Diary of Alicia Keys [Import Bonus Track] (2004)

About this title: Since Alicia Keys' 2001 debut album, Songs in A Minor, was ever so slightly overpraised, expectations for her second album, 2003's The Diary of Alicia Keys, were ever so slightly too high. Songs in A Minor not only kicked off a wave of ambitious new neo-soul songsters, it fit neatly into the movement of ambitious yet classicist new female singer/songwriters who ranged from the worldbeat-inflected pop of Nelly Furtado to the jazzy Norah Jones, whose success may not have been possible if Keys hadn't laid the groundwork with such soulful work as her hit "Fallin'." Such success at such a young ... read more

Tracks:

1. Harlem's Nocturne [Keys]
2. Karma [Brothers/Smith/Keys]
3. Heartburn [Keys/Mosley/Millsap]
4. If I Was Your Woman/Walk on By [Jones/McMurray/Sawy]
5. You Don't Know My Name [Keys/West/Lilly/Bai]
6. If I Ain't Got You [Keys]
7. Diary [Keys/Brothers]
8. Dragon Days [Keys]
9. Wake Up [Keys/Brothers]
10. So Simple [Keys/Lilly/Harris]
11. When You Really Love Someone [Keys/Brothers]
12. Feeling U, Feeling Me (Interlude) [Keys]
13. Slow Down [Keys/Green/Rose]
14. Samsonite Man [Keys/Rose]
15. Nobody Not Really [Keys/Smith]
16. Streets of New York [Keys/Smith/Jones/Gr]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.