Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel [Digipak]

Performer: Mariah Carey
Artist: Gucci Mane
Engineer: Kevin Guarnieri; Andrew Wuepper; Carlos Oyanedel; Damien Lewis; Brian Garten
Producer: C. "Tricky" Stewart; Terius Nash; Mariah Carey; Randy Jackson
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Personnel: Julio Miranda (guitar); Arturo Solar (trumpet, flugelhorn); Tricky Stewart, Leon Bisquera (keyboards); Alex Al (bass guitar); Ronnie Gutierrez (percussion); Sherry Tatum, Mary Ann Tatum, Sherry McGhee (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Dave Pensado; Phil Tan. Liner Note Author: Mariah Carey. Editor: Johanna Cox. Photographers: Rachel McIntosh; Rachel McIntosh; Roger Wong; Alexei Hay; Kip Meyer; Steve Mundinger; Bill Boatman; Michael Thompson ; Dennis MacDonald; Mariah Carey; Bill Boatman. A play on the title of Minnie Riperton's album PERFECT ANGEL, Mariah Carey's 12th career outing, MEMOIRS OF AN IMPERFECT ANGEL, sees the singer flexing her prodigious vocal gifts on 13 tracks structured like intimate conversations or entries in a private diary. Written and produced by Carey along with a host of longtime collaborators including Bryan-Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri, The Dream, and Tricky Stewart, the album features the hit single "Obsessed" along with a cover of Foreigner's classic `80s ballad "I Want to Know What Love Is."

Rolling Stone (p.66) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "The result is Carey's most sonically and tonally coherent release, a mix of love ballads and sassy breakup anthems." Entertainment Weekly (p.56) - "[With] the brash synth kiss-off 'Obsessed' and a soaring cover of Foreigner's schmaltz-supreme ballad 'I Want to Know What Love Is.'" -- Grade: B Billboard (p.36) - "'The Impossible' takes its cue from early-'90s group Jodeci's `Forever My Lady.' Overall, Carey's throwback vibe on `Memoirs' is refreshing and much welcomed."

With her multi-octave voice and more than 80 million records sold worldwide, it's no surprise that pop diva Mariah Carey is viewed as the successor to Whitney Houston. She emerged as the premier R&B/pop songstress of the 1990s, and by the end of the decade had shifted gears a bit by collaborating with the likes of Ol' Dirty Bastard and incorporating elements of hip-hop into her sound. Though her 2001 big-screen debut, GLITTER, was a total flop and something of a blow to Carey's seemingly Teflon career, her 2005 comeback record, THE EMANCIPATION OF MIMI, solidified her status as a true pop-music diva.

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