STREAM ALICIA KEYS’ “THE ELEMENT OF FREEDOM” NOW
Alicia Keys will be at New York’s Madison Square Garden on March 17, 2010, as part of her upcoming “Freedom Tour.” Tickets for MSG are on pre-sale now, click through for more info. Keys’ other tour dates are here.
REVIEW OF REVIEWS
Elements Of Freedom is yet another big step forward for Alicia. With each album, she has grown as an artist and performer and has achieved commercial success that has lifted her to ‘Superstar’ status.
According to Alicia Keys, who was battling depression following the loss of a family member, her fourth album was a struggle to conceive. But, as befits the thrust of her songwriting, she overcame adversity to make a confident, well-crafted modern soul record that engages and rewards without doing anything groundbreaking. Almost every track deals with the ups and downs of love and proceeds at a stately pace. The restraint works powerfully on “Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart”, but the punchier moments towards the end – the Beyoncé duet and a return to Jay-Z’s exuberant “Empire State of Mind” – come as something of a relief.
TRACKLIST
1. “Element of Freedom (Intro)”
2. “Love Is Blind”
3. “Doesn’t Mean Anything”
4. “Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart”
5. “Wait Til You See My Smile”
6. “That’s How Strong My Love Is”
7. “Un-thinkable (I’m Ready)”
8. “Love Is My Disease”
9. “Like the Sea”
10. “Put It in a Love Song” (featuring Beyoncé)
11. “This Bed”
12. “Distance and Time”
13. “How It Feels to Fly”
14. “Empire State of Mind (Part II): Broken Down”
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