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Rainbow | 
 enlarge | Artist: Mariah Carey
Label: Sony
Category: Music
New (20) Used (118) Collectible (1) from $0.39
Rating:  781 reviews
Sales Rank: 64323
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 63800
UPC: 074646380024
EAN: 0074646380024
ASIN: B00002MZ1X
Publication Date: 1999
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| Tracks:
| • | Heartbreaker | | • | Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme) | | • | Bliss | | • | How Much | | • | After Tonight | | • | X-Girlfriend | | • | Heartbreaker (Remix) | | • | Vulnerability (Interlude) | | • | Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) | | • | Crybaby | | • | Did I Do That? | | • | Petals | | • | Rainbow (Interlude) | | • | Thank God I Found You |
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Amazon.com
Rainbow, Mariah Carey's seventh studio long-player, is something like a concept album. Its theme is the various stages of the "emotional roller coaster," as she puts it, of her divorce and subsequent rebound. Carey continues to walk the line between streetwise hip-hop soul and adult-contemporary acceptability, with the former not surprisingly offering most of the disc's high points. "Heartbreaker," the first single, is a likeable piece of bubble-gum R&B with grit borrowed from guest Jay-Z; the remix, with Missy Elliott, Da Brat, and DJ Clue on board, is a different enough piece of work that its appearance only a few cuts after the original version doesn't jar. Another groove-intensive track, the Snoop Dogg duet "Crybaby," is so sly that one hopes the two collaborate again. Of course, it wouldn't be a Mariah record without at least one major lapse in taste; here that bill is filled with a cover of Phil Collins's melodramatic "Against All Odds." --Rickey Wright
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 Taste The Rainbow....... STOP! it's poison! July 30, 2008
If you were to line up all of mariah's albums side by side, "Rainbow" is truely Mariah's worst cd of all time. I hate saying that, because I'm a huge fan but it's a non-biased oppinion. Ironically, amazon's review says "Against All Odds" is the weakest track on the cd and that happens to be one of my faves! This album is all over the place, some of the interludes are better than some of the actual songs if that tells you anything. 'Rainbow" also includes one of the worst mariah songs of all time in my oppinion, which is "Thank God I Found You". What was she thinking, oh wait, SHE WASN'T THINKING, when she did a duet with 98 degrees. Where are they now? who cares. You can't even pick off 5 songs off this cd that you absolutely love, like on other Mariah albums. "After 2Nite" is ok, "Heartbreaker" is ok, and that's the problem, it's all just ok. "Thank God I Found" other mariah carey albums to listen to.
 medicore July 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The album cover alone looks so freakin' stupid. And her behind is airbrushed with the rainbow logo. Stupid. As she gets older she looks and acts younger. Also, her songs don't have any meaning unlike Madonna's music. Mariah's music sounds the same. Oh I'm in love and than I'm out of love. And then songs about shaking your booty. I'll lean toward Madonna anyday cuz her sound is always changing and Madonna can dance, she can play the guitar, she writes her own music, and there's a lot of artistic meaning in her songs.
3 1/2 stars. Although I gave "E=MC2" the same rating, this album is better. May 27, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
It is obvious that Mariah Carey had much she wanted to say to Tommy Matolla on her "Butterfly" and "Rainbow" albums and she said a lot of things that were clearly directed toward him on both discs; some of these things were blatant and some were more indirect. I'm glad that she found some way to get back at him and I'm sure a burden has been lifted off of her for doing this. I enjoyed this album, though it lacks innovation and any type of true creativity. Perhaps the most creative aspect of this album were the fresh melodies and maybe a few lines from songs here and there. Nevertheless, this is a solid album and worth adding to the music collection.
Guest appearances are many. We have Usher, Jermaine Dupri, Missy Elliot, Jay-Z, Da Brat, N Sync and Snoop helping Mariah out. Mariah Carey can do a wonderful album without the help of any guests, but maybe she just loves collaborations. Although each of the aforementioned artists have talent, they didn't add any true spice to this disc. Mariah could have done more vocally on this album because, at her best, her vocals are amazing. Here, she gives her listener just enough. "Petals" is an example. This song is very pretty but it would have been more effective had she given better vocals. This song is slightly eerie, but the lyrics are quite deep and it is easily one of the best moments on the album. "Crybaby" features Snoop and this song is another good moment here. The beat and melody are really nice. Mariah and Snoop do a nice job, too. This is a shame but "Did I Do That?" samples Mystical, and the best parts of the song are the parts which feature him. The lyrics and delivery on this song are pretty weak. "Heartbreaker" and its remix are good songs, but not among Mariah's best. Fortunately, she administers a few high notes for us octave lovers. "Can't Take That Away" is one of her most introspective songs to date because she is directly speaking to Tommy Matolla on this track. She is really pouring her heart out vocally and lyrically here, and boy is she effective. This song can and will bring tears to your eyes.
This album will set many a mood for those who own it. Some songs will make you dance, some will make you sit and think, and some will make you cry. I have heard some of her bigger fans say that this is one of her worst albums but it is not. I like it and I also recommend it.
Mikeisha's Top 5
1."Can't Take That Away"
2."Vulnerability"
3."Rainbow"
4."After Tonight"
5."Petals"
Mariah's midlife crisis, about 20 years too early. April 20, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
By the time Mariah Carey released this album in 1999, she was no longer a pop star so much as an R&B star. Her sales dwindled a bit, but her career was far from over. However, when she released Rainbow, it seemed that she may have been heading into a slump.
Mariah Carey as an R&B singer was not a tough sell, and for the most part, she pulled it off. But here, she tries to be a teeny-bopper pop singer, similar to the Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Backstreet Boys types that were dominating the charts and radio at the time. It would not be that bad, but if you factored in the fact that she was pushing 30, looked like an airhead on the album cover, and was singing about subjects not exactly serious in nature, she just embarrassed herself here. I think this here is similar to many 70s stars who released disco albums when that was the hot style.
There's a lot wrong on here, but she did do some good. "Heartbreaker" is irresistibly catchy and fun, "Bliss" has some fabulous singing and sets a sexy mood, "Petals" is very moving lyrically and musically, and her duet with 98 Degrees and Joe on "Thank God I Found You," while forgettable, is a great pop product if anything was at the time.
This is not Mariah's best album by any stretch of the imagination. Like many released from that time, this was an album for the times rather than something to listen to for years and years. Most of the tracks on here are guilty pleasures at best, and forgettable filler at worst. At her worst, Mariah is better than some at their best, but people expect better from her.
Mariah's worst album August 19, 2007
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
This has got to be her worst album, ever!!
Track 1: Heartbreaker 10/10 the best song on the album
Track 2: Can't Take That Away 9/10 a sweet song
Track 3: Bliss 2/10 it's to long plus it's a very weak song
Track 4: How Much 2/10 sounds like something from 1996
Track 5: After Tonight 3/10 sounds like "My All" part 2
Track 6: X-Girlfriend 2/10 it's on the wrong album
Track 7: Heartbreaker 5/10 i hate this remix
Track 8: Vulnerabilty 1/10 Mariah please no inturludes
Track 9: Against All Odds 1/10 the worst Marah cover
Track 10: Cry Baby 9/10 i really like this one
Track 11: Did I Do That 3/10 half Mariah song/half Mystikal song, make up your mind which is it
Track 12: Petals 9/10 Very personal
Track 13: Rainbow 1/10 Mariah please nooooooo interludes
Track 14: Thank God I Found You 10/10 the second best song on the album
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