Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel
Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel ( Engl.: " Memoirs of an imperfect Angel " ) is the twelfth studio album by American singer Mariah Carey. It was released in Iceland Records on September 28, 2009 in other countries such as the UK, the publication took place later, on November 23, 2009. The album was mostly written by Carey, Christopher " Tricky " Stewart and Terius " The-Dream " Nash and produced.
Formation
In early 2009 work began on Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, until February seven pieces were finished. Producer The-Dream announced: " I think it 's about just writing an album did includes the focus of all the hits did she's had She can not take a loss, she has to do everything to the T. So it's of basically like we. 're trying to make a greatest hits album without using the greatest hits ". ( "I think it 's about to write an album that includes the focus of all the hits that they had, you can not accept a defeat; . They must all pull through to the very end, so we make essentially a greatest-hits album. without the Greatest Hits to use. " ) the title of the album was announced in May 2009. Here Carey also worked together for the first time in some songs with Timbaland, but managed not this on the album. Even with Jermaine Dupri she worked, but even those pieces were not at the end of the album. Elle magazine Carey said: "Each song is its own snapshot of a moment in a story But overall, the vibe is R & B hip -hop with a lot of slow jams [ ... ] Each song Has Its own mood; handsome. . flow seamlessly into each other, and did what the purpose, and others are very different. The album Has a sense of humor, [you can hear me laughing out loud at Certain points], but it Has so deep and introspective moments. " ( " Every song has its own mood, some may overlap, which was so intended, and others are quite different The album has a sense of humor [ you can hear me laughing out loud at certain points ], but it also has deep and. introspective moments. " )
Criticism
The album received average to positive reviews. The page Metacritic According to it was 69 out of 100 points better rated than the previous albums. The website Allmusic wrote, because of the collaboration with The-Dream and Tricky Stewart are echoes to hear from Umbrella on the album. The lack of great singles pity the album a bit, but not enough that it was not the most interesting album in a decade. The side gave the album 3.5 out of 5 stars.