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The official Alicia Keys thread; New album in 2016
Topic Started: Aug 23 2012, 06:32 PM (542 Views)
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New album cover:

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I read she'll try to re-invent herself and be edgy with this one. I hope it works, I'm not quite sure she has what it takes. She's one of my favorite singer, The Diary of Alicia Keys is in my top 10 best album ever, but ever since she has gotten worse and worse to me. Her last album was really underwhelming, with only 2 songs that I liked (Try sleeping with a broken heart, Un-thinkable). I like her for her soul revivalist sound, her tracks used to be so classy and alluring, I'm afraid she might lose her touch trying to keep up with actual tendencies (her buzz single "New Day", for instance, is a bit disappointing). We'll see !
By the way, I love the picture of the cover, but the font and the logo are naff.
Edited by Vertigo, Aug 23 2012, 06:58 PM.
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Her new single. God it's dull. I hate the way she screams most of it too. Awful.

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the lyrics r horrible, what happened to her?
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Just another lazy pseudo-anthemic Alicia Keys song.

I sometimes love this woman's music soooo much : You Don't Know My Name, Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart, A Woman's Worth, Karma, etc. Those songs are absolut gems. But she just composes too much of those piano-beats lazy useless songs like No One, Doesn't Mean Anything, that are all lead singles by the way. Now we can add Girl On Fire to this list. Still looking forward to the album though, there may be some interesting songs in it, or at least I hope so.
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I feel exactly the same way about her. On every album, there's always been a couple of gorgeous songs, surrounded by a load of drek and these bland "anthems". This is a particularly awful one though.
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Always the "oh-oh-oh" outro, always the same painfully belted chorus, always the same piano.

And this whole using Nicki Minaj as a way to propel one's single is just disgusting more and more. It's like they all use her to make everyone forget they are just releasing crap. Urrrghh.
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It will be included in her upcoming album. Such a weird song coming from her and she at times has the strangest voice. I'm not liking this song either. Too Celine Dion or Adele sounding for my liking.
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Brand new single. I really like this. No oversinging like on some of her stuff.

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I do think she's starting to consider reigning in the over singing. She performed on that Frank Sinatra 100th birthday special earlier this year and it was the best vocal I've ever heard her give.
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About bloody time. The woman is talented, but she needs to reign in the oversinging and focus on the songs too. Her albums usually have one or two cracking songs, plus a load of shite. I do like this new song though.
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a lovely song this is. she really sounds good when not trying to belt those unnecessary high notes
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