Songs in a Minor [Import, Limited Edition]

Alicia Keys | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 18, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Limited Edition
• Label: Bmg Int'l
• ASIN: B000063T17
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #398,241 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Piano And I

2. Girlfriend

3. How Come You Dont Call Me

4. Fallin

5. Troubles

6. Rock Wit U

7. A Womans Worth

8. Jane Doe

9. Goodbye

10. The Life

11. Mr Man (Duet W Jimmy Cozier)

12. Never Felt This Way (Interlude)

13. Butterflyz

14. Why Do I Feel So Sad

15. Caged Bird

16. Fallin (Rmx Ft Busta Rhymes And Rampage)

17. A Womans Worth (Remix)

Editorial Reviews

UK reissue of the Grammy winning 2001 debut album now includes two bonus remixes, 'Fallin' (Remix Featuring Busta Rhymes & Rampage), 'A Woman's Worth' (Remix), along with a bonus enhanced section that features song lyrics, a video gallery & a screen saver. This UK version also includes exclusive artwork. 2002. J Records.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars When's the next CD???, September 1, 2003

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This review is from: Songs in a Minor (Audio CD)

A great CD! The incredible voice of A Keys shines through in every track and her talent as a piano player is quite evident. Fast beats like "Jane Doe" and "Girlfriend" coupled with slow tracks like "Fallin'" and "Woman's Worth" makes for a CD great to listen to in any mood. My favourite tracks include "Mr. Man" and "Why Do I Feel So Sad".

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5.0 out of 5 stars Soulful Sister Beyond Her Years, July 24, 2003

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"aspiring_student" (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Songs in a Minor (Audio CD)

First, let me commend Alicia Keys for having the ability to write her own material and the talent to sing and play the piano better than most others in the music industry. In this industry where everyone seems to just be a product of their record company with no presence or minds of their own, Alicia Keys is a very refreshing change. Her amazing soul comes through every track on her album and anyone can tell that this woman is wise beyond her years. Even now, after her cd has been out for awhile, I love to sit back after a day of work and listen to it because it is very soothing. Those who seem to think her cd is "over-hyped" do not understand the deeper soul behind singers such as Alicia Keys, India Arie, Floetry, and Jill Scott. Being a singer and piano player myself, Alicia Keys is truly an inspiration to me. I look forward to the future of Miss Keys, one of the best things out there.

5.0 out of 5 stars A 5 Star Rating For A 5 Star Artist., June 28, 2002

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D. Paul "viper" (London, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Songs in a Minor (Audio CD)

Is Alicia Keys possibly the best new young artist to hit the urban scene in years? Not really a 'probably' about it, she IS without a doubt, and Songs In A Minor just goes to prove this fact to any and every person who takes the time to listen to it completely. Now I've heard people comment that they "don't see what all the fuss is about" after listening to SIAM and that's because they are a skim listener it's like Jay-Z said in 'Renegade' "Do you fools / Listen to music or / Do you just skim / Through it?"

You see any person who realises at 14 Alicia was the focus of a bidding war between some would say the largest and foremost record labels in not just urban music but music full stop. At 15 was signed, at 16 she was working with some of the biggest producers that Sony, her then label could throw at her, and during all this she had a substantial (her manager puts it at least 6 figures) amount of money in the bank is bound to understand that how amazing it is that at 21, yes that's right she is only 21(!) she has stayed true to her music, left her label to join another that would let her create her own music, has her own production company and is writing and producing with, among others, Angie Stone and Christina Augilera.

As an artist Alicia exudes the kind of passion through her music that her mentors, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye... would be proud of. Her piano playing gives a new lease of life to an art form that is probably seen by those who move in most urban circles as quite bougie and her vocals at times are quite simply sublime.
SIAM as an album is not perfect, but then how many albums are? however for the majority of the tracks you get an emotional rollercoaster of a journey from anger and pain to happiness and contentment.
The standout tracks from SIAM are the thing that makes it unreal though, why? well because they aren't even the tracks being released as singles yet. Remember when Destiny's Child (the original DC!) dropped The Writing's On The Wall? remember how when you bought it you were like why haven't they released such and such yet because it's banging?!. Well SIAM will bring back those feelings because where `Fallin'' was the first single `A Womans Worth' the second and `How Come You Don't Call (Me Anymore)?' the third, these tracks, as good as they are, are exceeded by `The Life', `Troubles', `Rock Wit U' and my personal favourite `Butterflyz' with relative ease.
If the singles released so far were an analogy of the album, they would be the `tip of the iceberg' of an LP which is by far the best neo-soul, soul, r `n b, or whatever other category you'd like to put it in, album released in the last few years.

Come on now Grammy's don't lie and the 5(!) sitting on Alicia's mantel are saying this is an unbelievably good CD. Alicia has so much more to give us that I doubt her next album will even reach the shelves before someone takes it off. Want a prediction? well I guarantee that her sophomore LP will debut #1 in the Billboard charts and will sit there for at least 3 weeks.
And when that happens and you're thinking "Whoa? where did she come from' you'll realise what I just wrote was `the truth, the whole truth and nothin' but the truth', ya heard!!.