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Revision as of 04:18, 9 August 2019
Caution is Mariah Carey's 15th studio album that was released on November 16, 2018 by Epic Records.
Tracklisting
- GTFO
- With You
- Caution
- A No No
- The Distance (featuring Ty Dolla Sign)
- Giving Me Life (featuring Slick Rick and Blood Orange)
- One Mo' Gen
- 8th Grade
- Stay Long Love You (featuring Gunna)
- Portrait
Album Background
Chart Performance
"Caution" debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200 with 51,000 album-equivalent units, which included 43,000 pure album sales, becoming Carey's 18th top-ten album in the United States.
Critical Reception
"Caution" was met with critical acclaim.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 82, based on nine reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".
Maura Johnston from Pitchfork felt that the record represented a "celebration of the ultimate-diva status" of Carey's brand of music.
Brittany Spanos from Rolling Stone summarised the record as being "pure hip-hop-leaning pop bliss", praising Carey's ability to deliver "an honest album, full of truths" through a "slow-burning R&B sound".
Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Andy Kellman wrote that Carey's [themes of] "flirtatious enticement, celebration, reminiscence, perseverance, rejection" were "highly energized".
MusicOMH gave it a score of all five stars and stated: "[Carey] is vulnerable and tentative, yet honest and hopeful about embarking on a new journey."
Spencer Kornhaber from The Atlantic stated that the album "shores up the idea of Carey the wit, the craftswoman, and the game player."