The Remixes
Columbia Records cannot be accused of stinting on the two-CD Remixes set, which has a running time over two hours and 20 minutes. Mariah Carey s former label, before she moved to Virgin and then Island Def Jam (where she recorded under her own MonarC imprint), has made a point of licensing extra tracks from those subsequent corporate associations, as well as borrowing a track from J Records in compiling a survey of the various remixes of Carey s recordings. This means that the collection stretches as far back as 1991 for the "12' Club Mix" of "Emotions" and all the way up to 2003 for the "So So Def Remix" of "The One." The result is a kind of history of remixes over that 12-year period. Of course, the term "remix" is, as usual, an excessively modest one to describe what has been done to the original recordings. A variety of remix producers have not only manipulated the original tracks, but also added various elements of their own to the point that, in many cases, the songs as initially heard are virtually unrecognizable. Every now and then, one hears a snatch of lyric or a familiar musical excerpt, but for the most part these are dance-oriented musical productions with only a nodding resemblance to Carey s records. Of course, Carey herself is always in the thick of the reinvention. The first disc contains more danceable material, while the second is given over to tracks reconstructed from a rap perspective and is filled with guest appearances that include Snoop Dogg O.D.B. Da Brat Missy Elliott and, in the album-closing duet, "I Know What You Want," Busta Rhymes who is actually billed in front of Carey A large part of Carey s massive success of the 1990s came from her relationship to the dancefloor, and this compilation shows what her music sounded like there. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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The Remixes
- UPC:
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- Label:
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Columbia
- Released:
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10/14/2003
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0
- Disc:
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1
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Music
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Preview
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| 1 | My All | 7:08 |
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| 2 | Heartbreaker/"If You Should Ever Be Lonely" (Junior's Heartbreaker Club Mix) | 16:58 |
 
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| 3 | Fly Away (Butterfly Reprise) | 9:50 |
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| 4 | Thank God I Found You | 5:09 |
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| 5 | FANTASY | 11:14 |
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| 6 | Honey | 8:05 |
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| 7 | Dreamlover | 10:43 |
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| 8 | EMOTIONS | 5:57 |
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| 9 | Sweetheart | 4:22 |
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| 10 | Crybaby | 5:19 |
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| 11 | Miss You | 5:07 |
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| 12 | The One | 4:36 |
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| 13 | I Know What You Want | 4:15 |
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Credits »
Mariah Carey - Arranger
Mariah Carey - Producer
Mariah Carey - Mixing
Mariah Carey - Remix Producer
Mariah Carey - Remix Arrangement
David Cole - Arranger
David Cole - Producer
David Cole - Remixing
David Cole - Mixing
David Cole - Remix Producer
David Cole - Remix Arrangement
Sean "Puffy" Combs - Producer
Jermaine Dupri - Producer
Jermaine Dupri - Remixing
Jermaine Dupri - Mixing
Jermaine Dupri - Remix Producer
David Hall - Arranger
David Hall - Producer
Jimmy Jam - Producer
Clark Kent - Producer
Terry Lewis - Producer
Manuel Seal, Jr. - Producer
Phil Tan - Mixing
Walter Afanasieff - Producer
Duro - Remix Producer
DJ Clue? - Producer
Darren Rapp - Producer
Bryan-Michael Cox - Producer
David Morales - Remix Producer
David Morales - Mixing
David Morales - Remixing
David Morales - Producer
Andy West - Design
Clue - Remix Producer
Carlo Dalla Chiesa - Cover Photo
Supa Engineer "Dura" - Mixing
Damizza - Producer
James "Big Jim" Wright - Producer
Rick Rock - Producer
Hex Hector - Remixing
Hex Hector - Producer
Stevie J. - Producer
Ken Ifill - Producer
Satoshi Tomiie - Producer
Mac Quayle - Remixing
Mac Quayle - Producer
Robert Clivillés - Remix Arrangement
Robert Clivillés - Remix Producer
Robert Clivillés - Mixing
Robert Clivillés - Remixing
Robert Clivillés - Producer
Robert Clivillés - Arranger
Junior Vasquez - Producer
Carl-So-Lowe - Remixing
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