Unplugged (Alicia Keys album)

Infobox Album
Name = Unplugged
Type = live
Artist = Alicia Keys


Released = Start date|2005|10|7
(see release history)
Recorded = July 4, 2005 at
Brooklyn Academy of Music
(Brooklyn, New York City, New York)
Genre = R&B, soul, jazz
Length = 72:22
76:04 (with bonus tracks)
Label = J
Producer = Alicia Keys, Alex Coletti, Peter Edge, Jeff Robinson
Reviews = * Allmusic rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:qg59keztfq7x~T0 link]
* BBC [http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/38w6/ link]
* "Blender" rating|4|5 [http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=3620 link]
* CANOE "Jam!" rating|3.5|5 [http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/K/Keys_Alicia/AlbumReviews/2005/10/20/1271155-sun.html link]
* "Entertainment Weekly" (B+) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1114686,00.html link]
* Okayplayer rating|3|5 [http://www.okayplayer.com/reviews/index.php/weblog/more/unplugged/ link]
* PopMatters [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/k/keysalicia-unplugged.shtml link]
* "Rolling Stone" rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/aliciakeys/albums/album/7685534/review/7702741 link]
* Slant Magazine rating|3|5 [http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=675 link]
* "The Independent" rating|3|5 [http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article317684.ece link]
Last album = "The Diary of Alicia Keys"
(2003)
This album = "Unplugged"
(2005)
Next album = "As I Am"
(2007)
Misc = Singles
Name = Unplugged
Type = live
Single 1 = Unbreakable
Single 1 date = September 13, 2005
Single 2 = Every Little Bit Hurts
Single 2 date = 2005

"Unplugged" is the first live album (third overall) by American R&B/soul singer and pianist Alicia Keys. It was recorded as part of the television program "MTV Unplugged" on July 4] , 2005 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York City, and released on October 11, 2005 in the United States. It debuted on the U.S. "Billboard" 200 chart at number one, selling 196,000 in the U.S. [cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001347290 |title=Keys 'Unplugs' For 3rd Straight No. 1 Disc |accessdate=2008-06-07 |last=Whitmire |first=Margo |date=October 19, 2005 |work=Billboard] and over 245,000 copies worldwide in its first week—the highest debut for an "MTV Unplugged" album since Nirvana's 1994 "MTV Unplugged in New York" and the first "Unplugged" by a female artist to debut at number one. It was nominated for three Grammy Awards in 2006, including Best R&B Album.

The first single released from the album was "Unbreakable", which peaked on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 at number thirty-four, and number four on the U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The second single, "Every Little Bit Hurts", was released in January 2006. The video premiered on January 17 on BET's "106 & Park".

Track listing

#"Intro Alicia's Prayer" (Acappella) (traditional) – 1:11
#"Karma" (Kerry Brothers, Jr., Taneisha Smith, Alicia Keys) – 2:10
#"Heartburn" (Keys, Tim Mosley, Walter Millsap III, Candice Nelson, Erika Rose) – 3:03
#"A Woman's Worth" (Live) (Keys, Rose, Ernest Isley, Christopher Jasper, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley, Marvin Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Jr.) – 3:30
#*Contains a sample of The Isley Brothers' "Footsteps in the Dark" (Ernest Isley, Christopher Jasper, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley, Marvin Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Jr.).
#"Unbreakable" (Keys, Kanye West, Harold Lilly, Garry Glenn) – 4:34
#*Contains a sample of Eddie Kendricks' "Intimate Friends" (Garry Glenn).
#"How Come You Don't Call Me" (Prince) – 5:23
#"If I Was Your Woman" (Gloria Jones, Clarence McMurray, Pam Sawyer) – 4:04
#"If I Ain't Got You" (Keys) – 4:06
#"Every Little Bit Hurts" (Ed Cobb) – 4:01
#"Streets of New York (City Life)" (Keys, Smith, Eric Barrier, Nasir Jones, Chris Martin, William Griffin) – 7:35
#*Contains a sample of Nas' "N.Y. State of Mind" (Eric Barrier, Nasir Jones, Chris Martin, William Griffin).
#"Wild Horses" (featuring Adam Levine) (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 6:04
#"Diary" (Keys, Brothers) – 5:53
#"You Don't Know My Name" (Keys, West, Lilly, J. R. Bailey, Mel Kent, Ken Williams) – 3:35
#*Contains a sample of The Main Ingredient's "Let Me Prove My Love to You" (J. R. Bailey, Mel Kent, Ken Williams).
#"Stolen Moments" (Keys, Brothers, L. Green, Wah-Wah Watson) – 5:14
#"Fallin'" (Keys) – 5:10
#"Love It or Leave It Alone" (featuring Mos Def and Common)/"Welcome to Jamrock" (featuring Damian Marley, Mos Def, Common and friends) ("Love It or Leave It Alone": Lorenzo DeChalus, Derek Murphy, Charles Davis, Kirk Khaleel, Joseph Williams / "Welcome to Jamrock": Damian Marley, Stephen Marley, Ini Kamoze) – 9:20
#*"Love It or Leave It Alone" contains a sample of Brand Nubian's "Love Me or Leave Me Alone" (Lorenzo DeChalus, Derek Murphy, Charles Davis) and Just-Ice's "Latoya" (Kirk Khaleel, Joseph Williams).

Bonus DVD

Released October 11, 2005.
#"Goodbye"
#"Butterflyz"

Charts

Certifications

*Platinum::flagicon|USA RIAA: 1,000,000 [cite web |url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |title=RIAA – Searchable Database |accessdate=2008-04-18 |work=RIAA |date=January 25, 2008]
*Gold::flagicon|Netherlands NVPI: 30,000 [cite web |url=http://www.nvpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=61112&documentid=1238141&zoekform=60463&formposted=yes |title=Goud/Platina |accessdate=2008-04-19 |work=NVPI |language=Dutch] ::flagicon|Canada CRIA: 50,000 [cite web |url=http://www.cria.ca/gold/1205_g.php |title=CRIA: Gold & Platinum – December 2005 |accessdate=2008-04-18 |date=December 13, 2005 |work=CRIA]

Release history

References

succession box
before = "All the Right Reasons" by Nickelback
title = U.S. "Billboard" 200 number-one album
years = October 29, 2005
after = "I Am Me" by Ashlee Simpson