Mariah Carey - Greatest Hits

This is a simply wonderful collection of"classy"smut-free love and positive,inspiring songs by R&Bs' most underrated diva of all time..The album is jump-started with the beautiful,thought-provoking:"Vision of Love"immediately backed up by the exceptional songs:"Love Takes Time" and"Someday"next in line is the up-beat"feel-good"hit"Emotions" "Hero"is an EXCELLENTLY inspiring ballad about self-dependence and instructs just WHERE to find the"assistance"you need to resolutely,intrepidly overcome obstacles/hinderances in life!!! "Starting with a brief synopisis of the songs content:"There's a hero;if you look INside YOUR heart;you don't HAVE to be"afraid"of WHAT you ARE!!" "There's an"ANSWER if you reach INto your soul;and the sorrow that you felt will melt AWAY!!" "It's a LONG road when you face the world ALONE;no one reaches out a hand for you to hold!!" "You can FIND love if you search withIN yourSELF;and the emptiness you felt will"DISAPPEAR!!" "And so a HERO comes along with the STRENGTH to carry-ON!!! " And now FINALLY you see the TRUTH;that a hero lies in YOU!!" "I Dont Wanna Cry"has Mariah doing a SUPERB job of painting a picture everyone's been through when faced with the delimma of an unsalvagable relationship,but not having the strength/will to sever the ties with one who is YET very dear to us..The lyrics are hauntingly familiar to all who have trodden this road:"After ALL is said and done;only"EMPTINESS"inside us baby,LOOK what we've become!!" "We can MAKE a million"Promises",but we STILL won't"CHANGE";It isn't"right"to STAY together when we only bring each other "PAIN"! "TOO far apart to bridge the distance,but something keeps us hanging on and on;PRETENDING not to know the difference;DENYING what we HAD is GONE!!" "Every moment we're together it's just breaking me down;I KNOW we SAID it was forever;but it hurts TOO much to stay around!!" "NOTHING in the world can take us back to where we USED to be!!" These words remind me of when I KNEW a friendship HAD to end;but I had to decide which was the worse of two"EVILS";to STAY together and"suffer"WITH this person;or sever ties and suffer from their"ABSENCE"?!?" This is a TREMENDOUSLY powerful song addressing this all-too-common plight!!!"Butterfly touches eloquently on the issue of"letting go"in order to keep!!"When you love someone SO deeply THEY become YOUR"life"it's easy to succumb to OVERWHELMING fears inside!!" "BLINDly I IMAGINED that I could KEEP you UNDER glass!!" "NOW I understand to"hold"you;I must OPEN-up my hands and WATCH you"RISE"!!" "I have learned that beauty MUST flourish IN the light;Wild horses run UNbridled or their"spirit"DIES!!" "So fly abandonedly INto the Sun;IF you should RETURN to ME;We truly were MEANT to be!!" "You have given me the courage to be ALL that I can;and I truly feel your heart will lead you BACK to me,when you're ready to"LAND"!!"I Can't Let Go"has GOT to be THE greatest song about heart-break EVER made,with powerful lyrics such as:"I am"LOST",dying to UNDERSTAND!!" "Here I am STILL"holding on",I can't"ACCEPT" my WORLD is"gone". "Just CAST aside,you don't even know I'm ALIVE,you just walk on BY,don't care to SEE me cry!!" "Didn't I cherish you right,don't you KNOW,you were my LIFE?!?" "You're all I KNOW,I CAN'T let go!!" "Do you even REALIZE,the sorrow I have inside,EVERY day of my life?!?" "Do you know the WAY it feels when all you have just DIES?!?" "I try and TRY,to deny that I need you,yet STILL you REMAIN on my mind!!" These demonstrative lyrics hit me right in the heart,since empathizing with them is easy,from having"been there"a few times in my younger days... After absorbing this song non-stop for hours on end in 1992 when I was discarded by one I desired to marry,I eventually"got better"and through the decades totally forgot about this comforting ballad,when in 2010 at a matriarchs 80th birthday observance,this very song started playing over the speakers and I suddenly felt"smitten"!!! I was confused of this inexplicable feeling,when it finally emerged from my subconsciousness that this was"THAT song"which succored me through my darkest hour!! Even if I didn't consciouslyrecognize this song my NONconsciousness knew immediately this song all but saved my life!! I'll always be grateful to Marriah for making such a beautiful,pointed ballad about the deep,dank well of utter emotional despair!! "Hero"is a very nice"up-lifting"gem of a song that I never tire of hearing... The late,great Whitney Houston joins beautiful,encouraging,dauntingchallenge tackling lyrics/vocals with Mariah on:"When You Believe"!! The opening lines are GREAT:"MANY nights we prayed;with NO proof ANYone could hear;WE were moving mountains LONG before we KNEW--------we COULD!!" "We were UNafraid even though we HAD much TO fear!!" And the absolute MOST inspiring,motivating song I've ever heard,which has been helping me to endure all the scorn I endure,is(aptly)entitled:"Can't Take That Away"!! This song accurately describes what I've gone through for years with:"They can say,ANYthing they WANT to say to TRY to"bring me down",but I will NOT"allow ANYone to succeed,hanging"clouds"over me,and they can try HARD,to make me FEEL,that I don't matter at all,but I REFUSE to fall.." "See I HAVE learned,there's another peace I own;something in my SOUL,that THEY canNOT posess;so I WON'T be afraid,and the darkness will FADE.." I just LOVE how Mariah emphatically declares this UNDENIABLE truth:"NOOOOO,they can't take this precious love that I'll ALWAYS have inside me;CERTAINLY the Lord will guide me where I NEED to GO!!" "Cause there's a LIGHT in ME,that SHINES so BRIGHTLY!!" They can TRY,but they CAN'T take THAT away from me!!" "And THEY can DO anything they want TO do,IF you LET them in,but they will NEVER"win",if you cling TO your pride(which is{contrary to OVERLY-pious folk}NOT always a"bad"thing to have in moderation as God actually detests those who are FULL of vain-pride)and just push them ASIDE."."They TRY and"break me down".but I won't(even)FACE----------the GROUND!!" Bless Mariah for this song which has given me RENEWED vigor/determination in combating a force which even the Bible(Proverbs 27:4)asks:"WHO is ABLE to stand before envy"!! After declaring the inner fortitude that it takes to endure the relentless onslaught of ENVY(which actually creates"silent"(undeclared)enemies out of your"friends"for you....Mariah ends this album with a nuclear-level"BANG"as she and Luther Vandross collaborate to perform the absolute BEST singing of"Endless Love"to date!!This is an an all-together FANTASTIC collection of Mariahs'astonishing timeless creations!!! GET THIS QUICK,you WON'T regret it!!!

Say what you will, Mariah Carey has a phenomenal voice with amazing range. Her songs are easy to listen to and sing along with. Her lyrics are inspirational. I love this album.

great album

This is a great selection of her music I've had. I actually wore out my last set of her CDs .Her music makes me dance and smile.

Great CD. Case arrived cracked but the CDs were not affected... Awesome compilation of MC's hits.

This 2 CD retrospective of Mariah Carey's greatest hits is excellent, with an impressive array of her finest output from 1990 to 1999. One important thing to note is this only one with the original studio version of her third #1 hit, Someday, which was a high priority for me to get this collection. Another fact is this compilation is rather pricey. My only complaint about this is the relative abscence of liner notes, annotation, as well as a bio about Mariah inside the jewel case. Otherwise, this is a must-have for fans of her 90's mega-hits!

Mariah Carey is the Greatest singer and songwriter out there,she does not have a bad song out there!! She is greatest and best singer songwriter!!

Great cd nice memories