Caution (Mariah Carey album)

***Caution*** is the fifteenth studio album by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey. It was released on November 16, 2018, through Epic Records. Carey collaborated with Ty Dolla Sign, Slick Rick, Blood Orange and Gunna on the album's songs and worked with a variety of producers. It is her first studio album in four years, _Caution_ was praised upon release and appeared on several year-end lists and to promote the album Carey went on the Caution World Tour.

## Track listing

**Notes**
- signifies a co-producer
- signifies additional production

**Sample credits**
- "GTFO" contains a sample of "Goodbye to a World" by Porter Robinson.
- "A No No" contains a sample from "Rain Dance" by the Jeff Lorber Fusion, and "Crush on You" by Lil' Kim featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and Lil Cease.
- "Giving Me Life" contains dialogue from the film _Trading Places_, performed by Eddie Murphy and James D. Turner.
- "Runway" contains a sample from "Butterfly" and an interpolation of "We Belong Together", both by Carey.

## Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.

**Performance**
- Mariah Carey – primary artist, strings , executive production, production
- Ty Dolla Sign – featured artist
- Dev Hynes – featured artist (as Blood Orange) , production
- Slick Rick – featured artist
- Gunna – featured artist
- KOHH – featured artist
- Mary Ann Tatum – background vocals
- Priscilla Renea – background vocals
- Timbaland – background vocals , production

**Instrumentation**
- Larrance Dopson – keyboards , co-production
- Angel Lopez – keyboards , co-production , programming , engineering assistance
- Federico Vindver – keyboards , co-production , programming , engineering assistance
- Ray McCullough II – bass
- Ray Romulus – drums
- Jeremy Reeves – percussion
- Jonathan Yip – synthesizer
- Daniel Moore II – piano
- Josh Baker – percussion
- Serena McKinney Göransson – strings , violin

**Production**
- Nineteen85 – production
- DJ Mustard – production
- Luca – production
- No I.D. – production
- SLMN – production
- Shea Taylor – production
- Lido – production , programming
- Poo Bear – production , additional production
- Skrillex – production , mixing
- Fred Ball – production
- WondaGurl – production
- The Stereotypes – production
- Daniel Moore II – production
- Jermaine Dupri – additional production
- Jordan Manswell – co-production

**Technical**
- Brian Garten – mixing , recording
- Phil Tan – mixing
- Chris Gehringer – mixing , mastering
- Jaycen Joshua – mixing
- Tom Norris – mixing
- Mikaelin Bluespruce – mixing
- Chris Galland – mixing
- Manny Marroquin – mixing
- James Royo – recording
- Bill Zimmerman – engineering assistance
- Jeremy Nichols – engineering assistance
- Will Quinnell – engineering assistance
- Brendan Morwaski – engineering assistance
- Richard Evatt – engineering assistance
- Jacob Richards – engineering assistance
- Mike Seaberg – engineering assistance
- Rashawn McLean – engineering assistance
- Zach Brown – engineering assistance
- Jason Patterson – engineering assistance
- Matt Anthony – engineering assistance
- Robin Florent – engineering assistance
- Scott Desmarais – engineering assistance
- Jared Schuerman – engineering assistance
- Colin Leonard – mastering
- Herb Powers, Jr. – mastering

## Charts

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## Related pages

- List of _Billboard_ number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2018
- List of UK R&B Albums Chart number ones of 2018

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: Caution
- **type**: studio
- **artist**: Mariah Carey
- **studio**: * Cha Cha
* Chalice
* Electric Lady
* Murray Soundlab
* Sanctuary
* Studio at the Palms
* Westlake
- **genre**: * Electronica
* Hip hop music, hip hop
* Contemporary R&B, R&B
- **label**: Epic Records, Epic
- **producer**: * Mariah Carey (also Executive producer, exec.)
* Fred Ball (producer), Fred Ball
* Poo Bear
* Lido (musician), Lido
* Angel Lopez
* Luca Polizzi
* DJ Mustard
* Nineteen85
* No I.D.
* Blood Orange (musician), Blood Orange
* Skrillex
* SLMN
* The Stereotypes
* Shea Taylor
* Timbaland
* Federico Vindver
* Daniel Moore II
- **prev title**: Japan Best
- **prev year**: 2018