Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.2 / 5.0

An average follow-up. (3.5 Stars):

I was by no means an Alicia Keys fan until I bought "Songs in A Minor" not long ago (yeah i was kinda late) & fell in love with her voice & style. So as soon as this album dropped, i had to get it.

Alicia Keys is more talented than any female in the business, with the exception of Christina Aguilera. She's pretty, smart, and won't take anyone's crap, & it comes off in her music. But "Diary..." lacked all that much versatility. There's only so far that a piano can take you.

"Diary..." is... more info

A Beautiful Diary:

Those who thought "Songs In A-Minor" is amazing have only heard the beginning. Many thought that its high quality could never be matched or beat. "The Diary of Alicia Keys" beats it. These tracks, which were written from her heart, account her personal thoughts and trials through the last two years of her life. Her powerful words are song amazing soulful, forcing listeners to feel what she's singing. Such quality proves that she's close to Aretha Franklin's level. Her piano playing is equally amazing,... more info

one of the better albums of today's modern music:

alicia keys is one of the more talented young artists of today with her melodic piano hooks, velvet-smooth voice and deep lyrics. She has really grown as a writer, pianist and artist overall on this CD and gives you that feeling old school motown music gives you with it's live instrumentation and soulful vocals. Standout tracks are Heartburn, If I was Your Woman, You Don't Know My Name, Diary, So Simple etc. This was what r&b music was about and should be about, buy immediately!

Tracks:

1. Harlem's Nocturne
2. Karma
3. Heartburn
4. Medley: If I Was Your Woman/Walk on By
5. You Don't Know My Name
6. If I Ain't Got You
7. Diary
8. Dragon Days
9. Wake Up
10. So Simple
11. When You Really Love Someone
12. Feeling U, Feeling Me (Interlude)
13. Slow Down
14. Samsonite Man
15. Nobody Not Really (Interlude)

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