Music Box

| Mariah Carey

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Music Box

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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