Music Box | 
 enlarge | Artist: Mariah Carey
Label: Sony
Category: Music
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Rating:  173 reviews
Sales Rank: 17672
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 53205
UPC: 074645320526
EAN: 0074645320526
ASIN: B0000028VT
Publication Date: 1994
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Condition: CD ONLY. Fast Ship!!! No case or artwork. Some scratches. Private collection.
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| Tracks:
| • | Dreamlover | | • | Hero | | • | Anytime You Need A Friend | | • | Music Box | | • | Now That I Know | | • | Never Forget You | | • | Without You | | • | Just To Hold You Once Again | | • | I've Been Thinking About You | | • | All I've Ever Wanted |
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Amazon.com
Linda Ronstadt was America's sweetheart of the '70s, because she was able to combine a pretty face, a pretty voice and a safe personality. Her songs might be full of big notes and high emotions, but they satisfied every predictable expectation of a love ballad or good-time rocker. Mariah Carey is America's sweetheart of the '90s for the exact same reasons. Music Box topped the Billboard album charts, yielding number-one singles like "Dreamlover" and "Hero." The titles, one a hollow Minnie Riperton knock-off and the other a stiff Barbra Streisand imitation, are tip-offs to Carey's reliance on untethered fantasy (she's the fantasizer in the lyrics and the fantasy object in the videos). These songs, cowritten and co-produced like most of the album by Walter Anasieff and Carey herself, are constructed to show off her dizzying soprano, not to provide an original approach to a well-worn subject. Even when she gets a strong ballad to sing, like her current singles--Babyface's "Never Forget You" or Badfinger/Nilsson's "Without You"--she overdoes the self-pity bit so much that the song loses its dramatic tension. --Geoffrey Himes
Album Description
Includes A Bonus Track.
Album Details
Includes a Bonus Track.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Music Box July 5, 2008
With each new Mariah release, I tend to go back to her earlier albums and listen to them again and this time I selected MUSIC BOX. Honestly this was never one of my favorite albums and I didn't actually purchase it until about a year or two AFTER I'd purchased BUTTERFLY.
It is a good, well constructed album that perfectly symbolizes where Mariah stood career-wise at that time. According to her accounts today, she was micro-managed and only allowed to produce songs that appealed more to the adult contemporary market yet I believe this album remains her biggest seller to date primarily due to the touching ballads and her heartfelt delivery of the songs.
Listening to it today, I still love the songs that I loved "back in the day": ANYTIME YOU NEED A FRIEND, HERO, DREAMLOVER, WITHOUT YOU & MUSIC BOX. I also gained a new appreciation for: NOW THAT I KNOW - a fun uptempo track; ALL I'VE EVER WANTED & NEVER FORGET YOU - two beautiful ballads.
90s pop music at its best May 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Already an established pop phenomenon by 1993, no one thought Mariah Carey could top the success she had. But she proved naysayers wrong by releasing this album, which remains the most successful album of her career.
While nowadays her lyrics are more expressive of her feelings, at this time she used her vocals to show where her mindset was. Here she doesn't seem to use either, and for the only time thus far, Mariah Carey released material that sounds a lot like going through the motions. To date, this is probably her most impersonal album.
That being said, the material on here is top notch. Her two big hits (which still remain two of the biggest hits of her career), "Dreamlover" and "Hero," represent her seemingly effortless ability to appeal to both younger and older audiences. The former is a light, feel good song that just gives you a happy feeling, and the latter is an inspiring slow ballad that is perfect for adult contemporary stations. The rest of the album is set up like that, with songs like "Dreamlover" ("Now That I Know," "I've Been Thinking About You) and "Hero" ("Anytime You Need a Friend," "Without You," "Never Forget You") all mixed together.
The songs are fantastic, as is Mariah's vocals, but this album is more representative of her commercial savvy than her artistic. It's not her very best album, but it is a lot better than some.
 Excellent album April 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this album and great vocals. Great songs especially Anytime you need a friend. Mariha's voice sounds amazing, too bad she has been loosing it ever since.
One of Mariah's Greatest Albums Ever March 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Music Box" would have to be one of Mariah's greatest albums ever (in my personal opinion, that is.) Here's a review of the songs from this delightful album.
1.) Dreamlover: Such a cool song. It's so upbeat and fun to sing along to.
2.) Hero: A beautiful ballad talking about how there's a "hero" in all of us.
3.) Anytime You Need a Friend: This is a wonderful uplifting song.
4.) Music Box: A sweet ballad with the music played like a music box.
5.) Now That I Know: A good upbeat song that's fun to dance along to.
6.) Never Forget You: One of my favorite Mariah ballads. She talks about how she'll never forget her love. So sweet!
7.) Without You: A great beautiful version of this song originally sung by Nillson.
8.) Just To Hold You Once Again: Another soulful and uplifting ballad.
9.) I've Been Thinking About You: A cool hip\hop-like dance song.
10.) All I Ever Wanted: A beautiful ballad to end the album.
This album is absolutely beautiful. Enjoy!!!
Mariah Carey / Music Box March 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The song "With Out You" was alone worth Buying the Cd. Some of the songs are luke warm but, all in all, it's not a bad Cd.
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