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Columbia Records cannot be accused of stinting on the two-CD Remixes set, which has a running time over two hours and 20 minutes. Mariah Carey's former label, before she moved to Virgin and then Island Def Jam (where she recorded under her own MonarC imprint), has made a point of licensing extra tracks from those subsequent corporate associations, as well as borrowing a track from J Records in compiling a survey of the various remixes of Carey's recordings. This means that the collection stretches as far back as 1991 for the "12' Club Mix" of "Emotions" and all the way up to 2003 for the "So So Def Remix" of "The One." The result is a kind of history of remixes over that 12-year period. Of course, the term "remix" is, as usual, an excessively modest one to describe what has been done to the original recordings. A variety of remix producers have not only manipulated the original tracks, but also added various elements of their own to the point that, in many cases, the songs as initially heard are virtually unrecognizable. Every now and then, one hears a snatch of lyric or a familiar musical excerpt, but for the most part these are dance-oriented musical productions with only a nodding resemblance to Carey's records.
Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. My All Morales - "My" Club Mix
2. Heartbreaker/"If You Should Ever Be Lonely" - Junior's Heartbreaker Club Mix
3. Fly Away (Butterfly Reprise) - Fly Away Club Mix
4. Anytime You Need A Friend - C&C Club Version
5. FANTASY Def Club Mix
6. Honey Classic Mix
7. Dreamlover Def Club Mix
8. EMOTIONS 12" Club Mix
9. Through The Rain HQ2 Radio Edit
Disc: 2
1. Fantasy Feat. O.D.B.
2. Always Be My Baby - Mr. Dupri Mix featuring Da Brat and Xscape
3. My All/Stay Awhile - So So Def Remix Featuring Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz 4.
4. Breakdown - Featuring Krayzie Bone & Wish Bone
5. Honey - So So Def Mix Featuring Da Brat & JD
6. Loverboy - Remix
7. Heartbreaker - Remix Featuring Da Brat & Missy Elliott
8. Sweetheart - Album Version
9. Crybaby - Album Version Featuring Snoop Dogg
10. Miss You - Feat. Jadakiss
11. The One - So So Def Remix Featuring Bonecrusher
12. I Know What You Want - Album Version Busta Rhymes & Mariah Carey (Featuring Flipmode Squad)
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