Survivor

Timeless baddie classic

type shit my mom would be blasting in the living room while she doing spring cleaning theres some questionable feminism here. also some sort cringe parts but all good 2000s rnb has that. i rly like this tbh

A very typical Y2K girlboss album. Wouldn’t normally have a problem with this, except it weirdly preaches love and empowerment while also engaging in slut shaming, then tops it with some “God loves me” BS. It comes off as shallow and socially conservative as a result — the kind of music you’d blast when your friend calls you out on your toxic bullshit.

R&B, 2001 -> 2

Nope

7/10 Favorites: Dangerously In Love Brown Eyes

The singles were still the best ones on the album. I don't think this is my kind of music.

Første halvdelen e et nær perfekt popalbum, men så kommer det litt for mange ballader på rad mot slutten som trekk ned (sjøl om dem på ingen måte e dårlig hver for sæ, men når du har tidlig-2000-talls-girlpowerdansa dæ gjennom en rekke klassiske pophits blir det litt nedtur med «og nu kom gråtedelen, ja, æsj»). Men første halvdel trekk så godt opp at æ tror det blir full pott likevel. (og så e det egentlig full pott på latteremojis på den ekstremt teite slutten kor dem bytte på å takke hverandre og gud og alt e bare fjollate)

Tried to go in to this one with an open mind and had obviously heard the first 3 tracks but looking back I didn’t recognize how corporate and produced this album was starting with the lead off Charlie’s Angels megahit “independent women”. Kind of funny to took about being bootyliscious and in the very next song calling someone a nasty girl. Talk about ironic! Are the harmonies good? Yes. Is there talent there? Yes. But is this music for the Starbucks sipping basic bitch set? Also yes.

Damn.

Den Titeltrack Survivor kennt man und ist solide. Allgemein plätschert das Album so vor sich hin und kein Lied erscheint mir musikalisch so herausragend, dass es ein MustListen-Album auszeichnet. Nicht störend aber fühlte sich lang an und ich war froh als es endlich vorbei war.

I always find empowering that a female group does so well,but in this album seems that there's no clear vision about it or about anything.It has some gems in it alright, but overall it's a mediocre to bad album and production and poor lyrics -except a couple of songs- didn't help at all. Independent Women Part 1,boping commercial R'n'B song that except it's empowerement ,i can't listen to anymore.It was everywhere in 2000's so it reached my hearing threshold. Survivor,still on the empowerement side field,better that the previous hit but still i'm too tired of the girl group 00's thing. Bootylicious is the only gem out of this album that i loved back then and i still do. Nasty Girl shouldn't have been in this album.Slut shaming after empowerement?It doesn't make any sense at all.I mean,make up your mind already.God,and this one was a single. Fancy.Now we hate women?Too shame cause i kinda liked the production on this one.. Apple Pie A La Mode.Weird and unexpectably fun. Sexy Daddy.Just awful.A lot of skipping.And i don't skip songs-this was an emergency-. Perfect Man.See notes above.Also,crappy production,and i would have forgive this if it was the first album,but it wasn't.. Independent Women Part II.Un-nessesary.I mean wtf? Happy Face.Finally an uplifting oasis that gives some interest.Quite a pleasant surprise!It's funny what some electronic elements can do. Dance With Me.nice generic R'n'B.Bit boring and long though. My Heart Still Beats.I was a bit worried that this album won't have a ballad.Apparrently it does and it's magical.Strangely enough, this is actually my favourite.Mariah vibes. Emotion.I started to like this one but then i realised that this was a cover of Samantha Sang's Emotion. Quite good,but i prefer the original. Brown Eyes.This one had potential but the lyrics are too overused.If Mariah Carey had the instrumental she would have written fire lyrics and this would have been a number one hit. Dangerously In Love.Great acoustic and wah wah guitar that almost saves it and makes it a favourite of mine. The Story Of Beauty.Too Busy at times.So much going on and not in a good way.Oh,and empowerement is back. Gospel Medley.Great acappella harmonies. Outro (DC-3) Thank You.Unnessesary.The Gospel Medley could have end this better and more beautifully.It will also have a purpose if there was also an intro. 3/5 .For Bootylicious,My heart Still Beats and Happy face.I still can't believe that this album was nominated for a Grammy.I guess sales pushed the voting.

Svært at benægte at der er nogle bops her, meget repræsentativ for æraen, men lang og ikke særlig varieret

Det var min yndlings Destiny's Child plade fra dengang jeg rankede alle Beyonce albums. Det siger ikke vildt meget, synes produktionen er ret ok og der er nogen kæmpe bangers her men det er også viiirkelig frontloaded.

I hate this kind of R'n'b and the way Beyonce has to put vibrato on every god damn word she sings. This album is way too long.

I listened to this as I ran through a very generic new housing development. All the houses looked the same, and were some shade of grey. This album is the musical equivalent of that neighborhood.

I don't think I was in the state of mind for this. I needed something mellow I think and it all felt like a lot of shouting.

Meh, They had a couple of hits and those are fun for what they are, but overall I feel like this album is really lacking in overall substance. It feels very overproduced and just didn't age that well. Also what's up with the up and down nature of this album? Lots of female empowerment, which is great but then quickly followed by slut shaming and thirsting over some dude. So weird....

what can I say? it was glitzy and fun!

I remember buying this album in middle school because for some reason at my Christian school they allowed some of us to do a choreographed dance to "Survivor," but I remember telling the guy doing the sound to turn it off immediately when the song ended so we didn't hit the into to "Bootylicious." I do remember liking this album, but honestly I'm not actually sure I listened to it the whole way through. "Survivor" is good. "Bootylicious" and "Independent Woman 1&2" are fun. I've always loved their cover of "Emotion" too. It actually showed off their harmonies well. But my god the rest of this album is a mess. Doesn't show off their vocals well, and the songs go on for way too long. Not to mention the lyrics are either incredibly slut shaming or just straight up corny. These were women in their 20s singing song that would have been cringey in their teens. And maybe it's because I just listened to Pump, which has a song that (surprisingly because it's Aerosmith) deals with abuse decently and is a good song, but "The Story of Beauty" was just godawful. And then that last song which is just them thanking each other? Did not need to be 4 fucking minutes long. I think Destiny's Child are talented, but this album is not it.

Album #965 Not my type of music, but it's good for what it is. I'm glad that it isn't raunchy like later R&B would become, including Beyonce's solo music. I heard some lifting of Push It, Tarzan Boy, and Edge of Seventeen. The outro was sweet with all the girls gushing over one another. If only The Beatles did something like that, then maybe they would have stayed together forever like Destiny's Child did.

Repetitive beats.

Pop music from this era might be some of the worst ever made. This is pure trash. Generic "beats" layered with overtly commercialized over-produced vocals. Can't find a single redeeming thing about this.

It's kinda mad that the first 4 tracks, all the singles, go: female empowerment X2, celebrating big booties, slut shaming. Not sure the messaging is very consistent here. It's also probably the most overt example I've heard of a CD-era trend where all the good songs are shoved at the front, then you are left with filler for the rest. My only other observation is that, after their lineup changes, this seems to be Beyonce's Diana Ross stage, where she was very much thrust into the limelight and catapulted towards mega stardom. 3* because after the first few hits, it's less strong

This album kicks off with a bang. Survivor and Independent Woman Part 1 are two excellent anthems. Both are really well constructed tracks Unfortunately, what follows just pales, not just in comparison to those two songs, but also to a lot other similar groups like TLC, En Vogue, SWV, etc. So while this album is decent, it’s obvious from the start that it could have been a lot better.

This feels very early 2000s from the production to topics. I knew of "Survivor", "Independent Women", and "Bootylicious" from the radio already but "Independent Women pt II", "Nasty Girl”, and "Fancy" are all new to me. The outro song is sooo weird with how reverential to god it is and it almost feels passive aggressive to the former members of Destiny's Child with how much they praise Michelle (the newest member and replacement member). I hate that I can hear some clear skill differences between Beyoncé, Kelly, and Michelle. They all sound great together but it makes so much sense why Beyoncé has done what she's done in the pop music space. I liked this album but it felt like a product of its time.

Fun Album and some great harmonies. Usually not my style but found myself bopping along to several songs.

Really dug the cover of Emotion + the title track but otherwise I'm sorry to say I didn't like this one, Beyonce please forgive me 😔

Pretty good, quite enjoyed it. A bit frontloaded? I think it starts with a bang but then carries on with alright songs.

This is one of my partner's childhood/adolescence album, and it does fall into the same years that I was also growing up. They are also songs I haven't listened to in a while. Nasty Girl's slutshaming message was very bizarre, to the point where I'm thinking I must be reading it wrong. Fancy has this weird quality where the beat sounds like a song from Ocarina of Time which I thought was funny. It does feel like the album has very conflicting messages, but (thankfully) the songs that are the best lyrically (Independent Woman and Survivor) are also the best musically. This creates a huge divide in quality on the album. There are too many songs I would classify as 1's or 2's, and then there's Survivor which is probably a 5. I wish I could give this album a quantum ranking. In the absence of such a thing, I'm gonna have to give it a 3.

Remember this one from when I was in middle and high school. I still don’t understand the hype. Was a pretty generic mid 00’s pop/hip hop album. Nothing stood out.

Like many before me, and many to follow: I am, in fact, not ready for this jelly. Despite my lack of preparedness this album was great. Mega strong opening three songs, but the album gradually gets weaker as it goes on.

Very good, but in hindsight not at the level Beyoncé can perform. Still, a nice antidote to that Britney Spears album.

Oooof. A few ok songs, but I overall really did not like it.

Pleasantly surprised. First 4 songs bangers, weaker towards the end. Guilty pleasure album - quite possibly

OMG, do I really, really have to listen to Destiny's Child? Well, the heck with it, that's what I signed up for, but man, how did this end up on this list in the first place? Well, I tried, but this one hour bitchin' about bitches, and at the same time empowering them, doesn't resonate with me. Speaking of survivors, this ultra-polished early 2000s R&B surely didn't survive the test of time musically either. 1/5

Generic boring pop.

This album starts off really well then it’s kind of just a bunch of middle of the road songs. I can see why people like it but after the first 3-4 songs it’s all forgettable to me.

I remember when the album came out. It was fine. Not my favorite, nor something I would purchase.

Meh. Not my kind of music.

It's closer to a 2, but the first few songs are bangers

Weird album. I found myself tuning out after the first 3 songs I knew. Interesting choice to cover a Bee Gees song. And then the gospel mix after that

Mmmh

I get it. It's a pop record and it's catchy and danceable.

I went into this optimistically because I remember enjoying Destiny's Child in the past, but after the first few songs I began feeling more negatively about this album. Many of the songs felt petty and cringe. I like the title track and a few other songs but nothing I really loved. The whole thing sounds very Y2K which can be charming but it mostly feels pretty dated. Also, I don't know if this is a hot take or not but pop albums shouldn't be an hour long in my opinion. I don't usually mind longer albums when its a rock or hip hop album but I feel like pop albums tend to feel extra bloated as soon as they're over 45 minutes. Idk. Favorite track: Survivor 2.5/5

'You thought I couldn't see w/o you / Perfect vision / You thought I couldn't last w/o you / I'm lasting.' Before Beyonce was singing about 'irreplaceable' she was in the crew that sexified women's empowerment via juxtaposition: the trilogy of 'Survivor,' 'Bootylicious,' and 'Nasty Girl' perfectly exemplifies that possibility. That logic, which isn't irrefragable, has nonetheless had a profound impact on our music and cultural sensibilities: no Nicki Minaj, no Cardi B, no Megan Thee Stallion, indeed no Lil Nas X or Lady Gaga w/o this. Musically, it's not only pleasurable but deliciously experimental: off-kilter rhythms and cadences that pop and prowl ('Sexy Daddy,' 'Perfect Man') transform a record that already buzzes w/ attitude into a fertile aesthetic.

forgot how fun this album was, brought back late 90's early 2000's memories

Само Survivor става. Едвам го изслушах до средата. Вият като кучки на месечина

A huge big steaming heap of keech.

This is considered 1 of 1001 albums to listen to before you die! If so might I suggest rounding the number down to 1000 Utterly boring

3 for me. 5 for watching my wife dance to it.

Really thought this album would have been better. It's got some high moments, and the beats are usually pretty good, but so much of this was just bland and forgettable. It was hard to keep my attention on this album. And I'm not sure if it's just the streaming version but there were some small audio cracks that annoyed me. Pretty long too

Generic sounding r&p/pop. What was so spectacular about this? 2/5

This is not a genre I spend any time in, like, at all. But this album is undeniably strong, showcasing great songwriting, beautiful and evocative harmonies, and Beyoncé's seemingly preternatural vocal sensibilities that that always feel right.

It won't be til her self-titled and especially Lemonade where we hit the inflection point of Beyoncé being a force of nature with songwriting to match. But there's plenty of her preternatural abilities on display in her performance serving these perfectly good pop songs. It's fun to revist the seeds of maybe the most important musician of the 21st century. That said, those first three tracks are doing a lot of heavy lifting to prop this album up to classic status. And why does "Independent Women," the first track out of the gates, keep the dumb shout outs to Lucy Liu, Drew Barrymore, and Cameron Diaz? That was already dated by the time the album hit the zeitgeist, and it pulls all the attention from what is otherwise a banger. Why not just make one version for the soundtrack and another for Survivor? And how could an album with a song like "Nasty Girl" qualify for this list?

With the singles from this album it’s basically a classic of the genre. But the remaining songs sound very much like an afterthought. When it works it works, but otherwise extremely forgettable

Donc, c’est clair que ce n’est pas un album pour moi. Ce n’est pas que cette musique n’est pas bonne, mais cet album est trop long (à mon avis) et les chansons trop peu intéressantes et imaginatives.

Solid album. This is music I'm never putting on. But they are obviously talented with the vocals and I enjoy listening to them sing. Emotion is probably the highlight for me. This was recorded in 3 days. I don't care who you are, that's impressive.

I expected to like this more more, but alas. The singing and the harmonies are superb, but the lyrics and the production feel superficial and juvenile. Sometimes I found myself wanting to skip a song.

This was Bootylicious!

- Hätte nicht gedacht, dass ich es so gut finde - Nicer R&B vibe wenn ich das richtig einschätze - Ich kannte auch einige Lieder schon Topsong: Survivor

Love individual songs but an album is too much of the same

Forgot this thing starts off with references to the Charlie’s Angels movie lol It’s good, but overlong. Some absolute mega-hits on here, but also a lot of songs that just kind of drag. An interesting moment in production too. So much of this sounds so influential, and will be for pop music for the next 10 years, and then there’s some tracks that sound extremely stuck in the 90s.

There is some serious shite on this album! And some good tracks. Bootylicious rules! So does Independent Women pt1. Nasty Girl might have some dumb anti-female lyrics, but it's a good tune. Everything else is generic R&B crap. Way too long as well. 2/5

Why not. missed it at the time. better than expected. Great singing, interesting arrangements.

some iconic bops

Not floating my boat.

Missed this whole craze but fun album.

Would I be cancelled if I said Beyonce never made a better album than this?

It was ok Not really my thing.

peak turn of the century/millennium pop R&B

I was adjacent the target audience of this album when it came out. Its release corresponded with the movie “Charlie’s Angels” which used a few of the songs. One of the last instances of the partnership between music and film that had artists release blockbuster singles. The album was huge. Apart from the opening tracks (3 to be exact) the rest of the album did not sit well with me. It often repeats itself verbatim. I was also a bit confused by a track that was calling a woman trash for leaving the house without clothes only a few tracks previously praising the independence of their womanhood. I feel like the messaging was mixed.

They’re good singers, but it sounds hollow. "Bootylicious" followed immediately by "Nasty Girl" lol. This has a whole aura of self-importance and judgement. The best song was their cover of "Emotion".

5/10 The first 3 songs are modern pop classics, no doubt. The rest is forgettable filler of varying degrees of banality. The Thank You song is so cringe inducing I had to pull over from driving as my curled toes made it dangerous to operate the pedals

It was destiny that Beyoncé would break out.

Buff, qué pocas ganas de escuchar esto. Veo la portada y me parecen unas señoras, y sin embargo tenían sólo 20 años dos de ellas y la que parece más joven 22. Es lo que tiene la época en que te gusta parecer mayor. Mejor de lo que pensaba. Muchas de estas canciones las asocio solo a Beyoncé, pero veo que me equivocaba. No he guardado ninguna, pero podría volver a escuchar el disco sin problemas.

Nice

Ik ben niet de doelgroep. Ik heb hier dan ook niks mee en ik vind er weinig aan. Tuurlijk, de hitjes aan het begin zijn nog wel geinig, die herken ik nog van m'n schooltijd. Daarna wordt het echt uitzitten geblazen. Ik verwachtte van het album dat begint met 'Independent Women' meer girlpower-achtige nummers maar al gauw krijg je twee tracks die, voor zover ik het mee krijg, meer anti-vrouw dan pro-vrouw lijken te zijn. Wellicht zijn ze wel pro-vrouw maar dan gebaseerd op een ouderwets Christelijke beeld van wat een goede vrouw is ofzo. Weet ik veel. Voor mij vallen de maskers dan eigenlijk af. Terwijl het niet zo moeilijk zou moeten zijn om op een album van 50 tot 60 minuten geloofwaardig te blijven. En dan hebben we het nog niet over die bizar belachelijke outro track waarin God uitgebreid wordt bedankt dat 'ie zo'n geweldige vrouwen heeft gemaakt en waarin ze zelf bezingen wat een amazing angels ze eigenlijk zijn. Ik zou bijna boos op de één rammen maar eerlijk is eerlijk: Dit is toch nog wel 2 sterren waard vanwege de hitjes aan het begin van het album. En als ik moet kiezen tussen Mariah Carey of dit, dan toch maar dit.

i don’t know if i’ll survive this album. 1/5 ⭐️

A tour de force from three talents before the break out of a global mega star.

Without this album, there would be no Beyoncé. This was the springboard to that success with some absolutely perfect tunes. Destiny Child took the baton of RnB/Pop from TLC and smashed it out of the park.

The first 4 songs are terrific, the rest of the album loses momentum for me, and turns gospel by the end which ain’t for me

Listens: 1 Standout Tracks: Bootylicious (because of that Stevie Nicks' Edge of Seventeen sample) As a child of the 90s and 2000s, this music was basically inescapable. It was played literally EVERYWHERE. Department stores, fast food restaurants, bar/bat mitzvahs, Top 20/40/50/100 radio station lists, countless movies, sports and sporting events, MTV, VH1, BET. EVERYWHERE. You can't deny the songs are catchy; That's the entire point. And that's what makes it garbage. It's designed to make money. Make songs, Make albums; pump them out. Sell Sell Sell. The lyrics are shallow and vapid. There's no band to speak of, so there's not really any commentary I can make about people playing instruments well or poorly. The members sing well enough, but that can only go so far. For late 90s early 2000s girl and boy "band" It's all about the beats, beats that were scientifically engineered to burrow into your ears and mind, and persist long after the music ended. In all seriousness, I don't like this. It's practically torturous. For the millions of people that do enjoy this, by all means, enjoy it. Enjoy it for yourself, and definitely enjoy it for me, because I have no love to give.

I remember this album being really big when I was younger, but I have trouble getting into this style of music.

Good

Front loaded with bangers the not much else

The first three tracks is pretty awesome. The rest is ok. Slightly into 4 star territory for me.

Nonstop hits!!! ...for the first three songs. Then the quality drops noticeably into a string of more pedestrian songs that feel very ofntheir time and aren't very memorable.

What is up with this album cover? We're looking straight UP Kelly's nose, Michelle looks like she's about to apologize for failing to pray hard enough - for which apparently she was made to awkwardly curl up with a painful push up bra on, one arm hooked bird-like in her lap - while Beyonce sprawls even more awkwardly, her boobs roughly centered in the image. It's just straight amateur hour, which you wouldn't expect given this was their 3rd album. What's more, the album itself is largely a mix of cringe ('Nasty Girl' and 'Fancy' are oddly anti-woman given the feminist-leaning lyrics of 'Independent Women...and don't get me started on 'Sexy Daddy', which is almost good until the fucked up song title kicks in on the lyrics) and forgettable. And it's just way too long. The fact that I owned Writings on the Wall but not this album is testament to how mediocre it is. Only 'Bootylicious' pushes this up from being a 2.

Bland.

Interesting addition onto the list. I suppose it is impactful for the rise of beyoncé & the infusion of hip hop and r&b into pop, but with the gift of hindsight it's pretty much just normal 2000s pop.

Not the type of music I generally listen to, but it was a great listen. Rich vocals and upbeat rhythms made it a good time.

Opener Independent Women, Pt I instantly transports me back to a simpler time. As this is mainstream pop for the masses, the sounds here not only reflect, but also largely defined the turn of the Millennium sound. A time when power pop-groups were king (NSync, Backstreet Boys, 98 Degrees, etc.). The sounds are highly processed/polished with grandiose flourishes (sweeping strings, etc.). For what it is Survivor is a classic track. Instrumental sounds extremely dated and a bit like a cast-off from Eminem's Curtain Call era. Never recognized before that the instrumental for Bootylicious is built around a sample of Edge of Seventeen by Stevie Nicks. Ngl, this is a fun song. The chimes and synth'd maraca budget on this project must have been astronomical. Independent Women Pt II is a fun follow-up to the opener that adopts a punchy bass-led instrumental and effective minor vocals progression. Feels like something that could slot in unnoticed on JT's 20/20 Experience. I actually really enjoy Happy Face. Out of character with the rest of the album, but the instrumental is quirky and fun. Kind of makes me think of Janelle Monae a bit. But that said, I might as well have checked out beyond that point. Outside of Dangerously In Love I found the remainder of the album to be very forgettable. Admittedly this is a style of music I haven't spent much time with. And for that I am pre-disposed to like it less. With that in mind, I feel like this was an O.K. album that succeeds on its ability to layer vocals and pump out some empowerment anthems (Survivor + Independent Women). Unfortunately, this album drags HARD in its second half as they pull the rug on all the energy from the first half and replace it with sappy R&B ballads (Emotion, Brown Eyes, etc.). Brown Eyes in particular has one of the cheesiest instrumentals I think I have ever heard. All said, this is a 3 for me. The vocals are solid and the upbeat tracks are classics. If they had cut the album at Emotion, this has a stronger case at a 4 IMO.

This album was a great listen. As far as Late 90's Early 00's R&B goes, this has to be my favorite that we have had so far. Still funny that all of these albums near the 1 hour mark, but I had no issues with this one being that long.

Beyonce is a great singer. The early 2000s manufactured beats are always so bad imo.

Survivor is such a jam. Happy Face had me bouncing around. Other than that meh. Not the worst of the 2000's pop though!

The keyboard sounds in the intro to Survivor are absolutely awful. I'd never realised this. Fine pop Album otherwise.

The voices are good, but the music just isn’t that interesting

I like this. I saved three songs. But I’m only going to rate 4/5. Something is off. It’s not cohesive enough or something. Sorry.

What an opening trio of songs: "Independent Woman Part 1," "Survivor," and "Bootylicious." All of them are bangers. I remember these songs taking over the world when they came out, and they stand the test of time two decades later. Some of the vocals on “Apple Pie a la Mode” have a wild, swirling flow. I love the loose, playful feel of the song and the jazzy vocal runs. (It reminds me a bit of one of my favorite Beyoncé songs, "Blow" from her 2013 self-titled album). There are surprising interpolations on the album. The inclusion of the "Oh-wah-oh-wah" from "Tarzan Boy" on "Nasty Girl" caught me by surprise and made me laugh. And "Sexy Daddy" recycles a bit of Gloria Estefan's "Conga" around the 1:25 mark, which makes for a fun "Wait, I know this, what is that?" moment trying to place the familiar melody. Like a lot of albums from this era, there’s a fair amount of filler and fluff. But there’s some good albums cuts too, and all of it is beautifully produced. And even when the song is less than memorable, Beyoncé’s vocals always stand out. 3.5

A truly good standout R&B / Hip Hop album from one of the best acts ever in the genre(s). "Independent Women, Pt. 1", "Survivor", "Bootylicious", "Emotion" are all highlights. There's a few funny production bits that surprise me... "Emotion" to my ears actually clips a little bit, which is funny because in this era that was really avoided but in today's day and age there's so many producers that really push volumes. There's times where I really want some reverb or depth, and I don't get it.. like on "Dangerously in Love", there are huge soaring vocal parts where Beyonce specifically is belting but the sound is so dry that I don't really feel it so much. Throughout, there's also some interesting panned elements.. I'll be sitting listening to a track and enjoying it, but there will be some random production sound effect like a series of beeps that will hit me in the right ear for a short rhythm every 4 measures and I can't really decide why they decided to add in some things like that. If I have a gripe it's that it's sound is dated, which is hard to be objective about and even more so 24 years later. The flow of this album is amazing. Going from "Brown Eyes" to "The Story of Beauty" to "Gospel Melody" is really amazing. You get SO much with this record. Hard rate for me. I'm going to give it a 4. I think it's a really solid record, but not quite as good as their previous one, "The Writing's On The Wall", which might be a 5.

This was a good album. I knew many of the songs from my childhood.

Destiny’s Child can’t miss! This album was the soundtrack of a movement.

My favorite Reality Television Show of all time!

The hits are absolute bangers, which I never really realised until now. But overall it’s just a bit too much pop for me

Iconic. I knew almost all the songs, even though I’ve never really listen to them.

Independent Woman, I forgot how much I like this song. Brings me right back to being in middle school and listening to this with my friends like we had any real idea of life. lol getting actual chills from the harmonizing like damn. going from survivor into bootylicious is a trip. i was not expecting that. idk what i thought nasty girl would be like but this was not slut shaming. like i know this was the 2000s but damn. i also did not expect to go from songs like independent woman and survivor to gospel like music at the end.

I'm of an age where I have a nostalgic fondness for the singles from this album, but the rest of it is pretty rubbish. If it wasn't for Independent Women, Survivor and Bootylicious, I'd be tempted to give it a one as parts of it do make me genuinely angry. In particular, the complete lack of self awareness in sandwiching a song about how a promiscuous woman is nasty and should be ashamed between songs about their big booties' and going out dating and the very American lauding of wealth and consumption alongside loudly proclaiming their Christianity, are pretty tasteless themes on this album. Well done Destiny's Child, you can buy your own blood diamonds.

An engineered collection of sounds aimed at catching people's attention (rather than songs designed to move their emotions) performed by computers; literally the antithesis of soul in my book.

You can't knock it there is some absolute banging singles on here! It's by far not my favourite genre at all... However, there is some very dated, over produced crap also.

nope

Ça commencer fort. Puis... Prout

Pas pire cheapo. Ça vieillit aussi bien que d’la mayonnaise.

#131/1001. For me, there is two kinds of rnb. Those, in which the singers yodel and squirm, and those, which I secretely love. I really wished this was the latter. But no. Ränkistelyä ja jolinaa. I loved the mash-up of bootylicious and smells like teen spirit, and I thing both songs are equally great. But for some reason it is not on this album. I’m pretty confident I will encoubter Beyonce solo albums on this list later on. Let’s review those masterpieces then.

For today's 1001 albums to hear before I die, I got an album I had never heard of by a group I had only heard of from word of mouth. Today I got Destiny's Child's 2001 album Survivor. In case you didn't notice the very young photo of Beyoncé on the cover, this was her musical group before she went solo and really made a name for herself. I get that this project may be a big deal as it is one of Beyoncé and company's best work in Destiny's Child, but can we be a bit honest with ourselves and realize just how mediocre this project really is? There are some solid singles here, but other than that this is a pretty fine to decent Contemporary R&B project that doesn't do a whole lot in the grand scheme of things. This album walks a very fine line of being just fine to being decent and I think I am just barely leaning on the decent side of things. It runs out of ideas and really tries throwing anything at the wall, including the main "survivor" theme of this album back at tracks just so it can feel more cohesive and it just doesn't work. There are solid tracks here but not an album by any means.

I didn't realize there was a ton of cringe on this record. Favourite Track(s): Independent Woman, Pt. I Least Favourite Track(s): The Story of Beauty

Singles are great. Too long and lost stars for the gospel songs

Well, this was pretty bad. Songs like "Sexy Daddy" and "Nasty Girl" are pretty cringey nearly 25 years later. This album aged like ripe cheese. That being said, I can't give it a 1. It's saved from that shame and lifted into mediocrity by a few things for me: 1) Survivor was a banger in 5th grade 2) the Gospel Medley was actually nice. 3) related to (2) these women do have amazing voices. I'm glad they broke out of this to (especially Beyonce) have successful careers afterwards.

As a kid listening to this you believe that nothing in life will be too bootylicious for you, but an important part of growing up is acknowledging that yes, sometimes it really is just too bootylicious for ya babe.

Horrible.

First 3 tracks are pop classics. Then bar one more tune, its very samey and tbh, boring.

Música para pushers, de esos con pieles y diez anillos en su Cadillac saltarin. No es mi tipo de gente

Sometimes pop music can’t escape the time it was created. This is one of those times. The album is aggressively of the early 2000’s and has mostly not aged well. 2/5 Won’t listen again

Listened Before? N The bangers on this album really bang. The rest feels like filler. I recognize it's importance in pop though and I didn't hate listening to it. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Bootylicious

Strange pick.just because Beyoncé turned out to be great doesn’t mean this mess was.

Not my thing but can see why it was popular

Not sure what I can say about this one. Obviously there's talent here, but I'm not sure I'm ready for that jelly. Overproduced synthesized garbage pop with attempts to sound edgy with painfully obvious selections of words ("go'n" never sounded so perfectly the same in every utterance). Like trying to subsist on sugary desserts, this one is all filler, no substance.

What a banger

Not for me mate. I just got zero interest in this type of music.

4/5

Я совсем не целевая аудитория такой музыки. Ваще не моё. Такая довольно типичная гламурная попса конца 90х - начала 00х. Не бесячая, но и прикола ее я не понимаю. Петь вроде умеют...

Not a pop fan, so this was always going to be a low one for me. The singles hold up for being 20 years old at this point and I can imagine them being on the radio today. Rest of the album is not as timeless and sounds a bit late 90s.

I made it 3 songs. Not my thing.

Oh this was very cool. Amazing. Beautiful voices on dancing, boys, friends, Jesus, trauma, gratitude and joy. Pro woman. Pro female.

It was good and a bit funny.

i wonder what these ladies are up to now 2/5

Lots of bops, as the kids would say. Must've been a blank in my memory, because upon research, I didn't realize Beyonce previously had other members in the group.

Started off as one of the stronger albums but really waned

A blast from the past that has super fun hits.

I love the first two songs. The rest of the song on the album pretty much I skip, though unfortunately, I think it’s well-made, music and enjoyable for different crowd, just not for me. I don’t see myself revisiting anytime soon.

Bit conflicted by this one because on the one hand, THE SINGLES OMG and also their voices are really good and the whole v early 00s R&B sound is just sooo nice but on the other hand, listen to what they’re actually singing about in some of these 😬😬😬like what was the need for Nasty Girl guys, even in 2001.

All the hits...but just not my cup of tea at all. i had to really struggle to sit through this. not unbearable, but below average for me. 2.5 stars

I dont have words

It's not unpleasant, their voices harmonise well. But that's about all I can say in it's favour. Not for me. 2

Straight out of the traps with the expected ‘bangers’. Had the other passengers in my car in a good mood at least. But once they were out of the way, the 2nd half of the album just descended into a beige mush.

Super slick American pop for the masses. Its pleasing to the ear, but nothing special.

Last week, I complained that Jelly was underrepresented on this list.... egg on my face!

so i do think this album is a bit milquetoast and i actually prefer the album that came before this one.. but its fun... i sorta barely liked it tho sadly

Still not entirely clear what albums are being added retroactively coordinated with Dimery or at the whim of admin. Anyhow, this is fine but captures some of the difficulty I have with where soul and r&b went in the late 90s through roughly the mid-00s. First, there’s the perfectionism. Beyonce and co are nothing if not top notch vocalists and performers, but there’s such little life imbued in these takes either due to the treatment or genuinely impressive singing. It feels “air-brushed” within an inch of its life, not for any artistic statement, but to meet a certain market-ready standard. Second, the songs themselves, when they are audible beneath the production, prove to be little more than platforms for the above vocal mastery. I know, it’s a vocal trio, what do you want here, a GBV record? The Nicks/Eye of the Tiger rip stands out as a precursor to similar, but better austere tracks like Single Ladies, just the vocal hook and beat juxtaposed with the minimalist sample don’t do a whole lot for me.

Some bangers but mostly not.

Thrilled this record was part of this project!! The one-two punches of Independent Women Pt 1/Survivor and Happy Face/Emotion! It’s also so interesting to hear how this was a runway for what came later, like Apple Pie à la Mode being the 2001 version of Partition The only reason this doesn’t get 5 stars from me is because of the weird juxtaposition of Nasty Girl against everything else. It’s jarring and feels v out of place and v much like a Mathew choice re: presenting a certain image of who he wanted them to be

The singles are the best songs on the album and the last track sounds like they were reading their yearbook inscriptions to each other but what can I say 🤷🏻‍♀️

Great voices. Some of the singles are legit. But really the album drags by the end

It's crazy how 20+ years ago, Beyonce was writing very similar lyrics - blending self empowerment with sexual freedom(?). I respect the craft and appreciate the empowerment, but I feel very neutral about the music. 2 star because it was a bit long

Survivor is just astonishingly good. Does this album need to be an hour long? I don't think so. But the first half is top tier pop, and the lyrics, while straightforward, are fun and good. If they cut some of the dead weight and got it down to 35 minutes, probably gets 4 stars. But damn the first few tracks kill it. I think If you made an album out of the two parts of independent women and everything in between, *maybe* backfilling 1-2 songs from the b-side, you'd have a much better and more cohesive product. 3.5 Rounding down. I was curious and looked up the music videos for some of these. The 90s energy is out of this world.

This does feel like a time capsule of an album that captures the essence of early 00s girl pop. There is nothing wrong with that, but if Beyonce wasn't part of this, I don't think it would be viewed as important as many of the other albums from that time period. With that said, there are also some very good songs on this album - including the classics. Enough to justify giving this a four-star rating.

I’ve noticed that most of the turn of the century pop albums on this list seem to take a ‘some killer, lots of filler’ approach, whereby there are a handful of big singles that helped define the sound of the era, but not much of substance beyond that. And so it is here. I’ve never been a fan of the standard pop/R&B production of the time, while the lyrics are mostly well-meaning but sometimes misguided and usually kinda simplistic. And/or, y’know, I’m just not the target audience. But all the same I thought it was ok - I’ve heard plenty worse albums! 2.5

Beyounce cannot sing!

C'était marrant 10 minutes j'avais l'impression d'écouter NRJ en 2001. Puis après je me suis rappelé pourquoi je n'écoutais pas NRJ en 2001.

18 sange. Man burde have været mere kritisk. Det er de fire første hits og Emotion, der redder den her omgang fra en stjerne. Selvom Nasty Girl virkelig ikke er ældet godt, hvis man lytter det mindste til teksten.

Destiny's Child deserves their place on this list! Survivor was ground-breaking and was everywhere in 2001. I didn't even realize how many of these songs I already knew. This goes without saying, but their voices were amazing, in every single song. "Gospel Melody" showcased their vocal talents; the minimal accompaniment allowed them to shine. And their harmonizing is unparalleled, though I am reminded of their predecessors Boyz II Men. Destiny's Child stands unique to this day because of how they entwined R&B and pop; they weren't the first, they weren't the last, but they did it so well. As for my enjoyment of the album, I'm at about a medium. I had fun listening to the songs I knew, but the album's bland songs brought it down. Still, gotta give it up for the sheer talent. And I, of course, loved all the women empowerment.

Destiny's Child was no doubt a 2000s phenomenon. I knew all the big hits from this album, but had never heard the entire album. And honestly, I wasn't missing out. Don't get me wrong, these three have fantastic harmony and voices. But aside from the big hits, this album really isn't anything noteworthy. Destiny's Child definitely wasn't an "album" group. I identified a couple of interpolations that I enjoyed: in "Bootylicious", you have the use of Stevie Nicks' "Edge of Seventeen", and in Nasty Girl, the use of Baltimora's "Tarzan Boy". Both fascinating and fun uses here. Destiny's Child was definitely a 2000s sensation and their hits persist because of that, but I feel like they've also benefitted retroactively from having Beyonce's name attached. Anyway, this album was okay. The hits still hit, the rest of the album is okay at best. Weak 3.

I liked survivor but not really enjoying this very much. I can tell they are all talented but I can’t find a way to connect with this. Not for me

R&B just doesn’t harmonize like this anymore

First two songs are classics. Everything else is forgettable.

Huh, don't think I expected to see this here. Really front loaded with all of the major hits of this record, all of which I have heard thousand times on radio when I was a kid. For a while I was actually wondering if it would turn out that I would have heard all the songs on the album, but never listened to the album itself. I am not much of an R&B fan honestly, so I find it hard to gauge how good this is. It's so hard for me to view this in another way than a bunch of radio hits, none of which are my sauce really. The album definitely has a quite weak ending, with the gospel song about god and the thank-you song being the absolute lowpoint of the album. Overall this is a decent jam if you'd ever want to listen to old R&B songs, but not more than that to me.

Man, the first 3 tracks are iconic and I have them in multiple workout playlist, true peak 00s pop. Bootylious (just the name is so corny) has a great sample from "Edge of seventeen". Survivor is a great bop and so is "Independant Women Part 1" (even though the abundance of movie references makes it age worse than the other tracks. After those tracks the record falls of a cliff edge. It was just a cringe slog for the rest of the run time. First 3 tracks makes it a 5 star but the rest makes it loose quite a few. I can't recommend the album, just listen to a Destiny's Child top 10 tracks (or greatest hits if you are old school). 3 stars maybe?

It took me multiple tries to finally finish this entire project as a whole. Why is it whenever I try an R and B record it feels... slower. Its not like i didn't dislike this record, but it definitely just... felt so long to listen to this despite being 59 mins long Record was pretty alright. I didn't have alot out of it but I enjoyed so much with all of their voices.

Zang gaat onrustig doorelkaar heen. Luistert niet fijn.

This is the biggest tragedy of 2001

Utterly vacuous and soulless

Nah

Listening to this with my girlfriend and we both said simultaneously, “All of these songs sound the same.” This was especially true when they were harmonizing together, and it just felt so repetitious. Towards the end of the album there was some variety, with ballads, gospel, and a Bee Gees cover. All in all it was not my thing, and an hour’s worth was a lot.

2/5. It's a good album. It's just not a genre or style that interests me.

A classic! Great balance across the entire record, bangers and ballads that make the most of each member's strengths. Listened to: at 5MW. Favorite tracks: Survivor, Fancy, My Heart Still Beats

A staple of the genre and some big hits on there. Not my vibe but hard to argue with the impact this album had.

-so this is how Beyonce got her start… definitely not up to par with her best solo work by a long shot, and it was pretty hard for me to connect with many individual tracks. -the rhythm and vocals are quite nice and kept the album from getting truly boring, but yea this wouldn’t be my first choice -Favorites are Survivor and Bootylicious

This album is by no means bad. Aside from the inconsistent themes, there’s nothing I can objectively say against this album. lt’s simply just not what I like listening to. That being said, there’s still a lot of good I can say about it, like the harmonies and the iconic hits on the front end. Though I recognized the singles, I did find the slower songs in the second half more enjoyable. I’d probably give it a 2.5/5.

I love the hits from this album. Beyoncé, Michelle and Kelly were on their best moment as a girl band. The album is pretty regular with a lot of fillers.

An incredibly easy listen - and that's a good thing! A nice mix of big bangers and then more chill stuff. I could have done without the last four songs but overall incredibly smooth. Good place to see and hear where Beyonce got started.

Perfectly succeeds in what it sets out to do.

Not my bag

Couldn’t make it through this one.

The last track of them just saying thank you made me really feel like that since I was so happy this boring mess was over.

I don't care if someone is a nasty gal. Good singles saves it.

I knew this wasn't my usual kind of music, but, bearing in mind the incredibly strong singles and the force of nature that is Beyoncé, I was expecting to be quite impressed. Unfortunately though, I found it a bit dull overall and too long. I did enjoy some of the tender moments, as well as the strong "posturing" (meant in a good way) - but I didn't enjoy it as an album. All power to them, though.

Shiny. A lot of throwaway lyrics. But one can dance and the production is slick. Not particularly inventive. But it has the slick plasticity and sexual airbrushing that sells well to a lot of people. As music, meh. As advertising and illusion, I'll give it a run of the mill 3. It does represent the commercial style well.

In 6th grade, I went to a classmates birthday party that was Survivor themed and the only song that was played for about an hour was Survivor by Destiny's Child. Starts on an absolute tear but it's kinda shocking how many woman hating songs on here. 2.5/5

Some big hits here

Great R&B with Beyoncé

Shocked I didn't like this album at all. The music/melodies in the songs are lacking and boring, almost like an afterthought shoved entirely to the background. Equally generic and uninspired lyrics that feel very corporate and lacking real soul. Some okay radio/club singles but a very disappointing album

An album that celebrates women is always a great thing, and this album is arguably one of the best at doing so.

Count me out of anything with Beyoncé singing. No thanks

it's aight

3/5 A landmark R&B album, but has lots of arbitrary vocal cadenzas (ie showing off). The third release from Destiny’s Child is where they really grew into a more mature star group. This a complete album though lacking a story ir thematic consistency. Many of the tracks are interesting and more dynamic than the 3 top 40 hits that lead off the album.

01) Independent Women Part I - 10,0 02) Survivor - 10,0 03) Bootylicious - 10,0 04) Nasty Girl - 8,5 05) Fancy - 7,5 06) Apple Pie à la Mode - 7,0 07) Sexy Daddy - 7,0 08) Independent Women Part II - 8,0 09) Happy Face - 8,0 10) Emotion - 10,0 11) Dangerously In Love - 7,0 12) Brown Eyes - 7,0 13) The Story of Beauty - 7,0 14) Gospel Medley - 6,5 15) Outro (DC-3) Thank You - 6,5 TOTAL: 8,00 (80/100) Current ranking: 195/632

So I knew the fist two songs, and they are OK; but then some, like Nasty Girl, just seam off. Definitely less that I had expected. 4/10

This album was way too long. It also was not fun, like if I’m listening to pop music I want to have fun. This is not fun music, it’s all either message songs that are dumb, or it’s songs that should be fun but musically are aggressive. The production is great though.

2 1/2 stars. Almost a 3. It’s a little to poppy for me. I did like the song Happy Face and a ballad. I doubt I’ll listen to the album again but might use Happy Face in a playlist.

Odd record, 90s r&b but clean lyrics and really tonally inconsistent. Weird to listen to sappy songs at work like “I know he loves me because he kisses me” (I hated Brown Eyes btw). Also weird to go from the R&B to the gospel medley and the back to “Dance Everybody DANCE!!”

Pleasant R&B, stays mostly consistent with the cool Destiny's Child R&B style and the MIDI kinda strings and stuff, it can feel a little dated when it veers from that Also having a gospel song praising and thanking the lord on the same album as "Bootylicious," "Sexy Daddy" and "Nasty Girl" is a little wild

Not my sort of music but I really loved this album

It’s not good and long Please make it stop Yesterday I had in rainbows and now ts Few decent songs and that’s it Should I give it 1 or 2 (respect to Beyonce)?

Continuing the "not my genre" trend. I'm not sure I've ever consciously heard a Destiny's Child song (I guess I must have, if one of these is from Charlie's Angels, but), because (a) the 90s and (b) R&B/pop. It's good. It's really good. It's not like I have to tell anyone that, and I'm not even particularly surprised, but it's really good. Making me listen to albums like this is why I'm doing this.

The singles obviously are amazing, if a little front-loaded. "People contain multitudes" shows up in this album, which features a song about how sexy their butts are and also an a cappella song about how much Jesus loves them that ends with an escalating round of AMENs. I really liked it.

Its alright. Im not a big Beyonce guy to begin with. I think having some other ladies to bounce off of does make it better but its still whatever to me. Like it not bad but Its not really for me either. The hits are great and also dance with me are the stand outs. But alot of it is slow ballads which is not my style at all. Fine enough

Stevie Nicks, can you handle it? Emilia, can you handle it? I don’t think you ready… para lo que te va a salir el sample. Beyoncé ya estaba lanzada en su carrera solista, pero Kelly Rowland y Michelle Williams todavía no se daban por enteradas. Como niño criado en los 90 frente al televisor sin control parental, no estamos seguros de su destino: capaz, cuando se case con una mujer independiente, logre enderezar su vida… pero nunca se sabe. Capaz que le mete los cuernos y termina sacando un disco tiradera, usando las sesiones de terapia como limones de su limonada. Después de despedir a LeToya Roberson y LaTavia Luckett de la formación original —y de que el público especulara que esas sesiones de estudio eran un reality mediático promedio yankee— Beyoncé pone orden. Como toda virginiana perfeccionista, empieza a meterse en la producción y en las letras, rodeada de hombres, y como toda mujer independiente, le pone al disco un nombre en modo statement: Survivor. Se apropia del término que usaban para criticarlas y lo resignifica. Si no podés con ellos, uníteles… y desactivalos desde adentro con letras que mezclan resiliencia, autoestima femenina, ruptura de estereotipos y dinámicas de poder entre mujeres, mientras te enamorás de unos ojos marrones y sin llegar a tener que bust the windows out your car ni slash a hole in all four tires. Con un tracklist excesivamente largo, plagado de R&B contemporáneo, pop, dance-pop y funk, ya tenés lo necesario para convencer a la Real Academia Española de que incorpore la palabra bootylicious. La sociedad, mientras tanto, se conmueve con una balada no tan buena, pero lo suficientemente solemne para ayudar a procesar el trauma del 11-S. El timing de este álbum fue impecable: nadie apostaba a que sobrevivieran como grupo, pero les cerraron la boca a todos y los pusieron a bailar con hitazos radiales dosmileros. Un sample de Stevie Nicks que debe haber salido carísimo, al nivel del sample de Independent Women Part I a Emilia Mernes—quien, por cierto, comparte mi opinión: plata y sample tirados al pedo, porque no se justifican ni emocional ni estéticamente. Beyoncé necesitó dos temas enteros para justificar su salida de Destiny’s Child y declararse mujer independiente. Si tanto lo sos, ¿por qué necesitás dos canciones para explicarte? Vaya y sea independiente, sin preámbulos. Hay una conexión entre Nasty Girl y los partidos de fútbol, pero todavía no la encuentro. No es el mejor disco que vas a escuchar en tu vida… pero lo que vas a bailar este sonido que dominó los 2000s. Tu booty va a estar tan agresivo y personal que vas a necesitar toda la carrera solista de Beyoncé para calmarlo. Ser una diva dosmilera implicaba usar cosas con brillo, vestido arriba de pantalones, y reconocer quién de las tres estaba haciendo las armonías en las canciones de Destiny’s Child. Con 12 millones de copias vendidas a nivel mundial y una nominación al Grammy en 2002 —en simultáneo con la Argentina post-corralito— Survivor fue un statement pop: justo cuando Michelle Williams y Kelly Rowland salían del estado de negación y entraban a la crisis de darse cuenta de que Beyoncé no solo estrenaba novio (Jay-Z), sino también una flamante carrera solista

The musical equivalent of a paint-by-numbers picture - no heart, soul, or emotion, just music to make money rather than music to make art. Bollocks.

This was a moment in time and doesn't really hold up today.

Los singles son brutales, pero el resto un tiro al aire. Mucho lento, chicas! Por los hitazos va un 3.7

Me at the all you can eat: "I don't think you're ready for this belly!"

Most 17 tracks sounded the same.

Not everything on this album is great but what is, is. Charlie's Angels song, check. BeeGees cover, check. I was ready for this jelly.

Ok. Not my sort of thing

Cue the 2000/2001 vibes. Kelly, Beyonce and the other one (Michelle?) can sing. And the independent woman song that was linked to the Charlie's Angels movie is fairly catchy, as are the next two songs. The album is top heavy and slumps after that. Including a depressing song at the tail end which is about sexual abuse (but the girl still being beautiful! Which I understand, but I feel there's more to address here). A gospel number addresses that they can sing, but not much else. And, I skipped out of the last song because it was just them being thankful to each other, not my thing. My big problem with the album is with the oxymoronic themes. 'I'm a strong independent woman and I will survive', but at the same time 'I'm sexy and my butt is too sexy for you, and I can get down with the rest of them'. I'm just not sure they've got a clear message. Perhaps I have the wrong end of the stick, I wasn't that engaged to listen to the lyrics to heavily. Perhaps I didn't understand. Perhaps it's a product of the times. 2 Stars.

insane choice. if you want to listen to Destiny's Child listen to Writing's on the Wall, and you can just do the singles, even. This album could be chopped in half and it would only improve. 2.5

I knew way more songs on this than I thought I would. The biggest surprise was that I enjoyed them.

This album gives vibes of hearing a couple of mainstream hits and thinking 'this band could become a guilty pleasure'. So you illegally download the album and listen to it through headphones. The album starts strong as you bop through the singles that you know and love, but then you get through the singles and hear the rest of the album, which you don't enjoy. You delete the album from your iPod that night, and listen to some Black Sabbath instead.

Starts strong with 4 great songs but tapers off after that

Blast from the past. Love it. Such a fantastic album

I've already heard this a million times since it used to be one of my sister's favorites but it's not something I'd willingly experience ever again.

One of the most atrocious things late 90s and early 00s pop has made us suffer through is the over-emphasizing of words to drag them out over a musical phrase. While not achieving as terribly high a score as Christina Applegate, Beyoncé™ and Co's Survivor doesn't survive. It's representative of an era of pop music that doesn't leave a warm feeling. Not to mention the gross pushing of Beyoncé by her momager. The album is okay, as a record of the time but it is not a great album. 2.5/5

The beginning of this was actually better than I was expecting. Mostly enjoyed it. Overall dragged on too long though.

I enjoyed this way more than I expected or wanted to 🫠

When I think of the great feminist albums, it’s necessary to include Aretha’s Young, Gifted & Black, Helen Redding’s About featuring I Am Woman, maybe Madonna’s Immaculate Collection (debatable), Alanis’s Jagged Little Pill, Sarah’s Kaleidoscope Heart, and this album. Probably Gaga, too. The Dream Team of Beyoncé, Kelly Roland and Michelle Williams created a blend of classic female girl groups like the Ronnettes with the R&B chops of En Vogue for the modern woman. Survivor and Independent Woman Pt1 were anthems that still get radio play today. Bootylicious took ownership of their sexuality and was an anthem to body positivity. Listening to Gospel Medley made no surprises knowing that Michelle Williams went on to be a gospel queen, and it was interesting listening to DC’s Dangerously In Love vs. Beyoncé’s solo Dangerously in Love 2 years later. Favorite track today: Independent Women #2, which I don’t remember hearing but had a sassy breakbeat and I can only imagine how this sounded live (as I cis-norm male I imagine I would be running for my life again). Happy Face is great too. I liked their intertwining vocals and the grace of their singing. This album is a classic.

Random thoughts: * This really feels like a time capsule. This music sounds very much of the early 2000s. * The first 3 songs were peak Destiny's Child. I remember these songs being everywhere. We were starting to realize that Bey was going to be our future queen. * The Outro was cringy and reminded me of the terrible cheerleader speeches that I get to hear each year at the end of the season banquet. Why would anyone put that to music. * Emotion was a great song. Is it a cover? Did they just use some of the musical elements of a different song? * Overall a pretty fun listen and flashback.

Eh. It’s fine enough but not my thing.

I hate this shit.

This might have been the worst era of pop music ever

This album has the hits that everyone knows, but also has some deep cuts, that gives a better appreciation at the skill that Destiny’s child has. Although I do like this, I personally feel that the writings on the wall is a more cohesive album. A few songs on this album seem like they were added at the last minute to reach the limit they were looking for, but could easily have been moved to a different album instead.

I love the singles but the rest left me a bit cold.

This album is pretty bad. All the best material is up front (never a good sign). Sexy Daddy might be the worst song I've ever heard from this genre.

Obviously a bop and I love it

Not usually my genre but hard to knock the production value and talent displayed.

I was excited to see this come up this morning but it’s really not that good. Beyoncé’s talent is obvious but the song writing is terrible (I don’t think you’re ready for this jelly, every survivor lyric). Bootylicious still had me turning up the volume and I liked Independent women II. 2.5

1.6 F-Beyonce M-Kelly K-Michelle. I gotta say those Charlies Angels shout-outs are some of the most commercially sleazy things I have every heard. I guess I would use that to describe most of the album Dangeroulsly in love was the only standout for me in what was mostly an unlistenable effort. Interesting to see the Beyonce version on her solo album was a big hit but this one didn't really do anything. Both versions are very similar but the DC version is a bit more restrained, and it sounds like Beyoncé is in the background.

I appreciate where Beyoncé is today and enjoyed the Bee Gee's cover.

There are some good songs, especially the first three, with the prevailing theme of surviving (surprisingly), after a bad breakup. But it also seems to rely on Beyonce doing a little too much vibrato. There's not much variety between tracks. Not one of my top thousand.

I was a teen when this album came out and the hits were playing non-sop on TV music channels. At that time I liked 'Independent woman pt1', but I was bored by 'Survivor' and other hits. After a quarter of century this album sounds too dated. And I don't understand the contradiction of the lyrics, as the first songs are feministic which promote the independence of women, while 'Nasty Girl' is the opposite, it's criticism towards women who dress too freely. Overall the album doesn't have a clear theme and it's too commercialised. With almost 60 minutes it is also a too long album. Not a fan, 2 stars overall.

Good beats. Music hits. Not my lyrics

3 estrelas pela byonça

This album is emphatic in its message, but unfortunately can't figure out what that message is, leaving it a confusing mix of tracks. The music itself is OK, but feels dated now. It closes with what sounds like heartfelt messages, but after the massive commercial production of the rest of the album, it doesn't feel all that genuine. Favorite track: "Dangerously in Love"

7/10

Alright. I'm just gonna admit that I'm not the target audience for this sort of music and leave it more or less at that... I listened up to halfway through "Nasty Girl," and after being very meh on the first three tracks and very not pleased with the lyrics on this one, I decided it would be better if I left the rest unlistened to. Not for me.

Can’t stand Beyoncé so can’t listen to this. Sorry

I very much enjoyed this album listen! I feel like Destiny’s Child was one of the strongest American girl groups of the early 2000s so this album was full of bops! I had a great time listening to this album and would recommend it to others if you like R&B, pop, and girl groups.

This one's tough. I realize I'm not the prime demo for this one and Beyonce went on to become BEYONCE, but it doesn't super hold up after the first few songs that I already knew. THOSE are still bangers but the rest is uneven and overly long. It's not a bad album but I'm not sure it's one I really needed to hear before I die, maybe just the hits.

I tried but it's not working for me.

I understand why this is on the list but it just really isn't for me. A lot of the songs sound similar and even the hits have never clicked with me but that's just me.

awesome

Using 00s vibes are good for a minute but I don’t think it’s aged that well

Really cool to see how Beyoncé carries the musical style with her remarkable voice.

I still remember when the first three songs on this album completely ruled the radio and MTV. Hearing them now definitely brings back that early 2000s nostalgia. But after those first three tracks, it starts to lose steam. The rest of the album has some solid moments but nothing that hits quite the same. Still, there’s no denying Destiny Child's talent or how massive they were at the time.

Starts ok, the singles at the start are decent enough. I don't know if I would say I actually like them though, theyre just fine but I can see the appeal. The album falls apart after that point, this is so front-loaded Independent Women Part II felt like a weird, twisted parody of Pat I Although the blatant tie-in to Charlie's Angels with Independent Women Part 1 is ridiculous I kind of like the Edge of Seventeen sample on Bootylicious but the lyrics are so dumb Nasty Girl also gives a bit of whiplash with the puritanical tone following previously empowering lyrics and a track called Bootylicious. It feels all over the place and manufactured, trying to pander to two different crowds at once

Not much that I really liked here

There's no denying all three of them can sing, Beyonce kinda blowing the other two out of the water, but they can all hold a tune in what I assume is only a very lightly autotuned album, if at all. The issue with this is the the beats and lyrics are really dated. The whole style doesn't really hold up to modern RnB, or pop in general really. The instrumental kits sound like fisher price toys and everything is in this staccato half rapped style which just sounds too much like the early 2000's and nothing else. This went on for way too long and the only thing really keeping it from being a 1 is that the singing is more than capable. Even Kelly Rowland's excel spreadsheet texting application can't make her singing bad.

Did this album have 4 singles because they released another album quickly enough to move onto new singles or because this album only has 4 songs worth listening to? The hits land and were unavoidable at the time but the rest of this: yeesh. I'd give it 2.5 but am rounding down.

I was genuinely excited to start this project, but I’m about 25 records in and I’ve been less than impressed with a lot of what’s been presented. Case in point: Destiny’s Child. Really? Does the world REALLY need to hear Destiny’s Child before we all expire? Is it really imperative that I spend an hour of my life listening to this—I’m sure—groundbreaking work? What did this group contribute to the American musical lexicon that 400 other shitty girl groups in the 80’s, 90’s, and 00’s didn’t already? Sincerely, if these girls weren’t easy on the eyes, would we have ever heard of them? I’d wager no. Are any of these songs works of lyrical brilliance or musical ingenuity? Fuck, no. Do any of the songs on this record express an artist's deep longing for meaning? Do any of the songs on this record communicate a sincere and authentic desire for belonging, or perhaps a question about the writer's existential position in the universe? No. Instead, we get lifeless, digital rhythms overlaid with these types of heartbreaking works of staggering lyrical genius: "I don't think you're ready for this jelly, my body too bootylicious for you, babe." I'm not suffering under some delusion that art necessarily has to be profound to be art; I think that art can exist to simply entertain (although that does bring up a question of whether GOOD art simply entertains). But, Survivor is prefab, corporate dipshittery that some team of talentless hacks got hired to write and produce, then peddle to the masses via these easy-on-the-eyes industry plants. I hated this banal shit when it was popular on the radio and MTV the first time, and the 25 years since this record was released has not softened my outlook on this completely generic dreck. Perhaps the most confounding aspect of Survivor being showcased on this platform is that I'm forced to acknowledge that this record managed to sell eleventy billion copies. I don't understand how; Survivor is just so, so bad. Truly, I don't understand the lowest common denominator of the American consumer market. Does nobody listen with discernment? Is everyone so easily entertained? Evidently, I'm the one who is out of touch. Be that as it may, I am quickly losing faith in the critics who took part in selection process for this project. I can’t believe this record was allowed to take up a spot, even just one of 1001, over some real musician’s work. Shame on you, album generator. Shame. Also, now I wish I could go back and readjust all the 1s I’ve given out. I don't think I'm able to give a record 0 stars, unfortunately, and so this record is flattered by the 1-star review I'm forced to give it. It's really unfair to all the other 1-star reviews I've given out, which were at least concerted artistic efforts by actual musicians, even if I found them to be largely unlistenable. Destiny's Child's "Survivor" is not just unlistenable, it's insulting that it is presented here alongside some truly remarkable records. What an unadulterated piece of shit this record is.

Good pop music but the lyrics were quite boring and not inspired

i’M A sURviVoh! oh Oh oH OoH OOHH! i ont ink u ready for dis JELLY — m bdy 2 bootylicious fr u bæ N: you could make some spicy edits on these songs… i don’t think i like it?¿

These women were my hometown heroes growing up. It’s hard to dismiss an album with 4 hits and a future superstar, but some of this is hard-carried by nostalgia.

It drives me crazy when albums put the best songs right at the front, when they peak immediately and then the rest couldn't possibly be as good. That's what this does. This starts strong and then fades as it went, pretty steadily. I mean, you hit us with "Independent Women, Pt. 1," "Survivor," and "Bootylicious" right away. It's going to be downhill from there no matter what. That's not to say the three members of this trio aren't talented, they obviously are. The harmonies they produce here are at times stunning. Their voices individually are also beautiful. But when the second half of the album is a bunch of slower ballads that all sound kind of similar to each other, well... it's gonna get boring and repetitive pretty quickly. And then you end with a song that is so self-congratulatory and circle-jerky like the outro, and I just don't get why the album is structured this way. Like I dunno, maybe I'm in the minority here, but I don't need to hear an entire track of the three members of the group talking each other up and thanking each other. I get that they want the listener to feel more emotionally invested with a track like that, but I don't care and never could. Sorry not sorry. This started great, faded steadily, and ended with a snooze. Two stars. Very disappointed. Standout Tracks: Survivor, Bootylicious

Unstoppable dance production beat, perfect vocals, empowering message, sublime.

Nice voices

Acrually pretty good

Not a fan of this one... Started strong but declined fast!

Very good. First several songs are classics, then a lull, but finished strong, 4/5

"Survivor" is a wild ride of contradictions. Bootylicious followed by Nasty Girl? Talk about a confusing message! One song has them flaunting their sexuality, while the next is all about slut-shaming. The depth of this album is so shallow that it’s hard to measure.

I enjoyed the sound and songs of this but it was much too long and loses a star for unnecessary length.

Empieza muy bien con las super famosas, pero en general not my cup of tea. La penúltima canción, en donde las hijas del destino se juran estar juntas siempre y ser siempre amigas y jamás deshacer el grupo, ha envejecido particularmente mal.

Know the radio hits, but can’t stand Beyoncé.

It's great for this style of music. Very catchy beats and lyrics, they are obviously great singers. It's not something that I would listen to in my day to day life so it was a nice listen.

CLASSIC!!!

#612. So many of these 90's pop albums are so hard to get through. This shit is so cheesy, how is this stuff what everyone thought was good back then? 2/5: I think I wasn't ready for the jelly.

bootylicious

shit slapped 4/5 I have a micropenis

2.5/5

Not my style

Sure, it's "of it's time", but streets ahead of other "pop girlbands". Sass, harmonies, style and the singles are all still great to listen to 20+ years later (holy christ, I'm old). Does it drag a little? Could they have lost a few tracks and kept it tight? Yep, undoubtedly. But there will be groups of bridesmaids dancing with me to these tracks at my grandkids weddings, and I am very grateful for that.

Didn't give the full hour and 11 minutes, but the hits are great. A bit dated. The rhythm on the verses of Survivor is amazing.

Idk if these reviews are public or not, but this is just my personal rating. Pretty good R&B project. Listened to it twice, once high and once sober, and it held up. A little goofy in some parts but all around a satisfying project. I like late 90s and early 00s stuff like this. Probably should listen to more Destiny's Child.

great album

This was a lotta fun. The harmonies are so good. This album feels SUPER 90s even though it came into in '01. I enjoyed it. All 3 vocalists are soooo talented and fit in perfectly and the beats are so great. Also this album feels fresh. Like it never gets stale. Actual 3.75. Liked Songs: "Independent Woman, Pt. 1" , "Survivor" , "Nasty Girl" , "Independent Woman Pt. II" , "Dangerously In Love" , "Brown Eyes" , "The Story Of Beauty"

liked songs: Independent Women, Pt. 1, Survivor, Gospel Medley Generally good production and layering. The vocals are obviously a strong point, but some of the songs start to get awfully repetitive after 2 minutes. Bootylicious was a very annoying use of a potentially great sample. 3

Generic RnB pop with bland hyper commercial production and an only ok vocal performance at best (harmonies are good, but Beyonce's voice is so bad on this, so nasal and thin - really piercing). There was way better, more fun, more soulful, more interesting sounding RnB in the late 90s than this. If your whole album is constantly returning to a theme you're ripping off from Gloria Gaynor, you really have to do better than this. Opens with three ubiquitous singles that have wormed their way into the collective unconscious through sheer repetition, the rest is pretty boring filler - it just gets worse and worse as it goes on, and it goes on for a while. The most interesting thing is the incoherent psuedo feminist messaging pairing anthemic odes to independence via commodifying your body with demands to put some clothes on to please men. A telling artifact of it's time, but musically there's just nothing to it - this is mostly notable as a footnote in the Beyonce story arc.

Starts out well enough -- but Nasty Girl brings that big record-scratch slut-shaming moment that takes the wind out of the sails of the rest of it, which is perfectly serviceable background R&B. Still pretty amazing that Beyonce is still cranking out hits 20+ years later, tho. But as for this one, well...there was much more interesting stuff in the neo-soul groove in the early oughts. Unexpected banger: Emotion -- they've got the right chops to do the BeeGee's proper.

I was kinda ok with it until the last song. But ultimately, it was a kinda poppy, catchy, well sung album. Not ever going to listen to it again, but didn't hate it.

Classic

Survivor is the third studio album from Destiny's Child, and the first after lineup changes stated in the group. During these changes, Beyonce took control of the group, and eventually moved on to her solo career. The album was an international commercial success, but has met with mixed commercial reviews. The group's songs fly on the incredible voices of the members, the melodic "nods" found throughout the album, and the message of feminine empowerment. The critiques focus on the very formulaic dance tracks, and content that rarely wanders beyond "dis tracks."

If you can get away with a line like, "Let's cut a rug while we scat some jazz", you can get away with anything. This is perfectly serviceable girl pop. The Jesus Loves Me track at the end lays it on a bit thick.

It's perfectly fine for what it is, and by the sound of how it was made it had better be good or else what was all that effort and infighting for? Turns out this band was not much fun for anyone who wasn't related to the manager, which sucks, but being a child of a certain age it's hard to not have nostalgia for Independent Woman and Bootylicious

Yeah Beyoncé ate them up there was no chance

Amazing - had totally forgotten about this album. Loved listening to it and the Spotify mix that followed

Destiny's Child were iconic, obvi, but after "Nasty Girl" I got the ick big time... It's definitely a product of it's time, but recovering from that cringe was a tough one on this album. Kind of brings the bopping to a screeching halt, and never recovers. 2.5/5

It was a 3 until all the god stuff at the end. It’s either Bootylicious or it’s my buddy jesus. Hard to pull off both on the same album.

3/5

Kinda gut

Bin ja nicht so der Destinys Child Fan aber die haben definitiv Geschichte geschrieben

there are quite a few bangers on here to be fair. a LOT of fairly bland, cookie cutter RnB tunes though.

Good voices, but not my kinda music. It's funny how it's a lot of booty, and also a lot of praying.