Daydream
by Mariah Carey

Album
Daydream by Mariah Carey
Year: 1995
Release date: 1995-09-26
Overall rank: 3,572nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 142 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1995 (66th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (586th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,572nd)

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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 2672 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 592.

Mariah Carey album bestography « Higher ranked (2,672nd)
Butterfly This album (3,572nd)
Daydream Lower ranked (3,782nd) »
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Daydream rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,572nd | 1990s rank: 586th | 1995 rank: 66th  Overall chart history
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Daydream forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 06/27/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5356): By marco17
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. (1996) 2. by (1990) 3. by (1987) 4. by (1975) 5. by (1973) 7. by by (1989) 10. (1982) 11. by (2010) 12. (1977) 13. by (1971) 14. by by (1993) 16. by (1987) 17. by (2015) 18. by (1965) 19. by (2019) 20. by (2021) 21. by by (1973) 23.…”
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From dihansse 06/25/2017 16:58 in My discoveries per year
“And now a fairly large number of 1995 albums I listened to (or sometimes skipped a bit): - (nr 46 on the overall BEA top chart of 1995): sorry Tilly but I really don't like this album because to me it's only atmosphere and no songs (and I need a bit of the latter as well). - (nr 47): sometimes it's…”
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From 03/04/2015 22:29 | #136147 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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.
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From 09/29/2017 19:55 | #198893 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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.
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From 06/19/2012 10:12 | #44745 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Definitely her Best album. Butterfly is #2
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From 10/29/2023 14:10 | #299694 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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. (Edited)
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From 05/01/2013 21:37 | #74961 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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.
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