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Track Listings
| 1. Footsteps In The Dark | |||
| 2. Intimate Friends | |||
| 3. NY State of Mind | |||
| 4. Let Me Prove My Love To You | |||
| 5. Love It or Leave It Alone | |||
| 6. Welcome To Jamrock | |||
| 7. Intro Alicia's Prayer (Acappella) | |||
| 8. Karma | |||
| 9. Heartburn | |||
| 10. A Woman's Worth (Live) | |||
| 11. Unbreakable | |||
| 12. How Come You Don't Call Me | |||
| 13. If I Was Your Woman | |||
| 14. If I Ain't Got You | |||
| 15. Every Little Bit Hurts | |||
| 16. Streets Of New York (City Life) | |||
| 17. Wild Horses | |||
| 18. Diary | |||
| 19. You Don't Know My Name | |||
| 20. Stolen Moments | |||
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There's nothing like a live album to prove the depth of an artist's talent, so it was only a matter of time before the indomitable Alicia Keys stepped up to the challenge. But is she able to deliver without the whizz-kid production gloss of a studio album? Of course she is!
MTV Unplugged is the Grammy award winner's chance to flaunt brand-spanking new arrangements of her biggest hits, such as "You Dont Know My Name", "If I Ain't Got You", and the illustrious "Fallin'".
Added spice comes in the form of the Rolling Stone's "Wild Horses" - in which she duets with Maroon 5's Adam Levine - a cover of "Every Little Hurts" and a new song called "Unbreakable". Although the ballads outweigh her crunkier numbers, she unites with Common, Mos Def and Damian Marley for a hip performance of "Love It or Leave it Alone" and "Welcome to Jamrock" as the grand finale.
If you thought Alicia couldn't get any more fabulous, you've just been proved wrong. --Matilda Egere-Cooper
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is definately one of my favourite albums ever because it covers all her best material from her albums but a new amazing set up. All her original songs have been reworked with nothing sounding the same as her studio albums. But the best bit about this cd is probably Alicia herself as she has so much energy and her voice is incredible. It is raw and refined at the same time and the emotion is so strong. This is shown most clearly in How Come You Don't Call and the brilliant new Every Little Bit Hurts. Don't be fooled into thinking that most of the stuff on this album has been heard before because it hasn't.
My top 5 tracks are:
1. How Come You Don't Call Me (such a brilliant performance)
2. Unbreakble (Great new song written by her and Kanye west)
3. Every Little Bit Hurts (So much soul)
4. Wild Horses (Beautiful)
5. Diary (she and her backing singer are truly amazing)
One of my favourite albums I own that never bores me when ever i listen to it!
My top 5 tracks are:
1. How Come You Don't Call Me (such a brilliant performance)
2. Unbreakble (Great new song written by her and Kanye west)
3. Every Little Bit Hurts (So much soul)
4. Wild Horses (Beautiful)
5. Diary (she and her backing singer are truly amazing)
One of my favourite albums I own that never bores me when ever i listen to it!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I am not particulaly an Alicia fan, I have heard the obvious songs in the radio etc and recognised her talent but wouldn't have gone out and bought it. However, on coming across this album I was gobsmacked. From the first note it is a highly polished production. The whole band is tight, particularly the percussion and bass who drive every song. The upbeat arrangements are excellent, however the collaborations are not so great. Alicia doesn't miss a beat and this is proof that she is going to be regarded among the best R'nB / soul musicians in the world. I genuinely think this is the best live album of all time and in fact have listened to it about 100 times since discovering it a month ago.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Alicia Keys has such a remarkable voice and her stage presence is that of a real soul legend (she'll get there)After owning all of her previous work and seeing her live in 2004 and 2005 i knew that the Unplugged set wasn't gonna dissapoint me in the slightest and i wasn't wrong.
There's a few surprises and a few old favourites most notably are the covers of "Wild Horses" which has been covered plenty of times in the past Keys teams up with Adam Levine of Marron 5 and does a emotional duet that is truly heartwrenching one of the greatest remakes i've heard. The other remake is the classive "Every Little Bit Hurts" which was recorded first by soul singer Brenda Holloway and she does it justice and was the second single the video was like a tribute to Motown a great throwback video. Among the many highlights of this concert a few spring to mind the sheer rawness of "If I Aint Got You" is just breathtaking as well as one of the newer songs "Unbreakable" which celebrates black love it was the song that promoted the album and did quite well in the states. The version of "Fallin'" is that from the Ali soundtrack a more melodic version of the orginal and very haunting i felt "Heartburn" was the main song that was out of place it was too jumpy the 7 minute opus of "Streets of New York [City Life]" is wonderful Alicia gives us a nice poem then goes into the song lovely instrumentation.The last track "Love It or Leave It Alone/Welcome To Jamrock" plays the set out nicely joining Keys is Common,Mos Def & Reggae artist Damian Marley, Keys sings the hook on the latter which surprised me and it work very well. "Love It Or Leave It Alone" is just fantastic Mos Def and Common are just some of the greatest rappers alive and they sound actually good unlike alot of rappers.
Top 5
1.Wild Horses
2.A Woman's Worth
3.Diary
4.If I Aint Got You
5.Fallin'/Love It Or Leave It Alone...medley/Every Little Bit Hurts
Alicia Keys is one of the true talents that's keeping that revival r&b style alive i hope she'll be around for the next 40 years like her predecessors Lena Horne,Nina Simone,Roberta Flack...etc
Also, The Unplugged DVD of the concert is available too which is just as great with some cool special features
Buy This!
There's a few surprises and a few old favourites most notably are the covers of "Wild Horses" which has been covered plenty of times in the past Keys teams up with Adam Levine of Marron 5 and does a emotional duet that is truly heartwrenching one of the greatest remakes i've heard. The other remake is the classive "Every Little Bit Hurts" which was recorded first by soul singer Brenda Holloway and she does it justice and was the second single the video was like a tribute to Motown a great throwback video. Among the many highlights of this concert a few spring to mind the sheer rawness of "If I Aint Got You" is just breathtaking as well as one of the newer songs "Unbreakable" which celebrates black love it was the song that promoted the album and did quite well in the states. The version of "Fallin'" is that from the Ali soundtrack a more melodic version of the orginal and very haunting i felt "Heartburn" was the main song that was out of place it was too jumpy the 7 minute opus of "Streets of New York [City Life]" is wonderful Alicia gives us a nice poem then goes into the song lovely instrumentation.The last track "Love It or Leave It Alone/Welcome To Jamrock" plays the set out nicely joining Keys is Common,Mos Def & Reggae artist Damian Marley, Keys sings the hook on the latter which surprised me and it work very well. "Love It Or Leave It Alone" is just fantastic Mos Def and Common are just some of the greatest rappers alive and they sound actually good unlike alot of rappers.
Top 5
1.Wild Horses
2.A Woman's Worth
3.Diary
4.If I Aint Got You
5.Fallin'/Love It Or Leave It Alone...medley/Every Little Bit Hurts
Alicia Keys is one of the true talents that's keeping that revival r&b style alive i hope she'll be around for the next 40 years like her predecessors Lena Horne,Nina Simone,Roberta Flack...etc
Also, The Unplugged DVD of the concert is available too which is just as great with some cool special features
Buy This!
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Blew me away. Best 3 quid ever spent!
I'm not into 'R&B' at all and only noticed Alicia Keys when she sang on the World Cup opening ceremony. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Pallus the Phallus
Best Unplugged ever!!!!
The day i heard her osng Fallin` i felt in love of the music, literelly... I think she`s one of the best song-writter of all times, she has the soulfull voice, she`s so nice, and... Read more
Published on 3 Jun 2009 by Bbva
Absolutely amazing!
This CD is definately one of the CDs I could play for hours on end!
Alicia's vocals on this album are stunning and she is brilliant live as I thought she would be due to her... Read more
Alicia's vocals on this album are stunning and she is brilliant live as I thought she would be due to her... Read more
Published on 11 July 2007 by Charlie
The best un-plugged album ever!!
This album is brillaint if you like listening to live music and of course the singer herself alicia keys, this album has music from both of her recent albums SONGS IN A MINOR and... Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2005 by Craig J. Richardson
Might be a money making release but its still great
As you all know, Alicia Keys is a fantastic artist and her album 'The Diary of Alicia Keys' is outstanding. Read more
Published on 4 Nov 2005 by "michaeldarbandi"
Nearly but not quite
This girl can sing there is no doubt. But this CD just has no clout. It seems to be a release for money. Which overall I don't find funny. Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2005 by Soul Prince
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