Glitter
by Mariah Carey
  • Record Label: Virgin
  • Release Date: Sep 11, 2001
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4.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 322 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 142 out of 322
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 322
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  1. HonestMuusic
    Nov 4, 2022
    2
    Just slightly better then the god awful film its based around. Glitter is a prime example of how to not make a successful soundtrack album.
  2. Helldrasd
    Nov 9, 2022
    0
    "You dont wanna hear about 9/11" Mariah Carey is so vein and Vapid this album flopped and has poor reviews because it sucks not because of a NATIONAL TRAGEDY!
  3. TommyOliver
    Nov 9, 2022
    0
    The real tragedy that happened on 9/11 was her releasing this terrible album, and then her making light of the situation 20+ years later shamelessly plugging herself.
  4. Twostedpp
    Nov 9, 2022
    0
    Queen of 9/11 she's such a narcissistic and vile woman, her career is based on chart manipulation and sleeping with the record label president and then marrying him to stay ontop. Trash
  5. jxusuntheronday
    Nov 9, 2022
    0
    Such a terrible film and even more terrible album, all the songs have bad vocals and terrible production. They sound so cheap.
  6. carlas
    Jun 10, 2006
    10
    Love thisalbum because it sounds diferent. good party songs and beautiful ballads and uptempos. for me, it's one of the best of her carrer.
  7. JayM
    Dec 25, 2006
    10
    Despite the negative aura around this album, it is Carey's best work. A fresh blend of bubble-gum pop, hip-hop and 1980's beats, and a different feel to each song, "Glitter" is much more than gold
  8. Missthreat
    Feb 21, 2015
    10
    A wronged album. Once for all, its one of the most inteligent work of pop music. The Way Mariahs wanted to make the music match with movie is so fantastic. And finally the best dance album of her, differentiating her from boring singer of R&B Like Celine Dion.
  9. KevinnKlein
    Jul 3, 2015
    9
    Glittler is an album ahead of its time. Definitely She combined R & B and Hip-Hop and Pop, also disco music in '' Last Night a DJ Saved My Life '' In a way it have never done before on her last Albuns.
  10. TryAgainGata
    Nov 8, 2016
    5
    Loverboy [Remix] 2/5
    Lead The Way 3/5
    If We 2/5
    Didn't Mean to Turn You On 3/5
    Dont Stop 2/5
    All My Life 3/5
    Reflections [Care Enough] 4/5
    Last Night a DJ Save Me Life 3/5
    Want You 3/5
    Never too Far 3/5
    Twister 3/5
    Loverboy 4/5
  11. idontknowher
    Dec 21, 2016
    9
    Es un buen álbum, es bastante fresco y muy bailable, algo muy arriesgado para Mariah. Ella supo manejar bien el sonido del disco y adaptar las letras al ritmo de cada canción; tiene baladas buenas como "Lead The Way", "Never Too Far" y "Reflections (Care Enough)" y los covers de "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" y "Didn't Mean Turn To You" quedan perfectamente con el sonido funk del álbum yEs un buen álbum, es bastante fresco y muy bailable, algo muy arriesgado para Mariah. Ella supo manejar bien el sonido del disco y adaptar las letras al ritmo de cada canción; tiene baladas buenas como "Lead The Way", "Never Too Far" y "Reflections (Care Enough)" y los covers de "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" y "Didn't Mean Turn To You" quedan perfectamente con el sonido funk del álbum y versionó muy bien estas canciones. Hay otras canciones mas destacables como "If We", "All My Life", "Twister", "Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica) y "Loverboy", el remix de la última es excelente pero a mi parecer me quedo con la original. En fin, es un álbum súper genial y creo que a nadie le pareció el nuevo sonido de Mariah y fusionaron con las críticas de la película. En verdad recomiendo este álbum, es muy bailable y a la vez íntimo. // It's a good album, it's pretty cool and very danceable, something very risky for Mariah. She was able to handle the sound of the album well and adapt the lyrics to the rhythm of each song; "Never Too Far" and "Reflections (Care Enough)" and the covers of "Last Night to DJ Saved My Life" and "Didn't Mean Turn To You" fit perfectly with Funk sound from the album and very well these songs. There are other notable songs like "If We", "All My Life", "Twister", "Don't Stop" (Funkin '4 Jamaica) and "Loverboy", the remix of the latter is excellent but I think With the original.In short, it's a super great album and I think that no one seemed to Mariah's new sound and merged with the reviews of the film.I really recommend this album, it is very danceable and intimate at the same time.… Expand
  12. jenniegodly
    Nov 16, 2019
    10
    It's really sad that this album was so hated on because it's actually really good. Mariah was ahead of her time and there's a reason why this album soared to #1 on iTunes and many other countries on November 15, 2018. My favorite track is "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life". This album deserves better and I highly recommend purchasing it. Don't know what they were thinking back then makingIt's really sad that this album was so hated on because it's actually really good. Mariah was ahead of her time and there's a reason why this album soared to #1 on iTunes and many other countries on November 15, 2018. My favorite track is "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life". This album deserves better and I highly recommend purchasing it. Don't know what they were thinking back then making this flop. It will always be ahead of its time. No other girl has the talent to do what Glitter did.… Expand
  13. Ang133
    Aug 13, 2020
    10
    Es un álbum muy bueno y tiene canciones como lead the way que marcan su rango vocal el cual es magnífico
  14. PEDROMFR
    Feb 17, 2021
    3
    It's a shame that such a talented singer like Mariah, who had once given us such great albums, wanted to deliver a project like this, which, nevertheless being a movie soundtrack, really lacks truth, ending up being a collection of forgetable songs.
  15. someonewhocares
    Jul 4, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The movie is definitely better than its soundtrack album. Glitter has some good songs and some dull, cheap-sounding ones. Her cover of Didn't Mean to Turn You On was spot on! Loverboy is a song that i sometimes dislike and most of the time love. Her cover of Last Night a DJ Saved My Life spoils the original.… Expand
  16. Miguel1300
    Feb 16, 2019
    0
    only 1 decent song, the rest of the album is a mess, the production is all over the place and lyric wise there is not much to talk about
  17. italoverdade
    Nov 10, 2015
    10
    Despite everything that happened on September 11, the material had a great dance and retro footprint which was later used by Madonna, Brunno Mars and others, it is amazing how she can go from one extreme to another.
  18. PaulF.
    Oct 21, 2001
    2
    What has happened to her??? Once in competition with Whitney and now can on strain the notes out. Sort your throat out girl!! you are going out not with a bang
  19. AnalyDewa
    Dec 12, 2013
    7
    Besides the deadly mistake of this soundtrack be released precisely on the 11th of September, Mariah wrongdoing with the overflow of guests on your disk, end up leaving it as an guest to their own work. Mariah brings the your best 90s in "Lead the Way" and "Never Too Far", rescues the disco era on tracks like "Wanted You" and 1982 cover the Indeep group, "Last Night DJ Saved My Life".
  20. JMDGamotia
    Aug 23, 2020
    8
    Mariah Carey's unique 2001 album [Glitter] was a one-off Virgin release until she just underwent the Island Def Jam Music Group/Def Jam Recordings years, between 2002 and 2015.
  21. Haandy
    Feb 12, 2022
    10
    A maior injustiça e desastre foi esse album ser lançado no mesmo dia do atentado de 11 de setembro
  22. Zayyan
    Mar 11, 2022
    10
    Loved the soundtrack, and hate to Tommy Mottola who wanted to destroyed her so badly because he was so jealous of Mariah ! You guys on the critics wanted to give bad success to this Soundtrack. This is unjustified ! Plus how you guys did not like « Never Too Far » and « Lead The Way » (a Butterfly-era song) ?! Love those pop ballads with the biggest long notes.

    The movie could be more    Loved the soundtrack, and hate to Tommy Mottola who wanted to destroyed her so badly because he was so jealous of Mariah ! You guys on the critics wanted to give bad success to this Soundtrack. This is unjustified ! Plus how you guys did not like « Never Too Far » and « Lead The Way » (a Butterfly-era song) ?! Love those pop ballads with the biggest long notes.

    The movie could be more great but sadly the same man changed everytime the script during the recording. Glitter didn’t deserved that.

    And then Virgin didn’t understood Mariah’s struggle…. Then Virgin Records died.

    Loved this project Mariah.    … Expand
  23. RafaelS
    Aug 24, 2004
    7
    As Mariah Carey was out of the spotlight working in her first movie and her world tour, she was working hard to make this soundtrack ("Glitter" is not one of her regular albums), she didn't really put all her soul in this work. The remakes she did of the 80s songs weren't that good, but the stuff she wrote on her on were worth at least a Grammy nomination. Songs like Lead The As Mariah Carey was out of the spotlight working in her first movie and her world tour, she was working hard to make this soundtrack ("Glitter" is not one of her regular albums), she didn't really put all her soul in this work. The remakes she did of the 80s songs weren't that good, but the stuff she wrote on her on were worth at least a Grammy nomination. Songs like Lead The Way and Never Too Far are the best off the album, and if they were released in a wise way, thy could become as famous as "Hero" is. This is NOT a bad album, but the choices Mariah and her staff made in it's release resulted in all these bad reviews she and the album have received.… Expand
  24. JD
    Sep 2, 2005
    9
    Obviously, this album is stereotyped because of the movie with the same name. Yes, the movie wasn't good, but the album sure is. This CD mixed the best of the '80's with the best of the '00's, making it something extremely unique and very interesting. The standout track is 'Never Too Far' as well as 'Lead The Way'. The worst song on this album Obviously, this album is stereotyped because of the movie with the same name. Yes, the movie wasn't good, but the album sure is. This CD mixed the best of the '80's with the best of the '00's, making it something extremely unique and very interesting. The standout track is 'Never Too Far' as well as 'Lead The Way'. The worst song on this album is 'Loverboy' and the remix to it. Oh, and I didn't like the Eric Benet song either. Point is, this album is her best vocally. Take a listen to 'Lead The Way', she holds a huge long note for a good 15 seconds, probably more. Also, if you can manage to find this over the internet, she recorded a fabulous song entitled 'There For Me'. It can also be found on the Never Too Far/Hero benefit single. This album is underrated and stereotyped and deserved much better. And many forget to mention 'Glitter' is the best selling soundtrack EVER in Japan and also went Platinum in the US.… Collapse
  25. CrystalH.
    Oct 14, 2001
    10
    Mariah Carey has hit it off with this one. It's alot different from her other albums and I LOVE IT. All the critics talking it down... well, I don't see any of them working their butts off and I don't think any of them are the best-selling female artist of the nineties with 10 AMAZING albums out. Mariah has got the best voice this world has ever heard, and this album shows Mariah Carey has hit it off with this one. It's alot different from her other albums and I LOVE IT. All the critics talking it down... well, I don't see any of them working their butts off and I don't think any of them are the best-selling female artist of the nineties with 10 AMAZING albums out. Mariah has got the best voice this world has ever heard, and this album shows all it can do!! … Expand
  26. JoeT.
    Nov 6, 2001
    10
    She's great. I think I'm in love
  27. LesM.
    Oct 30, 2001
    10
    I think this album is great. Mariah Carey is glowing in this glitter album! It is not true she is going down because I think that all this negative commentaries are just making her triumph at this point. It is just a matter of publicity. I think her voice is awesome and the songs are sang with lots of heart.
  28. UweL.
    Aug 24, 2001
    10
    it's her best since "Butterfly"
  29. EllenR.
    Sep 19, 2001
    1
    mariah should look inside herself and stop trying to be a teenybop star. showing alittle emotional depth(even if theres some insanity down there)would be good for her down the road. shes as fake as her boobs.
  30. Z-manB.
    Sep 20, 2001
    1
    It's a load of sweet-poo-poo, totally disgusting and soullless
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#49 Most Shared Album of 2001

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Slant Magazine
    Jul 1, 2014
    60
    While the album may have its flaws, it is for the most part a successful period piece that clearly displays Carey's appreciation for all that has come before her.
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  2. Sonicnet
    80
    While Carey has never been a particularly confessional musician, Glitter seems a step in a more cathartic direction, from which subsequent albums should no doubt benefit.
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  3. Blender
    60
    After years of trading her signature flourishes for a radio-ready purr, she's left with almost no presence at all. [Aug/Sep 2001, p.118]
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