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My favourite song, which is also her single, is "Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart". Such great lyrics and melodically brilliant, stringing through the chords (another track I wish I wrote).
All the songs are so strong throughout this elemental musical journey. I've been listening to the new album since Monday, when it became official to listen to it, and I wanted to take my time - as there are a lot of different elements (I guess you could say) within Alicia's work.
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Alicia's voice is so pure and raw. No auto-tuning or anything synthetic about this R&B soul. She captures sounds of Prince, especially in my favourite track (watch the video below) and in "This Bed". She even has a broken down version of "Empire State of Mind", which is also an incredible track.
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The production is fantastic. I love it! She has to win a Grammy for this work. She strums my heart strings with this new album. Alicia gives me proper and full-on chills and goosebumps, especially with the song "Love is my Disease". Yeah, wow.
I think I will have no problem purchasing this one and I think it was a smart move that they offered it free for me to listen to on Spotify before the release, as it wouldn't be something I would not go out and look for.
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You won't regret it - seriously :)
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