Glitter (Mariah Carey album)

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Glitter is a soundtrack album and the seventh studio album by American singer Mariah Carey, recorded for the film Glitter and released in the United States on September 11 2001 (see 2001 in music) by Virgin Records. It was a commercial failure compared to Carey's previous albums, and professional reviews either praised her for the new territories she explored (Rolling Stone declared it "a big step forward in terms of maturity for one of pop music's eternal kids ... [it] sure beats the hell out of Moulin Rouge's "Lady Marmalade"" and gave it a three-star review^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}) or criticized it as a disconcerting departure.

It was released shortly before the film Glitter, in which Carey starred, which was a critical and commercial failure. Carey has cited the September 11, 2001 attacks as one of the reasons the album failed. In an interview she said, "I released it around 9/11. The talk shows needed something to distract from 9/11. I became a punching bag. I was so successful that they tore me down because my album was at number two instead of number one [a reference to the peak position of "Loverboy"]. The media was laughing at me and attacked me."http://www.thesuperficial.com/archives/001090.html The album debuted at number seven on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, remained in the top twenty for two weeks and on the chart for just twelve. It has been certified platinum by the RIAA and sold about four million copies worldwide, 611,259 of which were in the U.S as of March 4 2006. Lead single "Loverboy" peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and went on to become the best-selling single of 2001 in the U.S. (partly due to a price cutCook, Shanon. ["Mariah before breakdown -- 'It all seems like one continuous day'"]. CNN. August 14 2001. Retrieved March 17 2006.), but the album's follow-up singles were far less successful. However, Glitter was a number-one selling album in countries such as Japan, where it became the first international soundtrack to reach the number one position.

The song "If We" was later re-worked by Damizza and released as a single titled "What Would You Do" with Butch Cassidy, Nate Dogg and Carey in 2004 (see 2004 in music). Conflict between Damizza and Shade Sheist led Damizza to recruit Cassidy to replace Sheist on the single version. Sheist retaliated with his own remix titled "G-Mix", which is a re-worked version featuring Nune and Carey. "What Would You Do" was popular on the west coast of the U.S. and Carey even performed it while on tour in Los Angeles, but it was a failure elsewhere in the country. The song received minimal airplay in Europe.

Track listing

1. "Loverboy" (remix) — 4:30
2. "Lead the Way" — 3:53
3. "If We" — 4:20
4. "Didn't Mean to Turn You On" — 4:54
5. "Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica)" — 3:37
6. "All My Life" — 5:09
7. "Reflections (Care Enough)" — 3:20
8. "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" — 6:43
9. "Want You" — 4:43
10. "Never Too Far" — 4:21
11. "Twister" — 2:26
12. "Loverboy" — 3:49

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