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Sep 25, 2020The spaciousness allows Keys to let her nuanced, versatile voice do the talking like never before. All this makes Keys’ seventh studio album her best, and finds her easing up on the obvious hooks and pushing the limits of her voice and imagination.
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Sep 24, 2020Alicia 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.
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MojoSep 23, 2020Relying on her exquisitely malleable voice, slickly inventive production tics, and winning vocal support from south London's Sampha and Tanzania's Diamond Platnumz, among others. [Nov 2020, p.80]
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Sep 21, 2020Keys 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. There is genuine hope, despair, frustration and even ambivalence. In a world more in need of a key change than ever, we need this Alicia.
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Sep 18, 2020I suspect both the artist and her critics push too hard for her to find one true self. Whereas this record sees her rattling between a range of identities, it’s still a lovely bunch of Keys.
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Sep 18, 2020Keys reclaims most of her usual composure on “Alicia,” but it’s often tinged with ambivalence, even in love songs. The music often hollows itself out around her, opening deep bass chasms or surrounding sparse instrumentation with echoey voids.
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Sep 18, 2020This is an album that shimmers with warmth and cautious optimism from start to finish.
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Sep 21, 2020Alicia is one of her most musically engaging LPs, with production from Mark Ronson, Sampha, Tricky Stewart, and her husband, Swizz Beatz, among other reliable hands. Alicia moves easily between moods and styles.
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Sep 18, 2020A perfectly balanced album that matches her newfound vibe as a woman ready to tell her truth. This album is a note that good things come to those who wait.
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Sep 18, 2020Alicia is at once her most accessible and forward-minded album in years.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 59 out of 69
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Mixed: 5 out of 69
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Negative: 5 out of 69
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Sep 26, 2020I didn't like this album at all. Honestly, a piece of nothing. I love Alicia. But this album is nothing.
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Sep 26, 2020Um dos melhores albuns de R&B do ano de 2020. É muito gratificante ver uma artista como Alicia lançando material tão coeso.
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Sep 24, 2020Reminds you of why she is a truly authentic human being that is such a stunning ray of sunshine.