Amazing Alicia

Advantages: Lovely lyrics, soulful voice, piano playing
Disadvantages: It ends

...Born 25th January, 1981 in Manhattan, Alicia Keys is just 21 years old and yet she has the world at her feet with her amazing piano playing and her sultry, soulful voice. Alicia began writing her debut album aged 14. By 16 she had graduated high school due to her outstanding grades, and went to Columbia University. Alicia sung in a choir at school and was encouraged by her mother not to ever give up playing the piano. She is an accomplished singer and a classically trained pianist. In 1998, aged just 17, Alicia joined Arista before moving to J Records late in 1999. Her debut album, ?Songs in A Minor? was released in June 2001 in USA and a month later in UK. APPEARANCE OF THE CD Front cover: A lovely picture of Alicia against a dark background. She confidently stands with her hands upon her hips wearing a dark green...

pixiedon 24.08.2002 · Read review
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Review of Songs In A Minor - Alicia Keys

Alicia

Advantages: Amazing vocal range that sends shivers down your spine!
Disadvantages: Arrangement of songs

...This album is great from start to finish. The songs range from emotional tear jerkers ie Fallin to feel good songs such as Rock Wit You and A Woman's Worth. There are amazing lyrics throughout the album. The combination of the wonderful lyrics, excellent melodies and enchanting vocals of Alicia adds up to make an album that is well worth listening to! The downfall of the album is that the first time you listen to it, you can switch off half way through due to short attention spans and lengthy songs and not get to the end of the album to listen to some of the better songs. This album can take a few listenings for you to appreciate the value of this album. Goodbye and Never Felt This Way contribute to excellent songs and the duet Mr Man with Jimmy Cozier is a great track aswell. The remix of Fallin is just as good as the original although...

katie_g 02.09.2003 · Read review
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Alicia Keys...Best album so far.

Advantages: Nice singing
Disadvantages: none

...Alicia Keys' new album is back! and it offers the most amazing tracks ever. Firstly just to say that in most of these tracks, she demonstartes her piano skills and they truly captivate anyone who understands music, her singing is great and she has already won lots of awards such as grammy awards for this album. One of my most favourite If I Aint Got You and You Dont Know My Name because these songs are sung with alot of feeling and emotion and they are arranged in a tuneful and musical way. Overall, I would truly recommend this Album to anyone as it does include 15 songs which are all personal and individual in their own way. This copy has sold over millions worldwide and is very popular so it is worth the money....

lilchinkstar 12.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of Diary Of Alicia Keys, The - Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys - As She Is.

Advantages: Range of sounds, fantastic lyrics and vocal talents.
Disadvantages: N/A

...Since her multi-platinum debut album in 2001, Alicia Keys has just gone from strength to strength, and this album shows just how she has! Selling 742,000 copies in the first week, it was the fastest selling album in the USA since Norah Jones' - Feels Like Home in 2004. Her third album to date and by far her most eagerly anticipated, this album shows of the singer/songwriters wide range of talents and vocal skills. I am a great fan of Alicia Keys and owning both of her previous albums, I can realize how hard it must have been to top what she has previously released! "As I Am" is an album full of soul and comes right from the heart of arguably one of the best R&B/Jazz singers out there today. The album combines soulful ballads with a range of funky R&B tracks and some exquisite piano pieces with really do grab the listeners attention...

amazingboy 26.11.2007 · Read review
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Alicia...The Key To Your CD Collection

Advantages: A Chance to hear Classical music work so well with Hip Hop and Jazz
Disadvantages: None what so ever.

...The diary of Alicia Keys is a brilliant album which combines a wide variety of sounds in a unique way. Alicia Keys uses her raw talent effortlessly to create a vibrant hip hop and soulful classic sound which combined, creates the type of music you do not want leaving your CD player. Track 1 Harlem?s Nocturne: In this track Alicia Keys has explored the use of semi-quavers in a free and expressive tempo. Such characteristics are usually found in classical pieces. Towards the end of the song the tempo changes to moderate and steady, therefore creating a perfect example of how well classical and hip hop sounds work. By showing this on the very first song she is keeping her audience intrigued and wanting more. Track 2 Karma: is second on the album. This is a moderately slow song which creates a moody atmosphere. The lyrics also are...

base453 12.09.2004 · Read review
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Alicia & Usher - My Boo

Advantages: Two of R&B's greatest stars joining together
Disadvantages: They don't sing together more often

...I'm well aware this category is for Alicia Key's but as there isn't to my knowledge a category for this single it's the next best place for it! My favourite R&B artists for a while now have been Alicia Keys and Usher. The Diary of Alica Keys and Confessions have hardly been off my stereo and even my 47 year old Dad asked to borrow them. Knowing this imagine my delight when I heard that they were planning on doing a duet together... yep I was estatic and couldn't wait to hear it, it was bound to be amazing with both of their talents combined. I first heard it when it was an exclusive on Top of the Pops. I immediatly stopped what I was doing and stared at the screen in awe. The song is called "My Boo" and it is classic R&B. The start of the song features a verse from another of Usher's songs from Confessions, "Bad Girl". This...

x__Kelli__x 21.10.2004 · Read review
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Review of Alicia Keys

A must-have for any Alicia Keys fan!

Advantages: Beautiful arrangements, some brilliant new songs
Disadvantages: Could of been more new material, but the CD does not feel empty without them,

...for!!! Of the old(er) songs, the version of 'If I ain't got you' is beautiful, as i the arrangement of 'If I was your woman'. All in all, even if you have all the other albums by Alicia, this will be an excellent addition to your collection!...

becca0706 13.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of Unplugged - Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys allows us into her diary

Advantages: Originalty
Disadvantages: there is nothing wrong with the album

...After such a fantastic debut album 'Songs in A minor' I was waiting to see if Alicia keys was able to be consistent with her originality. And yes she proved that she could. The diary of Alicia Keys, once again stretches Alicia's originality in songwriting, producing and her vocal ability. She presents to us an updated Motown feel that this century is lacking in the charts.. If you love your slow jams, then by all means you will just love this album. its one of those albums that you can leave in your cd player for months without skipping a track and play it every day until your hi-fi even gets sick of it. My personal favorite song on the album is Diary' feat Toni! Toni! Tone! This is a heart felt track with jazz and blues influences. Other songs to look out for on the album are: 'if i was your woman', 'When You really Love someone...

omaame 30.12.2005 · Read review
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Alicia Keys Songs in A star

Advantages: Amazing
Disadvantages: Its never out of my C.D player

...Alicia Keys – Songs in A minor. Wow was my first impression when I heard Alicia Keys’ debut single- Fallin’. The quality of her voice sent shivers down my spine. It was her debut single (Fallin’) that intrigued me to buy the album, Songs in A minor, but her other released singles, A Woman’s Worth and the recently released Girlfriend are excellent too. Her album includes duets with Jimmy Cozier, Kandi Burruss, Busta Rhymes and Rampage. My personal favourite tracks are Fallin’, Caged Bird, Why Do I Feel So Sad and Butterflyz (which she wrote when she was just 14 years old). Almost every song on the album she has written or co- wrote and plays the piano with magnificent skill. This album you’ll either love or hate. It needs to grow on you initially but if you are a fan of soul and R...

princess_lucy 06.12.2002 · Read review
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A story that you MUST read.

Advantages: A book that you will never forget.
Disadvantages: Some disturbing parts in the book.

... Alicia: My Story Alicia Appleman Jurman I have recently read several books relating to the Holocaust. The latest one that I read was by Alicia Appleman Jurman. This book was written in 1989, I can?t understand how I haven?t come across it before now. In her autobiography - Alicia: My Story - Alicia writes of her experience as a young Jewish girl escaping the Nazis by hiding out in the forests and wheat fields of Poland. In her account as a survivor of the Holocaust, she observed some terrible sights, she saw babies shot in their cots; some people starve to death and others being inhumanly beaten or fed to hungry dogs. Luckily Alicia escaped the massacres and mass graves that so many of her friends were victims of. Alicia expresses a physical insolence and heroism that stays with you when the book is finished...

oldchem 18.09.2009 · Read review
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