- pop, adult contemporary, r&b
- 57 min
- 12 tracks
- Columbia
Butterfly is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, released on September 10, 1997, by Columbia Records. The album continued the transition that began with her previous album, Daydream (1995), which pushed her further into the R&B and hip hop market and away from the pop background of her previous work.
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Character
Spare, character-led, grave and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune2.5/4 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB−
- Los Angeles Times3/4 ★
- NME4/10
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 ★
- Slant Magazine4.5/5 ★
- USA Today3/4 ★
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Tracks
- 1Honey5:00
- 2Butterfly4:34
- 3My All3:51
- 4The Roof5:14
- 5Fourth of July4:23
- 6Breakdown4:44
- 7Babydoll5:06
- 8Close My Eyes4:20
- 9Whenever You Call4:21
- 10Fly Away (Butterfly reprise)3:49
- 11The Beautiful Ones6:58
- 12Outside4:46
12 tracks, 57 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Mariah Carey
- Label
- Columbia
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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