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7.1 out of 10

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  • Summary: The aptly titled fourth studio album from the pop songstress has both dance-floor-ready jams and down-tempo tunes that are a bit tamer than those in the last album.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 36
  3. Negative: 1 out of 36
  1. Consequence of Sound
    Jun 24, 2011
    90
    Between doing more of the same old goodness and boiling everything down to its most essential lethality, Beyoncé also makes room on the album for more grandiose tracks that would sound right at home in Broadway musicals.
  2. Q Magazine
    Aug 16, 2011
    60
    At Glastonbury she dazzled; here she plays it safe. [Sept. 2011, p. 105]
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  3. No Ripcord
    Jul 18, 2011
    20
    Where this album should be fresh and current, it sounds tired, repetitive and uninspired.

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  1. Positive: 105 out of 126
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 126
  3. Negative: 18 out of 126
  1. ZuZuZu
    10
    This has to be her best album yet. So intimate, so powerful, so Beyonce. The best tracks are by far The End Of Time, Love On Top, Schoolin' Life and Dance For You. 1+1 and I Miss You are the ballads I've been expecting her to do and we also have some really awesome mid-tempos (Party, Best Thing I Never Had, Lay Up Under Me). I appreciate Run The World and Countdown for their magnificent beats and the vocals on Start Over and Rather Die Young are just so good .I Care is one of the best ballads lately and contains some amazing vocals. The only song I'm not really into is I Was Here which I extremely hate. Overall, the best album this year (I like her more than Adele) with some songs to remember.… Expand
    • 7 of 7 users said yes
  2. ManilaCritic
    5
    The new album of Beyonce is different, she experiments with different genres and the effort she put into this album is visible. The only downfall was to release "Run the World (Girls)" as her first single, but the album as a whole is good.… Expand
    • 8 of 19 users said yes
  3. joyluckli1953
    0
    The album was an utter disappointment. Bey was trying to make Adele's "21" for R&B and it didn't work. The album's ballads would shine a midst more uptempo songs, but there are only 3 or 4 non-ballad songs on the album making it droning. A huge disappointment… Expand
    • 9 of 10 users said yes

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