Product Description Recorded at The BAM Harvey Theatre on July 14th 2005, Alicia Keys Unplugged features Alicia Keys performing her hits from her current and debut albums. Alicia Keys Unplugged also features new music from Alicia as well as special guest appearances by Adam Levine (Maroon 5), Common, Mos Def, and Damien Marley. An unforgettable night of music and Alicia at her best, Alicia Keys Unplugged is a true testament of her amazing talent. J Records. 2005. .com With MTV's decision to revive its much-missed "Unplugged" series came a certain obligation: Whoever was going to kick the shows off needed to have the means to deliver serious heat, Grammy-vote garnering heat. The "powers that be" couldn't have chosen better than Alicia Keys. Throughout this consistent set, marked by warmth, sincerity and a powerful lack of inhibition, Keys convinces that if she's not the new Aretha Franklin, she's a force of equal might and measure. All the favorites are here, the danceable "Karma" carries into the funky "Heartburn" and the give-it-up glory of "Unbreakable." "Fallin'," "If I Ain't Got You," and "You Don't Know My Name" come later, but interspersed are enough pleasant surprises to make even fanatical Keys followers forget the signature songs. Prince's "How Come You Don't Call Me," for instance, gets a playful work-up, complete with audience-aimed banter and an unbroken promise to "take it to the bridge," and a duet that on paper seems misguided works surprisingly well, as Keys resists any instinct to clobber Maroon 5's Adam Levine vocally. Yowling, piano pounding, hip-hop tics (the ubiquitous, emphatic "unh"), and even a spot of theatrical poetry all have their places here, but Keys manages them with a master's sense of what's song-appropriate. Her band is spot-on, her arrangements soar, and her guests--count Mos Def and Common among them--complement the proceedings without even momentarily carrying them. The best "Unplugged" discs leave a listener wishing artists would kick the amps altogether; this is one of them. --Tammy La Gorce
M**H
Unplugged quality by Alicia.
Ms. Keys has put a really nice live presentation on this album. The better hi-fi equipment you have, the more you get out of it. This is a must recording for everyone who own Ms. Keys's other recordings.
E**R
Ok
Ok
C**S
Four Stars
REALLY NICE CD , LOVE IT
R**B
Love
Love
R**E
Awesome!
My mother loves the version of "Wild Horses" Alicia did with Adam Levine so I decided to get her the whole CD as a Mother's Day gift and she LOVES it.
C**D
her voice doesn't do it for me
so I've been listening to this for the first time and it's disappointing. Her voice sounds very limited to me and what I thought as the tracks went along is that maybe she's a smoker so I looked it up and she does appear to be one. She was a perfect chick when she first came out. It's unfortunate that she is self-destructive, particularly to her great instrument, her voice. The band is pretty engaging but the singing is not quite there, and she talks too much in her songs.
A**R
Five Stars
Some of the very best of Alicia Keys. Unplugged really lets you listen to her beautiful voice.
S**A
Love Alicia
Great quality
