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- Summary: The fifth full-length record for the R&B pop singer was a surprise iTunes release, with a short film accompanying each track.
- Record Label: Columbia
- Genre(s): Adult Alternative
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Top Track
Drunk In Love | |
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I've been drinking, I've been drinking I get filthy when that liquor get into me I've been thinking, I've been thinking Why can't I keep my fingers... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 32 out of 34
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Mixed: 2 out of 34
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Negative: 0 out of 34
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Dec 16, 2013Beyoncé waited for the last moment to unveil 2013′s finest pop album. It arrived too late to enter our top ten lists, but just in time to own the year.
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Dec 17, 2013Beyoncé is a stronger personal statement than Magna Carta… Holy Grail, less self-indulgent than The 20/20 Experience, and (in its own way) as dark and confrontational as Yeezus.
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Jan 23, 2014Though there are a million details about BEYONCÉ to examine--from the release strategy to the visual aspect and more--the strongest ideas are still found solely in the music. She addresses topics like beauty, body image, miscarriages, jealousy, sexuality, marriage, motherhood and self-worth.
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Dec 16, 2013Beyoncé is better than good, slickly packaged, created with the best of intentions yet still comes off as a postmodern mash of hubris, sincerity and gloss. It will be a hit regardless.
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Dec 16, 2013This is easily Beyoncé’s best album yet, a clear progression from her previous work and a musical triumph.
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Dec 18, 2013The lack of universality to much of it keeps it from being the great album it wants to be, and some of the fascination seems to stem from 2013 celebrity culture obsession and speaks to the need to disappear from our own lives and become so wrapped up in the world of the rich and famous.
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Dec 13, 2013Musically, it's the same kind of electro R&B with which radio is already awash--in large part because it's produced by the same small coterie of hip producers, with Timbaland appearing to take the most prominent role amongst the likes of Detail, Jerome Harmon, Pharrell Williams and Ryan Tedder.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 258 out of 292
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Mixed: 9 out of 292
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Negative: 25 out of 292
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