Merry Christmas II You
by Mariah Carey
  • Record Label: Island
  • Release Date: Nov 2, 2010
Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. AllMusic
    Nov 8, 2010
    60
    Apart from that pair of stiff originals, the whole thing is cheerful and engaging, a worthy sequel to its predecessor.
  2. Rolling Stone
    Nov 3, 2010
    60
    It's hard to figure out what's "extra festive" (as the full song title promises) about her "All I Want for Christmas Is You" update, and far easier to determine what's wrong with "Auld Lang Syne" (an awkward dance beat), but the LP's warm heart is in the right place.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Nov 3, 2010
    83
    Carey's second holiday collection leavens soaring takes on traditional hymns with a handful of funkier originals. [5 Nov 2010, p.71]
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  5. Slant Magazine
    Nov 3, 2010
    50
    It's an attempted rewind. As such, it's probably one of the most revealing and none-too-flattering approximations of the mindset of a certain sort of adult's Christmas spirit.
  6. The Independent (UK)
    Jan 14, 2011
    40
    It's 16 years since Mariah Carey's first Christmas album, and there's nothing here to suggest she's developed significantly since then.
  7. The New York Times
    Feb 9, 2011
    70
    The rest of this album intersperses originals with classics--a respectful "First Noel," an aptly baby-making take on "O Little Town of Bethlehem," and "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" as routed through a strip club. But nothing beats "All I Want for Christmas Is You," from her 1994 album Merry Christmas," one of the great modern holiday albums.
  8. BBC Music
    Dec 14, 2010
    80
    It's not particularly clever, but it is expectedly big: if you're a Carey fan with a stocking that needs filling this year, this'll perk you up better than any alternative speech or sherry trifle could.
  9. Village Voice
    Nov 24, 2010
    40
    The near-crazed desperation to please listeners for her own sake is all over Merry Christmas II You: A "gift" to her fans (or so she claims) that they, of course, must pay for, it's her fascinating, career-long saga of self-obsession in a nutshell.

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User Score
3.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 251 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 81 out of 251
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 251
  3. Negative: 162 out of 251
  1. Beastprogamer
    Feb 19, 2015
    0
    Mariah Carey is the WORST MUSICIAN EVER next to Justin Bieber. But in person, Justin Bieber is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY WORSE. HE EVENMariah Carey is the WORST MUSICIAN EVER next to Justin Bieber. But in person, Justin Bieber is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY WORSE. HE EVEN GOT DETAINED BY THE COPS. XD… Full Review »
  2. phonibraxton
    Nov 7, 2022
    0
    i HATE Christmas bc of this woman. Her music is so commercialized it means nothing.
  3. HonestMuusic
    Nov 4, 2022
    0
    This album and Mariah Carey make me HATE the commercial side of Christmas, vapid, meaningless music like every song on this album are just atrocious.
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