As I Am Reviews

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  • R&B singer Alicia Keys's third album, As I Am, was released to mixed reviews in late 2007. While some critics liked a few songs ("Like You'll Never See Me Again", "Teenage Love Affair"), others could not get past Keys's "clichéd" songwriting and vocal delivery on the album.

    Still, As I Am sold over 2.5 million copies in the United States, and the lead single, "No One," won Keys two Grammy Awards in 2008.

  • Track List

    • "As I Am (Intro)"
    • "Go Ahead"
    • "Superwoman"
    • "No One"
    • "Like You'll Never See Me Again"
    • "Lesson Learned" (feat. John Mayer)
    • "Wreckless Love"
    • "The Thing About Love"
    • "Teenage Love Affair"
    • "I Need You"
    • "Where Do We Go from Here"
    • "Prelude to a Kiss"
    • "Tell You Something (Nana's Reprise)"
    • "Sure Looks Good to Me"

  • Review Excerpts

    • "You have to admire Alicia Keys' commitment to her street-nice vision." - Rolling Stone
    • "[E]ven though 'As I Am' is a flawed work -- a little too poppy, a little too clichéd -- it is also indicative of what Keys can and will do..." - Allmusic
    • "[Keys's] gifts shine with a ripening maturity and depth on her third studio outing. " - Billboard
    • "'I am Superwoman,' [Keys] trills. 'Yes she is,' coo her backing singers. Oh, give it a rest." - Guardian
    • "[Keys is] an effective but generally unimaginative lyricist whose writing tends to be simple, weirdly impersonal and wholly average, with a few exceptions..." - Washington Post
    • "[Keys] pushes her voice outside of its natural range to convey the conviction and personality of her role models, but it just sounds like she’s trying too hard." - Chicago Tribune
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