Alicia Keys - ALICIA
Critic Score
Based on 12 reviews
2020 Ratings: #489 / 871
User Score
Based on 329 ratings
2020 Rank: #826
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CRITIC REVIEWS

85
The Line of Best Fit

Re-iterating and celebrating the singer’s identity without a care for the all-too-common pressures on late-career female musicians, Alicia offers its listeners with the ultimate microcosm of the singer’s discography thus far, re-positioning Keys as a force to be reckoned in today’s musical landscape.

80
musicOMH

Keys has pitched this album as genreless and, although the sonics are manifold – reggae, R&B, funk and even country – you get the sense that Keys has her eyes more on the narrative.

80
NME

This politically engaged seventh album plays to the singer's strengths, exuding warmth and cautious optimism, with an emphasis on her masterful balladry.

80
Mojo

The woman with a piano sample-library named for her barely tickles the ivories here, instead relying on her exquisitely malleable voice, slickly inventive production tics, and and winning vocal support.

80
The Independent

Keys demonstrates her remarkable gift for classic soul-indebted melody through some stranger – and certainly more eclectic – sounds than she’s tried before.

80
The Arts Desk

All told, it’s a fine album which balances hyper mainstream appeal with some very interesting diversions, but it raises the nagging question of what a Keys album where she drops the showbiz and kicks out the jams the whole way through would sound like.

80
Evening Standard
It’s a multifaceted, rich canvas, as a truly effective portrait should be.
70
Rolling Stone

She says her seventh album is her most authentic and personal to date, but for many listeners, its openness will be familiar.

70
Slant Magazine

That Alicia is at once her most accessible and forward-minded album in years seems fitting for an artist who, until recently, has made a career out of playing things straight down the middle.

70
Clash

‘ALICIA’ is an impressive record to her career and her return to music. A perfectly balanced album that matches her newfound vibe as a woman ready to tell her truth.

60
AllMusic

Even with the R&B-leaning roster of guests -- Jill Scott and Snoh Aalegra are also on board -- Alicia is Keys' most moderate work, seemingly hedged with an objective to appeal to as many listeners as possible.

60
The Observer
Some fine collaborations enliven the soul singer’s most personal set so far.
grayola
55

At this point, Alicia Keys feels like a guidance counselor in a never-ending musical about lifting others up and getting up after you’re knocked down. I’ve seen this movie.

Saucelord777
47

When you order Lianne La Havas’s self titled off wish

fkasean
39

this isn't necessarily an awful album on a technical level but in personality it's a nonentity and i forgot i was listening during maybe 13 of the songs after being distracted by things with slightly more character like the way my fan oscillated

80

"Alicia" é o sétimo álbum de estúdio da renomada cantora, compositora e pianista Alicia Keys, lançado em 2020. Este álbum marca uma nova fase na carreira de Keys, oferecendo uma mistura eclética de estilos musicais e explorando uma variedade de temas pessoais e universais. Aqui estão alguns pontos positivos e distintivos do álbum:
"Alicia" apresenta uma exploração musical versátil, abrangendo ... read more

LukasLima
78

INJUSTIÇADO!

* Truth Without Love (5/10)
* Time Machine (6.5/10)
* Authors Of Forever (7/10)
* Wasted Energy (7/10)
* Underdog (9.5/10)
* 3 Hour Drive (7.5/10)
* Me x 7 (7/10)
* Show Me Love (7.5/10)
* So Done (7/10)
* Gramercy Park (8/10)
* Love Looks Better (8.5/10)
* You Save Me (8/10)
* Jill Scott (7/10)
* Perfect Way To Die (8.5/10)
* Good Job (9/10)
* Three Hour Drive (7/10)
* A Beautuful Noise (8.5/10)
* Wasted Energy Remix (7.5/10)

Nota Final: 76/100

PONTOS ADICIONAIS ... read more

popvision
60

ALICIA
01. Truth Without Love -
02. Time Machine -
03. Autjors Of Forever -
04. Wasted Energy -
05. Underdog -
06. 3 Hour Drive -
07. Me X 7 -
08. Show Me Love -
09. So Done -
10. Gramercy Park -
11. Love Looks Better -
12. You Save Me -
13. Jill Scott -
14. Perfect Way To Die -
15. Good Job -

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Track List

1Truth Without Love
2:34
64
2Time Machine
4:26
74
3Authors Of Forever
3:37
64
4Wasted Energy
4:19
61
5Underdog
3:24
75
63 Hour Drive
4:01
feat. Sampha
73
7Me X 7
3:32
57
8Show Me Love
3:08
feat. Miguel
67
9So Done
3:54
feat. Khalid
68
10Gramercy Park
3:12
73
11Love Looks Better
3:32
71
12You Save Me
3:41
73
13Jill Scott
4:05
65
14Perfect Way To Die
3:31
80
15Good Job
3:53
73
Total Length: 54 minutes

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Added on: January 21, 2020