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Alicia Keys' debut album, Songs in A Minor, made a significant impact upon its release in the summer of 2001, catapulting the young singer/songwriter to the front of the neo-soul pack. Critics and audiences were captivated by a 19-year-old singer whose taste and influences ran back further than her years, encompassing everything from Prince to smooth '70s soul, even a little Billie Holiday. In retrospect, it was the idea of Alicia Keys that was as attractive as the record, since soul fans were hungering for a singer/songwriter who seemed part of the tradition without being as spacy as Macy Gray or as hippie mystic as Erykah Badu while being more reliable than Lauryn Hill. Keys was all that, and she had style to spare -- elegant, sexy style accentuated by how she never oversang, giving the music a richer feel. It was rich enough to compensate for some thinness in the writing -- though it was a big hit, "Fallin'" doesn't have much body to it -- which is a testament to Keys' skills as a musician. And, the fact is, even though there are some slips in the writing, there aren't many, and the whole thing remains a startling assured, successful debut that deserved its immediate acclaim and is already aging nicely.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Alicia Keys, Composer - Alicia Keys, Lyricist - Alicia Keys, Producer - Alicia Keys, Performer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment
Joshua P. Thompson, Composer - Joshua P. Thompson, Lyricist - Jermaine Dupri, Composer - Jermaine Dupri, Lyricist - Jermaine Dupri, Producer - Alicia Keys, Composer - Alicia Keys, Lyricist - Alicia Keys, Performer - Alicia Keys, Producer - Phil Tan, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment
Russell Elevado, Mixing Engineer - Prince, Composer - Prince, Lyricist - Alicia Keys, Performer - Alicia Keys, Producer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment
Russell Elevado, Mixing Engineer - Alicia Keys, Composer - Alicia Keys, Lyricist - Alicia Keys, Performer - Alicia Keys, Producer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment
Kerry Brothers, Composer - Kerry Brothers, Lyricist - Alicia Keys, Composer - Alicia Keys, Lyricist - Alicia Keys, Performer - Alicia Keys, Producer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment
Russell Elevado, Mixing Engineer - Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Jr., Composer - Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Jr., Lyricist - Alicia Keys, Composer - Alicia Keys, Lyricist - Alicia Keys, Performer - Alicia Keys, Producer - T. Smith, Composer - T. Smith, Lyricist
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment
Erika Rose, Composer - Erika Rose, Lyricist - Alicia Keys, Composer - Alicia Keys, Lyricist - Alicia Keys, Producer - Alicia Keys, Performer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment
Kandi Burruss, Composer - Kandi Burruss, Lyricist - Kandi Burruss, Producer - Alicia Keys, Composer - Alicia Keys, Lyricist - Alicia Keys, Producer - Alicia Keys, Performer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment
Brian McKnight, Producer - Alicia Keys, Composer - Alicia Keys, Lyricist - Alicia Keys, Performer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment
Kerry Brothers, Composer - Kerry Brothers, Lyricist - Tenisha Smith, Composer - Tenisha Smith, Lyricist - Alicia Keys, Composer - Alicia Keys, Lyricist - Alicia Keys, Producer - Alicia Keys, Performer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment
Arden Altino, Co-Producer - Miri Beniri, Co-Producer - Alicia Keys, Composer - Alicia Keys, Lyricist - Alicia Keys, Producer - Alicia Keys, Performer - Jimmy Cozier, Composer - Jimmy Cozier, Lyricist - Jimmy Cozier, Producer - Jimmy Cozier, Performer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment
Brian McKnight, Composer - Brian McKnight, Lyricist - Brandon Barnes, Composer - Brandon Barnes, Lyricist - Alicia Keys, Producer - Alicia Keys, Performer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer - Alicia Keys, Lyricist - Alicia Keys, Performer - Alicia Keys, Producer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment
Kerry Brothers, Producer - Alicia Keys, Composer - Alicia Keys, Lyricist - Alicia Keys, Performer - Alicia Keys, Producer - Warryn Campbell, Composer - Warryn Campbell, Lyricist
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer - Alicia Keys, Lyricist - Alicia Keys, Performer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Performer - Alicia Keys, Composer - Alicia Keys, Lyricist - Alicia Keys, Producer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment
Albumbeschreibung
Alicia Keys' debut album, Songs in A Minor, made a significant impact upon its release in the summer of 2001, catapulting the young singer/songwriter to the front of the neo-soul pack. Critics and audiences were captivated by a 19-year-old singer whose taste and influences ran back further than her years, encompassing everything from Prince to smooth '70s soul, even a little Billie Holiday. In retrospect, it was the idea of Alicia Keys that was as attractive as the record, since soul fans were hungering for a singer/songwriter who seemed part of the tradition without being as spacy as Macy Gray or as hippie mystic as Erykah Badu while being more reliable than Lauryn Hill. Keys was all that, and she had style to spare -- elegant, sexy style accentuated by how she never oversang, giving the music a richer feel. It was rich enough to compensate for some thinness in the writing -- though it was a big hit, "Fallin'" doesn't have much body to it -- which is a testament to Keys' skills as a musician. And, the fact is, even though there are some slips in the writing, there aren't many, and the whole thing remains a startling assured, successful debut that deserved its immediate acclaim and is already aging nicely.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:04
- Main artists: Alicia Keys
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: J Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment
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