Alicia Keys:
Girl On Fire (RCA) It would be
the height of snarkiness to say anything negative about the lovely
Alicia Keys, particularly when her biography notes that she is "a
14-time Grammy® Award-winning singer/songwriter/producer, an
accomplished
actress, a New York Times
best-selling author, an entrepreneur and a powerful force in the world
of philanthropy and in the global fight against HIV and AIDS." OK,
great! So is she any
good? They didn't mention that! To be
totally objective: She looks great on the album cover, her new logo is
extremely cool—I liken it to Hyundai's, maybe after a few drinks—and
admittedly, recording an album that features the artist literally being
set afire at the album's climax is kind of kinky! Still, to my ears, her
album is hampered by its being anchored by, in her bio's words. her
"trademark piano"—which, as most musicians realize, is kind of a nothing
brand (I've never heard of it!) and seems to sort of rattle when it
hits the high notes! The album of the year? I simply
don't know!
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