MARIAH CAREY Merry Christmas (2024 limited edition Mobile
Fidelity Sound Lab 11-track audiophile DSD remastered
Ultradisc UHR™ hybrid Super Audio CD. Mastered
from the original master tapes and housed in mini-LP-style
packaging, the pioneering label’s numbered-edition hybrid
SACD of Merry Christmas plays with superb detail, depth, and
dimensionality. Available in audiophile quality for the first
time since its original release three decades ago, and
featuring the bonus track“God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen,”
the nine-times-platinum set breathes with a newfound
openness and transparency that enhance the spirituality,
passion, and festive tenor of Carey’s singing. Individually
numbered replica LP-style gatefold picture sleeve, metallic
hype sticker & factory sealed).
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Mariah Carey Merry Christmas - Super Audio CD - Sealed US super audio CD SACD
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| Tracklisting / Additional Info: |
The Holiday Album That Turned Mariah Carey into the Queen of Christmas: Featuring the Standard “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” the Singer’s Blockbuster Merry Christmas Exudes Joy, Spirituality, and Conviction
Mastered from the Original Master Tapes: Mobile Fidelity’s Numbered-Edition Hybrid SACD Plays with Superb Detail, Openness, and Clarity
Mariah Carey didn’t become the Queen of Christmas just because of her fervent love of the holiday. Or as the result of a brilliant marketing plan. The iconic singer earned her title by way of her blockbuster Merry Christmas, a 1994 album that quickly joined the likes of Bing Crosby’s White Christmas, A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra, and Nat King Cole’s The Christmas Song as an all-time holiday vocal classic. Featuring a balanced mix of inspired originals and well-chosen covers, Carey’s fourth studio record has only grown in stature as new generations discover its magic. Mobile Fidelity’s 30th anniversary edition reissue of Merry Christmas makes her spellbinding performances and upper-tier register come alive like never before.
Mastered from the original master tapes and housed in mini-LP-style packaging, the pioneering label’s numbered-edition hybrid SACD of Merry Christmas plays with superb detail, depth, and dimensionality. Available in audiophile quality for the first time since its original release three decades ago, and featuring the bonus track “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen,” the nine-times-platinum set breathes with a newfound openness and transparency that enhance the spirituality, passion, and festive tenor of Carey’s singing.
The music takes on a heightened energy and anticipatory emotion synonymous with the holiday season. Carey’s signature vocals burst with liveliness and dynamics, the full scope of her acrobatic range presented in clear sound that practically places her on a small stage in your listening room. This collectible version also breathes with the kind of warmth, intimacy, and coziness you want from a landmark vocal album.
Recorded when Carey helped put “diva” back into everyone’s vocabulary, Merry Christmas gave the New York native another smash right out of the box. What nobody knew at the time was the degree of the album’s staying power — and how, many years removed from its initial promotion cycle, its legend would still grow and even spark a 2010 sequel. Having re-entered the Top 200 charts every year since 2019, Merry Christmas ranks as one of the three most commercially successful holiday LPs ever made and, in due time, will likely earn the top distinction in that class. A global blockbuster, it seamlessly ties together Christian, gospel, and secular threads and speaks to a boundless audience, independent of denomination.
Most obviously, the record remains inescapably connected to “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” an uptempo anthem that towers as a holiday standard and one of the biggest-selling singles in history. Punctuated with celesta chimes, sleigh bells, springy keyboards, and joyous beats, the song echoes the simple albeit engaging melodies and doo-wop style of beloved holiday classics of yore — and blends such elements with contagious dance-pop rhythms to create an atmosphere rich in joy, wonder, and excitement. Radiant with golden soulfulness and sincere conviction, Carey’s exuberant singing and on-point phrasing put it all over the top. And how.
The song stands as the only effort in Billboard history to top the Hot 100 chart during at least three separate runs. Carey’s blockbuster has already hit No. 1 during five runs, spanning every year between 2019 and 2024. That’s just one of the many records the singer holds — and only one of the multiple highlights from Merry Christmas, which includes two other Carey-penned originals, “Miss You Most (At Christmas Time)” and “Jesus Born on This Day.”
Though slightly lesser known, Carey’s remarkable rendition of Darlene Love’s “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” further links her album with the big, lush, Wall of Sound heritage that helped inspire its production. Carey’s heartfelt take and transformation of the traditional “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” into an animated tune that even adults can believe, as well as her clairon reading of “Joy to the World” — cleverly augmented with bits of Three Dog Night’s 1971 hit of the same name — further reinforce her status as Queen of Christmas.
At the peak of her powers, Carey finds equivalent success when tapping more spiritual veins. Witness the reverence she brings to the timeless carol “Silent Night,” the piousness she invests in “Jesus Oh What a Wonderful Child,” and the sacred feeling she conveys throughout “O Holy Night.” You’ll also never think of “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” and “Gloria (In Excelsis Deo)” the same way again after hearing Mimi pour her heart and soul into them, and pair the songs together.
Indeed, it’s Carey’s pliable voice, melismatic technique, and five-octave range — on display here in definitive fashion — coupled with her undeniable love for Christmas and understanding of the religious significance of the season that make Merry Christmas a must-have holiday staple. And on Mobile Fidelity’s SACD, something you better add to your wish list.
1. Silent Night
2. All I Want for Christmas Is You
3. O Holy Night
4. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
5. Miss You Most (At Christmas Time)
6. Joy to the World
7. Jesus Born on This Day
8. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
9. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/Gloria (In Excelsis Deo)
10. Jesus Oh What a Wonderful Child
11. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
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| Condition : |
Factory sealed from new. This item is unplayed. Click here for more info. |
| Availability: |
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| Year of Release: |
2024 |
| Artist: |
Mariah Carey (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
Merry Christmas (click here for more of the same title) |
| Postage/Shipping: |
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| Format: |
super audio CD SACD |
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| Record Label: |
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab |
| Catalogue No: |
UDSACD2280 |
| Country of Origin: |
USA
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| Date of Release: |
12 December 2024
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| EIL.COM Ref No |
CRYSAME853050 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Barcode : |
198028043823 |
| Genres: |
90's Pop, Female Solo, POP
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| Related Artists: |
Allure, Trey Lorenz |
| Complete Stock List: |
Mariah Carey |
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sales@eil.com to contact our sales team. |
| Alternative Names: |
None |
| To order by phone: |
Call +44 1474 815010 quoting EIL.COM reference number CRYSAME853050 |
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