Track Listing

1. As I Am (Intro)
2. Go Ahead
3. Superwoman
4. No One
5. Like You'll Never See Me Again
6. Lesson Learned (featuring John Mayer)
7. Wreckless Love
8. The Thing About Love
9. Teenage Love Affair
10. I Need You
11. Where Do We Go From Here
12. Prelude To A Kiss
13. Tell You Something (Nana's Reprise)
14. Sure Looks Good To Me

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #57 in Music
• Released on: 2007-11-13
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced

Amazon.com
By the time this long-awaited album saw its release date, most fans had probably read at least a couple of interviews with Alicia Keys in which she explained that first single, "No One"--a firestorm of a song clearly born of a sore heart and steeped in serious soul-searching, was about her decision to retreat from the obligations of stardom when she found out a loved one was in need of her care. The anecdote sticks not just because it explained the song so well--you can actually hear the pain, commitment, and determination in her sultry voice--but because it gets at what makes the woman behind the music so appealing. There's only one way R&B artists grow to become legends, and it's by drenching the words they sing with feeling (think Gladys Knight, Roberta Flack). The skeptical listener might have had her doubts before As I Am, but there's no mistaking it now: Alicia Keys is well on her way to sharing a category with them. This record radiates not just old-soul maturity, the kind Alicia fans say makes her modern rarity, but real soul. Vintage-leaning hooks and horns grab hold on "Where Do We Go from Here" and an assortment of other songs, but Keys can also get by just fine without them, as she proves on more pop-flavored numbers like "Lesson Learned," with John Mayer, and "Superwoman." The genres may be smearing, she seems to say, but bring them on: she won't shrink back. Her commitment is not to a single style but to what's stirring her soul. Because of it, she's moving R&B, or something like it, from the hips back to the heart. --Tammy La Gorce

Album Description
Japanese two CD pressing of the 2007 release from the R&B/Pop diva featuring a bonus CD containing four tracks: 'Waiting For Your Love', 'Hurt So Bad', 'Superwoman' (Live) and 'No One' (Curtis Lynch Reggae Remix). As I Am is Alicia's most innovative album to date, a collection of music with no boundaries. Influenced by everything from Hip Hop to Soul to Rock to Classical music, As I Am is every bit a sense of rebellion and empowerment. Features collaborations with some of the biggest hit makers in music (Linda Perry, Jack Splash, Mark Batson, Swizz Beats and Kerry Brothers) and includes the first single 'No One.'

Customer Reviews

Every track could hit the charts!
I wasn't always an Alicia Keys fan but I am now. Her voice is so smooth and she sings with so much soul. Every song on this album is good enough to top the charts!

THE BEST!!
I can't get enough of this cd. My aunt and I blast this song in the car all the time. I love "Lessoned Learned". Everybody that I have told about this cd love it just as much as i do.

As She Is...
"As I Am," Alicia Keys' third solo effort is her best all-around effort to date. While the CD offers no immeidate classics like "Fallin'," or "You Don't Know My Name,", the songs work better as a whole. Heavily inspired by 70s soul and rock music, the CD features some of A. Keys most experimental tracks ever. There's "The Thing About Love" that starts out like a typical A. Keys soul ballad, but transforms into a rock ballad. "No One," the reggae-tinged, Grammy-winning #1 anthem, finds Alicia singing in her most passionate and inspired voice ever. "Like You'll Never See Me Again" finds Alicia experimenting with a softer, Prince inspired 80s ballad. "Lesson Learned," a duet with John Mayer, is a bluesy ballad with Alicia on her lyrical "A" game. Mayer provides excellent backup vocals and guitar. "Teenage Love Affair," "Wreckless Love," and "I Need You" sound like they could have been written circa 1975. They are her most aggressive, uptempo soul jams ever!

There's no doubt Alicia is marking her place as one of the most successful and creative female talents ever. With 11 Grammy wins behind her already, she could easily get lazy and release piano driven ballads from now on. But she challenged herself with this record by experimenting with different sounds and in the process made her strongest effort yet. I can't wait to hear what she comes up with next!