Here
| Alicia Keys
Here
Here (stylized as HERE) is the sixth studio album by American singer and songwriter Alicia Keys. It was released on November 4, 2016, by RCA Records. Keys had finished creating and recording material for the album before she found out she was pregnant in 2014, which put the record on hold. The first single from the standard edition, "Blended Family (What You Do for Love)", was released on October 7, 2016. "In Common" and "Hallelujah" were featured on the deluxe edition of the album.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Here received a generally positive critical reception. As of May 2017, the album has sold 131,000 copies worldwide.-Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
A creature of habit when it comes to her music.
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NME
Gone are the radio-devouring ballads, replaced by some looser, fresher, cooler tunes.
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Rolling Stone
Downplays her classical training in favor of a grittier R&B edge.
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Consequence of Sound
Keys’ voice is large enough to reach the masses, and this time around she has a handful of songs that will resonate.
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The Guardian
The record is a standout, on which her signature piano takes second place to her urgent voice.
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Entertainment Weekly
A declaration that the R&B star is present, unfiltered, and ready to engage.
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Pop Matters
The best Alicia Keys album to date.
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Slant Magazine
Alicia Keys seems more awake and relaxed than ever.
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Hip Hop DX
A testament to what Keys always gets right – speaking from the heart as she strokes those 88-keys.
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Soul in Stereo
An ambitious project with good intentions.
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Financial Times
Keys’ powerful vocals carry the memory of Lauryn Hill in her prime.
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The Irish Times
Revitalization rarely sounded so good.
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Spinditty
Proudly stripped-down and relatively unprocessed.
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Immortal Reviews
The pop side of the album was fully unnecessary and brought the quality far, far down.
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Revolt
Will leave you feeling self-empowered, informed, entertained, and most importantly, inspired.
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Albumism
Her sixth studio album sounds fresher and certainly more lyrically varied.
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Clash
An attempt to open up a dialogue surrounding our increasingly reactionary and segregated world.
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Exclaim
Empowering at times — it's strong in craft and intent, and will likely perform well.
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Mic
It comes off as one of the more adventurous top-billing R&B albums to drop this year.
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Cryptic Rock
An 18 song opus that pulls out all the stops of a heritage that has historically elevated towards freedom.
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Post Magazine
Despite its rather stark and sometimes gloomy atmosphere, Keys still finds plenty to celebrate.
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Stack
This new, emotionally gritty attitude proves that Keys is once again… on fire.
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Independent
Alicia Keys’s musicality is far superior.
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Hidden Jams
It’s Alicia’s best album in nearly a decade.
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Odyssey Online
Keys is using her music to raise her voice, which is brilliant.
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Knox News
When she’s in the moment, she’s invested.
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The Spectrum
This is the true arrival of the real Alicia Keys. And it’s exquisite.
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Singing out with a defiant voice, with positive songs about society and, in particular, women.
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Renowned for Sound
Here is worth the four-year wait.
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Celeb Mix
Each and every song holds its own power.
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The Filtered Lens
This album really takes on a tremendous amount of weight.
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Fulcrum
The songstress has taken on an authentic New York vibe in her latest release.
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Soul Tracks
Uneven, yet ambitious sixth studio release.
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Entertainment Focus
She takes a poignant snapshot of modern life and creates some incredible music in the process.
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Popfection
The best since the debut and the most fundamental in comparison with her previous works.
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Parle Magazine
The song composition arsenal found within Here undeniably makes it one of her best projects to date.
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You Know I Got Soul
We’re just now seeing the real Alicia Keys.
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Survivor Dean
She reminds her fans around the world that she still exists no matter what others are saying against her.
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Diandra Reviews it All
So present like, a clear stream of consciousness, that it almost feels eternal.
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BSMA Music
It’s sincere, it’s natural, and it’s musically brilliant.
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The Star
She has always been artist with brilliant ideas, and this is one of them.
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ABC News
This is her most important record in more than a decade and likely a huge, positive turning-point in her career.
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CU Independent
Reflects her evolution from our favorite early-2000s pop pianist to a more abrasive R&B artist.
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Demo
Scales back from the noise and leaves us in an simple inner state of mind.
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Est. 97
A body of work representing true artistic growth.
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Press Play Ok
This is Keys keeping it real.
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This is Jvke
Lyrically, the album is spectacular.
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Nicholas Jennings
Soulful and uplifting, the powerful album finds the r&b diva in a distinctly global state of mind.
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The Verse
Her best album in 13 years.
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Spectrum Pulse
This is indeed decent, but I get the feeling Alicia Keys could make a more challenging record if she wanted to take the risk.
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All Music
These songs, are not lacking in energy or conviction, but they're raw as in crude.
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Robert Christgau
Her best album since she was a kid.
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