![]() The modern soul sound that they seem to be searching for suddenly comes right on the seriously classy "Where Do We Go From Here". "I Need You"’s off beat rhythms make you prick up your ears and listen. When Keys and the team throw caution to the wind the album begins to sound fresh. Lyrically soft rocker "Sure Looks Good To Me" presents the case against and is simply a stream of howling clichés. Similarly, "You’ll See Me Again" could be from a book of Prince’s bad ballads. Numbers like this, "Tell You Somethin’", "Superwoman" and "Lesson Learned" are slick, safe, and uninspiring. No more so than on the monster single "No-One". Sassy opener "Go Ahead" feels like a statement of intent but the attitude is sadly lacking elsewhere on the album which often feels more Whitney than Stevie. Her celebrated voice is pushed to the fore, often relegating the prodigious piano playing to the background, save on "Prelude To A Kiss" where they go hand in hand. With her third studio album, As I Am, Alicia Keys has dropped the urban flavours in the previous outing in favour of a more mature soul sound.
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