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- Summary: The fifth release for the R&B singer features co-written with such artists as Babyface, Gary Clark Jr., Dr. Dre, John Legend, Bruno Mars, Frank Ocean, and Emeli Sandé.
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- Record Label: RCA
- Genre(s): R&B, Adult Contemporary R&B, Contemporary R&B
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Positive: 14 out of 25
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Mixed: 11 out of 25
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Negative: 0 out of 25
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Nov 26, 2012Her fifth and arguably most consistent album to date.
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Nov 27, 2012Keys has rarely ever sounded so at ease, so downright sensual, as she does as her latest.
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Dec 4, 2012Like Stevie Wonder--who could throw together cloying ballads, funky grooves and reggae homages--Keys is willing to probe her oeuvre and now her own self for songs that resonate beneath the surface.
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Nov 21, 2012After a pair of bombastic anthems--including the oddly written "Girl on Fire," which has her "living in a world, and it's on fire," then "on top of the world" with "both feet on the ground" and "our head in the clouds"--the album loses its grip.
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Q MagazineDec 11, 2012No flame then, but her light shows no sign of going out. [Jan 2013, p.112]
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Nov 26, 2012As a reinvention, the album doesn't go far enough, and there are some underwhelming tunes, but the best song here--Girl on Fire--wonderfully blends Keys old and new.
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Nov 26, 2012Ultimately, though, it still cleaves too close to the polite piano soul with which Keys has filled 10 years.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 15
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Mixed: 1 out of 15
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Negative: 1 out of 15
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Dec 1, 2012
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Dec 13, 2012
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Dec 13, 2012
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Nov 28, 2012
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Nov 27, 2012
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Dec 21, 2012
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