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An album I had time to listen to a few times today and it got curiously worse every time I listened to it. Once you get past the hits it's very lazy by numbers pop/RnB. Outro is terrible.
I'm just glad I didnt start with albums like this, otherwise I wouldve given up in listening the much better ones down the line
Had a few hits but its far from a top 300 album. Most songs sound too much alike too repetitive samples, same rhythm and beat mostly. Great use of the harmonies really good voices on all 3 members. Too pop its not for me but I can see the production value and talent on this album. Most songs they over do the voice show off and it talkes away from the album flow. Looks like who has the greatest voice competition and it doesnt sound natural.
Hmmm. How do you say anything bad about Beyoncé? And her crew? Catchy stuff, no doubt, but empty of anything interesting for my ears.
Such a snapshot of music of the early 2000s- hooky songs that were played in every club, bar, and school dance. I’ve seen countless people sing these songs at karaoke. Have never listened to this entire album and probably won’t again though.
There's probably a great 12-track album here, and there are a couple of timeless pop classics. But can't look past how looong it is.
The album starts off with three solid hits, which is the only part that I enjoyed. After that, we get some of the worst lyrics I've ever heard (Nasty Girl and Fancy), exhausting vocal runs that go on forever (and I actually like Beyonce!), with some cheesy crap sprinkled on top (Apple Pie, Sexy Daddy, outro). The rest of the album is a real snooze fest, with the exception of Brown Eyes, which was somewhat enjoyable due to its predictable but well-executed 90s ballad sound. Really disappointed by this one; I expected better given the singles this album had. 2.5/5 stars
The beginning of this album had me kinda into it, the first few tracks were pretty great. Things went off a cliff from there, Nasty Girl was hilariously bad and kinda surprising as they were just singing about building women up and being independent and now you’re chastising women for how they choose to dress? Then later there is the odd decision to do an Independent Women, Part 2 which wasn’t good and then there’s a few more canned tracks to extend the pain. Then the ugly bow to top it all off is the cringey Thank You Outro which was so dumb it was kinda funny. At least this album provided some chuckles. This sucked 2 stars
Throwaway pop music.
Aika huonosti vanhentuneet aiheet kyllä tällä levyllä. 2/5.
Like most pre-teen girls, I loved me some Destiny's Child. As an adult listening to the full album, the hit singles (Independent Women, Survivor, Bootylicious, Emotions) are still a guilty pleasure, but the rest of the album is meh. The gospel/preachy songs are weird...
not really interesting at all thematically but talented nonetheless. fun 2000s vibe
I thought the gospel medley was nice. The rest just kind of irked me. Not necessarily terrible but this isn't for me at all.
I got what I expected: a dated pop album. Lost count of how many records from the era sound like "Survivor". I admit that the title track is a good song. A few others are just standard 2000s singles. "Survivor" started Beyonce's career for better or for worse. 2 stars for "Survivor".
Starts off with a couple of catchy tunes but turns to yawn very quickly
I always associate Destiny's Child with bowling alleys. It's probably because I was a kid when they were popular and went bowling a lot. Still, I've never dug into them much past the singles, and I find myself with a surprising amount to talk about. The production is nice but nothing insane when it's good, and odd when it's bad. It's turn-of-the-millennium RnB production, which I typically like, but the odd choices include the weird, almost carnival-esque sounds on "Independent Woman Pt. II", to the weird, beat-that-doesn't-align stylings on the outro track. Speaking of that track, it's weird to know that DC kicked two of their members out and then recorded a "friends forever" outro on this one. It's also weird since, aside from a few spots, Beyonce takes the lead for, let's generously say, 95% of the album. Lyrically, the album is also bizarre, from the slut-shaming "Nasty Girl" (which feels weird for Beyonce to sing about, honestly), followed by the "I dislike you" anthem that is "Fancy". "Sexy Daddy" also feels weird, but that could just be my Catholic upbringing flaring up again. Long story short, I find the singles solid (I especially like the sample flip of "Edge of Seventeen" on, of all things, "Bootylicious"), but there's absolutely nothing to dig in to past them here. It barely avoids the 1-start graveyard. Favorite tracks: "Bootylicious", "Independent Woman, Pt. 1"
This album seems confused on its own personality, and man if that isn't a turn off for any sort of R&B. Slut shame here, but my ass is too fat for you there. I need to be respected, but that guy is so fucking HOT. I don't carry an issue with any of the songs on there own, but as a whole package it is clear there is no actual message to any of these songs. Just what the songwriters came up with so the three could strut their stuff. Except, that isn't great either, as the album is so front loaded there is nothing to speak on in the last half-an-hour. You may as well skip it. The album is just a time capsule into the musical scene in the late 90s and early 2000s, and I see no reason to listen to it in any other aspect. The hits aren't even catchy compared to other R&B hits from the time, and it just leaves the album feeling soulless. Inoffensive, but soulless, and like a cash grab.
Talented artists. Just not my jam. Thought this would rate a 2.5 and get rounded up but by the end I was so tired of this...
Neither good nor interesting. How was this popular?
DC Survivor with early Beyonk as the lead comes in low 2s. The first nine songs are very similar, have lame-repetitive lyrics, and just aren’t good. Nasty Girl is a perfect bad example. The album improves a little from Happy Face on, but is still not good. Here’s to hoping she doesn’t make the 1001 list or the too long album list again (2.4*s).
I recognized the first few songs which were radio/MTV hits in the early 2000's. It was a fine 15 minute opening, but the remainder of the album did little to keep me hooked. Overall Survivor didn't resonate me and did little to stand out. I'm not the demographic and this isn't a genre I listen to so its overall a forgettable listen that gets filed in the "meh" department. Not sure there's anything on here that warrants this to be included on the list. 1.9 stars
4/10 - idk it sounds like Beyoncé. Some of the songs were too sexually focused in my opinion. The rest were just not that interesting.
Can’t help but feel like I’m not really part of the target audience here
Mid
What I liked about the album... "Survivor", "Emotion" (sorry, I'm a sucker for a well written Gibb/Gibb song), and "Dangerously In Love". I kinda dig the a capella harmonies on "Gospel Medley", I just wish there was more emotion behind it. It doesn't breathe. What I hated... Pretty much everything else. (5.3) ★★½
The hits are good, the rest is mediocre. 2 stars
First three tracks are solid, rest of the album is pretty forgettable. Not essential at all. 2.5 stars.
2.5
Very puzzling entry. Is it because Beyoncé is involved? Quite possibly. Best songs are the singles and Samantha Sang/Bee Gee’s cover. This album also showcases Beyoncé’s biggest flaw: her tendency to over sing. LOTS OF FILLER. 2.5 stars
This record was released 23 years ago...and this is the first time I've ever intentionally listened to a Destiny's Child album and it's also the first time I've ever heard two (+) consecutive Destiny's Child/Beyonce songs in a row. Honestly the only observation I have is how little r&b/pop music has changed since then. Easy to see the appeal for a certain demographic of young, impressionable females when it was released but I've already moved on
It’s got that trademark bloat of most pop albums in this era. Clean production and can hear its influence on all R&B after it but still not my stuff. Even this one isn’t even my favorite of destiny’s child and I’m ambivalent about the group as it is. Rating: 2.5
The radio hits brought back early 2000’s memories but that’s about it.
⭐️⭐️
2/5
Boring club music, aside from the first ear-worm tracks.
Don’t care for R&B. They all have great voices, though, so I was able to enjoy some of it. The big hits from the album come off as annoying for me. Standouts: Nasty Girl, Independent Women Pt. II, and The Story Of Beauty.
This has so much more whooomph than Tay-to Swift or even Chirstina Al-see-ya-later. This is dynamic, raunchy and fun, it also features real ballsy vocals insteasd of just shouting in tune. And come on, 'Bootylicious' is just an all time banger. Trails off in the second half though, becomes a lot more over-produced boring soul, and the opening product placement is jarring. But a deserving pop nugget despite the conflicted "look at my bum / put some bloody clothes on woman' lyrics.
Track 3 - “watch me shake my booty” Track 4 - “eww look at that skank”
It starts off okay, but there's so much better in the genre. Like with country, the stuff that makes it on the radio tends not to be the best stuff. D'Angelo's Voodoo came out the year before and showed what R&B was capable of when someone was actually reaching for something. To highlight the contrast, Rolling Stone ranked Voodoo at number 28 on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Survivor doesn't appear on that list. Survivor is the album critics skip over even within the Destiny's Child catalog. The album that made them famous isn't even their best work, let alone a benchmark for the genre.
Although the music isn't great, the top reviewers are definitely giving girl groups like Destiny's Child too much flak. The music, while technically generic early-2000s pop, is undeniably catchy - particularly the opening trio of songs, Independent Women Pt. 1/Survivor/Bootylicious. The sound is reminiscent of some mega-popular pop and R&B acts from the 80s and 90s, and clearly takes inspiration from these. The percussive rhythms are complex and engaging in the former part of the album, and the textures are really ear-catching. Unfortunately, there are a few reasons to lose interest after the first three songs. The fourth, Nasty Girl, is lyrically very off-putting. And, excluding a couple of highlights, most of the remainder of the album introduces absolutely nothing new to the party. It's a pretty long album, too, and this isn't to its benefit. The chord progressions are pretty cool in the first few tracks and in Fancy, but later on they become very generic. The drum machines rapidly grow old as you keep listening. Mini-skits appear at the end of some tracks, and I'm not a fan of those at all. (I also doubt I'm the target audience for this music. And my policy is that the best music can connect with people from all backgrounds.) 2/5 Key tracks: Independent Women Pt. 1, Survivor, Fancy
The singles on this are undeniable, but holy shit was making my way through the rest of this album a chore
Survivor starts strong with Independent Women and the title track and then fades fffasssst and it’s over an hour long and they don’t have enough for half that. 4.3/10
I’d love to rate this as low as possible, but I have to admit, there were a few tracks with some solid music production. That said, the vocals were hard to get into, especially when they’re all singing together—it just didn’t do it for me.
I'm not going to diss you on the Internet.
2.3 - I was into it at the start, but after the big hitters it really nose dived for me.
Not into this at all. This is from an era of pop music that I kind of purposefully missed when I was younger, and even though there are some pop artists that are similar that I really do like now, this isn't one that's going to stick. 2/5
Whoa, this album is weird. There's like some girl power shit, some "girl, put some clothes on" shit, and some "god fucking rules" shit. The singing is tight, but this is way more Girls5eva than I expected. 2/5
Not my favourite style of music.
Nope. Not a fan of this pop by the numbers corporate stuff.
This album is stocked full of early millennium nostalgia. A bit front loaded... Pretty much the last half could've been removed, overall bringing it down.
This is such commercial late 90/early 20s content. It sounds fine enough for what it's doing but this feels like the goal of releasing it was to make money and that's it. It's soulless and if this all music was I'd never listen to any.
You know the moment that a model stops does a look then walks away? This is like the audio equivalent of that over and over and over again. That or a Micahel Bay movie. Just a stepping stone to push Beyonce. Souless is a good word for it.
I just can't stand to listen to these early 2000s pop-records anymore - it's soul, it's rhythm, maybe even Hip-Hop (yuk!). And there is attitude in spades. But the parts don't come together to any coherent whole. And, as always, melody is completely AWOL. 1.5/5
The first three singles are iconic. The rest were generic
Quality but not made for me and not my style. The thank you song at the end was weird considering they broke up after this.
Wasn't horrible, just didn't enjoy this.
Uninteresting
This album makes no sense in terms of theme. Musically it's just a product of the end of the 90s where we were so use to singers not singing that when someone sang relatively ok we worshipped them. Beyonce has a terrific voice, but the endles and aimless runs are insufferable
For me it feels pretty standard girl group sound of the time. That’s not necessarily bad, but I spent do much for me. Beyonce would go on to make some of my favorite things. Destiny’s Child is just fine 2.5/5
Overall, it was fine but didn't inspire me. Definitely a couple jams but the rest was meh. Normally I would give a 3, but I am insulted by the insinuation that I can't handle "this jelly." They don't know me!
Question?
This sounds exactly like I thought it would. I didn’t need to spend an hour of my life listening.
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While I appreciate the underlying R&B nature and the hiphop influence, the pop urges dominate too much for me. The repetitiveness makes me lose attention, not carry me. Strings just bother me.
This started so well - the three singles really fired me up and were upbeat, fun and danceable. No wonder they were the singles. Then it just became very repetitive and dull and sounded tedious. From Brown Eyes onward I just felt nauseated. I wanted to like this more but I don’t even want it as background music. Those first three are bangers though.
Independent Women Part 1 and Survivor are great, catchy anthems and had me thinking the album might be a 4 or 5 but the rest of the album was disappointing. Although well sung and produced, the lyrics felt off. And the last song was just too much.
There were some startlingly bold and bizarre harmonic choices throughout this album. So, props for that. I just don't think they ever really worked in the songs' favor, and often just sounded plain bad. Also, the best songs on here were good rather than great. Bootylicious, for example. (I'd heard it before, but this was the fist time I gave it a serious listen.) It started off promising, with its meme-ready opening. And the chorus is kinda fun. But it never developed. (Compare it to the masterpiece that is Sisqo's Thong Song, which features one of the greatest key changes in music history, and I think you can see what I mean.) Finally, the lyrics on this album are all over the place, (from kinda-feminist to slut shaming) and never poetic. I often feel like I'm overly harsh on pop albums, especially pop albums from this era. And I tried to like this one. I just couldn't get there.
Definitely an inconsistent album, more lows than highs.
Wild the amount of success the first three tracks alone had! Such an exciting time in Hip Hop and RnB. After that, we dive into more b-side tracks like Nasty Girl, which has a nice midway ode (rip-off?) to Push-it by Salt-N-Pepa. As the album continues it struggles to match the pace of its openers. “Apple Pie A La Mode” isn’t any good and I found myself wishing the ambitious “Sexy Daddy” would end already. There is some redemption to be had with the “independent women” reprise, but not much. The outro where they dote on each other is sweet.
✅ this is okay. The singles are good, but all at the beginning of the album, and there's not much to sustain it after that. I saw another review that said it's about 20 minutes too long and I agree. It's jarring, given Beyonce's public image now, how much of the lyrics here are about other women being terrible. Not exactly a girl's girl album. I don't think this aged particularly well.
The best songs were at the end of the album, except for the outro. Independent Women Pt II and Happy Face were pretty bad. I don't care for the diss tracks either.
This is just some pretty basic, and dated, dance pop. I guess it’s significant as part of Beyoncé’s origin story, but it’s pretty dull when taken on its own.
First three songs are the best, all others are like worse versions of them. Also weird to heard Beyonce sing about tearing other women down. Didn't age well..
Nah
Wasn’t feeling it, at least I’d listened to it all the way through, it wasn’t the worst on this list at least
So many hits. So many bangers. Really strong 2.
One thing about getting older is that you realize not everything is tailored for you. I recognize their talent, especially Beyonce. But this music isn't for me.
😢
Their texts are feministics, at least for the time. Which I didn't remember. Still don't like their music though
Same problem I have with a lot of albums from the late 90’s, early 2000’s, there are so many songs that they end up just blending into each other. And oh my god, was this a long one.
Meh. Not my cup o' tea.
I wonder if this is the album that started the trend of the overdone vocal flourishes in pop music?
All sound very nice and smooth but so smooth that after first five songs I just could not handle it any more. Even though first one was the brilliant Independent Women. Stopped there, did not believe in any signs that this music would have any soul or energy.
I mean, if the Lord fully sanctions Beyoncé’s bootyliciousness, not to mention her use of crappy syncopated fake drum nonsense on just about every track, who am I to disagree? I’m not saying, dear parishioners, that there aren’t a few bangers here. However, I just don’t see myself listening to this bloated paean to avariciousness-masquerading-as-girl-power more than twice. Destiny’s Child forever! Or at least for about 18 months until Be can go single lady and dump the rest of y’all for some real dollars.
I may have missed the subtext here (or I wasn't listening) but having Independent Women Part 1, Survivor and Independent Women Part 2 separated by tracks such as Bootylicious, Nasty Girl and Sexy Daddy is a bit of a contradiction. 2 stars 'Cause my body too bootylicious for ya, babe
Definitely an album from the early 2000's
More a loose collection of singles than an album. Either way, not my style.
The singles were unavoidable in 2001, they weren’t great then and time hasn’t improved them
This music isn’t very timeless, it puts us back right into early 2000s, even with the opening track celebrity shout outs. I didn’t love or hate those songs overplayed on the radio then and I don’t love or hate them now. Listening to the whole album was kind of boring for me. I was also really surprised to hear basically a slut shaming song in what I thought was a very female empowerment group, seemed very strange to me.
First 3 songs great and then falls off other than Emoiron
I gave this a lot of listening as it's not a genre that I am used to listening to. The singing and production are great, and there are some very good pop songs, with only a couple of duds. This one's just between a two and a three for me.
The absolute highlight of this album is 4 tracks in when Beyonce interpolates weirdo italo hit "Tarzan Boy" by one-hit-wonder Baltimora, a track that totally rips but sadly that album won't appear on this 1001 list. I did not enjoy these tracks when they came out, but was never able to place exactly why. Now, looking through the lense of nostalgia, I have to say while I'm enjoying the fun and a few of the production details of the tracks moreso than I did back then, this album still could have been quite a bit better. In short, all the sentiments feel cherry-picked for sales rather than coming from somewhere deep down. The least disingenuous-feeling moment is the end where they have an outro song where they take turns complimenting each other for 4 minutes. It sold great and helped in launching a massive career for Beyonce so it obviously resonated (partially because it was marketed to death) but for every empowering moment of independence or self-actualization, there's a ton of petty, trite, disempowering moments. Product of the era, I suppose, but even back then, I remember recognizing how thunderous an effective track "Independent Women, Pt. 1" is and what a loss it is to water it down by the constant shout out to the mediocre movie it was attached to (Charlie's Angels). What could have been a legit feminist anthem feels like it was only made to be a prop in a movie trailer, which is disappointing. With all the producers and songwriters on this there ought to be more personality here, but I'm walking away not feeling like I know anything about these women as people except that "they are the best, they look great, they'll get the man.." ect. Compare that to the era's TLC who have 3 distinct inner world's they attempt to explore throughout every album. Who is Kelly Rowland and Michelle whatshername..? I know zero about them and all I know about Beyonce in that era is that she was "furiously independent". Not when it came to writing a song by herself-- her father and manager even worked to be sure credit was taken away from the actual songwriters in Beyonce's interview responses. All in all there's some cool production choices here, the singing is fantastic, and one can't help but want to root for them in the era this came out, but overall this is lacking in cohesion and concept. I want more out of these 3. Now, as a courtesy to anyone reading, if you, like me, are in need of a palette-cleanser, might I recommend a 1985 smash hit entitled "Tarzan Boy" by the almighty Baltimora. We can imagine that in a more perfect world, somewhere out there, Beyonce is still singing along.
Never really been a fan.
It’s ok. Some decent songs but the rest is completely forgettable. Does anyone else feel bad for Michelle and Kelly?
meh
This album is dripping with commerciality. The songs' messages jump from emancipatory feminist encouragement to praising one's own secondary sexual characteristics to slut-shaming, only to end up with the desire for male attention. On a musical level, there is little to criticize apart from the lack of memorability. Which is also probably a good thing. At least I won't be thinking of this anymore in the near future.
Big early 2000s vibes. Enjoyable but way too long and samey. First track and maybe one of the others stood out... I think it was Emotion I enjoyed.
The beats are cool on some of these songs, but this really is not for me.
All the reviews on here are spot on. Starts with 3 bangers, then goes nowhere.
I don’t see the appeal honestly. They all have beautiful voices- but they all belt out the notes at the top end of the registry and - well that’s just screeching. No balance, and frankly it’s unpleasant. It’s also hard to actually decipher the lyrics at that range, which turns out is a blessing since most of the songs are just celebrating slut culture. Beyoncé did well to leave this mess.
A disjointed and poor second half pulls the rating down
Very repetitive sound. Their voices work well together, but every song sounds the same (outside of three songs beginning with Emotion). 2 stars
I recognized many of the songs at the beginning of the album. Even though I recognized the songs, I would not say they are particularly good. I do not know the last time I had really even heard them. The rest of the album was not good at all. It was entirely way too long. The album is better than a two, but not really a three.
The cognitive dissonance I experienced listening to Bootylicious followed immediately by two bitch tracks dissing some other woman for being trashy and telling her men don’t want no “hot female” is truly staggering. I don’t know how you can so proudly declare that you’re women of integrity while scantily dressed and simultaneously slut shaming other women. The early 2000s truly were a hellscape razor’s edge of double standards and internalized misogyny that was impossible for women to navigate. The message from Destiny’s Child seems to be a jarring mashup of “do as I say, not as I do” and “it’s empowering to use your sexuality to make money, but ONLY if you’re in Destiny’s Child. Otherwise, you trashy and you need to get some clothes on girl”. This album is saved from a 1-star because it tried to be empowering, Independent Women is an anti-goldigging anthem that resonates, but hypocrisy abounds and the message became muddled quickly.
Pretty terrible
This album is so full of judgy weird like internalized misoginy I had no idea
The evolution from Nasty Girl to Partition is proof that human beings are capable of change. I'm a little surprised, but I'm gonna have to give this one a dislike!! (2) The first three songs are killer, defined a generation, etc etc but after that it's a reminder of the profound girl-on-girl misogyny of the early 00s and I assume the label also really preferred a Black, female, group to keep such a conservative base to their lyrics in order to balance out how risky they might have seemed for sales.
More like destinys butthole amiright?
Gonna get some hate here…. Beyoncé needed to leave Destiny’s Child if she was going to develop from this Star Search crap. The beats sound like they were produced by an 8year old on meth with a drum machine and a Casio keyboard (ex: Sexy Daddy, Independent, pt2). Due credit: Beyoncé co-wrote every song on the album. But as a lyricist, she had a lot of growing to do. If you want to write songs about overcoming and being independent and strong, the lyrics need to be better than “I’M TOUGH!” and “I BUY MY OWN THINGS!” At least not a full hour of that.
Probably a great r n b album.
2.7
This feels far too long. Some of the songs feel like they don't need to be there.That being said, İ never thought I'd say it but there some ok songs in this and I understand the appeal. Brown Eyes and Dangerously in Love gives Buoyancy a chance to show off her vocal prowess. This album is living proof that DC is definitely better than Moby.
Got halfway through. Just didn't need to hear any more, I was close to losing my mind
Not my vibe
Mehhhh, aj nije jedinica, ali skoro Najbolje pjesme: 1. Survivor 2. Independent Women, Pt. 1
Ritmos de soul y hiphop elegante. Buenas voces femeninas. Algo de ritmo. Le ha faltado algo más de intensidad
It avoids one star because the first three tracks are pop classics. But that is an awful album. They knew it as well as they just dumped the three singles as the start and then left the rest of the album to be filled by an AI with the instruction to generate insipid, inconsistent, dated r n b. I shudder at the thought of this.
Even with the nostalgia, I couldn’t get into this one.
I recognise all the hits, but I'm not into them. It is hilarious how you have a bunch of female empowering songs, followed immediately by a song slut shaming someone and telling them to put more clothes on. Hmm. It's a 'meh' for me overall, with one or two tracks that elevate it a bit. I can't relate to most of it and it doesn't really move or inspire me in any way. 'Happy Face' is probably the best and most interesting track for me, and that is by far the least listened to song on the album according to Spotify, go figure. I guess I'm really not the target demographic! 2.5 rounded down.
This album can’t decide if it should be open or puritanical about sex. The back and forth between lyrical slut shaming and championing the independent sensual women makes perfect sense given the time the album was made. Musically, it’s fine. Basic R&B with competent singing and corny interludes to make a huge industry band seem homespun. This album was absolutely massive when it came out but has aged very poorly.
1.7 - definitely remember several songs from this when it came out, but not my thing.
Not saying the album is bad… just not for me lol. I listened to it front to back twice, and I just couldn’t get into it. I guess I’m not very bootylicious 🫤
All feels a bit formulaic and odd now one of them is treated like a deity - the music here was fun, but isn't fun anymore unless you happen to be smashed off your tits in a shit club
Vissa bra bängers. Kanske lite för långt. Många filler biisin. Kan int helt relatera med alla lyrics men är ej target audience
Dit voelt gewoon als een bak met tracks, geen solide album
Survivor is a banger. But apart from that I wasn't into it, and nasty girl is straight up nasty
The hits deserve the attention: the rest is a mess of meandering runs over beats probably better used elsewhere. A mess.
Not my music by along shot, given it's popularity I've heard a few songs before. Biggest problem It's just way too long, I don't think fans listen to the whole album. 2.5 for me.
Seemed to have all the singles I knew up front. While the singles are fine and have some nostalgic value for me. This is a long repetitive record (that feels a little preachy).
This is really not my genre. I just don't like it, at all. I thought, maybe, this one would be the album that changed my mind a little bit. It starts off strong, the first 3 or 4 songs are all really good. Then it goes on for another hour of just repeating the same things over and over. And several songs talking about how much they love each other, which gets real annoying, real fast. I can't see ever playing this one again, even if the first few songs were okay.
Yeah... The late 90s and early 00s were a dark time for pop music. This had a couple okayish songs. I think the 2 is generous. No reason to listen to the whole thing again.
After the well know hits at the start of the album is progressively gets worse, couldn't finish it
messaging all over the place. Quality all over the place. Absolute shit show of a final track which knocked off a star on its own
I love the first two songs; the remainder is just too flat and long.
Favorite Tracks: Survivor Independent Women Gospel Medley
A couple of fun / nostalgic singles on here, but as an album this sort of sucks. It feels assembled rather than any type of genuine artistic expression. Listening to it is like eating a Happy Meal. I guess it's fine, but I can feel chemicals coursing through my blood with every new bit of ingestion.
Ok, it's nice to have this album on the list for historical reasons; it's still the birthplace of huge stars from the last decades. However, despite "survivor", It's a good album only if you are really into 2000s R&B.
Frontloaded with three great songs, then into a huge pile of bloat ended with a song about sexual abuse, a sung prayer to god and the three singers telling each other how great they are, outstandingly uneven album.
Тааак. Поп, 2001 Я первый раз слышу про эту группу. И что за тайтл сонг меня встречает? "девочки, будьте независимы, я вот купила себе часы - сама - дом в котором я живу - мой, я независима!". Ну, леди Destiny's Child, посыл прекрасный, только это не совсем так работает! Что по самой музыке -- это прям такой лёгкий рнб поп нулевых, можно было б в ряд с pussycat dolls поставить. Окей, трек в честь которого назван альбом -- Survivor -- я знаю. "This song is a shout out to people who left toxic relationships, bullied, came out of depression, survived any form of cancer, harmful addictions" -- дэм сан, только потому что в припеве они говорят "я выживу я двинусь дальше я приложу усилия"? Я о чём. Я о том, что лирика КРАЙНЕ простая. Она долбит в лоб. Мотивы крайне простые. Голоса крайне простые. И вот эта самая survivor которая "девоньки (а может и не только девоньки) не сдавайтес" идёт ровно перед bootylicious. То есть треки такие: "я добьюсь всего сама", "я смогу я превозмогу", "у меня большая попа". Это типа... такой плотный однородный список? Оно одно равно другому, что на одном альбоме один исполнитель их рядом поёт? Ну вот я к посылу и лирике докопался. Но при этом стоит сказать что альбом-то слушабельный. То есть они приятно накидывают своей попсовой сескуальности дешёвой. Но альбом ощущается непомерно длинным, и это плохой знак. Я почитал википедию. Наверное, нужно это делать до того как слушать албом. Понятно теперь, почему оно кажется таким.. .знакомым и вторичным. Лид сингер это Бейонсе. Нуу в таком случае всё вышенаписанное понятно и закономерно. В общем, ощущение что это альбом для "нормальных" девочек-подростков. Да, вам тяжело, но надо потерпеть и вы сможете. Надо стремиться, надо жить и выживать, надо быть благодарными за то что есть. Любите жизнь (и свою попу). Вот только любая девочка лет шестнадцати, которая это слушала на серьёзных щщах -- это самая бейсик бич которую вы видели. Не знаю, что-то такая агрессия. Альбом-то неплохой! Типа его можно слушать. Но при этом втф, меня чёт калит. Не знаю, два или один. Надо подумать Ладно, два. Типа не так это отвратительно чтоб единицу влепить. Чтоб единица была -- я вообще должен захотеть жесточайше вырубить альбом. Два.
It starts with familiar songs that everyone's heard before and that's not a bad thing. The rest though is just album filler. Really comes from an era where excellent singles were released to promote and sell dull albums.
The singles are pretty memorable, so I had high hopes for this - but sadly it's like so much pop music where the album is largely filler. Destiny's Child definitely belong on a list of 1001 singles, but putting them here is an odd decision. 2*
Pop music. It's fine.
Such an iconic female empowerment album. I have never listened to it front to back and honestly, I was underwhelmed. The first three songs were iconic for me growing up, but the rest of the album was very skippable for me. However, the amazing vocals and the nostalgia of the first few songs have me rating the album a little bit higher than a 1. 2/5
Wasn't aware how many of these songs I already knew, Destiny's Child going crazy with the singles here, there were a bit of songs that I felt were a chore to get through, most of the songs are at least 1 minute too long Enjoyed: Independent Women Pt.1 & 2 Didn't like: Gospel Melody Dangerously In Love
Lovely ladies, but not for me.
Nah
Ça partait bien, mais j’étais pu capabe rendu à la moitié
Expected to hate it, wasn't too bad actually, as a trio they harmonise really well which I find much more listenable than just Beyonce trailing off solo
kept my words... im a survivor, i survived it
It was a solid 3* pop album, with good uptempo songs and some lesser ballads. That's until the Gospel Medley and the outtro. That's when it crumbled down.
Who are these women to shame so-called "nasty girls" who like to go out without many clothes on? Freedom of expression, that's what I always say! If you're a beautiful young woman and prefer to wear little (or no) clothing in public, more power to you! I'm glad the personnel section of the Wikipedia page for this album credits the people responsible for hair, makeup, and styling; that's really important to me when I listen to music. Also always interesting to me when there are like 100 or more people listed in the personnel - real team effort I guess. Social commentary and sarcasm aside, I didn't enjoy this at all. If it was 50 minutes shorter I might have been okay with it. 2 stars.
Starts well enough. The gospel to finish was unnecessary.
not my cup of tea. I know it was worked on my 150 people or whatever, but it's lyrically kind of a confusing record, and I found a lot of the improvised vocal lines to be a bit 'first-take-y' - unsure and wandering away from 'in tune' like they rushed this record. Actually the Wikipedia article also indicates it was rushed. The ‘group’ vocal parts sound great - almost too great like sometimes autotuned…? (Not the end of the world but maybe a bit surprising) I guess I just feel like when the entire non-vocal part of your song is a sampled and/or mindlessly repeating bass-line and fake record scratching sounds…. The vocals had better be killer. There is a lot of good vocal performance on here but I think it never rises above merely 'good'. Track 09 Happy Face was a bit of a surprise - pretty good track actually and the only reason this gets 2 stars instead of 1 This strikes me as a hastily created Beyonce solo record where she’s live action role playing as a member of the Destiny’s Child ‘performance group’
Kind of all sounds the same tbh
Catchy but not very good
I was surprised by how much I liked Beyonce's album on the 1001 albums, so I tried to give this album a fair listen, even though I'm generally not an R&B fan. This album is ok, just not my style. Independent Women Pt 1 and Survivor were catchy and Fancy and Happy Face were ok. The rest I could take or leave. I will say I definitely didn't like Bootylicious, even though it's a hit off the album. Using the guitar riff from Edge of Seventeen (Just Like the White Winged Dove) should have been good, but it was annoying that they never changed from the one note! Bottom line re: this album: Not terrible, just not my thing.
The first 3 songs are nostalgia on speed. But that’s probably where it peaked, you dont really need to listen to the rest. It’s ok pop music that seems to have the self assurance that I don’t think it deserves after those lead tracks. Repetitive, bit bland, meh. An EP wouldve done.
The singles off this were heavily on rotation in 'Innfusion', the bar I worked in during college which did trebles + mixer for £2.50. So it's the audio equivalent of sticky floors, sick, aftershock and knobheads. I imagine it's a similar listen to everyone else regardless of their employment history. Very much not my thing and when I think about it there were better songs in the '90s/00s RnB' category. 2 for nostalgia.
Front-loaded. The rest are R&B/pop nonsense.
The first 4 tracks of this album are really good but the album falls off dramatically after that. Highlights: Independent Women part 1 Survivor Bootylicious
Some songs are really enjoyable, some are not really at all for me.
Zat hier tegenaan te hikken en ik weet nu weer waarom. Totaal niet mijn ding!
Groot respect voor wat ze doen en het zal voor het genre echt goed in elkaar zitten, maar na een paar ad libs heb ik het wel gehoord.
I'm sorry, but this is just not a good record for me.
Didn't listen
Good, a couple of good songs, the rest not my thing
Oh-eee-YO-eeh-oooh-hooo-eeee-aaahh-yeah! Independent Women is terrible. Survivor is terrible. Bootylicious is actually reasonably good. Certainly the best of a bad bunch. The trilling, vibrato, vocal runs - so distracting. The music doesn't seems to have any real structure either. Every progression has a cut-off. Every tear-down stops short. It's like musical edging, and nobody comes. I just can't get behind it.
Well the first couple of tunes reminded me of my Arena days. Not a big fan of the rest though...
Survivor starts out way too strong with three absolute bangers back to back. And while Beyoncé's vocals really are out of this world, the rest of the record does not live up to the strong start. I am just not that interested in vocal phrasing after vocal phrasing, and that late 90's/early 00's RnB production is just goddamn awful. 'Brown Eyes' was cool though.
A good album for the time, however, listening again in 2023... Just doesn't hold up. 2/5
Album van de Amerikaanse R&B vrouwengroep Destiny's Child, met o.a. hits als "Survivor" en "Independent Women, Pt. 1". Niet zozeer super slecht, maar te goedkoop en commercieel om te kunnen waarderen. leukste nummer: Independent Women, Pt. 1 De groep populariseerde de term "bootylicious" door het nummer van dezelfde naam. Het woord stamt oorspronkelijk van Dr. Dre's ft. Snoop Dogg "Dre Day" van Dre's debuutalbum The Chronic.
This was rough to get through. Worst than expected.
as expected, it was too bootylicious for me. survivor
As expected the vocals are good, impressive at times. However, this is very much a relic of its time, where CD albums were bloated to hour plus monstrosities and quality control suffered. Another sign o' the times - albums frontloaded with the hits, making this a very uneven listening experience. Dissatisfying, ultimately.
"Real Housewives of Destiny's Child," lololol. Dammit, now I gotta listen to this. Plugging in a two as a placeholder, but I bet it sticks.
Good first 3 songs, guess they hoped those songs alone would sell the album because after that it gets reall bad real quick
Yhden tempun bändi: biitti plus tarttuva, pieniin stemmoihin ja rytmiikkaan perustuva hokema. Tai itse asiassa loppua kohti levy muuttuu kokoelmaksi täyteballadeja. Molemmat ulottuvuudet kuulostavat koko ajan melko samalta.
These may be the some of the best vocalists in music. Regardless, early aughts R&B is not for me.
*Independent Women, Pt. 1
La història ha estat benèvola per Destiny's Child, gràcies a l'ascensió al superstardom de Beyoncé i als hits de Kelly Rowland. Però escoltat amb els anys que dóna la perspectiva, no passen de grup correcte de r&b típic de l'época, a l'estil de TLC, En Vogue i tants d'altres. Aquí destaca 'Independent Women, Pt. 1', hit potent.... i poc més
Didn’t like Destiny’s Child / Beyoncé before listening to this, still don’t.
Tror du att du ska få ligga med dem bara för att du valt ut denna platta bland de 1001?
i never liked pop
Eh
Truthfully, I didn't listen to much of this album. The singles are all up front, and I know them well. This was DC's third album in 2001, and 22 years later, Beyonce is still about the most popular artist in the world. Good pop music from my high school days.
- lotta slut shaming in nasty girl which has not aged particularly well (i mean it probably wasn't great at the time either but i was also 6 so, idk) - the messages in this album are very confusing, is sexy daddy not about having casual sex that the girl in nasty girl was getting shamed for? or is casual sex cool but dressing sexy isn't because that's...also confusing... - and then we go into independent woman which is definitely an empowering song, what was up with nasty girl lol overall impressions: it was alright, i don't think i'll be listening again. and nasty girl really threw me for a loop. survivor did get stuck in my head for the rest of the day though.
I mean there’s nothing musically bad about it and it starts off with two singles but this album was a drag and is way way too long for what it is 2/5.
An energetic and fun R&B pop album, it does what it does stronger than most examples of the genre of the era. The production is tight and smart (although dated of its era), taking strong influence from G-funk, electronica, and disco, not falling into lazy or annoying samples. Vocals are strong and catchy, led by the dynamic range of Beyonce, but the harmonic combination of the three brings out life and energy you wouldn't find otherwise. It starts off with 3 strong impactful singles, but the rest of the album can be a mixed bag, edging on the poorer side. Plenty of songs have highlights, but the majority are either completely forgettable or nothing more than a fancy display of the girls' vocal abilities. With its hour long, this makes it really drag on, but "Emotion" and "Brown Sugar" are redeeming tracks near the end.
- Never listened to this before - Starts with a few good pop songs, thought the rest was bad - Fav songs: Independent Women Pt 1, Survivor
Some good tracks, American stadium rock.
question. did rathergood.com improves this song? yes they did. https://youtu.be/txz83WACjxY this album well and truly shot its load with the first three songs. the disparity between the first three massive tracks that you still hear today and the rest of the album is astronomically large. from 4 onwards is some of the most forgettable 2000s shite i've ever heard, and i've listened to little man tate.
I've asked so many people to name 5 Beyoncé songs and almost everyone is unable to. Definitely not as good as Little Man Tate. Either thr film or the band.
I'm beginning to think Beyonce actually likes all the attention she receives. There are a handful of bangers here, but the album is mostly half baked ideas.
Pop slog.
Here's the exact example of what a *good* album should NOT be, and this in any genre out there. To put it in a nutshell, Destiny's Child was essentially an amazing act when it cames to their singles, but they *never* released any masterpiece in the album format. According to many fans of "Queen Bey", it's a problem lead singer Beyoncé would fix later on during her solo career, starting with her eponymous fifth full-length effort in the early 2010s, (followed by *Lemonade* and the very recent *Renaissance*, released last year). But that's a story for another time, I imagine... To return to *Survivor*, the album admittedly starts strong and self-assured with "Independent Women Part 1" and the title track (two insanely catchy cuts that are part of the four or maybe five most famous songs ever performed by the iconic r'n'b girl group during their short career). Those two cuts sure trigger a roaring start--and *yes*, the three next songs after them still hold their own pretty well, all things considered (especially the kinky and lively "Bootylicious" ). Unfortunately, everything following the fifth song peters out, and it peters out incredibly *fast*, whether in the US or the longer, "international" edition of the album. Very quickly indeed, this record loses focus and momentum through a series of very questionable choices: meandering, pointless production lacking any sense of build-up and sprinkled with weird and useless sound effects seemingly taken from Super Mario Kart; technically spotless vocal performances that yet meander very much as well, due to predictable lines with no real "soul" in them (in spite of a very "performative" bravado here displayed to hide the lack of any original content or idea); interspersed between the faster cuts, a few cheesy ballads that seem to have been heard a thousand times before--both types of tracks being filler and no killer; and finally, a conclusion that is basically a gigantic question mark: what's the real point of that accapella cut "Gospel Medley"--going through all the clichés of a Harlem mass withouth any really *personal* input added to them--here followed by the awkward and dated "rapping" of the "outro" "Thank You"? Can someone explain? So what we *really* have to deal with here is only five tracks going from decent to great. Everything else is totally irrelevant. Most other reviewers using this app seem to agree with me by the way; up to now, there's only been *5* reviews that gave a 5/5 mark to this record (including a review in French that is mostly off-topic). That's an incredibly *low* number for such a "mainstream" album. Maybe someone could write a book called "The 1001 *EPs* You Should Listen To Before you Die" and place *Survivor* in it? You tell me. Number of albums left to review: 686 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 153 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 71 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 89 (including this one)
Some timeless singles, but the album hardly feels like a classic. Gospel Medley was lovely though.
I really got nothing out of this album a 3 star album according to Allmusic.com so for me a mediocre album by a mediocre artist....sounds like a 2 star
Bootylicious but not filling
Did not finish. Gets tiresome fast
I guess I'm not ready for this jelly.
First 3 songs are bangers, rest of the album very average.
Wooooo (shivers)
Started off thinking this was enjoyable enough pop. But it wore thin very quickly.
Yet another ex-1001 album! http://1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie.wikidot.com/album-artists-a-z-ex The popular tracks are catchy enough, feels that the whole album exists to showcase their vocal range and harmonies, which I'm sure is a great talent, but feels all over the place to me.
Alf Garnett
Iskreno mi se nije dalo previše ovo slušati, razumljivo, ima ponekih hitova kao što je Survivor. Predugo traje tho.
Production sounds very dated, made it hard for me to fully immerse myself in the album. On some deep tracks it sounded more timeless, like it could be an R&B song that had recently come out. On the hits though it was very late 90's/early 00's sounding, which is somewhat nostalgic but hard to take seriously as a whole album to play.
Jangly. Repetitive. Showcasing
Well put together. Not for me though
There's definitely music in there (not something to be taken for granted, given some of the atrocities sent my way by this list). At the same time, it's clear I'm not this album's target audience.
Wanted to like this one, but repetitive song structures, clunky lyrics, and an overall feeling of sameness (especially on the vocals) between the tracks made that difficult.
Why did Charlie have three angels? Why not four, or even five? Is three the magic number, both in girl-powered detective agencies with mysterious benefactors as well as in R&B girl groups? Maybe more than three leads to instability or competition or something? But with every iteration of Charlie's Angels and most girl group trios, it seems they eventually go their separate ways and one member goes on to more success than the other two. Hopefully they always remember the role their two former partners had in their future success. With "Survivor" that even extends to Beyonce re-using "Dangerously in Love" in her solo career. Destiny's Child may have launched Beyonce into mega-stardom, but "Survivor" is a fairly unexceptional album. "Independent Women Part I" and "Survivor" get things off to a strong start, but the body positivity of "Bootylicious" is squandered by the super-judgey "Nasty Girl." So the messaging is a bit all over the place, but that's probably to be expected with over 20 credited songwriters. Alas, music made by committee is probably always going to be simultaneously formulaic and all-over-the-place. And when the committee churns out duds like "Apple Pie la Mode" and "Sexy Daddy," you imagine that Beyonce must be pretty glad she escaped the machine and got big enough to do what she wants, not what the Charlie-like voice on the other side of the speaker is telling her to.
Independent Women, Pt. 1 is good. I expected to think similarly of Survivor and Bootylicious, but they are all chorus. The rest of the album is forgettable pop.
The opening trio of songs are nothing short of iconic. "Question" in the style of Independent Women has entered our everyday parlance. The first half is bold, confident, and uncompromising. This is great for a time, but grates quite quickly. Too loud, too verbose, too aggressive and too much wailing to be enjoyable. The mellower second half is much more listenable and provides a welcome break from the aural assault of the first half, but by that stage you're already defeated. A more varied track listing may have vastly improved this record. As individual tracks the main singles are classics and a lot of the other songs are reasonably good, but as an album it's all just a bit much. Rating: 2/5 Playlist track: Independent Women Pt. 1 Date listened: 21/07/22
Boring R&B for people whose only personality trait is saying "I'm not like the other girls" and then failing chemistry class. Did they sample Toad from Mario Kart 64 hitting a banana peel at around 3:50 in the song "Happy Face"?
Joskus 20v sitten osa biiseistä "kosketti" jollain tavalla, mutta syy lienee ollut musavideoissa? Tällä kuuntelulla tuli kohtuullissen hämmentynyt olo, vaikka osassa biisesistä oli kyllä ihan menevät biitit. Ei ihan paskaa mutta ei kyllä jatkoonkaan mennä.
2000-luvun naisten voimaannuttamisanthem, ihan hyvä, mut en saanu välttämättä yhtä paljon ku muut
Three great singles, followed by 50 minutes of filler, including four minutes of a "thank you" track that ends up coming across as self-congratulatory. The filler wasn't terrible, but I was glad when it was over. I can understand why this album was eventually taken off the list. While it might have been successful at the time, there's nothing influential past track 3.
Oh please. Can't I listen to pop after I die? Not before. I can't bear this . It's music for simpletons.
At no point do I feel like this is an album I must hear before I die. The nicest thing that I can say about this album is that they sample Edge of Seventeen, a song that I'd rather be listening to than this shit. Also, how is this album so fucking long? All of the hit singles are at the very beginning. I'd be inclined to give this a second star had they cut the track count in half.
Such a shame Beyonce had to eat the other childs to survive. The album opens with a Charlie’s Angels themed movie “intro” song. If that is not a statement for the kind of music is to follow I don’t know what is. Now let me set this straight, I hate this music so much. It’s basically the equivalent of being force fed ads without actually getting any ads for a product, the product is Beyonce and company and I do not want to purchase it. 1/10
I tried. I really did. I'm not an R&B fan, at all. It's one of my boomer "If it's supposed to be rhythm and blues where is the rhythm or the blues?" takes. Obviously, the first three songs were unavoidable back in the day. They were not my thing then. They are even LESS of my thing now. The backing music sounds like it's done on a cheap midi keyboard, then pumped through a hundred different production layers to sound like it's more than it is. But what it is is generically bland. It's musical airbrushing. The vocals are not much better. Don't get me wrong, they are talented. VERY talented. They don't need a dozen vocal tracks to fill in weak voices. And they don't need to flutter across an entire scale just to accent an emotionless lyric. But for some reason, they did decide to record a dozen vocal tracks and spam notes everywhere. I tried. But at 4 songs in I started skipping halfway through the songs, and then a few songs later I just gave up.
What happened to the fourth member? Guess she didn't SURVIVE.
I've heard the name Destiny's Child but know nothing else about them. Thoughts after listening 3 times ... Wow this is an hour long, ruh roh. I just found out this is where Beyonce came from - looks like she was using her full name back then. Oh, the repeating guitar part on "Bootylicious" is from that Stevie Nicks' song "Edge of Seventeen". Guitar playing is by Waddy Wachtel who is a famous session musician. Fun fact: you can learn more about Waddy and a group of session musicians (called "The Section") that he regularly worked with in a documentary called "Immediate Family" - playing on a number of streaming platforms. This group of session musicians played on hundreds of songs. Funner fact: Waddy unknowingly ripped that guitar riff from the Police song called “Bring On The Night” and so ultimate credit should go to Andy Summers of The Police! It's really pretty funny hearing "Bootylicious" followed by "Nasty Girl". It's quite a whiplash going from a song celebrating shaking your phat ass for attention in the club, to a song shaming women for dressing slutty. But I guess it's just part of their destiny, child. I've learned something today. That thing that Beyonce does A LOT (and I've heard other artists do it too like Maria Carey and Christina Aguilera etc.) - where she goes "ah ah aahhh" on one syllable - is called "melisma". I've realized that I am NOT a fan of melisma - or at least when it's overdone and over the top. It's always annoyed me whenever I've heard many of these "diva" type artists do it - or when people that are imitating them do it on shows like American Idol or The Voice. There are lots of examples of this on this album - but you can really hear it on the cover of the Bee Gees songs "Emotion" - it's like they said "lets do that famous Bee Gees song but add melisma to every line". Also, is Beyonce's voice always this annoying? I'm not familiar with her solo stuff - just aware that she is considered famous. Has her voice gotten better? I've realized this just isn't for me. I'm never gonna proactively listen to any of this again. Clearly a lot of people like this. I'm glad I got to listen to it - but 3 times is enough for a lifetime. Liked songs on Spotify: 0/15 Rating: 1/5 (should be zero)
Really not for me but I dindt hate it as much as I tought I would. Thats probably the biggest compliment I can give to it cause its still prety ass. Overall its just generic, redundant pop. Or rnb. Idk whats the difference between pop and rnb all I know is that I absolutely hate both. Thanks god they dont have another album on the book. "The sunshine was shining" Leonard Cohen kicking himself rn cause he dindt wrote this. Holy shit Beyoncé is in this band ? Wow thats why it sucks.
This is not the worst album I've ever listened to, but it's getting a one. I was kind of vibing near the beginning, but turns out all of the good and famous songs are just stacked right up at the top and it all goes down from there. This album is so incredibly 2001-esque, I actually felt a couple brain cells pop and die. There is one good thing here, and that's the vocal production. God damn, Beyonce can riff. Everything else is a big fat nothing burger. Fave tracks: - Survivor - Bootylicious - Apple Pie À La Mode
Ugh. This style is music is just so 'thin'. Every track is just a "Hey gimme a beat" and then cue the shrill trilling vocals. Bleck.
Somehow I survived this album.
2/10
Nul
I am by no means a Beyoncé fan, but she does have a fair amount of music that I have heard and liked. As for Destiny's Child, I had heard of them and had an awareness that it was what Beyoncé was doing before she got huge as a solo artist. And wow, what a disappointment. She definitely did well to go solo after this, this is just some of the most soulless, generic, and overproduced pop music I have ever heard. There is just absolutely no substance to this at all, and it's a damn hour long??? It just feels like music for the sake of music existing, very indulgent if you're into this type of thing, and call me pretentious all you want, but I much prefer my music to have more soul and substance to it than this complete emptiness.
According to reviews this is a very mediocre album, which I can confirm. This music is not geared towards me so of course it was not enjoyable.
I survived it! The hits didn't hit like I remembered, and in between is a lot of empowering...boredom. "Happy Face" was listenable.
i mean, pop is pop and this still sounds relatively fresh
No
Really disliked this. Okay, i don't like listening to women vocals but this was particularly bad.
OH lord...
I tried.
Absolute dogshit.
The first song and Brown Eyes are kinda nice, the rest is ass
No me gustó
no
No thank you
The lead singles and the Gospel Melody are good. The rest is very mediocre R&B from 25 years ago. I really enjoy this generator as it makes me listen to music that is very outside of my wheelhouse. I have noticed 300+ albums in that I am very critical of music that I listened to when it was released. This album meets that criteria. However I have also noticed on this list a real dearth of R&B music even from big artists like Boyz II Men, R. Kelly, Jodeci, and many others that sold as many or more albums and were more groundbreaking or memorable.
Ok, this was a weird album. I liked Destiny's Child when I was a preteen and spent many hours listening to their second album "The Writing's on the Wall". I'm learning through this project that the music popular in the early 2000s is really not aging well. This album gave me mental whiplash. We went from singing about being strong independent women and being empowered (tracks 1-3) to slut-shaming (track 4). The contrast between Bootylicious (which is a bop) to Nasty Girl made my head spin. Nasty Girl is pretty brutal. They continue with being nasty towards other women in Fancy (track 5) then go on to lust after a man (tracks 6-7). Um...what? In the last half of the album there are cheesy love ballads, a story about a girl who was sexually/emotionally abused (The Story of Beauty)...and a gospel medley? The Gospel Medley is quite beautiful and I get them doing it because of their backgrounds, but compared to the rest of the album it didn't seem to fit. Then the Outro is the 3 members of the group thanking each other in song? What is going on with this album? It's so weird. There is no cohesion. How do you go from female empowerment to slut-shaming so quickly? It doesn't make sense to me. If I could describe this album in one phrase it would be "self-righteous". One of the only saving graces for me was the cover of Emotion. I really like that one. And Bootylicious is fun. But the rest was pretty bad. It's a 1.5 (because of the 2 good tracks) but I'm gonna round down.
This is shit. Skank songs. Corporate swill.
I thought that the first two songs were decent (well... survivor gets a bitvannoying actually haha) but then we get to... bootylicious and it's hot garbage and every song after that really sucks, missing that sweet sweet it's ok, that must be a single quality of the begining (technically bootylicious was a single and... I think it's sad really.)
Really? Not even their best work.
Not my choice of music at all Its not bad, just not for me
Survivor ist das dritte Studioalbum der US-amerikanischen R&B-Gruppe Destiny’s Child und entstand 2000/2001 unter anderem in den Sony Music Studios (New York), The Hit Factory (New York) und weiteren Studios in Los Angeles. Inhaltlich und musikalisch reagiert das Album deutlich auf die damaligen Umbrüche innerhalb der Gruppe und setzt stärker auf Selbstbehauptung und Eigenständigkeit als zuvor. Stilistisch bewegt sich Survivor im zeitgenössischen R&B mit klaren Pop-Strukturen, getragen von markanten Hooklines und prägnanten Rhythmusproduktionen. Besonders bekannte und stilprägende Songs sind „Survivor“, „Independent Women Part I“ und „Bootylicious“, die das Album auch über den reinen R&B-Kontext hinaus erfolgreich machten. Die Produktion wirkt insgesamt geschlossen und zielgerichtet, ohne größere Experimente, dafür mit hohem Wiedererkennungswert. In der Gesamtschau ist Survivor ein konzentriertes, selbstbewusstes Album, das Destiny’s Child klar positioniert und ihre Rolle im Mainstream-R&B der frühen 2000er festigt.
Nope
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.
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.
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
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
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.
i don’t know if i’ll survive this album. 1/5 ⭐️
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.
Bland.
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.
Horrible.
Strange pick.just because Beyoncé turned out to be great doesn’t mean this mess was.
Not for me mate. I just got zero interest in this type of music.
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.
Beyounce cannot sing!
This is the biggest tragedy of 2001
Utterly vacuous and soulless
Not my bag
Couldn’t make it through this one.
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
Count me out of anything with Beyoncé singing. No thanks
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)?
I hate this shit.
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.
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 tried but it's not working for me.
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?¿
Not a fan of this one... Started strong but declined fast!
"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.
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.
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.
meh
Doesn't really hold up. The singles are mildly nostalgic and still bump.
I was NOT prepared for how much I would dislike this. To say it has not aged well would be charitable. It was an ordeal to get through twice. Far too long and the production makes the voices grating on every track. The awful ‘gospel’ medley, Bee Gees cover and the cringeworthy Nasty Girl and Fancy. The rest drags the couple of half decent tracks down with it
Chatinho. Cansativo, muito longo. Mas a produção das primeiras faixas é interessante, apesar que liricamente os temas são bem vergonhosos e datados. O disco podia ter acabado na 11º faixa, Dance With Me. Depois dela o album inteiro descarrilhou completamente, e eu constantemente olhava pra ver se faltava muito pra acabar. 1.5/5
The cadence and rhythm of the song, Survivor, makes me angry. Pass.
I guess this is on the list as representative of the era and for being Beyoncé's origin, but it's manufactured pop and boring. The end of Sexy Daddy had some orchestral instruments, which caught my attention, and the same for Independent Woman Part 2 which had cartoon sound effects and instruments, which were fun and interesting. However, although this was a bit of a nostalgia trip for me, there was a reason I haven't heard or sought out these songs for 20 years or more. I didn't like this music at the time and I don't like it now. "Gospel Medley" arrived like a wrecking ball, dropping hardcore Christian praise songs in an otherwise pretty secular album, cementing the fact that this was an American group. Mad. Then the final Outro dropped it another star, hated it.
This is really cheesy early 2000's RnB pop, zero depth whatsoever. Beyonce in particular has to be the most overrated vocalist of the last twenty years Almost un-listenable and definitely not my kind of thing
Man, do I hate RNB.
Love it when an album starts off immediately with all the big singles, and then just gets progressively worse and more boring as it goes on. My ears were begging me to end it by the last few songs. As a full album i have no idea why this would be considered essential.
Beyonce has a great voice but I couldn't get into this album
So bad..
71 minutes of slutty pop hell. No thanks.
not for me
How dare you.
This sounds like what it is, which is a huge bummer. It is an interesting relic of radio-pop-in-the-CD-era that it’s top loaded with all three huge singles, but that’s about all I got to say about it.