Alicia Keys: As I Am

Status of copy at Case Memorial Library
Contents: As I am — Go ahead — Superwoman — No one — Like you'll never see me again — Lesson learned (feat. John Mayer) — Wreckless [i.e., reckless] love — The thing about love — Teenage love affair — I need you — Where do we go from here — Prelude to a kiss — Tell you something (Nana's reprise) — Sure looks good to me.
Chuck Arnold wrote in People: "When you've set the bar as high as Alicia Keys has with her Grammy-winning first two studio albums, 2001's Songs in A Minor and 2003's even better The Diary of Alicia Keys, you've got a tough act to follow. But the singer-pianist continues to scale artistic heights on As I Am. While not veering too much from the Keys playbook — classic R&B with an ear to contemporary hip-hop, heavy on the ballads — it hardly strikes a bad note. Highlights include the hit first single 'No One,' a soulful declaration of love and devotion; 'Like You'll Never See Me Again,' a lush, lighters-in-the-air slow jam; and 'Lesson Learned,' a blues-streaked collaboration with John Mayer" ("Music: Critic's Choice," 11/19/07, p. 53).