Another track from Girl on Fire.

http://soundcloud.com/vic...and-new-me

Alicia Keys -

''Fire We Make'' ft. Maxwell

Identity said:

Another track from Girl on Fire.

http://soundcloud.com/vic...and-new-me

Are u feeling this?

I find "Not Even the King" appealing. I haven't given the other tracks a thorough listening, to be truthful.

Girl on Fire Live Stream

Listened to the entire album...

"Girl On Fire" is essentially a 50 minute soliloquy about herself and her good relationship, of which no one else's compares. It's one of the most boring, self-centered albums I've heard in a long time. Apart from that, there are almost no musical surprises and Alicia's voice is weaker than ever.

Highlights are:

- "When It's All Over" (Good production and a strong chorus, both of which are rare on this album)

- "Limitedless" (The breezy reggae vibe managed to wake me from my coma)

The Maxwell duet was particularly disappointing. I don't doubt that it will do well on UAC radio but "Fire We Make" never seemed to take off and is missing something crucial (perhaps it's underwritten?). Sitting through the 5+ minute runtime was tough.

"Girl On Fire" is her dryest collection yet.

[Edited 11/20/12 19:16pm]

Actually, this new album doesn't sound so bad. It's definitely not on the level of her earlier stuff, but some of these songs are tolerable.

soul4thought said:

Listened to the entire album...

"Girl On Fire" is essentially a 50 minute soliloquy about herself and her good relationship, of which no one else's compares. It's one of the most boring, self-centered albums I've heard in a long time. Apart from that, there are almost no musical surprises and Alicia's voice is weaker than ever.

Highlights are:

- "When It's All Over" (Good production and a strong chorus, both of which are rare on this album)

- "Limitedless" (The breezy reggae vibe managed to wake me from my coma)

The Maxwell duet was particularly disappointing. I don't doubt that it will do well on UAC radio but "Fire We Make" never seemed to take off and is missing something crucial (perhaps it's underwritten?). Sitting through the 5+ minute runtime was tough.

"Girl On Fire" is her dryest collection yet.

[Edited 11/20/12 19:16pm]

Yep.

I like the track with Maxwell. C'mon, how often do you hear arrangements like that on modern R&B records? It's quite interesting to listen to and there's definitely a 70s / early-80s approach on that track.

I find it a bit strange that her vocals are placed so much louder in the mix though - it doesn't really sound like a duet due to it. Maybe it's just the way both artists like to have their voices placed in relation to the instruments on the background.

Alicia gives Lara Logan of CBS’ Person to Person a tour of her studio, which she calls her “home away from home.” (source: rapup.com)

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mistatee said:

Always loved Alicia's music.

Then "No One" came out. HATED IT
Now "Girl is on fire" is out. Hate it even more.

Stop the screaming over loud beats Alicia.

This has been what has been so frustrating to me lately

with her output. It's like what has happened to her voice

and why is she choosing to sing over lethargic beats.

I tried 2 get thru this project.

The writing is bad, the production is bad, the singing is bad, the music is bad.

1 word: Painful.

[Edited 11/27/12 10:14am]

soul4thought said:

Listened to the entire album...

"Girl On Fire" is essentially a 50 minute soliloquy about herself and her good relationship, of which no one else's compares. It's one of the most boring, self-centered albums I've heard in a long time. Apart from that, there are almost no musical surprises and Alicia's voice is weaker than ever.

Highlights are:

- "When It's All Over" (Good production and a strong chorus, both of which are rare on this album)

- "Limitedless" (The breezy reggae vibe managed to wake me from my coma)

The Maxwell duet was particularly disappointing. I don't doubt that it will do well on UAC radio but "Fire We Make" never seemed to take off and is missing something crucial (perhaps it's underwritten?). Sitting through the 5+ minute runtime was tough.

"Girl On Fire" is her dryest collection yet.

[Edited 11/20/12 19:16pm]

HEY YO!

Man you serious? I listened to the album today as well on my way home from Uni and it is quite a decent album.

I don't think its her dryest collection of songs...

And I was listening to the track with Maxwell...When it came on I didnt know it was the Maxwell track so I was listening and got goose bumps listening to Alica singing all sultry and sexy and moaning n stuff... I was like this is def the track of the album then half way through the track Maxwell started singing and his voice was like butter...man soo awesome I actually replayed the track again just to hear those sexy vocals...

So I dont know where your coming from with this Album maybe you have a different version of the album to me.

Anyways that is my 2 cents.

On a side note why is there not a sticky for this release on this forum...sometimes we have stickys for album releases that are wack but Alicia dosent seem to get any love here.

Maybe its US thing......cos im sure she gets love here in Australia.

neoretro7 said:

I still think that Alicia Keys is light years ahead of Beyonce, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, etc music wise but Alcia true strengths was always doing the bluesy songs that suits her voice.

Her true raw vocal talent came out in the first two albums.

I have to agree. I liked her first song that made her name. She sounds really well singing bluesy-type songs, but I can't fault any artist for trying new sounds/directions. I think she just needs another type song like that to bring her back on top, like during her first year, when she won a few grammys. I think after that, many expected her followup albums to be as good as her first one. I think I have her second cd, but the package is still unopened.

The Girl on Fire album debuted at # 1, selling 159K units, the smallest of any of her previous albums.

The title track, which also served as the lead single, is such an unfortunate mess.

New vid for "Brand New Me".