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MTV Unplugged by Alicia Keys (CD, Oct-2005, J-Records USA) 
MTV Unplugged by Alicia Keys (CD, Oct-2005, J-Records USA)

 
MTV Unplugged by Alicia Keys (CD, Oct-2005, J-Records USA)

Artist: Alicia Keys
Release Date: Oct 2005
Format: CD
Record Label: J-Records (USA)
Genre: R&B
UPC: 828766742428
Product ID: EPID48073831
Description: Personnel: Alicia Keys (vocals, piano); Arthur White (guitar); Gwen Laster, Mariana Green-Hill (violin); Anne-Marie Bedney (viola); Eileen Folson (cello); David Watson (flute, saxophone); Joe Romano (trumpet, flugelhorn); Jeff Dieterle (...
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Track Listing
1. Intro Alicia's Prayer
2. Karma
3. Heartburn
4. Woman's Worth, A
5. Unbreakable
6. How Come You Don't Call Me
7. If I Was Your Woman
8. If I Ain't Got You
9. Every Little Bit Hurts
10. Streets of New York (City Life)
11. Wild Horses - (featuring Adam Levine)
12. Diary
13. You Don't Know My Name
14. Stolen Moments
15. Fallin'
16. Love It Or Leave It Alone / Welcome To Jamrock - (featuring Mos Def/Common/Damian Marley)

Details
Contributing Artists:Adam Levine, Common, Damian Marley, Damien Marley, Mos Def
Producer:Chris Balogh
Distributor:BMG (distributor)
Recording Type:Live
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:n/a

Album Notes
Personnel: Alicia Keys (vocals, piano); Arthur White (guitar); Gwen Laster, Mariana Green-Hill (violin); Anne-Marie Bedney (viola); Eileen Folson (cello); David Watson (flute, saxophone); Joe Romano (trumpet, flugelhorn); Jeff Dieterle (trombone); Onree Gill (keyboards); Steve Mostyn (bass instrument); Paul John (drums); Pablo Batista (percussion); Jermaine Paul, Anaysha Figueroa, Sara Devine, Denise Stoudmire (background vocals).
While most performers benefit greatly from studio technology, some shine the brightest in an unadorned live setting. As 2005's MTV UNPLUGGED reveals, Alicia Keys is one of the latter--she's a nuanced singer and gifted pianist whose talent is showcased on this impressive concert outing. Here Keys takes many of the R&B-rooted songs from her first two albums and gives them dynamic live treatments, throwing in a few deft cover tunes to keep the set varied and unpredictable.
Maroon 5's Adam Levine stops by for a spare rendition of the Stones' "Wild Horses," resulting in a duet that brings to mind a youthful collaboration between Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin, while the closing track incorporates Damian "Junior Gong" Marley's "Welcome to Jamrock," with Marley (one of Bob's sons) and rappers Common and Mos Def joining the party. However, Keys is at her best on her own songs, as displayed by the soulful "If I Ain't Got You," which builds to uplifting gospel-tinged heights, and "Fallin'," a wonderfully melancholy tune that showcases Keys's passionate vocals.

Editorial Reviews
...[T]he most cohesive of her three albums.... - Grade: B+
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      Real, raw, talent - just shy of being at a live concert
    Review created: 10/18/05
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    blueskyauction ( 501)
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    12 of 14 people found this review helpful.

    Over the years, I've had mixed results in the 'unplugged' genre. I had such high hopes for the Lauryn Hill unplugged album, for example, but it was not so hot. Alicia Key's new Unplugged album, however, really delivers. This CD is for the hardcore fans that want more than just the studio-recorded tracks. It's really more like having a bootleg CD of a live concert than anything else. It really displays her as a Real talent in a time when many 'artists' don't write their own stuff, much less sing.

    Buy it 'cause you like Alicia. Listen to it 'cause it's good music.

    Key tracks:
    Love It Or Leave It Alone / Welcome To Jamrock - (featuring Mos Def/Common/Damian Marley)
    If I Was Your Woman
    Karma


    Review ID: 10000000000031656
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