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Butterfly |  | Artist: Mariah Carey
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $7.99
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Seller: ZoverstocksUSA
Rating:  447 reviews
Sales Rank: 12598
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 67835
UPC: 074646783528
EAN: 0074646783528
ASIN: B000002BQK
Release Date: September 16, 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Honey | | • | Butterfly | | • | My All | | • | Roof | | • | Fourth of July | | • | Breakdown | | • | Babydoll | | • | Close My Eyes | | • | Whenever You Call | | • | Fly Away (Butterfly Reprise) | | • | Beautiful Ones | | • | Outside |
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Amazon.com
Carey's first post-divorce effort makes passing allusions to her ex-hubby (and label honcho) Tommy Mottola, but it doesn't dwell on them the way many similar projects do. Instead, Carey is right back to her old tricks; cooing trademark melismatic spirals through sexy, beat-heavy hits. Fans will dig the bedroom slink of "Baby Doll," the dripping "Honey" and the infectious title track (reprised, along with a bit of Elton John's "Skyline Pigeon," in "Fly Away"). The highlight is a duet with Dru Hill on Prince's "The Beautiful Ones," which just might be her most pointed commentary on Mottola. --Michael Ruby
Album Description
The second single & title track of her 1997 album. Pt.1features 'Butterfly' (Album Version), 'Fly Away (ButterflyReprise)' (Album Version), 'Fly Away (Butterfly Reprise)'(Fly Away Club Mix) and 'The Roof' (Remix With Mobb Deep).Slimline jewel case. 1997 Co
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 Thank you for this great item. March 15, 2010
L. A. Nicholas (Somewhere in NJ)
Thank you for this great item, it was as discribed and shipping was nice and fast thanks for the smoothe transaction.
 Mariah Carey : The Butterfly's Best February 10, 2010
abbylamb
Call me crazy but "Butterfly" is one of my favorite albums of all time. Her first few albums were good but this is by far her best. It was recorded while Mariah's marriage was falling apart. This is what most of the lyrics deal with but a few suprises come along the way. Mariah also sings about feeling left out as a child and growing up too fast.
Honey - One of Mariah's many great #1s! I love the cute lyrics and has appeal to both hip hop and pop fans. 5/5 Stars
Butterfly - It is a shame that this was only an airplay single because it could of easily been another #1. The backup singers really steal the show here and the lyrics are about Mariah letting her husband go. 5/5 Stars
My All - Another huge #1 hit. Mariah uses her beautiful voice but doesn't go over the top like on Vision of Love or Fantasy. She does lets the lyrics carry her on - and that isn't a bad thing! 5/5 Stars
The Roof - This is single worthy! Mariah is daydreaming about a past romance... maybe about her ex husband? 4/5 Stars
Fourth of July - Pleasent filler that would of fit better on Daydream. Still, nothing bad but feels like "The Roof" rehash almost. 3.5/5 Stars
Breakdown - With one exception (I'll explain later) this is my favorite Mariah tune. It is about her marriage falling apart and not being in love anymore. Instead of facing it she tries to hide her feelings. 5/5 Stars
Babydoll - This song is actually pretty experimental and is up their with her best work. I love the back up singers. "I wanna be your babydoll..." This is a sadly looked over gem. 5/5 Stars
Close My Eyes - A shocking song that is about Mariah's childhood. She didn't know where she fit in and feels she grew up too soon. 5/5 Stars
Whenever You Call - Eh. This is something I usually like to skip over. Not that interesting and too repitive. 2.5/5
The Beautiful Ones - Now this is my favorite Mariah song. Prince is my favorite artist of all time but she perfects this. I love how it is a duet. 5/5 Stars
Outside - Another Mariah "childhood" type song. Similar to Close My Eyes but just as good. A great album closer. 5/5 Stars
In conclusion, this is by far Mariah Carey's greatest album. Mariah even says it is her favorite. I'd highly reccomend it to haters and fans. Haters would be shocked but fans love it of course.
4.5/5 Stars
Her best work yet! December 8, 2009
Tie Dye Bagel
About a year ago, I bought this album on Amazon only because I knew the song Honey, and wanted to see what the rest of it was like. I bought the CD used and the seller shipped it right away! Anyway, this album shows a more raw Mariah and really brings out her innocent side. I don't know if she could ever top this one. Favorite songs: Close My Eyes, Honey, Fourth of July, My All.
Mariah November 21, 2009
joan haselberger (Maryland)
I have always loved Mariah Carey and her music is fantastic ,,,,,,,,, I will always buy her music and i do have her new one too and like it alot
Interesting Points To Be Made November 15, 2009
Andre S. Grindle (Brewer Maine)
Okay even I have to ask:why am I reviewing a Mariah Carey album?And most of all whydid I give it four stars? Well not that I think she's the very worst thing in music by ANY MEANS but Mariah Carey is not one of my favorite artists to put it mildly. And it's sure not for any lack of trying. It seems that each time I tried to get into her I only enjoyed PART of something she did but,that it always came out realy flat and dull in the end. At the same time,there was a HUGE chunk of her album The Emancipation of Mimi that I really liked and so far that is THE only Mariah Carey album I reviewed. Now compared with a lot of other artists even Mariah's best albums probably don't really stack up. There are reasons for that I'll explain later in the review but this is not an overall review of Mariah herself;this is about her fifth album from 1997. I remember when this came out,I ignored it then and never gave it a second chance. Same went when I was purchasing CD's at a local discount place today when they said it was a buy 2 get 2 free deal. I was short one and kept passing this without a thought. Some rambuncious kid knocked it down and I noticed it had a cover of the Prince song "The Beautiful Ones".Out of curiousity I said "okay:I'll take a chance but I'm going to like it" to myself and listened to it,as I often do music as I painted. I was a bit surprised considering I heard (and do not own) her Music Box and didn't much care for that one at all. This album,considering the source is not halfway bad. The music is a fairly emotionally potent collection of lightly funk hip-hop/R&B tracks and somewhat big if reasonable ballads. "Honey" is'nt too bad a song at all;it is definately not hard core but the breezy groove with some nice Sade-like overtones (especially in the bass line) is actually genuinely sensual in a way. The title song is really good too and very much in the same league. Strangely enough there's also a reminder to me of why I find Mariah so irritating sometimes. It's not always her production or music-IT'S HER! She's made a career out of herself as one of those "she's a good singer" types,relying strongly on her multi octave range. But she also breathlessly stays in that same higher end of her voice pretty much all the time-only ever dipping into her pretty powerful deeper range on occasion. She probably believes she's making a lot of use of her vocal gifts but not only does it sound very gimmicky but,she actually gets horse from it on a number of tunes here. "My All","Babydoll" and "Outside" represent what the majority of this album consists of:stripped down (for Mariah) urban ballads that only occasionally escape her customary over produced fluttering with something that sounds like she has more confidence. The 90's disco styled "Fly Away" is a good change of pace as it relys more on the full spectrum of her voice and her handling something more uptempo and adult. "The Roof" and "Breakdown" both again go for something closer to funk again. It doesn't work entirely but,since at least producer Sean Combs knew what funk was he was able to squeeze as much as he could from the lightness of Mariah's overall sound. As for "The Beatiful Ones",the reason I went here it's musically more a re-make than a cover as it doesn't abtract at all from the sound of the original. But it's the duet format with Dru Hill,who takes most the leads here that really bring the song out. I don't usually say this but,by virtue of the producer and song choice this is one of those albums I rate higher from everything about it BUT the main artist involved. This might be a fairly weak album for some artists but it's good for Mariah and that isn't saying much. Many of us agree she has trouble living up to her potential and it puts her on so many peoples "least favorite artist" lists. But honestly this would not have been a bad place for Mariah to begin a more musically productive second career. Sadly as she seems to be seeking fame and fortune over integrity this and The Emancipation of Mimi will have to count for now as her two strongest albums and,again that just doesn't say enough for someone who has the ability and drive to reach beyond her comfort zone.
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