The Remixes (Mariah Carey album)
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Released | June 25, 2003 | |||
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The Remixes is the first remix album by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey, released on June 25, 2003, by Columbia Records. It is primarily a collection of remixes of some of Carey's songs: disc one is compiled of club mixes, while disc two contains Carey's hip hop collaborations and remixes.
Background and release
Following the demise of her marriage with
The Remixes received a staggered release worldwide as a
Music
The Remixes is a dance,[5] pop,[6][17] and R&B album.[13] Disc one features songs with disco,[12] electronica,[18] gospel,[12] house,[18] and techno influences,[18] while disc two contains hip-hop collaborations with rappers.[12] The album features Carey's duet with
Five of the tracks on disc two - "Breakdown" (1997), "Sweetheart" (1998), "Crybaby" (1999), "Miss You" and "I Know What You Want" - are not remixes at all. All three of Carey's record labels - Columbia Records, Virgin Records and Island Records - agreed to license tracks for the album, while "I Know What You Want" was licensed from J Records.
Critical reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [19] |
Dayton Daily News | B[17] |
Deseret News | [20] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [21] |
New Straits Times | [22] |
The Province | [23] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [24] |
Slant Magazine | [25] |
Music critics opined on the release of a remix album and the remixes themselves. Kevin C. Johnson of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch considered a remix album better than another greatest hits compilation,[26] the Malay Mail's Yushaimi Yahaya said it was "a commercial strategy to sell old songs",[18] and R. S. Murthi of the New Straits Times felt it indicated Carey was "desperate to boost flagging sales".[22] Reviewing for Slant Magazine, Sal Cinquemani thought Carey's enthusiasm for the project disproved the latter's notions.[25] He viewed the album as suited to dedicated fans rather than general audiences, as did Yahaya and Billboard's Michael Paoletta.[25][18][12] Apart from "Emotions", Scott Iwasaki of the Deseret News considered the remixes "just as boring as the originals".[20] In contrast, Johnson felt the remixes enhanced Carey's songs as they "lacked flavor" in their original forms.[26] Tom Harrison of The Province said some songs make "radical departures" from the originals.[23] AllMusic's William Ruhlmann agreed, stating, "in many cases, the songs as initially heard are virtually unrecognizable".[19]
Reviewers wrote about both the dance and hip-hop discs. Derek Ali of the
Commercial performance
The Remixes sold 40,687 copies in its first week of release in the United States.
Elsewhere, The Remixes peaked within the top forty of national album charts in New Zealand, South Korea, and the United Kingdom.[36][6][37]
Track listing
Tracks and composition details adapted from the album's liner notes.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "My All" (Morales "My" Club Mix) | 7:08 | ||
2. | "Heartbreaker/If You Should Ever Be Lonely" (Junior's Heartbreaker Club Mix) |
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| 10:18 |
3. | "Fly Away (Butterfly Reprise)" (Fly Away Club Mix) |
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| 9:50 |
4. | "Anytime You Need a Friend" (C+C Club Version) |
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| 10:50 |
5. | "Fantasy" (Def Club Mix) |
| 11:14 | |
6. | "Honey" (Classic Mix) |
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| 8:05 |
7. | "Dreamlover" (Def Club Mix) |
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| 10:43 |
8. | "Emotions" (12" Club Mix) |
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| 5:57 |
9. | "Through the Rain" (HQ2 Radio Edit) |
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| 4:09 |
Total length: | 78:14 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Fantasy" (featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard) |
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| 4:50 |
2. | "Always Be My Baby" (Mr. Dupri Mix featuring Da Brat and Xscape) |
| 4:40 | |
3. | "My All/Stay Awhile" (So So Def Remix featuring Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz) |
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| 4:43 |
4. | "Thank God I Found You" (Make It Last Remix featuring Joe and Nas) |
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| 5:09 |
5. | "Breakdown" (featuring Krayzie Bone and Wish Bone) |
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| 4:44 |
6. | "Honey" (So So Def Mix featuring Da Brat and Jermaine Dupri) |
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| 5:11 |
7. | "Loverboy" (Remix featuring Da Brat, Ludacris, Twenty II and Shawnna) |
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| 4:29 |
8. | "Heartbreaker" (Remix featuring Da Brat and Missy Elliott) |
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| 4:36 |
9. | "Sweetheart" (featuring Jermaine Dupri) |
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| 4:22 |
10. | "Crybaby" (featuring Snoop Dogg) |
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| 5:19 |
11. | "Miss You" (featuring Jadakiss) |
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| 5:07 |
12. | "The One" (So So Def Remix featuring Bone Crusher) |
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| 4:36 |
13. | "I Know What You Want" (Busta Rhymes and Mariah Carey featuring Flipmode Squad) |
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| 4:15 |
Total length: | 62:01 |
Notes
- A signifies an additional producer
- C signifies a co-producer
- J The Japanese edition omits "The One" So So Def Remix and "I Know What You Want" and instead includes "All I Want for Christmas Is You" So So Def Remix featuring Lil' Bow Wow[7]
- "Heartbreaker/If You Should Ever Be Lonely" interpolates "If You Should Ever Be Lonely", written by Val Young and Frederick Jenkins
- "Fantasy" Def Club Mix and featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard sample "Genius of Love", performed by Tom Tom Club
- "Honey" Classic Mix and So So Def Mix sample "The Body Rock", performed by the Treacherous Three
- "Dreamlover" Def Club Mix samples "Blind Alley", written by David Porter
- "Always Be My Baby" Mr. Dupri Mix contains a replayed portion of "Tell Me If You Still Care", written by James Harris III and Terry Lewis
- "My All/Stay Awhile" So So Def Remix contains a replayed portion of "Stay a Little While, Child", written by Carl McIntosh, Jane Eugene, and Steve Nichol[40]
- "Thank God I Found You" Make It Last Remix interpolates "Make It Last Forever", written by Teddy Riley and Keith Sweat
- "Honey" So So Def Mix contains a replayed portion of "Hey DJ", written by Stephen Hague
- "Honey" So So Def Mix samples "It's Great to Be Here", written by Freddie Perren, Alphonso Mizell, Berry Gordy, and Dennis Lussier
- "Loverboy" Remix contains elements from "Tomi Jenkins
- "Heartbreaker" Remix contains excerpts from "Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None)", written by Ricardo Brown, Calvin Broadus, Warren Griffin III, Andre Young, and Nathaniel Hale
- "Crybaby" contains a replayed portion of "Piece of My Love", written by Timmy Gatling, Gene Griffin, Aaron Hall III, and Riley
- "Miss You" contains elements from "I Did it for Love", written by Terry Etlinger and Linda Laurie
- "The One" So So Def Remix contains elements from "Goodbye Love", written by Riley, Griffin, Hall, and Gatling
Charts and certifications
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