Site Meter Music Bender » Blog Archive » Alicia Keys | As I Am | 11.13.07

Alicia Keys | As I Am | 11.13.07

by

As I Am

1. No One
2. Reckless
3. Sweet Tooth
4. Savior
5. If I Was In Love
6. Go Ahead
7. Kiss Me Like You’ll Never See Me Again
8. Teenage Love Affair
9. Sure Looks Good To Me
10. Superwoman
11. The Thing About Love
12. Heavy Times
13. Lessons Learned

To all the Alicia Keys fans out there peeping this, don’t get too excited just yet. That IS the official cover for Alicia’s upcoming 3rd album, As I Am, but that is NOT the official track-list; rather, it’s a list of the songs that have been confirmed b Alicia and her J Records camp as being on the album. I’m sure we’re all somewhat aware of how labels work and how often things change so take the list with a grain of salt! But rest assured that the gorgeous cover you see is official and that the album will officially hit stores on November 13th!!

Describing herself as being “in love with this album” and describing its contents as being “very fresh and new” and “Janis Joplin meets Aretha Franklin”, Keys and the set of collaborators she enlisted for this go-round - John Mayer, Marsha Ambrosius (of Floetry fame), and Linda Perry, just to name a few - have crafted what looks to be one of the year’s most unforgettable releases. Already spiking interest by leaps and bounds is the record’s lead single, “No One”.

Already a top-10 smash on Billboard’s Hot R&B Singles chart and quickly ascending the Hot 100, “No One” is already blazing a fast trail to becoming another one of Alicia’s certified classics. Much in the vein of previous hits like “Fallin’” and “If I Ain’t Got You”, “No One” is a love song but not in the expected sense. Alicia describes it as an ode to that “unbreakable bond two people share, be they husband & wife, boyfriend & girlfriend, mother & daughter, father & son, or best friends. that kind of love that makes your heart explode and makes the earth move and gives you the courage and strength to go anywhere and do anything”. The video, co-directed by Justin Francis (who directed Alicia’s clip for “Unbreakable”) and The Saline Project, is in the can and will hit your TV screens this coming Monday.

For more to satisfy your Alicia fix, click on the album cover to link to her website and check out some awesome behind-the-scenes footage of the final recording sessions for As I Am, click around down below for a listen to the song and a clip of Alicia’s debut televised performance of it on the MTV VMAs, and mark your calendars now to remind yourself to go pick up As I Am when it hits stores on November 13th!!

**Alicia Keys Media**

Did You Enjoy this Post? Subscribe to Music Bender. It's Free!

Posted in New Releases on September 14th, 2007

Link to this Entry

Recent Posts

Related Posts

Leave a Reply


About Music Bender

If ya just can't get enough of the raw rock and rhythm of today's hits and yesterday's classics, then you'll wanna stay tuned to the Music Bender EVERY day for the best of both! You'll find the latest in modern music news, video flashbacks, interviews, giglists and MORE musical madness delivered straight to your monitor screen every weekday morning ... So fasten yer seatbelts and join the legendary Rock Relic as he throws this site into overdrive and takes you on the wild, magical musical tour called ... the MUSIC BENDER!

Music Bender Author(s)

NAVIGATE

LINKS

CATEGORIES

TOP COMMENTERS

RECENT COMMENTS

SUBSCRIBE

ARCHIVES

Entertainment & Music Channel Links

 

Entertainment & Music Channel Posts

  • Liveblogging the Oscars: Act III
    Okay, we're in it for the long haul, gang. Not much longer now. Awww, I kind of like the In Memoriam montage. And I like Queen Latifah. I feel like these two things make some kind of a weird [...]
  • Liveblogging the Oscars: Act II
    Jessica Biel, why are you telling me about the scientific Oscars? Isn't this sort of akin to the time Denise Richards played a nuclear scientist in that really bad James Bond movie? I...think [...]
  • Liveblogging the Oscars: Act I
    Well, here we are. The Superbowl of the film year, only with more sequins and fewer beer commercials. Are we excited yet? This year, in an attempt to counteract the downward ratings spiral [...]
  • Steve Irwin's Birthday
    On this date in 1962, Steve "The Crocodile Hunter" Irwin was born -- no doubt in little tan shorts. I have no idea how he got the nickname "Crocodile Hunter" as he didn't actually kill the crocs he [...]
  • Review: Pride and Glory
    OK, so I am a HUGE fan of cop dramas for some reason. I don't really know what the attraction is but if there are cops, I'm there. So as soon as I saw the badge in the previews for this movie I knew [...]
  • Greatest Rock Song?
    Of all the classics coming from the vault we call "Rock-n-Roll", ya can't get any more genuine than Bob Dylan's Like A Rolling Stone. The song was crowned by (of all places) Rolling Stone magazine [...]
  • INXS Loses Fortune
    It was the ultimate in rags-to-riches stories for the new INXS lead singer, J. D. Fortune. He rose from living in his car to superstardom as their new vocalist on the VH1 reality TV show ‘Rockstar: [...]
  • Crop Circles Are Pretty
    The argument over the origin of crop circles is still going on, despite many human artists coming forward and showing how they did it. Some simple crop circles do seem to be made by the wind. Many [...]
  • Judd Apatow's "Funny People" Movie Trailer w/ Adam Sandler and Seth Rogan is Another Winner!
    Judd Apatow has been behind some of the most real to life and hilariously over the top comedies of the past few years; "Knocked Up", "40 Year Old Virgin", "Superbad", "Pineapple Express", [...]
  • Robin Thicke's "Sweetest Love" Music Video is Sexy
    I am a huge fan of Robin Thicke and his soothing R&B style. Not only is he a major dream boat but he has the voice to back it up. I would even say that he has bigger an dbetter singing chops [...]

 

Hot Off The Press