The first half of the album starts promising but Alicia quickly falls back into old habits – cookie-cutter pop tracks and dull writing. You’ll find yourself enjoying the songs in the moment, but once you’re hit with the question, “hey, what are the best songs from this album?” the only answer you’ll have is “ummm, the Maxwell joint, I guess?” Girl on Fire isn’t offensively bad, just woefully unremarkable.įorgotten favorites: “Fire We Make,” “Brand New Me,” “Tears Always Win”Įdd said: Here is an ambitious project with good intentions but, much like other latter-day A-Keys albums, struggles to find itself about halfway through. Alicia tried experimenting with different genres – rock, electro, hip-hop, but for some reason, barely anything on Girl on Fire sticks. Soul in Stereo rating: 3.5 stars out of 5Įdd said: Unfortunately for our girl Alicia, this was the album where things got a little rough. And as usual, I’m skipping compilations, greatest hits and her Unplugged album (which is pretty decent, actually). Let’s look back at Alicia’s discography, ranking her LPs from bottom to top. Album quality, consistency, and impact on the genre are the determining factors here. Regardless, you can’t take anything away from her legacy, one that started with just a girl and a piano reshaping the sound of R&B. But recent years haven’t been as fruitful – between her very sporadic releases and an inability to evolve her sound, we’re just here like Unquestionably, she was R&B’s biggest forces a decade prior. Sadly, those three words have defined much of her career this past decade. All rights reserved.It’s been quite the newsworthy week for Alicia Keys.įirst, it was announced that she will again host the Grammys. Maroon 5’s Adam Levine paired with Keys on a remake of the Rolling Stones classic “Wild Horses.” Keys also sang “Love It or Leave It Alone” with Common and Mos Def and concluded the show with “Welcome to Jamrock” with Damian Marley.įor more information, write Yamaha Corporation of America, Piano Division, P.O. Some special guests joined Keys on stage for several amazing collaborations. The evening included premieres of two new songs: “Unbreakable,” about how sometimes life and love can be unbreakable, and “Stolen Moments,” which she wrote with Al Green about a romance that shouldn’t exist. Performing on her Yamaha Disklavier DCFIIIS, Keys belted out hits from her multi-platinum albums Songs in A Minor and The Diary of Alicia Keys, including “Karma,” “Heartburn,” “A Woman’s Worth,” “If I Was Your Woman,” “ Diary,” “Goodbye,” “Butterflies,“ “If I Ain’t Got You” and “Fallin’.” Keys commented to MTV News, “ Unplugged is my thing, it's really my style, it's what I'm all about." She added, "When I first started playing anywhere, it was on a little cheesy keyboard in a small, nasty hotel dive, and even though I didn't have a beautiful nine-foot Yamaha piano, there was a certain energy that comes with an intimate space. Photo Credit: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images
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