Music Box
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Music Box is the third studio album by American singer Mariah Carey. It was released by Columbia Records on August 31, 1993, in North America. The album comprises ballads primarily co-written by Carey and Walter Afanasieff, with whom she had previously worked on Emotions (1991), and a few urban dance tracks. During the course of the album's development, Carey wanted to broaden her audience, choosing a more pop/R&B oriented sound. During this time frame, she experimented with different musical instruments, leading the album's sound away from her more contemporary previous two efforts. Two unused tracks from the album sessions were released as B-sides: "Do You Think of Me" and "Everything Fades Away". --Wikipedia
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Billboard
The album wastes no time in letting her do what she does best.
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Rolling Stone
It would be an exercise in bombast if she didn’t infuse these greeting-card sentiments with a sustained passion that enhances the record’s wedding-album feel.
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Entertainment Weekly
With Music Box, she completes her transformation into a human mall — a hodgepodge of bits and pieces of various cultures blanded out within an artificial environment.
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All Music
She trimmed the volume ... unfortunately, she also cut the energy level.
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Pop Rescue
This is Mariah Carey at her peak, showing off her incredible vocal range, but not over-doing it, or ladening her songs with self-referencing lyrics and pointless collaborators.
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Soul Bounce
This album holds a special place within her career. It embodied the pop princess when she was most ready to be challenged -- and when she was most ready to challenge new fans.
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Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews
Most of the record is turned over to unremarkable slow numbers where she unaccountably reins in that spectacular voice.
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Est. '97
Musically, the songs contain some of her finest melodies.
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Los Angeles Times
She has toned down her vocal showboating, but you still don't get much emotion from these pop-soul songs.
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