Renaissance
by Beyoncé
  • Record Label: Columbia
  • Release Date: Jul 29, 2022
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 3470 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,997 out of 3470
  2. Mixed: 84 out of 3470
  3. Negative: 389 out of 3470
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  1. ThiagoBraga
    Dec 9, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ruim demais péssimo amo álbum não deveria ter lançado nada desses músicas, ela cada vez piora colocando milhões de compositores… Expand
  2. copperbottom
    Dec 7, 2022
    0
    Ridiculously overrated album. Beyonce could fart on 10 songs with her 100 producers, & it'd be considered as AOTY
  3. Guzmant
    Nov 5, 2022
    2
    One of the worst albums I've ever heard and it's only praised because of the name of the artist attached to it. the production sounds like those very cheap YouTube remixes, vocally it's disappointing (my dear Beyoncé you are a VOCALIST, why do you mumble rap for most of the whole thing?) the lyrics are stupid and most of the songs sound the same.
  4. NonBiasedMusic
    Oct 30, 2022
    0
    With boring, generic lyricism and often grating production, Beyonce tries and fails to re-create some of her earlier work in an attempt to once again put herself in the limelight of the music landscape, but fails to do so like she has previously, a testament to her inability to stay relevant in todays music world.
  5. charlicritic
    Oct 26, 2022
    0
    Seeing Queen B trying something so unique (for her) is amazing! I'm so pleased!
  6. justin909
    Oct 21, 2022
    2
    It’s a beyoncé album there is obvious hype around it. I was waiting with anticipation for this album but upon hearing the lead single was very worried. The lead single, to be blunt, was awful. The album was not awful but it was not good.it was not cohesive but at the same time all the songs dragged along the same way. it was not shocking and there was no innovation in there. the vocalsIt’s a beyoncé album there is obvious hype around it. I was waiting with anticipation for this album but upon hearing the lead single was very worried. The lead single, to be blunt, was awful. The album was not awful but it was not good.it was not cohesive but at the same time all the songs dragged along the same way. it was not shocking and there was no innovation in there. the vocals sound like she recorded them the day before they were due and rushed it. the production is messy and still boring. this is the worst album beyoncé had ever released and it’s very disappointing.… Expand
  7. yrmnk
    Oct 21, 2022
    3
    like... it's okay, but i have 70% skips. for me it is not what it is. i waited for this album for so long but stayed dissapointed.
  8. lacharli
    Oct 21, 2022
    0
    Long, flat, basic, repetitive and weird collection of songs with any meaning
  9. Leandrop
    Oct 21, 2022
    0
    Lixo. Que bosta esse álbum.
    Lixóooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
  10. Cyrone
    Sep 24, 2022
    3
    I loved Beyonce's previous 2 albums to death, they were absolutely magical, I've also seen here live just a few years ago. But man this album is boring. There's like 3 great tracks (including the last track) but everything else is just repetitive, uninspired drums and the same damn topics as 2000-2005..
  11. Stephen1989
    Sep 22, 2022
    0
    Beyoncé you won't win another grammy you're tired of winning grammys you already have many your album sucks it doesn't deserve to be nominated for album of the year Harry will take it The worst album in history in decline
  12. Sinnoh-best
    Sep 10, 2022
    3
    This album is not a masterpiece. If this wasn’t Beyoncé, It would haven’t been big as it is. There are some good tracks, but They are some really and tracks and some of them are ruined by the beginning. Thique is terrible to me. I know you could have done better Beyoncé
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    Aug 30, 2022
    0
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  14. Marko_Nikolic
    Aug 28, 2022
    0
    TERRIBLE ALBUM! Not a single good song on it. This woman is so overrated. This is as trash as Adele's new album. How can anyone like this is beyond me.
  15. Ben567
    Aug 26, 2022
    3
    I think the album could've been better... Tho I think some songs are nice, I was disappointed as a whole. The lyrics were weak
  16. Debsh
    Aug 21, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Boring and predictable album with a lot of over screaming ( screeching). Beyoncé music been disappointing a lot. Beyoncé only has about 5 memorable songs… Expand
  17. Myles_fenty
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    The samples are too much !!! And the songwriters are over 150! Its not her sound too , she just have to go back to doing the sound she can do .
  18. Beynassance
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's not a groundbreaking album. I as a beystan, feel ashamed of this album. She really went downhill if we compare it to lemonade. Now I understand why this isn't selling worldwide, and not even in the United States. This album is a big NO for me. It would've been more interesting if she had put her sister or daughter in that album. Beyoncé is out of ideas for almost nothing.… Expand
  19. Toparis1
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    Album BORING af. U can listen to it once then just forget abt it. But she hasn't made any Good music since 2014 so I guess we shouldn't be surprised.
  20. taytayfan1989
    Aug 23, 2022
    0
    This was an awful album. The writing was terrible. She needed help from a million other writers and still managed to make a basic album. She used to sing beautifully, but now she sounds so... hefty. Safe to say I will never be streaming another Beyonce album. She might want to consider retirement.
  21. joymoon
    Aug 23, 2022
    0
    ruim demais, odiei muito. achei as músicas muito nada a ver, sem sentido, não tem relação nenhuma com os álbuns anteriores
  22. JUXXXLIO
    Aug 23, 2022
    1
    BOMBA, quem gosta dela é doente como ela, nunca será aaliyah que é infinitamente melhor que ela que precisa de mil pessoas pra fazer tudo.
  23. Nestru
    Aug 23, 2022
    0
    I was waiting for this album so badly just to hear one of the worst album by beyonce
  24. Miguel2612
    Aug 23, 2022
    1
    Just Alien Superstar is actually good, I can’t even say nothing about her vocals cause we all know that she can hit the note, but musically nothing new
  25. FabioSoarrs
    Aug 23, 2022
    0
    You're always good!! However, the songs (even if structured) look the same, without much surprise or innovation with each track.
  26. kmltndl
    Aug 23, 2022
    0
    It's worst album. My ears are hurting right now. Beyonce needs to be retire asap
  27. rodq09
    Aug 22, 2022
    0
    Renaissance is the least cohesive album in Beyoncé's career and her voice is heard as if she had recorded it quickly. I am disappointed that her team only copied and pasted the work of other artists even though Beyoncé has access to the best producers and composers. When do I remember Lemonade; her best album, so far also makes me feel that it is full of interpolations but at least it isRenaissance is the least cohesive album in Beyoncé's career and her voice is heard as if she had recorded it quickly. I am disappointed that her team only copied and pasted the work of other artists even though Beyoncé has access to the best producers and composers. When do I remember Lemonade; her best album, so far also makes me feel that it is full of interpolations but at least it is cohesive. I hope her other acts are something totally different and there is quality.… Expand
  28. dianagabrielasa
    Aug 22, 2022
    1
    Not into her, but the new song was fantastic, I love it and I want to buy her stood defenatly
  29. Cloud9_Claud
    Aug 22, 2022
    0
    I listened to the single and didn't like it at all. I don't even remember the title. She used to have great songs...
  30. AliceTx
    Aug 22, 2022
    1
    Absolutely awful album, idk what Beyoncé was thinking with this, she’s so unoriginal, it’s time for her to retire and go take care of her kids Majority of the album is just filled with samples all these writers on the credits and the lyrics sound like they was written by a kid in kindergarten, i guess Jay-z pay roll couldn’t afford better writers.. Beyoncé you suck balls
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Metascore
91

Universal acclaim - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. Mojo
    Sep 21, 2022
    80
    A continuous mix of hedonism, virtuosity, scholarship and, as one of her disco antecedents would have it, Good Times. [Nov 2022, p.84]
  2. Uncut
    Aug 31, 2022
    80
    Beyoncé's seventh solo album is a flawlessly structured feast. [Oct 2022, p.25]
  3. PopMatters
    Aug 9, 2022
    90
    Renaissance derives its meaning through its diverse soundscape, which, due to Beyoncé’s astute curation, becomes a statement about letting the music speak for itself.
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