Advantages: Amazing Disadvantages: Its never out of my C.D player
AliciaKeys – Songsin A minor.
Wow was my first impression when I heard AliciaKeys’ 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, Songsin 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 ...
Advantages: Lovely lyrics, soulful voice, piano playing Disadvantages: It ends
Born 25th January, 1981 in Manhattan, AliciaKeys 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, ?Songsin 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 ...
Advantages: A great album packed full of memorable tracks. Disadvantages: No lyrics included in booklet! a few forgettable tracks.
Review of AliciaKeys 'Songsin A minor' 2002 album -Including a Remixed & Unplugged Limited Edition Bonus Disc.
I have AliciaKeys first and second albums, I have loved her music from when I first heard it-something that was both cool and contemporary fusing her love for classical and old-school music with fresh sounding RnB. Her young and confident style is also appealing, together with her interest in and work for World charities. Although this album is 7 years old, I still listen to it lots today, sounding as fresh and unique as ever.
I hope to buy her latest album 'As I am' too. I have been impressed by the artists' talent of playing her own instruments including the piano, and writing and producing her own songs-great! Her sound to this particular album I would describe as very romantic with some great funky tunes and lovely ...
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Product details
Title
Songs In A Minor [DVD Audio]
Performer
Alicia Keys
Genre
R&B
Sub Genre
Contemporary R&B
Release Date
05/04/2004
Original Release Year
2001
Label / Distributor
Sony BMG Imports / Sony Music/Arvato Services
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
808132000291
Catalogue Number
808132000029
Additional notes
Album Notes
Personnel: Alicia Keys (vocals, various instruments, piano, keyboards); Jimmy Cozier (vocals): Gerald "G" Flowers, Arty White (guitar); Miri (violin); Isaac Hayes (Fender Rhodes piano); Brian Cox (keyboards); Richie Good (upright bass); Tim Shider, Vic Flowers, Rufus Jackson (electric bass); Norman Hedman (percussion); Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Anthony Nance (programming); Cindy Mizelle, Tammy Saunders, Andricka Hall, Paul L. Green, Kandi B (background vocals). Producers: Jermaine Dupri, Brian McKnight, Alicia Keys, Kerry "Krucial" Brothers. Alicia Keys won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. SONGS IN A MINOR won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. "Fallin'" won the 2002 Grammy Awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and for Best R&B Song. This is a DVD-Audio disc. The DVD-Audio content can only be read by a DVD-Audio player. The Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS audio tracks provided on this disc will play on a standard DVD player. Picture Roberta Flack with hip-hop trimmings or D'Angelo coming at the world from a female perspective and you get an idea of the immense talent welling up from musical prodigy Alicia Keys. Blessed with a soulful voice, mature-beyond-her-years songwriting, and a classically trained command of piano, it's no wonder music mogul Clive Davis brought the 20-year old performer over from Arista as one of the flagship artists for his new label J Records. Keys displays impressive range on this primarily self-penned debut that finds her taking part in arranging and/or production on every cut, once again redeeming Davis's instincts. Besides the well-earned buzz for the gripping love-and-loathe single "Fallin'," Keys earns high marks for fusing rap beats and vintage Aretha on a confidently delivered cover of Prince's "How Come You Don't Call Me." Elsewhere, the native New Yorker's flow finds her traversing the same ground as early-'70s Stevie Wonder on the thought-provoking "The Life," while "Goodbye" proves to be the quintessential Quiet Storm kiss-off. Keys wraps up SONGS with a sanctified mix of stride piano, lush strings, and gospel-flavored back-up singers on "Lovin' U." DVD Features: Region 0 Super Jewel Case Audio: 24 Bit/96 Khz PCM Stereo - English 24 Bit/48 Khz Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Additional Release Material: Music Video - 1. Alicia Keys - Girlfriend Interactive Features: On Screen Lyrics Text/Photo Galleries: Stills/Photos
Album Reviews
Rolling Stone (1/03/02, p.118) - Ranked #2 in Rolling Stone's "Top 10 2001". Rolling Stone (7/19/01, p.53) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Keys shows a maturity beyond her years...suggesting down-home R&B contemporaries like Jill Scott as well as yesteryear's soul sophisticates..." Entertainment Weekly (6/29-7/6/01, p.144) - "...A debut full of promise..." - Rating: B Q (1/03, p.56) - Included in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums Ever" Q (9/01, p.110) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A prime candidate to head up the nu-soul revolution...with a voice that challenges Mary J. Blige's....Key's R&B trips to a fundamentally more old-skool set of values....Her sincerity is another plus..." Mojo (1/02, p.71) - Ranked #27 in Mojo's "Best [40] Albums of 2001". Uncut (11/01, p.112) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Frequently stunning....Keys soars like a young Aretha Franklin..." CMJ (4/30/01, p.21) - "...The singer showcases her classical piano training atop slow and somber percussion...her deep soulful voice and heartfelt delivery carry the songs..."
Titles on disc 1
1.
Piano & I
2.
Girlfriend
3.
How Come You Don't Call Me
4.
Fallin'
5.
Troubles
6.
Rock Wit U (with Isaac Hayes)
7.
Woman's Worth
8.
Jane Doe
9.
Goodbye
10.
Life
11.
Mr. Man (with Jimmy Cozier)
12.
Never Felt This Way
13.
Butterflyz
14.
Why Do I Feel So Sad
15.
Caged Bird
Ciao
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