Daydream (studio album)
by Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey bestography
Daydream is ranked 2nd best out of 23 albums by Mariah Carey on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Mariah Carey is Butterfly which is ranked number 2484 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 635.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/22/2025 22:55 | Exist-en-ciel | 4,416 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/06/2025 16:24 | cicadelic | 11,432 | 73/100 |
| ! | 08/08/2025 03:25 | juanr1096 | 6,094 | 78/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2025 17:08 |  Volee | 290 | 69/100 |
| ! | 02/17/2025 20:22 |  LebowskiRams | 1,361 | 77/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.5/100, a mean average of 68.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 23.3.
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Shortlisted for album of the year at the 1996 Grammys. The winner was Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette
ilovelctr 10/29/2023 14:10 | #299694
Significantly underrated imo. I know many don't like popism lyrics which are all about bittersweet love. But Mariah's vocal performance and the melodies work in tandem to create quite a joyful listen. Underneath the Stars and Melt Away are my favourites, especially in the latter of which she doesn't even show off her high notes, and instead dives deep down for the first verse; that's mesmerising.
90/100
For me this is Mariah best album
VictorVale 01/03/2019 12:21 | #228745
Confirmação de superstar da década. Mostrava a voz como nunca.
Eh, it's okay, but still quite generic. Adding the fantasy remix with ODB would have been a nice surprise, but then that would have affected Mariah's profitability, wouldn't it tommy? It wasn't until 97's great "Butterfly" that she was able to dabble in hip-hop due to increased control over her personal and artistic life. Ah well.
Nothing is outstanding here, but Carey's vocals and lyricism are both on fine form and the production (sort of pioneeringly) makes an attempt to bridge the huge gaps between the pop genre and the hip hop genre, with admirable results. Even the sloshy ballads aren't that bad this time around.
Tamthebam 09/29/2017 19:55 | #198893
Not her best album but right up there with Butterfly (No.1) Music Box (No.2) and Emancipation Of Mimi (No.4) this I.M.O. is her 3rd best album, I love most of the tracks here except Forever (50's pastiche) that doesn't work, Looking In & I Am Free. The rest of the tracks lifts this album to a score of 85/100.
glitter-bubbles 03/04/2015 22:29 | #136147
I think this is easily her best album. Some great songs and some that don't get your attention at all. Pretty good overall though.
Started well. Felt like it could go somewhere quite high. Suffers as it goes on though and despite ending on a high it never quite reaches what 'One Sweet Day' and 'Fantasy' did for me. Cherished moments by the bridge with the picnics. Lemon trees sing and some tears shed. The songs can carry themselves and altogether fairly enjoyable.
junodog4 10/17/2012 17:04 | #52532
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