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Since Alicia Keys' 2001 debut album, Songs in A Minor, was ever so slightly overpraised, expectations for her second album, 2003's The Diary of Alicia Keys, were ever so slightly too high. Songs in A Minor not only kicked off a wave of ambitious new neo-soul songsters, it fit neatly into the movement of ambitious yet classicist new female singer/songwriters that ranged from the worldbeat-inflected pop of Nelly Furtado to the jazzy Norah Jones, whose success may not have been possible if Keys hadn't laid the groundwork with such soulful work as her hit "Fallin'." Such success at such a young age, even if deserved, can be too much too soon, since young songwriters showered with praise and riches may find it hard to see the world outside of their own cocoon. The very title of The Diary of Alicia Keys -- at once disarmingly simple and self-important -- suggests that Keys, like Furtado, took her stardom a little too seriously and felt compelled to present her worldview unfiltered, dispensing with artistic ambiguities and leaving each song as a portrait of Alicia Keys, the woman as a young artist. As she somewhat bafflingly says in her liner notes, "these songs are like my daily entrees," which likely means that these were indeed intended to play like unedited entries in a journal, a goal that she's fulfilled quite successfully, even if it does mean that the album often plays as a diary, leaving listeners in the role of observers instead of seeing themselves in the songs. This was a problem on Furtado's nearly simultaneously released Folklore, but Keys trumps her peer in one key way -- musically, this is a seamless piece of work, a sultry slow groove that emphasizes her breathy, seductive voice and lush soulfulness. Tonally, this is ideal late-night romantic music, even when the tempos are kicked up a notch as on the blaxploitation-fueled "Heartburn," yet beneath that sensuous surface there is some crafty, complex musicality, particularly in how Keys blurs lines between classic soul, modern rhythms, jazz, pop melodies, and singer/songwriter sensibility. It's an exceptionally well-constructed production, and as a sustained piece of sonic craft, it's not just seductive, it's a good testament to Keys' musical strengths (which can even withstand Andre Harris and Vidal Davis' irritating squeaky voice production signature on "So Simple"). What the album lacks are songs as immediate as "Fallin'" or as compelling as "A Woman's Worth," and that, combined with her insular outlook, is where Diary comes up short and reveals that it is indeed merely a second album. Such is the problem of arriving with a debut as fully formed as Songs in A Minor at such a young age -- listeners tend to expect more from the sequel, forgetting that this an artist still in her formative stages. So, those expecting another album where Keys sounds wise beyond her years will bound to be disappointed by The Diary of Alicia Keys, since her writing reveals her age in a way it never did on the debut. Yet that is a typical problem with sophomore efforts, and while this is a problem, it's one that is outweighed by her continually impressive musical achievements; they're enough to make The Diary worth repeated listens, and they're enough to suggest that Keys will continue to grow on her third album.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Black, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Producer, Programmer - AK, Piano, Synthesizer, Clavichord, Background Vocal
(P) 2003 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kerry Brothers, Jr., Composer, Lyricist - Taneisha Smith, Composer, Lyricist - Tony Black, Recording Engineer - Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixing Engineer - Joe Romano, Horn - AK, Piano, Background Vocal - Dave Watson, Horn - Kerry "Krucial" Brothers except:, All Instruments
(P) 2003 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Walter Millsap, Recording Engineer - Erika Rose, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - Tony Black, Recording Engineer - Dan Gautreau, Assistant Engineer - Timbaland, Producer - Timothy Mosley, Composer, Lyricist - Walter Millsap III, Composer, Lyricist - Candice Nelson, Composer, Lyricist - AK, Background Vocal - Jessica Wilson, Background Vocal - Denise Stoudmire, Background Vocal - "Senator" Jimmy Douglass for Timbaland Productions, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2003 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dwayne Wiggins, Producer - Pam Sawyer, Composer, Lyricist - Clarence McMurray, Composer, Lyricist - Easy Mo Bee, Producer, Programmer - Tony Black, Recording Engineer - Burt Bacharach, Composer, Lyricist - Hal David, Composer, Lyricist - Pat Viala, Mixing Engineer - Gloria Jones, Composer, Lyricist - AK, Piano, Background Vocal - Dwayne "D. Wigg" Wiggins, Bass Guitar, Sitar
(P) 2003 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Harold Lilly, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - Avril Brown, Violin - Barry Finclair, Viola - J.R. Bailey, Composer, Lyricist - Ken Williams, Composer, Lyricist - Tony Black, Recording Engineer - Mel Kent, Composer, Lyricist - Kanye West, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixing Engineer - Ray Chew, Conductor, Arranger - Marion Pinheiro, Violin - John Legend, Background Vocal - Richard Brice, Viola - Stanley Hunte, Violin - Robert Chausow, Viola - Sanford Allen, Violin, Concert Master - Artie Reynolds, Bass - Ann Mincieli , Recording Engineer - Maxine Roach, Viola - Sharief Hobley, Guitar - Lori Miller, Violin - Kurt Briggs, Violin - Alexander Vselensky, Violin - Xin Zhao, Violin - Eileen Folson, Cello - Caryl Paisner, Cello - Al Schoonmaker, Copyist
(P) 2003 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Jr., Programmer - Darryl Dixon, Horn - L. Green, Background Vocal - Tony Black, Recording Engineer - Katreese Barnes, Background Vocal - STEVE JORDAN, Drums - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixing Engineer - Cindy Mizelle, Background Vocal - Joe Romano, Horn - Hugh McKracken, Guitar - David Watson, Horn - Chops, Horn - Fred Cash, Jr., Bass Guitar - Arcell Vickers, Organ
(P) 2003 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kerry Brothers, Jr., Composer, Lyricist - Tony! Toni! Toné!, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elijah Baker, Bass Guitar - Tony Black, Recording Engineer - John "Jubu" Smith, Guitar - Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Programmer - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixing Engineer - Ann Mincieli , Recording Engineer - AK, Piano, Background Vocal - Jermaine Paul, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dwayne "D. Wigg" Wiggins, Guitar - Alicia Keys feat. Tony! Toni! Toné! and Jermaine Paul, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Christian Riley, Piano - Carl "Rev" Wheeler, Organ, Piano - Stockley Carmichael, Background Vocal - Jerimiah "Jermaine" Paul, Background Vocal
(P) 2003 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Black, Recording Engineer - Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Co-Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixing Engineer - Ann Mincieli , Recording Engineer - AK, Piano, Synthesizer, Background Vocal - Ronnie Drayton, Guitar - Onree Gill, Organ - Fred Cash, Jr., Bass Guitar
(P) 2003 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kerry Brothers, Jr., Composer, Lyricist - Avril Brown, Violin - Barry Finclair, Viola - Melissa Meell, Cello - Tony Black, Recording Engineer - Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Programmer - Katreese Barnes, Background Vocal - Willie Weeks, Bass Guitar - Cindy Mizelle, Background Vocal - Ray Chew, Conductor, Arranger - Russ Elevado, Mixing Engineer - Dale Stuckenbruck, Violin - Marion Pinheiro, Violin - Richard Brice, Viola - Stanley Hunte, Violin - Julien Barber, Viola - Sanford Allen, Violin, Concert Master - Ann Mincieli , Recording Engineer - AK, Arranger, Keyboards, Piano, Background Vocal - Maxine Roach, Viola - Andricka Hall, Background Vocal - Alexander Vselensky, Violin - Gwendolyn Laster, Violin - Peter VanDerwater, Viola - Marisol Espada, Cello - Al Schoonmaker, Copyist
(P) 2003 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Lilly, Composer, Lyricist - Tony Black, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Andre Harris, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, All Instruments - Vidal Davis, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, All Instruments - Vincent DiLorenzo, Recording Engineer - Ann Mincieli , Recording Engineer - AK, Background Vocal - Lellow, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alicia Keys feat. Lellow, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2003 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kerry Brothers, Jr., Composer, Lyricist - Tony Black, Recording Engineer - Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Programmer - Dan Gautreau, Assistant Engineer - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixing Engineer - Ann Mincieli , Recording Engineer - AK, Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer - Steve "Styles" Rodriguez, Bass Guitar - Artie White, Guitar
(P) 2003 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Black, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Programmer, Recording Engineer - Alan Ford, Assistant Engineer - AK, Piano, Synthesizer, Background Vocal
(P) 2003 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erika Rose, Composer, Lyricist - L. Green, Composer, Lyricist - Tony Black, Recording Engineer - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixing Engineer - Ann Mincieli , Recording Engineer - AK, Piano, Synthesizer - Artie White, Guitar - Kumasi, Producer, Programmer, Synthesizer
(P) 2003 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erika Rose, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - L. Green, Background Vocal - Tony Black, Recording Engineer - Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Producer, Drums - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixing Engineer - Rabeka Tuinei, Assistant Engineer - Pablo Batista, Percussion - Ann Mincieli , Recording Engineer - AK, Piano, Background Vocal - Ricky Quinones, Guitar - Onree Gill, Piano - Fred Cash, Jr., Bass Guitar - Arcell Vickers, Organ - Steve "Styles" Rodriguez, Bass Guitar
(P) 2003 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erika Rose, Background Vocal - Taneisha Smith, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - L. Green, Background Vocal - Tony Black, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Pablo Batista, Percussion - AK, Piano, Background Vocal - Ricky Quinones, Guitar - Onree Gill, Piano - Dave Watson, Flute, Saxophone - Arcell Vickers, Organ - Steve "Styles" Rodriguez, Bass Guitar - Paul John, Drums
(P) 2003 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Kutch, Mastering Engineer - Ann Mincieli , Mixing Engineer - Fiona Cruickshank, Engineer - Kris Bowers, Producer - Stephen Kaye, Mixing Engineer - Jannick Frampton, Assistant Engineer - Bobbie-Jane Gardner, Arranger, Orchestrator - Queen Charlotte's Global Orchestra, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alicia Keys feat. Queen Charlotte's Global Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer - Ofentse Pitse, Conductor
(P) 2023 Netflix under license to Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Drum Programmer - Eric Schilling, Mixing Engineer - Dave Kutch, Mastering Engineer - Ann Mincieli , Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Brendan Morawski, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2023 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Lilly, Composer, Lyricist - Tony Black, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Kanye West, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Gregory Isaacs, Composer, Lyricist - DJ Min One, Re-Mixer - Jack Ruby, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2003 BMG Music, a unit of BMG Music
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kerry Brothers, Jr., Composer, Lyricist - Tony! Toni! Toné!, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Elijah Baker, Bass Guitar - Tony Black, Recording Engineer - John "Jubu" Smith, Guitar - Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Programmer - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixing Engineer - HANI, Producer, Re-Mixer - Ann Mincieli , Recording Engineer - AK, Keyboards, Piano, Background Vocal - Jermaine Paul, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dwayne "D. Wigg" Wiggins, Guitar - Alicia Keys feat. Tony! Toni! Toné! and Jermaine Paul, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Christian Riley, Piano - Carl "Rev" Wheeler, Organ, Piano - Stockley Carmichael, Background Vocal - Jerimiah "Jermaine" Paul, Background Vocal
(P) 2003 Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Kutch, Mastering Engineer - Ann Mincieli , Mixing Engineer - Kris Bowers, Producer - Stephen Kaye, Mixing Engineer - Queen Charlotte's Global Orchestra, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alicia Keys feat. Queen Charlotte's Global Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2023 Netflix under license to Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nasir Jones, Composer, Lyricist - William Griffin, Composer, Lyricist - Eric Barrier, Composer, Lyricist - Taneisha Smith, Composer, Lyricist - Chris Martin, Composer, Lyricist - Stevie Wonder, Composer, Lyricist - Ray Chew, Keyboards - Jessica Wilson, Background Vocal - Jermaine Paul, Background Vocal - Freak Nasty, Speaker - Denise Stoudmire, Background Vocal - Artie White, Guitar - Paul John, Drums - Steve Rodrigues, Bass
(P) 2023 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Chew, Keyboards - Jessica Wilson, Background Vocal - Jermaine Paul, Background Vocal - Denise Stoudmire, Background Vocal - Artie White, Guitar - Paul John, Drums - Steve Rodrigues, Bass
(P) 2023 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kerry Brothers, Jr., Composer, Lyricist - Ray Chew, Keyboards - Jessica Wilson, Background Vocal - Jermaine Paul, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Denise Stoudmire, Background Vocal - Artie White, Guitar - Paul John, Drums - Alicia Keys feat. Jermaine Paul, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Rodrigues, Bass
(P) 2023 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Alicia Keys, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Harold Lilly, Composer, Lyricist - Billy Brown, Background Vocal - J.R. Bailey, Composer, Lyricist - Ken Williams, Composer, Lyricist - Mel Kent, Composer, Lyricist - Kanye West, Composer, Lyricist - Ray Chew, Arranger, Keyboards - Kevin Owens, Background Vocal - Jessica Wilson, Background Vocal - Al Goodman, Background Vocal - Denise Stoudmire, Background Vocal - Artie White, Guitar - Paul John, Drums - Al Schoonmaker, Copyist - Steve Rodrigues, Bass
(P) 2023 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Albumbeschreibung
Since Alicia Keys' 2001 debut album, Songs in A Minor, was ever so slightly overpraised, expectations for her second album, 2003's The Diary of Alicia Keys, were ever so slightly too high. Songs in A Minor not only kicked off a wave of ambitious new neo-soul songsters, it fit neatly into the movement of ambitious yet classicist new female singer/songwriters that ranged from the worldbeat-inflected pop of Nelly Furtado to the jazzy Norah Jones, whose success may not have been possible if Keys hadn't laid the groundwork with such soulful work as her hit "Fallin'." Such success at such a young age, even if deserved, can be too much too soon, since young songwriters showered with praise and riches may find it hard to see the world outside of their own cocoon. The very title of The Diary of Alicia Keys -- at once disarmingly simple and self-important -- suggests that Keys, like Furtado, took her stardom a little too seriously and felt compelled to present her worldview unfiltered, dispensing with artistic ambiguities and leaving each song as a portrait of Alicia Keys, the woman as a young artist. As she somewhat bafflingly says in her liner notes, "these songs are like my daily entrees," which likely means that these were indeed intended to play like unedited entries in a journal, a goal that she's fulfilled quite successfully, even if it does mean that the album often plays as a diary, leaving listeners in the role of observers instead of seeing themselves in the songs. This was a problem on Furtado's nearly simultaneously released Folklore, but Keys trumps her peer in one key way -- musically, this is a seamless piece of work, a sultry slow groove that emphasizes her breathy, seductive voice and lush soulfulness. Tonally, this is ideal late-night romantic music, even when the tempos are kicked up a notch as on the blaxploitation-fueled "Heartburn," yet beneath that sensuous surface there is some crafty, complex musicality, particularly in how Keys blurs lines between classic soul, modern rhythms, jazz, pop melodies, and singer/songwriter sensibility. It's an exceptionally well-constructed production, and as a sustained piece of sonic craft, it's not just seductive, it's a good testament to Keys' musical strengths (which can even withstand Andre Harris and Vidal Davis' irritating squeaky voice production signature on "So Simple"). What the album lacks are songs as immediate as "Fallin'" or as compelling as "A Woman's Worth," and that, combined with her insular outlook, is where Diary comes up short and reveals that it is indeed merely a second album. Such is the problem of arriving with a debut as fully formed as Songs in A Minor at such a young age -- listeners tend to expect more from the sequel, forgetting that this an artist still in her formative stages. So, those expecting another album where Keys sounds wise beyond her years will bound to be disappointed by The Diary of Alicia Keys, since her writing reveals her age in a way it never did on the debut. Yet that is a typical problem with sophomore efforts, and while this is a problem, it's one that is outweighed by her continually impressive musical achievements; they're enough to make The Diary worth repeated listens, and they're enough to suggest that Keys will continue to grow on her third album.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
Informationen zu dem Album
- 1 Disc(s) - 24 Track(s)
- Gesamte Laufzeit: 01:42:52
- Künstler: Alicia Keys
- Komponist: Various Composers
- Label: J Records - Legacy
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
(P) 2023 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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