprah Winfrey whole segment, for real", she sings).[19] The second track and album's lead-single "Obsessed" details anger and anxiety at being stalked,[15] with a guy who is deceptively claiming he's had sex with her.[17] Several critics believed that the "guy" in question was Eminem, who allegedly spread rumors about their involvement.[18][21][22][23][24] "H.A.T.E.U." stands for "Having a Typical Emotional Upset", and it's a painfully slow track about the emotional torment of lovers being torn apart,[15] while in "Candy Bling" she wishes she could relive happier times before cherished relationships ended.[17] On "Ribbon," she sings, "You give my body chills/ … And boy I got your lovin' on my mind,"[17] while on "Inseparable", Mariah sings about true love alongside a thumbing bass.[16] "It's a Wrap" has Mariah making sure a cheatin' ex knows it's over for good,[17] while "Up Out My Face" shares lyrical similarities, with Mariah issuing a sassy kiss-off: "I thought we had something special/ That we had something good/ But I should've had another mechanic under my hood," she sings.[25] The song's "reprise" follows, with a marching-band coda.[19]
The track "More Than Just Friends" talks about reveling in the glory of love, with Mariah singing, "We can make love in Italy in the grotto,"
Marketing and promotion
Carey first made a promotional appearance on August 2, 2009, on
Then in September, Carey began performing at her
Carey performed "I Want To Know What Love Is" on the
The Angels Advocate Tour in support of the album kicked off with a pre-tour show on December 31, 2009, at Madison Square Garden with Trey Songz before officially beginning on January 2, 2010, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The tour is in support of Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel and will see Carey performing songs from past and present. The tour was speculated in November but not confirmed until December by Carey's official website.
Singles
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"I Want to Know What Love Is", Carey's cover of Foreigner's hit, was announced as the album's second single.[36] The song premiered to European radio on August 28, 2009[37] and US radio on September 14, 2009. It was released to US iTunes on September 22, 2009. The song failed to climb further than number 60 on the Billboard Hot 100 despite being successful on Adult Contemporary radio, reaching No. 10 on the AC chart. The song was more successful in Europe. It entered at number 6 in France and became the highest charting version of the song there, and reached number 16 on the European Hot 100. It also reached a peak of 3 in Japan and number 1 in Brazil for 27 consecutive weeks.[38]
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Angels Advocate
In October 2009,
The purpose of the album was to ensure that Memoirs appealed to a wider audience by putting guest artists on 90% of the songs.[47] Carey was also planning to collaborate with Westlife, which would have been exclusive to the UK version of the album and a future single release.[51] Throughout the development of the project, Carey regularly updated fans through her Twitter account. She stated that there were several previously unreleased tracks from Memoirs that would appear on the project, including one Dupri song and several Timbaland songs.[52] Swizz Beatz was also linked to several productions for the project,[53] whilst Yahoo! music linked Snoop Dogg and Fabolous to remixes.[54] Finally, a press release also confirmed contributions from Mary J. Blige ("It's a Wrap"), The-Dream and Ludacris ("Ribbon"),[55] Akon, K-Ci & JoJo.[56]
Island Records announced on a press release that Angels Advocate would be released on March 30, 2010.[56] However, Carey's manager Chris Lighty eventually confirmed the album's cancellation due to the underwhelming performance of the Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel album.[57][58] It had been slated as an exclusive iTunes Store and Target release in the US before cancellation. The MC vs JS album, which was scheduled for release around the same time,[59] was also subsequently cancelled. Two of the planned tracks for Angels Advocate were included on the deluxe edition of Carey's fourteenth studio album Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse (2014) – a duet with R. Kelly on "Betcha Gon' Know" and the previously announced duet with Mary J. Blige on "It's A Wrap".
Critical reception
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 4.9/10[60] |
Metacritic | 70/100[61] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [24] |
The A.V. Club | B−[21] |
Entertainment Weekly | B[62] |
The Guardian | [23] |
Los Angeles Times | [22] |
Newsday | C[63] |
NME | 5/10[64] |
Rolling Stone | [19] |
Slant Magazine | [18] |
The Sunday Times | [65] |
Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel received generally positive reviews from music critics. At
A mixed review came from Slant Magazine, in which music critic Sal Cinquemani called the album "one of her most sonically consistent". However, finding the album "soulless", he noted that the aural similarity of the tracks led to the production sounding "cheap and same-y, lacking the fullness of her best work". He continues, "Mariah is in fine voice throughout the album, and there are plenty of inspired moments to be found... Which makes it all the more disappointing that the album's final stretch devolves into a mess of old-school Mariah rehashes that should have been left in the past."[18] Entertainment Weekly music critic Leah Greenblatt gave Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel a B, noting that the album neither impresses nor disappoints, but is merely satisfactory: "imperfections are nowhere to be found on Memoirs, but neither are many true revelations."[62] Robert Christgau once again gave the album a "dud" score ().[66]
Jon Caramanica from The New York Times gave the album a mixed review, writing that the album "manages simplicity and clutter all at once". Caramanica also criticized Carey's vocal performances, decrying her overuse of her softer vocal registers at the expense of her more powerful lower and mid registers: "When exactly did Mariah Carey stop singing? Even when she began flirting aggressively with hip-hop in the mid-1990s she was happy to impose her titanic vocals atop even the scrappiest production... Of late though, Ms. Carey has been whispering, as if newly scared of grand gestures."[67] A positive review came from Billboard music critic Mariel Concepcion, who wrote that "Mariah Carey is not only revisiting her past appearance-wise, but she's also taking her sound back to her R&B roots...Overall, Carey's throwback vibe on "Memoirs" is refreshing and much welcomed."[16]
Year-end lists
Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
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Associated Press (Nekesa Mumbi Moody) |
The Top 10 Albums of 2009 | 4
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Pitchfork (Christopher Owens) |
The 10 Best Albums of 2009 | 10
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Shepherd Express
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The Best R&B Albums of 2009 | — |
Accolades
Year | Region | Award | Category | Result |
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2010 | United States | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Album[71] | Nominated |
Commercial performance
The album debuted in the US at number three on the
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | " Mick Jones |
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No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Obsessed" ( Friscia and Lamboy Radio Mix) | 4:11 |
No. | Title | Length |
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5. | "Obsessed" (video) | 4:04 |
6. | "Obsessed" (video) (featuring Gucci Mane) | 4:25 |
Sample credits
- "Candy Bling" contains a sample of "Back in the Day", written by Ahmad Lewis, Stefan Gordy and John Klemmer.
- "Inseparable" interpolates "Time After Time", written by Robert Hyman and Cyndi Lauper.
- "It's a Wrap" recreates elements of "I Belong to You" by The Love Unlimited Orchestra, written by Barry White.
- "More Than Just Friends" samples "One More Chance" / "Stay with Me (Remix)", written by Sean Combs, Chris Wallace, Rashad Smith, Mark DeBarge and Etterlene Jordan.
- "The Impossible" and "The Impossible (The Reprise)" contain interpolations of "Forever My Lady" written by Albert Brown and Donald DeGrate.
Personnel
- Kristofer Buckle – make-up
- Mariah Carey – executive producer, vocal, producer
- Carol Corless – package production
- Jaycen-Joshua Fowler – mixing
- Brian Gardner – mastering (at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles)
- Chris "Tek" O'Ryan – sound engineer
- Terius "The-Dream" Nash – producer
- Oribe – hair
- Dave Pensando – mixing
- Antonio "L.A." Reid – co-executive producer
- Garrett Schaeffer – product manager
- Christopher "Tricky Stewart" – producer, organ, keyboard
- Phil Tan – mixing
- Michael Thompson – design photography
- Andy West – art direction and design
- James "Big Jim" Wright – organ, keyboards, producer
- Kristen Yiengst – art and photography coordination
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications and sales
‹See Tfd›‹See Tfd›Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[111] | Gold | 30,000* |
Singapore (RIAS)[112] | Gold | 5,000* |
United Kingdom (BPI)[114] | Silver | 80,308[113] |
United States (RIAA)[115] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
Summaries | ||
Worldwide | — | 2,000,000[116] |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
Country | Date | Format | Label | Catalogue |
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Hong Kong[117] | September 28, 2009 | Standard edition (CD, digital) | Universal Music | 2720462 |
Philippines[118] | MCA Music | |||
United States[26] | September 29, 2009 | Island Records | 602527133652 | |
Canada[119] | Universal Music | B001322602 | ||
Taiwan[120] | 2720462 | |||
Denmark[121] | September 30, 2009 | 060252720462 | ||
Finland[122] | ||||
Sweden[123] | ||||
Netherlands[124] | October 2, 2009 | |||
Norway[125] | ||||
Germany[126] | ||||
Italy[127] | ||||
Australia[128] | ||||
Japan[129][130] | October 3, 2009 | UICL9079 | ||
France[131] | October 5, 2009 | 060252720462 | ||
Brazil[132] | October 24, 2009 | 602527205489 | ||
United States[14][133] | October 27, 2009 | Collectors edition (box set) | Island Records | 602527142166 |
Poland[134] | November 3, 2009 | Standard edition (CD, Digital) | Universal Music | 060252720462 |
United Kingdom | November 22, 2009[135] | Standard edition (Digital) | Mercury Records | 060252715927 |
November 23, 2009 | Standard edition (CD) | 060252721461[136] | ||
Ireland[137] | 060252720462 |
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External links
- MariahCarey.com – Mariah Carey's official website
- Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel at Metacritic