Alicia Keys, The Diary Of

Alicia Keys, The Diary Of is one of the best albums in recent years with it being a bookmark for how a soul album should sound.

Alicia Keys, "The Diary Of" is a CD from the superb classically trained singer, Alicia Keys, who puts her talent out there for all to see. Alicia is a credit to the R'n'B world, with the voice and the writing, this CD is a wonderful debut album.

All of the tracks are different, so it doesn't feel like you can't tell where one song ends and the other begins.

This is a good CD, and I would recommend it to anyone.

In her sophomore effort, Alicia Keys has definitely shown she has matured from her debut. She combines various music influences and accelerates her song-writing skills, at the same time stretching her vocal abilities to give her heart and soul into "The Diary Of". However, oddly enough I felt a lack of intimacy in this album, with not too many slow, dimmed down, reflective songs..more colourful and overproduced efforts clutter the crowd. All in all however, this is an impressive effort, especially considering the phenomenal success of "Songs In A Minor".