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The Diary Of Alicia Keys Reviews

Overall Rating
7

The Diary Of Alicia Keys

2003

17 Sources have reviewed this album

9/10

Vibe

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Brimming with updated old-school joints, original balladry, and classic-sounding R&B, Diary finds Keys more relaxed, confident, and committed to the tunes of the '70s than ever before. [Feb 2004, p.127]

9/10

Q Magazine

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A proper soul album which hooks you with the first pneumatic beat and draws you deeper with every heady atmosphere and vivid emotion. [Jan 2004, p.111]

9/10

Dot Music

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Another masterpiece.

8/10

Blender

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An enthusiastic album full of masterful strokes and electrifying intensity. [#23, p.98]

8/10

All Music Guide

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Those expecting another album where Keys sounds wise beyond her years will bound to be disappointed by The Diary of Alicia Keys, since her writing reveals her age in a way it never did on the debut.

8/10

CultureDose.net

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With one album, Alicia Keys jumps up from the most overrated R&B artist since Michael Jackson to the best young talent R&B has seen in a very long time.

7.5/10

E! Online

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Keys, however, proves to be a better singer than songwriter, as most of the latter half of the album slips into sleepy piano numbers.

7.5/10

Entertainment Weekly

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Give Keys' simmering voice and evident instrumental skills... the results are all the more frustrating. [5 Dec 2003, p.94]

7/10

PopMatters

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The project is clearly laboring to be relevant to the current marketplace and thus suffers from a serious lack of cohesion.

7/10

Mojo

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An hour of heartful, artful singing enhanced by dense, yet fuss-free arrangements. [Jan 2004, p.106]

7/10

Rolling Stone

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An assured, adult statement.

6.5/10

ShakingThrough.net

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Keys plays it far too safe here: There's nothing that will offend, and the content is patently generic enough that almost anyone, lovelorn or heartbroken, can build a personal soundtrack of romantic woe from its raw materials.

6/10

Stylus Magazine

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There's "Karma" and "I Don't Know Your Name." You and your iPod know what to do.

6/10

The Guardian

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There are a handful of great moments, where risks are taken and ground is broken, but too often it opts for the familiar and the bland.

5/10

Playlouder

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See, there're a good few cracking singles on here, but there are also occasions when her wistful classicism leads her down blind alleys.

4/10

Uncut

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If she's going to make us read her diary entries, she's going to need something more compelling than this litany of cliche and hackneyed need-a-man Bridget Jones-wailing. [Feb 2004, p.72]

4/10