- r&b, contemporary r&b
- 94 min
- 26 tracks
- RCA
Keys is the eighth studio album by American singer and songwriter Alicia Keys, released through RCA Records on December 10, 2021; her last album released under the label as they parted ways in the summer of 2022. It was primarily produced by Keys. It was preceded by the release of two singles: "Lala" featuring Swae Lee and "Best of Me". The album was announced on October 27 and includes two discs, with two versions of 10 tracks, along with six other tracks.
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Character
Spare, grave, character-led and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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Metacritic 65/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 6.4/10
- AllMusic3/5 ★
- The Daily Telegraph4/5 ★
- Evening Standard4/5 ★
- The Guardian2/5 ★
- The Independent3/5 ★
- NME3/5 ★
- The Observer3/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Slant Magazine3.5/5 ★
- The Times4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Plentiful (originals)3:09
- 2Skydive (originals)3:04
- 3Best of Me (originals)3:59
- 4Dead End Road (originals)3:32
- 5Is It Insane (originals)6:21
- 6Billions (originals)3:20
- 7Love When You Call My Name (originals)3:37
- 8Only You (originals)3:16
- 9Daffodils (originals)4:33
- 10Old Memories (originals)2:59
- 11Nat King Cole (originals)3:40
- 12Paper Flowers (originals)3:24
- 13Like Water (originals)3:57
- 14Interlude (originals)1:26
- 1Only You (unlocked)3:12
- 2Skydive (unlocked)3:03
- 3Best of Me (unlocked)3:49
- 4LALA (unlocked)4:31
- 5Nat King Cole (unlocked)4:06
- 6Is It Insane (unlocked)4:28
- 7Come for Me (unlocked)3:30
- 8Old Memories (unlocked)3:53
- 9Dead End Road (unlocked)3:32
- 10Love When You Call My Name (unlocked)3:16
- 11Daffodils (unlocked)3:05
- 12Billions (unlocked)3:01
26 tracks, 94 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Alicia Keys
- Label
- RCA
- Released
- December 10, 2021
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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