Track Listing

1. Emotions
2. If It's Over
3. Someday
4. Vision Of Love
5. Make It Happen
6. I'll Be There
7. Can't Let Go

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #47278 in Music
• Released on: 2005-05-30
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: EP, Live

From Amazon.com
By the time she made her bow on MTV Unplugged, Mariah Carey was already a multi-platinum-selling artist who owned the charts, but didn't command much respect because no one had ever seen her perform live. As it turned out, Miss Thing could deliver as sure as Domino's, emoting significantly over soulful arrangements of several hits and a cover of the Jackson Five's "I'll Be There." That track became a No. 1 hit and earned a solo recording deal for featured backup singer Trey Lorenz. This may not be Carey's best record, but it's certainly her most surprising. --Daniel Durchholz

CD Description
Recorded live for MTV's "Unplugged" program, this acoustic 1992 concert bears witness to Mariah's fantastic performanceskills. Equipped with her astoundingly powerful, lovely pipes, Mariah pulls #1 singles and b-sides out of the studio bag and makes live magic of them. Particularly on the numbers with a gospel chorus behind her, it's clear during at even the poppiest moments that this woman testifies when she picksup the mic, with echoes of divas like Aretha Franklin and Mahalia Jackson in her riveting vibratos.
Surely another part of what enlivens concerts like this one so much is the fact that Mariah helped pen all but one song - The Jackson 5's "I'll Be There". Backed by a dynamic band and the heartthrob Trey Lorenz, Mariah lights this classic ablaze with feeling, further affirming her love for her roots while staying true to her own vocal personality. "If It's Over", co-writtenby Carole King, takes a more traditional R&B turn with the brassy groove of the Saturday Night Live Horns, while the hit "Vision Of Love" is just plain rapturous.

Customer Reviews

WHAT A VOICE!!
If anyone ever doubted Mariah's singing ability before this live set, they certainly couldn't after this. Her voice is amazing, covering at least five octaves, one minute soft and tender the next glass-shatteringly high and loud!! A great sing-a-long CD(just make sure no-one is listening because hitting those high notes is impossible!!)

WOW!
Many words come to mind when i think of Mariah Carey and her amazing voice but only one truely sums up my feelings towards her, her voice and the music when i first heard this EP - WOW!!! If anyone thinks they can sing, listen to this album and realise compared to this lady NO-ONE can sing!!! Her 'other worldly' power, her fantastic trills and vibratos, her midboggling, glass shattering almost 7-ocatve range... they all come out on this gem of an album. She is one of only a few artists who can churn out many different genres of music and here we hear pop, gospel, r'n'b, soul, we hear up tempo and ballads. its truely amazing, she is truely amazing and if you want to hear the force of nature that is Mariah's voice at its very best buy this album, you wont regret it!

Mariah Live
Mariah's only live album was among the last of her albums I bought, 'cause I thought I already had the songs on the "Mariah Carey", "Emotions" and "#1's" albums. When I began to listen it I realized immediately I should have bought it as soon as I fell in love with her voice. The song versions are slightly different than on the albums, which I like, but the main reason for loving this album is that while listening it I felt as if I were with Mariah and she were singing specially to me. Mariah said she felt very close to the audience and you will feel the same closeness when listening to this CD.