As I Am Reviews

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.

• "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"

• "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