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| Released = December 11, 2009<br /><small>(see [[#Release history|release history]])</small>
| Recorded = May–September 2009<br />The Oven Studios<br /><small>([[Long Island]], [[New York]])</small>
| Recorded = May–September 2009<br />The Oven Studios<br /><small>([[Long Island]], [[New York]])</small>
| Genre = [[contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[pop music|pop]], [[Neo Soul|neo soul]]
| Genre = [[contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[pop music|pop]], [[soul music|soul]]
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The Element of Freedom is the fourth studio album by American R&B musician Alicia Keys, released December 11, 2009 on J Records. Recording sessions for the album took place during May to September 2009 at The Oven Studios in Long Island, New York. It features production by Keys, Jeff Bhasker, Swizz Beatz, Noah "40" Shebib, and Kerry "Krucial" Brothers.

The album debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 417,000 copies in its first week—making it Keys' first album to miss a number one debut spot. It spawned two singles, "Doesn't Mean Anything" and "Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart", that attained Billboard chart success. Despite mixed criticism towards its production and Keys' songwriting, The Element of Freedom received generally positive reviews from most music critics.

Conception

After recording her third studio album, As I Am, Keys began to "find the way to totally be myself and what that meant; figuring out what choices I wanted to make and not make in order to truly honor myself".[6] She described The Element of Freedom as diverse, but noted that there is a "balance". She explained that "one side is strong and one side is vulnerable", which she pointed to as the theme of the album. The album has a "strong, edgy feel", but is also "intimate and vulnerable and delicate".[7] While on Black Entertainment Television's 106 & Park, she described the album: "The way that the songs progress [on the album] are gonna take you on a natural high. I just want you to feel a sense of freedom, I want you to feel out-of-the-box, feel inspired, You're definitely going to be taken on a trip, I know you're going to be shocked, you're going to hear things that you probably didn't think that I would sound like. It's a journey."[8]

In an interview with Billboard magazine, Keys stated that she "eliminated all of the boundaries and all the limitations, so that you can feel your freedom and express your freedom in every way you possibly can".[9] The Element of Freedom was scheduled to be released on December 1, 2009, to correspond with World AIDS Day, but was pushed back to December 15 for additional recording.[9][10] According to the senior vice president of urban marketing for J Records, Keys "had a couple of more things in the oven and she wants this to be right [...] So we gave her the additional time she needed." Keys pointed out that she felt the album was being rushed for no reason.[6]

Recording

It feels emotional and vulnerable but there's also a kind of freedom in it. I can't quite find a better word than freedom to really describe it. Even though every song has touches of different textures and sounds, the overall [sense of] freedom is the thing that grounds it. It's definitely the theme of where I am in my life.

Alicia Keys[6]

Keys began working on the album in May 2009. During this time, Keys and her audio engineer bought several vintage keyboards, describing the Moog as her "special best friend".[11] Recording took place in The Oven Studios in Long Island, New York.[12] Keys expressed that she "didn't know what to do" when she began working on the album, but knew to do it.[13] After exhausting herself, she stated that she "finally found the key, and that is to allow yourself to be free".[13] She explained that the album dealt with overcoming depression. She went on to say, "I found more freedom. Before, I thought I could only show the strong side of me. Now there’s a mixture of strong and delicate. A new sound, a new emotion. That’s a lot of who I am right now"[14] Recording for the album was completed between August and September 2009. Keys described that she "love[d] melody so much", but approached the album with a "free zone".[11] The album includes production by Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, Jeff Bhasker and others.[9]

MTV News reported that Keys and rapper Jay-Z recorded "Empire State of Mind Part 2", a second version of "Empire State of Mind", from Jay-Z's album, The Blueprint 3.[15] The final product did not include Jay-Z.[16] In mid-November 2009, Brothers revealed on Twitter that Canadian recording artist Drake will be featured on the album.[17] Drake described the studio session with Keys as "one of the best studio experiences of my life". He explained that "I came in there and instead of being like, 'Here's the beat, get to work,' she was just like, 'Play me your favorite songs and lets battle'... It's almost like the transition from [listening to] great music to making a song — like, no one even noticed it, because she started playing the keys and I just started writing the melodies."[18] Keys stated that due to the album being pushed back, she was able to work with Drake and American recording artist Beyoncé, which she described as "the most exciting collaborations of my career yet".[19]

Marketing and promotion

In September 2009, the day after the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, Keys posted the audio to the album's lead single, "Doesn't Mean Anything", on her YouTube channel.[20] The song was released on iTunes on September 22.[21] In October, she performed the song live on the Regis and Kelly show.[22] "Doesn't Mean Anything" peaked at number 60 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 14 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[9][13]

On October 21, 2009, Keys held "The Element of Freedom Lecture & Performance Series" at New York University, free for students at the Tisch School of the Arts. Among the songs she performed included the new "Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart".[13] The song, produced by Keys and Jeff Bhasker, was released as the second single from the album.[8] The music video premiered on November 16, 2009.[23] Keys performed a medley of "Empire State of Mind", "Doesn't Mean Anything" and "No One" on the sixth season of The X Factor on November 29, 2009.[24] On December 16, 2009, BET's 106 & Park hosted a two-hour special titled 106 & Keys, which will consist of a countdown of Keys' videos and a live performance.[6]

On December 1, 2009, Keys performed a benefit concert at the Nokia Theater in New York, where all the proceeds went to the Keep a Child Alive program. The concert—held on World AIDS Day—was streamed live on the video sharing website YouTube.[19][25] A week prior to its release, Keys streamed The Element of Freedom in its entirety on the peer-to-peer music streaming service, Spotify,[26] as well as social networking website, Facebook, through an application. She became the first major recording artist in Facebook's history to do so.[27] BillboardLive.com is working with Keys to show off its new technology that allows fans to watch free concerts broadcast in HD via iPhone or iPod Touch. The "Alicia Keys & Friends" concert will take place Jan. 7 2010 at 9 p.m. EST, 6 p.m. PST from The Apollo in New York. In addition to her performance, Keys will be introducing talented new artists who will also perform during the special broadcast. In addition to her performance, Keys will be introducing talented new artists who will also perform during the special broadcast.[28] Keys will also perform on Saturday Night Live on January 9 followed by an AOL Music Sessions premiere on January 14. On March 3, Keys embarks on the U.S. portion of "The Freedom Tour" at Chicago's Allstate Arena. The European leg of the tour will commence late April 2010.[12] [29]

"Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" charted at 15 on the UK Singles Chart in the week of 24 January 2010.[30]

Reception

Commercial performance

The Element of Freedom debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, selling 417,000 copies in its first week.[31] In its second week, the album sold 280,000 copies.[32] In its third week the album sold 80,000 copies, bringing its 3 week total to 770,000 domestic units.[33] In its fourth week the album sold 62,000 copies, bringing it's total US sales to 842,000 units.[34] in its fifth on the US charts, the album sold 48,000 copies. It has currently sold 928,000 copies.[35] On January 22, 2009, the album was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales in excess of 1 million copies in the U.S.[36] The album reached number 1 in Switzerland and has been certified gold after sales in excess of 15,000.[37] In Italy the album went Gold with 40,000 copies sold

Critical response

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[38]
Chicago Tribune[39]
Entertainment Weekly(A-)[40]
The Independent[41]
Los Angeles Times[42]
The New York Times(mixed)[43]
PopMatters(3/10)[44]
Rolling Stone[45]
Slant Magazine[46]
USA Today[47]

Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from most music critics, based on an aggregate score of 66/100 from Metacritic.[48] Writers noticed Keys' transition of 1970s R&B production style to 1980s and 1990s sound.[43][49] The Houston Chronicle noted that the production technique "makes everything feel familiar but still manages to sound fresh", calling the songs "a strong, soulful statement".[49] In contrast, Simon Price of The Independent felt that the songs "drift by disappointingly, anodyne and indistinguishable", commenting that he "genuinely had to keep checking the LCD display to see if we were still on the same track".[41] Keys received comparisons to that of musician Prince.[40][43][46] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic pointed out the "always apparent" influence of Prince, as Keys "swapped the retro-soul instrumentation of her earliest music for electronics". He identified the album as "clean, small-scale collection of ballads and Prince-inspired pop".[38] Matthew Cole of Slant Magazine noted "some retro synth work lends a funky backdrop" to Keys' "breathy vamping, alternating disco-diva choruses with Prince-worthy verses".[46] However, Cole gave it 2½ out of 5 stars and wrote "As smart and savvy a songwriter as Keys should be able to do better than this".[46]

Writers noted that the album's tenth track, "Put It in a Love Song", distinguishes itself from the rest of the album, being described as having "dreamy, sun-dazed production" and is "quantitatively different energy".[41][43][50] Andrew Burgess of MusicOMH stated that "instead of letting fame weigh her down or change her game, she's instead channeled all her superstardom, all her awards, all her philanthropic efforts, and found a way to set them to music", calling the album one of "the best pop albums of 2009".[50] Mike Ragogna of The Huffington Post noted Keys maturing, "both vocally and as a strong young woman". He expressed that "the album doesn't really push the vocalist-pianist's music further than where it already was established on earlier releases", but noted that it "clicks better as a body of work than two of her three previous albums" as it avoids "sounding like a smattering of singles across a CD".[51] Rolling Stone critic Rob Sheffield gave it a mixed review and perceived its production as a weakness, writing that it "compresses her voice, making it sound a lot less like her, especially on the ballads. Even a great tune like the breakup blues of "Love Is Blind" can make you a little hungry to hear Alicia Keys sing it".[45] Vibe's Clover Hope viewed Keys' "rote songwriting" and wrote that it lacks her "gritty edge that once was love at first sight".[52]

Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune called the album Keys' "most consistent album and also her most low-key". He felt that it sounded less "forced or gimmicky" when compared to her past albums.[39] Jay Lustig of The Star-Ledger hailed the album as an "instant classic", citing that the album was "as well-crafted a collection of pop/R&B music as I've heard in a long time".[53] Killian Fox of The Observer wrote that the album is a "confident, well-crafted modern soul record" that was made without "doing anything groundbreaking".[54] Daryl Easlea of BBC Music noted that "Keys' canny ability to fox and beguile make The Element of Freedom an unexpected pleasure". He described Keys vocals as tender and "raw with emotion", which he felt matched the album's drum programming.[55] However, PopMatters writer Tyler Lewis gave it a rating of 3/10 and described its music as "uninspiring, trendy electronica production, strident lead vocal performances, and banal lyricism".[44] Chicago Sun-Times writer Jim DeRogatis panned the album, viewing its lyrics as "empty cliches" and its sound as pretentious.[56] Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly commented that Keys has "established herself as an increasingly rare thing in pop music: the class act", noting that the "often-banal lyrics" were carried by her "quicksilver" voice.[40]

Track listing

Personnel

Credits for The Element of Freedom adapted from Allmusic.[62]

Chart history

Chart positions

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by Swiss Albums Chart number-one album
January 3, 2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums number-one album (first run)
January 2, 2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums number-one album (second run)
January 15, 2010 		Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by UK R&B Albums Chart number-one album
January 17, 2010 		Succeeded by
incumbent

Release history

Country Date Format Label(s) Catalog
Germany December 11, 2009 Standard edition[78] Sony Music Entertainment 886976256128
Deluxe edition[79] 886976309022
Australia Standard edition[80]
  • Digital download
 88697465712
Deluxe edition[81] 88697608982
Ireland Standard edition 88697465712
Deluxe edition 88697608982
United Kingdom December 14, 2009 Standard edition RCA Records 88697465712
Deluxe edition 88697608982
United States December 15, 2009 Standard edition J Records 886974657125
Deluxe edition 88697608982
Empire edition
Vinyl LP[82] 886974657118
Canada Standard edition[83] Sony Music Entertainment 88697465712
Deluxe edition[84] 88697608982
Brazil Standard edition[85] 886974657125
Argentina Standard edition[86] 886974657125
Deluxe edition[87] 886976089825
Japan December 16, 2009 Standard edition[88] Sony Music Japan SICP2462
January 1, 2010 Deluxe edition[89] SICP2583
Australia January 8, 2010 Standard edition[90]
  • CD
 Sony Music Entertainment 88697465712

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