Songs in A Minor
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Songs In A Minor, released June 5, 2001, is the debut album from American R&B/soul singer and pianist Alicia Keys. All of its songs are written in A minor.
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Tracklisting
- "Piano & I (Intro)"
- "Girlfriend"
- "How Come You Don't Call Me"
- "Fallin'"
- "Troubles"
- "Rock Wit U"
- "A Woman's Worth"
- "Jane Doe"
- "Goodbye"
- "The Life"
- "Mr. Man" (Duet with Jimmy Cozier)
- "Never Felt This Way (Interlude)"
- "Butterflyz"
- "Why Do I Feel So Sad"
- "Caged Bird"
Limited Edition
- A limited edition version of the album, released in 2002, also included the following "bonus" tracks, in addition to the ones listed above:
- Fallin' (Remix featuring Busta Rhymes & Rampage)
- A Woman's Worth (Remix)
- Lovin' U (hidden track)
Singles Chronology
- "Fallin'"
- "A Woman's Worth"
- "How Come You Don't Call Me"
- "Girlfriend"
- The massive debut single, "Fallin", and the second single, "A Woman's Worth", are the album's most remembered songs by the general public.
- "How Come You Don't Call Me", the album's third single, was a cover of the Prince song of the same name.
- The final single, "Girlfriend", was released only in Europe and Canada but not in the United States.
- "Butterflyz" was not a single but is notable as being the first song Keys ever wrote, at age 14.
Personnel
- Norman Hedman - Percussion
- Manny Marroquin - Mixing
- Phil Tan - Mixing
- Brian Cox - Keyboards
- Paul Green - Vocals (Background)
- Brian McKnight - Instrumentation, Musician, Producer
- Jermaine Dupri - Producer
- Tim Shider - Bass
- Tony Duran - Photography
- Herb Powers - Mastering
- Patti Wilson - Stylist
- Isaac Hayes - Fender Piano, Fender Rhodes, String Arrangements, Flute Arrangement
- Acar S. Key - Engineer
- Mary Ann Souza - Assistant, Assistant Engineer
- Arty White - Guitar
- Kerry Brothers - Digital Programming, Drum Programming, Engineer, Production Concept, Producer
- Rick St. Hillaire - Engineer
- Russell Jackson - Bass
- Andricka Hall - Vocals (Background)
- Anthony Nance - Drum Programming
- Kandi Burruss - Arranger, Vocals (Background), Producer
- Tony Maserati - Mixing
- Victor Flowers - Bass
- Russell Elevado - Mixing
- Brian Frye - Engineer
- Gerry "The Gov" Brown - Mixing, Engineer
- Kandi - Arranger, Producer
- Yussi Allie - Art Direction
- Chris Wood - Engineer
- John Peters - Organ
- Alicia Keys - Arranger, Digital Programming, Instrumentation, Main Performer, Keyboards, Keyboard Concepts, Executive Producer, Musician, Vocals (Background), Vocals, Vocal Arrangement, String Arrangements, Remixing, Remix Producer, Producer, Piano
- Cindy Mizelle - Vocals (Background)
- Peter Edge - Executive Producer
- Clive Davis - Executive Producer
- Cato - Concept, Guitar
- Richie Goods - Bass (Acoustic), Bass (Electric)de:Songs in A Minor