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Not my type of music. Beyonces voice has become the template for female singers and it sounds nice but has no uniquness and sounds very bland in the long run. This came out when i was listening to more mainstream music so i was really surprised that i never heard any of the songs. I like the production more than the songs itself.
Not my style.
Oh fuck.. OK, let's get this over with.. Pretty Hurts - Beyonce laments the superficiality of society. The next time I see Beyonce court-side at the Lakers game without makeup and her hair immaculately done, I'll take her message seriously. Haunted - Beyonce laments the soul crushing effect of 9 to 5 work culture through the prism of a worker turned ghost, or something like that. The producers did a good job of creating a "ghostly" effect. Drunk in Love - Beyonce turns herself into a drunken "I have sex" meme, Jay-Z contributes a cringy verse. Blow - Beyonce is asking you to eat her out. Was one of the better songs so far, catchy and groovy, but there were too many beat switches, the bridge completely ruined the mood for me. No Angel - Beyonce laments her and her lover's imperfections. This song was painful. Partition - TBF, "I sneezed on the beat and the beat got sicker" is a dope line. Then a continuation of the "I have sex" meme. Refer to Prince on how to make a sexy song about sex. This ain't it. Jealous - Beyonce laments her role in her relationship. The lyrics seem to be deliberately vague and obscure. Probably for the best. Rocket - After lamenting her jealousy, Beyonce is back at attempting another sexy song. Doing her worst to knock off every Prince technique and still coming up woefully short. Mine - God this song is too long. XO - No idea what this song is supposed to be about. Random generic lines strung together over a generic pop beat. ***Flawless - Beyonce laments the role of women in society. The exert from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the best part. Superpower - Admittedly Beyonce and Frank harmonizing sounds pretty good. Heaven - According to Genius, Beyonce laments the loss of her first child due to miscarriage. A legitimately sad and personal song. Blue - Beyonce writes the most generic song possible for her daughter, repeating the phrase "hold on" countless times in multiple ways. There.. I listened.. two laments out of five
2+ pretty hurts, heaven, blue
My first reaction. AN HOUR AND A HALF? JayZeesus My second reaction. I wonder if Beyoncé fans are as cult-y as swifties are. Actual thoughts about the music. I'm not the target audience here but I can see the appeal. I enjoyed it as a one time listen, and she clearly has a great voice. Some of the songs have catchy pop vibes but not enough for me to go back to it. I think she might be a touch overrated but don't tell the die-hard fans that lmao Standouts: Blow - particularly liked the muted guitar riff Rocket
She's a embarrassing hornball
Niet voor mij. Te gelikt.
not really enjoyiong this
Not a big pop fan
This was just shit. I think I expected more and was let down, but I disliked it all.
No thank you
How did this get on the list...? It's okay I guess, seems overproduced and somehow all over the place at the same time.
This album is dumb.
Feels like the whole album is one or a couple of songs. A few songs (mostly popular ones) are ok to listen but listening to the whole album was not too easy. 2.5/5 -S didnt like it -A
I don’t mind singing along to Beyoncé on the radio. I did listen to ‘Renaissance’ and I could understand the critical acclaim surrounding it, given that it utilised forms of house music in order to pay homage to Black and queer musicians. ‘Lemonade’, while I have never heard it, seems to have good lyricism, judging from what critics say. Yet, I cannot understand how the rest of her albums generate so much acclaim, appearing on end-of-decade lists! The same goes for Taylor Swift. They make basic pop music, not really pushing anything or being too original, but because both are superstars they also receive acclaim. Thus, I listened to this album, but it didn’t change my opinion. It’s basic white girl 2010s pop. Enough said. (I must say that Beyoncé and Taylor Swift deserve recognition for becoming so famous. Good for them. However, that doesn’t mean all their music is fantastic). This is genuinely one of the albums I regretted listening to. For that reason, it gets 2 stars (not one because it’s not THAT bad. I’m sure if I was attracted to women I would enjoy it way more).
It’s not you, it’s me.
I may of liked it you woulda put less songs on it. Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
It's fine. Didn't hate it, but I don't see myself ever coming back to it. It's a strong 2, but I just didn't like it enough for a low three. The length doesn't really help either. My favourite song was Partition.
I liked the first few songs and the last few songs
I don't get Beyoncé. She can sing. We've known that since her mother selected her for advancement over her sister and the other Child of Destiny. Nevertheless, she falls into some sort of Kardashian level of fame where all I hear is how great Beyoncé is and it doesn't resonate for me. So should her epynonimous album be considered a must listen? To me, no.
Realmente acha que para curtir com essa moça, algum hit em singles é o que vale.
Not very into it, very little of interest in the arrangements and so many songs just dragged long past the point they should.
2.5. I only really like Beyoncé’s popular stuff, the rest of it just isn’t that great to me so a whole album just ends up being bland.
Overrated and boring.
Heard "Irreplaceable" over the weekend. I may be a simple man, but I'll take that again over anything on this record. I have no doubt this is a mature outing and does some deconstructing of pop/soul/hip-hop/etc. It's probably even much more rewarding upon multiple listens. But I'm not really looking for that out of this type of music and this good of a voice. Bring me the songs that make me want to sing along with you. Not sure that was accomplished much here, nor do I really think it was even the intent.
On so I'm for sure not in the majority with this one but damn I don't get Beyonce. She has a nice voice but nothing else has any kind of appeal for me. It's just too popcorn nothingness. The music's good she's good but as a whole it's so unmemorable. I skipped the bonus material but the og album had nothing I could recall and I finished 2 minutes ago. It's not bad but I won't hit up the queen bee unless she has another one on here. Bye Felicia 2*
PREFS : Pretty Hurts, Haunted, XO, Blue MOINS PREF : ***Flawless
Shockingly poor, I'm sure she has a great voice but this doesn't show it, the song with Jay Z is terrible, it almost feels like if AI generated r&b. Many more talented artists who fit a similar genre should be included before this trash.
I pretty miserable experience. I've never liked Beyonce, and I still don't. I find her voice annoying, and her singing to be insufferable. She's also a bad person! I've had the misfortune of being friends with (and married to!) lots of Beyonce fans, so it's not an issue of lack of exposure. I tried to give this a chance (and I did listen to every single track on this 90+ minute masturbatory odyssey) and it's just not for me.
I read that this is a visual album so I tried watching the music videos but got bored to death. They're well done but a snooze in the long run. So I listened to the album instead. It's not much better. I hated the Drake and Frank Ocean track. The best track on the album is ***Flawless. The rest is boring over-produced pop.
eh?
I dunno, it just sort of goes on. Meanders thither the yonder, rambles a bit, then the production picks up before it abates for a bit more blather. I dunno. Not me really to bae honest
Look, I see why it's liked. The music production is good not great. But man do I just not care for her for some reason.
please generate me some metal albums
Look, I understand how popular she is and how she’s the new ‘queen of pop.’ That being said I’ve just never been able to connect with her songs at all. A very boring ‘meh’ album to me.
⭐️Partition
I didn't need to hear this.... not for me. Not horrible, but not for me. Most tolerable songs: Heaven, Blue 2.5
5 stars for the song "Flawless" alone. 4 for "Heaven." Rest of the album, meh.
Don't care
4/10 really not for me I guess it’s good? I think Beyoncé is kind of a total piece of shit and these songs are laughably cringey, both in lyrics and production
Oh, the drama.
I can’t do what she does with her voice. But I still don’t think it sounds…good.
That's a no from me. She has a good voice, but damn is it overproduced and soulless. Couldn't get myself to finish it all the way through.
better than i thought but some of these songs are crazy annoying
Pop by committee...
My expectations were low and I’m still disappointed
“not my bag baby” - Austin Powers. 2/5
Some great songs on here (Partition, **Flawless) and lots of playful, sexy, woman-centered and reflective themes. As incredible as Beyoncé's voice is though, so many of these songs fell flat for me. I'll stick to enjoying her hits as they come up on the radio or in playlists.
I can appreciate why people like it but it isn't for me, chief
this might be the best beyonce album, but that doesnt mean its good. well, because it isnt. i dont like how she sings or raps or makes commercial and vapid statements about empowerment. fuck this bloates corpse of an album and the 1000 engineers who produced it (if the beats good, its bc someone else did the work). fuck billionaires. and fuck bey n jays hilariously empty billionaire philanthropy product placement tripe.
While I appreciate the Beyonce is the best thing in the world ever ever, I just think all of her music sounds the same.
Having never listened to any Beyoncé I can confidently say I don't need to again
I don't understand the hype around Beyoncé. It's not my type of music and I never listened to it properly. I now understand why... Overall, I did not enjoy it, but I give an extra star, because not all songs were really bad.
I think there was one song where I thought "OOh, I kinda like this" besides that it's kinda meh for me
Not a fan. Can't feel any heart in the music and lacks cohesion. Feels like 90 minutes of trying to sound badass
It's good, but not mostly. Either way I don't want to hear it. It sounds like radio.
I can't do the mainstream pop.
I've never got the Beyoncé hype. The hype makes me give this rating. Agree with the other reviews about product not person.
Just not for me
2 cd's vol met Beyonce, dat werd me een beetje teveel.
Zal best goed zijn, maar kan er toch weinig mee.
Ik hoor wel dat het goed is, maar het is me te gelikt allemaal. En die adlibs, pfff...
Ik hoor zeker wel dat de beste dame enorm getallenteerd is, maar het is gewoon niet mijn ding. Heb nog een heel aardig stuk van dit album geluisterd, en zonder tegenzin verder. Maar nergens werd het voor mij echt interessant.
I guess I didn't expect this to be so... boring. Everything felt over-produced, and based on how much critics liked this, I expected something groundbreaking, but ground never broke. I've never been one to listen to Beyonce, and I can see that was the right decision.
Way too long. The only measure for rating each song is how catchy it is because their is not much else to say. Obviously it’s very influential. Mine was the best song and superpower was second. 2.5/10
I actually don't mind Beyonce but I didn't feed these songs particularly catchy, not her best
I mean it’s alright! Flawless remix w Nicki, Drunk in Love w Ye, and Superpower were my favorites from the album. Other than that I felt the album wasn’t mixed well on a few songs with the bass overpowering Queen B’s vocals
I was let down tbh. I was expecting some sort of pop hits or something I could vibe to, but most of it was kinda lame hip-hop/r&b talking about sex or something. According to the wikipedia she did receive some backlash for the sexual content. Meh overall.
I checked out halfway through. It’s not bad music, but it’s not my style at all.
I liked Rocket. i liked Flawless. Take or leave the rest. She’s a talent, but this stuff does nothing for me.
It's a huge evolution that we see on this album against the Destiny's Child album heard recently. And, I appreciate the changes. It's clear that Beyonce grew as an artist between the two albums. That said, songs like 'Rocket' still sound like they are in church, and I really dislike that vocal style. Overall, not for me, but maybe the next one??
Music as product. We're all just consumers and stuff like this is the latest toothpaste being marketed to us.
I know that this particular style of mainstream pop/soul/hip-hop/rap has been extremely popular since the beginning of the century, but I just can't ... I'm sorry, no. Nothing that remotely speaks to me here. 1.5/5
Beyonce is an amazing singer but I can't really say I enjoyed listening to this album. It's clear from the credits a lot of work went into the production. There are some genres of music that just don't resonate with me and I'm probably not the target market anyway. To me it's feels a bit like music for Barbie and Ken. A bit plastic, ya know? Doesn't necessarily mean it's bad music, it's just not my "cup of tea".
I tried and I tried just couldn't get there.
I don’t really know what to say about this album. I didn’t really have many feelings about it. The middle part of the album felt like all the songs have been about sex, which is fine, but it’s definitely not for me. I’m more interested in the beats and backing music, but even then, I’m finding myself bored. The emphasis has been placed on the words and the vocals; while the vocals are really pretty and her voice is great, the words don’t resonate with me at all. Favorite track: Blue
This is a weird one for me. Beyonce's music is undeniably popular for nothing short of her amazing voice, powerful lyrics, and her magnetic personality, but this album doesn't speak to me. It's good and all, but I feel like I will never be coming back to this. It should be of note that I really don't like songs about love or sex. They really have to do something creative for me to like it, but this doesn't really do that. Partition almost does that, but falls flat. I think this album suffers from the Kanye-effect, where an artist kind of stagnates and puts out a bunch of mid songs with production that just seems a bit off, but people still go wild for them (see MBDTF for more). So I have a lot of conflicting opinions about this album. I get its popularity, but I just really do not vibe with it. Something is off about it. Also the extreme sexual detail makes me deeply uncomfortable (this applies to other artists as well, but there's something here that puts me off more so). This album has spectacular vocal performances, and mostly-great production, but it's just not for me. Highlights: 2, and 14.
RnB/Pop hat mich musikalisch noch nie wirklich überzeugt. Gute Produktion, aber der Gesang ist zu dominant. Vom Songwriting ist das alles sehr ähnlich. Bisschen Geplärre, bisschen Rap, heftige Beats, ab und zu mal was Softes. Nix für mich, kann aber verstehen, wenns jemandem gefällt. Ist ja anscheinend auch sehr auf den aktuellen Hörergeschmack im Mainstream angepasst. Bekommt dennoch eine 2 von mir.
Meh. Not for me.
Óbærilega leiðinleg plata
Boring. Just didn't do anything for me. Good background music. Good, but way over rated.
2/5 I was expecting something better...
I don't know if I've heard more than three or four songs from Beyoncé. I definitely have not listened to a whole album. This album was not for me. The music was fine in general, but I'm not the expected audience. Several of the tracks have lyrics that push this music further away from me. The best tracks were okay, and there are so many tracks that I did NOT like. I haven't written off Beyoncé completely, but I would not recommend this album to others.
very clearly talented but I just don't get Beyonce last tracks are a bit better though 2.5
Disappointing. I tried to like it but it's just not my thing. She has a great voice and some of her solo songs are ok. But all her collaborations are unlistenable.
Ich will einfach immer weiter schalten...aber sind schon auch gute Nummern... ... Abbruch, sorry
Went in objective as I could as I knew I wasn't a fan but she'd had good tunes in the past, started interestingly with an acapella song that seemed to imply this would be something different, however it quickly descended into modern rnb-pop with no stand out song.
Juustune pop, peaeagu jäin magama.
I'm not sure I was the target demographic for this album? I didn't really like it much, but something tells me it wasn't made for 19 year old nerdy guys. I didn't really hate it though. There were some pretty good features. But mostly, yeah, not for me. I'd give it 2.5 if I could, but I'm rounding down because pretty much all of the songs were too long
First song was great... the rest had a few parts of tracks here and therr but it's a big nope from me
It’s Ight
-Honestly not a lot of interesting stuff happening. Some good singing on some songs, but most of the beats were pretty boring. "Partition" was the most interesting
Who decided THIS should be the Beyonce album they put on this list?? I think Beyonce is extremely talented, her voice is unmatched in many ways and it's heavenly. She is a a true artist, and good for her she made an album mostly about sexy times more power to queen Bey! HOWEVER, there are just too many people (writers, producers, contributors, artists) who worked on this album in my humble opinion. I only want to hear Bey's voice and what she has to say, not all these other jokers with their mismatch of styles and inputs. SOZ.
Actually didn't enjoy this as much as I thought I would. Like 2 songs on here I think are bangers. Cannot STAND the one with Drake. Some were quite samey
Dull. Undoubtedly a good set o'pipes, but not the material to do the voice justice.
some interesting stuff but not enough tunes. Bit all over the shop.
Not a Beyoncé person, but could see why people like it.
Bwoah. Piti tsemppaa oikein urakalla, että jakso alusta loppuun. Ei ensimmäistäkään oikeesti hyvää biisiä ja läjä rasittavia paskoja. Ei silti yllä lähellekkään vitutuksen multihuipentumaa joka on toteutunut muutaman muun levyn kohdalla joten 2*
Good relaxing album
Fine, just not my cup of tea
I quite liked Lemonade but this is actively bad; I'm really hating this more than anything else on this list so far. Except maybe Pet Shop Boys.
To be honest, I don't think I could name a single Beyonce song (and I don't care, sue me) and have never heard any of the songs on this album as far as I know. Well, now I guess I have that experience and never need to listen to her again. Some of the songs were unobtrusive and totally fine in the background and I do think that she's a skilled and versatile singer. But some of the other songs were extremely annoying and I had to skip them halfway though.
Beyonce's autotuned voice sounds atrocious on nearly every track. The only songs worth a second listen are Partition due to its tight drum beats and the Drunk In Love Remix with Kanye. Maybe I was not in the mood while listening to this, though I dont think I ever will be. 2/5.
Este es un ejemplo paradigmático de la función del capital como caño que absorbe cualquier cosa que le eches. apropiándose de sonidos del under y discursos "radicales" y vendiéndolo como parte de ese mismo under y ese mismo discurso bajo una narrativa "personal". Es un disco hiperrealista. Por eso es tan vacío. Para que lo hagamos nuestro y le vaciemos lo que sea que tengamos dentro. Una genialidad en ese aspecto, musicalmente, está bien meh, la neta. No sé, supongo que también está genial musicalmente y ella es una diosa del feminismo interseccional y todo eso que dicen los fandoms. no me importa, a mí no me engancha. supongo que funcionará muy cabrón a nivel de show en vivo, pero así, escuchadito en mis audífonos, nomás no jala. no me imagino escuchando otra vez estas canciones como por gusto propio. Como muchos discos con esta ambición, la música se queda corta en relación al contenido de las letras. Recuerdo que cuando salió sonaba muy radical, ahora me suena bastante tradicional, sin filo.
I don't hate her or anything like that at all and I think she has great pipes, however... This was such a overproduced slop that I couldn't even finish it, boring through and through, I just don't see any merit here at all, it's just so so dull. Initially I thought surely she can get 2 starts, but nah..
ah no thank you
Before listening: what a torture this project does to me today. Just returned from a fabulous concert of Wilco and than this. I would not be able to mention a song from Beyonce, only know she is very famous but in a pop style which is totally not for me. My prejudice is that it is very overproduced and over commercialised and far from what I consider as art and beautiful. But let’s give it a try… After listening: My prejudice turned out to be correct. I read that this is music for hairdressing salons, I would rather say music for low budget porn movies. 1/5
Imagine making a super crass sex album, including a cruel reference to an young woman abused on the world stage and an idolisation of domestic violence, before veering painfully hard into mourning death and celebrating birth while giving your one-year-old a credit. Then naming the whole thing after yourself. And being lauded for it. I feel violated.
Why the hell is this shit even in the book?
It’s not often I wipe my Spotify history after one of the albums on this list but for this one I’ll make an exception
Did not like it ... skipped through most of it.
Blind album, and honestly couldve gone my whole life without listening to this and been okay. Had 0 interest, now have negative interest. Shes got a voice but the music diminishes it emensely and she chose this for her style and brand. Credit where credit is due. But at some points honestly, i cant tell if i want her to shut up or the crap trap to stop. Interesting for the music video piece and maybe I will watch 1 or 2 cause I feel like thats meant to be a part of this music experience, but last I checked, you shouldn't need a video to appreciate and compliment music. It should be able to stand out on its own.... 1.
I honestly couldn't get very far. Committee made pop music still sounds like pop even if it has 'important' messaging/lyrics.
Like my recent introduction to Taylor Swift, I went into this trying to separate the artist's reputation from the album in question. In both cases, I had never heard anything from the album, and I imagined the artist to be an unknown named Linda Smith. Weird, I know - but I wanted to be as unbiased as possible and not let the "oh, this is a big name, so it must be good" trap cloud my judgement. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find any merit to this album. There's nothing innovative in its presentation. No story to be told. The lyrics are shallow. The music is formulaic. In fact, I wouldn't even call it music. It's machinery. Lastly, it overstays its welcome - and not just because its total runtime is over an hour. Nearly every track seems to go on longer than is sensible. But worst of all: it's boring. There isn't a single interesting hook on here. I hate to say it, but if this album actually had been done by Linda Smith, it wouldn't be on this list. Or hell, maybe it would - there's no making sense of Robert's brain. *Perhaps there's a successfully executed Hail Mary moment on the Platinum Edition, but my disinterest stopped me from going any further than the Standard.
Bland
When an artist of Beyoncé’s stature uses lines like”Probably won’t make no money off this, oh well” it comes off as so out of touch and disingenuous to me.
it's just fine i'm sure, but...pass
I always try to give something a proper go, even if not really into it and feel I have failed if I don't listen to one of these 1001 albums all the way through. I really tried with this, but really really really is not for me. Bleurg. I had to turn it off during Flawless. I don't need a lecture about feminism from Beyonce thanks, even if she's sampling Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. (Who, in her own words, said of Queen B "...her type of feminism is not mine, as it is the kind that, at the same time, gives quite a lot of space to the necessity of men,”) Bleurg. Ack. 1
If Boncey did hip hop gangster rap (maybe she does - I don’t know or care) then everything I hate about her and that type of music would be wrapped up in one stinking ball of excrement. 1/5 5/7/26
Artiste connue de nom uniquement. Aucun intérêt, morceaux répétitifs, longs et ennuyeux dans un album beaucoup trop long. Accompagnement électro totalement inintéressant. Je ne suis pas allé au bout. =>1/5
Not for me
Generic pop garbage. 1/10
Nunca en toda mi vida voy a entender como alguien puede escuchar este tipo de """"artistas"""", hay un molde en el que está esta mina que hacen todos la misma música de mierda, pero sobre todo totalmente insulsa y aburrida
Nah
I didn't really enjoy this. I'm not mad at it - if anything I'm a bit surprised how little I liked it - but ultimately I could not get into it at all. It didn't hold my attention, I didn't even particularly enjoy the majority of the singles. XO was alright, but I don't really want to listen to it again. I don't dislike Beyonce's voice, but it feels wasted on these tracks. This would get a 1.5 in a different marking system, but as it is: 1/5
I honestly can't stand Beyonce and I don't get the fascination. This album is particularly awful.
Can't stand her music
favs: haunted drunk in love ***flawless standing on the sun remix rating 1/5
Zero.
Tak toto nie je pre mňa ...
Exhausting album, both in terms of its length and the content within. I just could not give a shit about this generic pop slop that offers me nothing new or interesting. Maybe the most I've wanted to skip an album.
“Self-indulgent” is the first word that comes to my mind listening to this record.
OHHELLNAH “Music made by committee for hairdressing salons.” nah.. hairdressing salons hebben echt bangers.. maar dat is dit album niet. ieeee drake dit album cover lijkt op blackpink album YIOOO JOHN MAYOR COVER???? "I just found out that XO was a cover originally by Beyoncé… my mind is blown…" john mayors versie is echt veel beter....
dit album voelde als tijdverspilling van mijn leven
I have had it on and it’s nothing special - why is it here? There are a 1001 other pop albums that would outshine this.
If you aren't interested what was in Beyonce's mind through 2012, then this is total horse$hit
This album is a testament to the fact that "Queen Bey" can do whatever she wants. And you know what? Despite not being hot, or rich, or talented I can also do whatever *I* want. And *I* want to never listen to Beyoncé sing about her clitoris again. Thank you for the opportunity to confirm that I didn't miss anything by never listening to this stuff.
Fuckin, here we are again with more 2010s bullshit. Ain't stood the test of time, Songs For The Deaf could have been here instead, nuff said. Sod off.
Hard pass
I thought I would like this album a lot more than I did. 2/10
Someone else mentioned this just sounding like bland/soulless R&B made in a factory, and for the most part, yeah they're right. Obviously her vocals are good, she's talented in that regard, but the songs themselves have no staying power whatsoever. Just boring bassy instrumentals and nothing to hook you in. Was surprised at how much I disliked this. 1/5
that comment about 'Music made by committee for hairdressing salons' can't be right can it? Haunted was pretty okay and then yup this sure is music made by committee for hairdressing salons.
poor music, not good art
Maybe, one of the most overrated acts in history.
If the Taliban ever capture me, this is what they play to torture me in my cell. This is absolute trash
I really didn't like this, it's left a really sour taste in my mouth. Should this artist be on this list? Yes. Should this album? No.
I tried to come in with an open mind to this. I can’t stand pop music and this album hasn’t changed my mind. I could’ve easily gone my whole life without listening to this garbage
I felt dirty after listening to this. Talk about a vapid, soulless and overrated album/artist.
I never understood the hype about her. A good dancer and singer, but the music is nothing special at all. I did like the secrecy around the release.
Not for me
If we were rating albums on relief felt once they were over this would score a strong 5*. Sadly for Beyoncé that's not the case. Banal, generic, over-produced. A solid 1*
Bloated, self congratulatory bollocks
Album #82 Beyonce: Beyonce This is the second mid 2010s pop album from a world-famous pop star that I despised when it infested the radio as a youth, and never dreamed of listening to in its entirety. However, I was pleasantly surprised by the Taylor Swift album, and I never quite had the same distaste for Beyonce that I had for Taylor, so I was cautiously optimistic going into this one. I quickly realized that I actually do not recognize a single song off this album, despite a lot of them having a large number of streams. The first two songs had me thinking that this may be an album where Beyoncé attempts to address societal issues and take her music a bit more seriously. But, as the late Norm Macdonald famously said, “My biggest problem is the hypocrisy”, for Beyonce seems to try and tackle issues that she herself propagates. On the first track, whose lyrics aside was a decent song, she sings about unrealistic beauty standards, while she herself is the very epitome of Hollywood artificial beauty. The second track sees her sing about all those poor people who work a 9-to-5 to get by, but the second she leaves the studio, she goes home to her mansion and billionaire husband. So those songs’ messages didn’t really land for me; however, they at least attempted to say something. After the second track, it seemed like Beyonce’s brain got tired of thinking and she instead just got really horny, because every other track on this thing is pretty much Beyonce singing about having sex and how fat her ass is. The amount of baffling lyrics in these tracks is insane, though I am too lazy to compile them. Also, somehow Beyoncé makes speaking in Ebonics seem like cultural appropriation, even though she is black. I get that this is meant to be an empowering, sex positive dance record for women, but I can’t help but find it absurd that Beyoncé is singing so passionately about making love whilst looking into the face of Jay-Z. It isn’t an unlistenable album, and there are a few good tracks, with XO being the only one I’d call a banger, but I doubt I will ever feel compelled to return to this one. Best Tracks: XO, Pretty Hurts, Partition Worst Track: Blow Score out of 10: 3.5
Garbage
I'm not listening to Beyonce. Why promote mainstream trash albums that already get so much unwarranted attention? This isn't art.
Her har vi en popdronning som ønsker å lage et sammenhengende album. Det funker ikke helt. Det er vanskelig å lage ett sammenhengende og personlig album når albumet er skrevet av 500 personer og består av en haug enkeltstående låter som «sys» sammen med noen overgangsspor her og der. Poppen etter 2009 er ødelagt.
Beyonce is one of those over-hyped artists. While arguably she does have an amazingly powerful voice, it very easily becomes drowned out by the production on this album. Her vocal ability shines more on the softer and simpler musical parts (pianos, for example, like on "Heaven"). I'm not a fan of big and heavy synth beats, and rapping doesn't suit Beyonce. The lyrics were brutally honest about themes like the beauty industry, the difficulties of being a woman, and infidelity, while other songs were heavily sexual. l did finish the whole album but it was definitely not something I want to listen to again.
boring
I'm just not a fan of the music so to put an hour and half album of music I already dislike yeah I can't do it. Could probably do 30 minutes top of this. 1 star not for me.
Vrij nietszeggend, had verwacht wel een hit te herkennen. Maar prima voor in de achtergrond
The Good:… The Bad: Ego… The Ugly: album name = artist Seriously… I understand that there are people who view her as the beehzzneehzzz. I don’t. As the first track starts, having to listen to another one of them oh so creative skits… fucking ego crap I am so sick of. So yeah, stop pretending that this is the best that’s out there, and stop wasting my time… 1* out of pure spite
Fuck Me: The Album by big brand pop artist
I expected to hate this. I did not. I didn’t like it, though. But how much didn’t I like it? And do I take off points for it being manufactured pop, which is essentially why I hate pop? Yeah, probably. That and I eventually had to skip through songs.
Her gikk æ inn med positiv innstilling, men herregud så dårlig det e! Kordan kan verdens største popstjerne, med verdens største budsjett, lage verdens kjipeste album? Kleine teksta, og helt utrolig kjedelig instrumentalt. Hør på pianoet på Heaven! Ka i faen skjer???
Listened to the single version of this because I genuinely cannot take 1.5 hours of this. It's basic and grating and I did not enjoy it.
no sir, i didnt like it.
i didn’t know that Beyoncé was so bad, goddam it. the beats are just repetitive and you get tired of listing to it pretty fast.
I can definitely see why people like Beyonce, but just not for me. She's talented, but it's a shame that all of the songs on this album were shit. Difficult listen.
Not even gonna bother.
Vacuous nonsense to be forgotten.
Didn’t like this album at all, sounds like bunch of mess put together into one album, would not listen again
Yeah this was a no.
ze zingt alsof het haar niet interesseert... mij interesseert het alvast totaal niet... plaatje van dertien (of zelfs vijftien) in een dozijn... en waarom is dit genoemd naar Beyoncé, die maar het kleinste radertje in het geheel van schrijvers, producers en whatevers is?
Ew.
Extremely overproduced.
Sorry, I can’t do this.
threw this on at my 9-to-5 job to hear "all these people workin' 9 to 5 just to stay alive" beyonce net worth: $800 million hey, fuck you!
Gear: 64 Audio Duo Artwork: 🆔⬛〽️ Production: 🎛️🧼💸 Music: 🫧♻️☣️ Ratinng: ⏹️(⏹️)/5
pior que eu tentei deus sabe que eu tentei escutar esse inteiro mas beyonce é uma das poucas divas da geração passada que não me desce de absolutamente forma nenhuma
Beyoncé has an incredible voice. There is no questioning her talent or presence. Unfortunately, this album just did not do it for me. Beyoncé feels far too long, and I really struggled to stay engaged from start to finish. There are moments where the production is interesting and the ideas are ambitious, but overall it drags. The pacing makes it feel heavy, and too many tracks blend into one another without a standout hook or spark to pull me back in. I can see why it was culturally significant and praised for its surprise release and visual concept, but purely as a listening experience it felt like hard work rather than something I wanted to revisit. Favourite track: Jealous. The most listenable and emotionally direct for me. Least favourite tracks: Haunted and Blow were particularly difficult to get through. Album artwork: Simple and effective. Clean, bold and probably one of the stronger elements of the whole package
Aika skeidaa oli tämä levy ja kun tämä oli ensikosketus Beyoncé:n musaan, ei tää herättänyt yhtään mitään intohimoja. Tasapaksuja, mitään sanomattomia biisejä...
Terrible
Imposible de escuchar. Deberían rehacer el disco entero porque un remaster no soluciona los problemas que tiene. No vale la pena romper parlantes y auriculares por esto.
Not sure why everyone is calling this country, it is not!
I went in with an open mind but it was just abysmal. It was an amalgamation of everything I hate about modern pop. Even the big singles I remember hating at the time. Her vocal style is just so cheesy to me. It ruins even the couple of songs where I kinda enjoyed the production. Rating: 1.4
You're telling me 40 people were needed to make this album? Yikes!
Oh man, I thought this might be were I listen to a whole Beyonce album and at least learn to appreciate her. Nope. Not this album anyway. Didn't really do anything for me, some of the bass lines were alright. The singing was meh, the lyrics I noticed were meh. I thought perhaps since it was a visual album that the videos would put better meanings behind the songs. We watched one. Perhaps we choose the wrong one. It was essentially just her in her pants. I dunno. This did nothing for me. I still don't understand the clamour. Maybe one day.
I only made it through a few tracks, but they were some of the most self-indulgent yet simultaneously vapid pop/R&B shite out there. Like months out of date packets of "builders breakfast" crisps which just taste like ready salted and are more air than actual crisps. This was supposedly the fastest selling album on the iTunes Store following its release until, you guessed it, Adele snatched the record a couple of years later. All I can say is that people are idiots.
To think, Beyoncé turned down Len Houmous for Jay Z. Some said she’d had a conversation with Debbie Harry just before choosing. Says it all! 1.4 4/20 Blow
D+
I do feel a bit on an island with this one. With Beyoncé, Crazy in Love came out and we all though this is what pop music is gonna be and then she went straight back to warbling or quite basic stuff and never reached those heights again. This did nothing to persuade me otherwise.
not for me for most of it, but the production work here is really really good. the sound is complete
Lei sa cantare e su questo non ci piove, ma porca madonna, le canzoni sono una peggio dell'altra, inascoltabili
Pish.
Oh no this is such a crap for normies. Fuck off.
This music is fake slop
Disappointed to be honest. Found it tuneless and unoriginal. Struggling to remember any highlights even.
When did popular music become so goddamn boring?
C'est pas juste que c'est nul, c'est que c'est FUCKING LONG. Chaque chanson dure 6 minutes et il y a genre 65 chansons putain de merde.
A big fat NO for me
bad
Terrible
nope nope nope!
Not for me
Sorry, I'm not into this.
Yeah I don't know about this one..
okay thats bad af
Donderdag. Het weekend staat voor de deur. Echter moet er eerst nog ruim een uur naar Beyoncé geluisterd worden. Om Beyoncé zelf maar even te quoten: Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-no-no. We beginnen bombastisch en precies op de manier waarop ik zin krijg om af te haken. Vijfhondermiljoenmiljard ad libs in een track van 4 minuten. Het is eerder een afsluiter dan een album opener. Daarna knallen we er wat trap-achtige beats in, wat ik wel liever hoor dan R&B. Manlief HOV komt natuurlijk nog even langs op track 3. Het voelt allemaal aan als een soort Louis Vuitton tasje, een soort te duur luxeproduct waar vooral heel veel eenvoudige mensen die het eigenlijk niet kunnen betalen mee rondlopen. Oppervlakkige, zielloze schijn. Daarna achtereenvolgend per track: Kreungeluiden (één van mijn vele pet peeves), iets met seks, iets met dat ze naakt eten voor je maakt en daarna nog een track die begint met 'let me sit this ass on you' en teksten als 'you rock hard, I rock steady'. Waarschijnlijk geschreven door een heel marketingteam inclusief mannen, maar omdat Queen B het zingt is het vast empowering voor vrouwen wereldwijd. Louis Vuitton tasje. Ik vind het een beetje flauw van mezelf, maar ik kan hier gewoon niet zo heel goed naar luisteren. Ik heb zin om het af te zeiken en dat doe ik dan ook maar. Ik zet na track 10 nog even Crazy in Love aan en dan geloof ik het wel. Ik laat me vandaag een keer volledig kennen en ik geef een hele flauwe 1 ster hiervoor. Ik zet nog een keer de nieuwste Linkin Park aan om aan te tonen dat ik wel gewoon open sta voor vrouwen in muziek.
No
# Album Name: beyonce # Artist: beyonce # Rating: 1/5 # Comments: Honestly, this is an absolutely awful album. Beyonce has an amazing voice and is no doubt a talented artist. but this album is clearly influenced by others around her. The songs are awful. Jay Z has clearly had a big influence on this record. Others have mentioned the number of songwriters. I had a look and its quite shocking. But what is worse is how is it possible for so many people to make such a bad record. # Top Tunes: drunk in love # Would I listen to it again? No
I ain’t listening to ts it’s over an hour long of Beyoncé I rather stab my eyes out maybe in the future but for now no. UNRATED
This is #day350 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… how about some shopping mall music? Or, hair salon music, as other reviewers aptly pointed out? Anyway, one thing this does perfectly is breed bad taste. There's just no way I'm sitting through an hour and a half of Beyoncé. I barely made it through two and a half tracks. To my ears, it's the definition of disposable plastic pop. You mustn't hear this before you die. This is a 1 out of 5, of course. Looking forward to #day351.
Just goes to so you can fool a lot of the people some of the time.
All I get from this is that her songwriter/s like Prince and Janelle Monae and I'm sure a bunch of other people and that rich people can in fact be horny.
not tragic, but very skippable for me, I appreciate the themes and vocal performance, the whole concept is amazing, but musically it's just not my taste, it's also beautifully produced
This was not good at all. Y’all must be drunk [in love]
I would give this album zero stars if I could. Beyonce is terrible and an overrated hack.
I tried...honestly. But it doesn't work. It's just uninspired babble. I haven't understood the hype surrounding Beyoncé for years. I'd rather devote my time to her sister. She clearly makes the better albums.
Not gonna lie. My taste is more funk than offered here. She's just not my bag, baby.
1 - not for me. Completely over produced and lifeless
Not my cup of tea, did not like.
Worst album I ever listened to with a half-chub.
For this being pop music, I really didn't find any song interesting musically. It's really well produced but after listening to this 2 times, I can't remember any song. So everything is a big meeh to me. I remember liking a few catchy songs from Katy Perry and Sia from this time. I'm not against pop music production. It's only that I find Beyoncé fake as fuck, totally unlikeable and wasn't she involved on the DIDDY case as well???? Anyway, I think this is like a music version of the Kardashians. It's not art, just a bland superficial product. And it's unsufferable.
Das fünfte Studioalbum der US-amerikanischen Sängerin Beyoncé wurde in mehreren Studios aufgenommen, darunter Jungle City Studios und Oven Studios in New York. Die Produktion erfolgte in Zusammenarbeit mit unterschiedlichen Produzententeams, unter anderem mit Timbaland und Pharrell Williams. Das Album bewegt sich stilistisch zwischen R&B, Pop und elektronischen Einflüssen, mit vereinzelten Elementen aus Hip-Hop und Soul. Auffällig ist der experimentelle Aufbau vieler Tracks sowie die teils reduzierte Instrumentierung. Zu den bekanntesten Titeln zählen „Drunk in Love“, „Partition“ und „***Flawless“, die sowohl klanglich als auch textlich zentrale Aspekte des Albums widerspiegeln. Der visuelle Aspekt spielt eine zentrale Rolle: Jeder Song wurde durch ein Musikvideo ergänzt, was dem Album eine zusätzliche Ebene verleiht. Inhaltlich befasst sich die Künstlerin mit persönlichen Themen wie Selbstbestimmung, Intimität und Geschlechterrollen. Das Werk zeigt eine Phase künstlerischer Neuorientierung und betont individuelle Ausdrucksformen jenseits konventioneller Albumstrukturen.
It's a pop album, in the Michael Jackson model. If you like this kind of music, I'm sure you love this. Not really my thing however.
Couldn’t do it.
Misschien het leegste album dat ik in deze lijst heb gehoord. Heb een bijzondere afkeer tov Beyoncé, en 1,5 uur dit moeten aanhoren helpt absoluut niet. Zij is de belichaming van kapitalisme en hebzucht. Ik geef haar nog een paar jaar voor iedereen echt klaar met haar is. Zal me ook niet verbazen als er wat uitkomt over haar of jay z
I really wanted to like this more than I did. Drunk in Love, Partition, and Flawless are all fun to listen to but on my repeat listen they were the only song I could make it through (and Drunk in Love still feels overlong). I like the front and center female sexuality and think this album got a lot of hype for that but it's not groundbreaking (Missy Elliott did it and everything else better on her albums and with way less personnel). Beats and features feel hollow and as for my own bias I just am not moved by Beyonce's vocals - when she gets rawer and puts some emotion forward like in Flawless I can get behind it but when a voice just sounds "clean" I can't really get into it. This isn't a part of my score because it's not the original album but only the platinum version was available on Spotify and the second disc really has some terrible features that have not aged well. Kanye's verse on the Drunk in Love remix is genuinely both gross and uninspired: "Woo, you will never need another lover Woo, 'cause you a MILF, and I'm a motherfucker Told you give the drummer some, now the drummer cummin' I'm pa-rum-pa-pum-pumin' all on your stomach, yuh" and "Yup, on the 35th of Nevuary Yup, you love the way I'm turnt After all the money you earned, still show daddy what you learned That cowgirl, you reverse that cowgirl You reverse, you reverse, and I impregnated your mouth, girl" Which you know - if the flow is good I can forgive a lot but it's just a lot like something from the cutting room floor of MBDTF. Speaking of which - Nicki Minaj references Monster halfway through her verse on the Flawless remix which reminds me of a better song I could be listening to. This is the most tired Nicki flow I've ever heard and includes a weird long full multibar rest that is reminiscent of Drake just trying to "yeah" his way through his Sway in the Morning freestyle. These two tracks are worth listening to because they're a time capsule of everything wrong with mainstream rap in early to mid 2010s.
cant get into it
Didn't really care for this.
Very unremarkable. Too synthetic and overproduced. Lacking soul.
She's a good singer and has fascinating visuals/videos/imagery, but man I do not like her music. Too many writers can indeed spoil a song.
One of the worst on this list so far - Have listened to 556. "No Angel" falsetto parts are especially grating.
I wish I could give it less than 1 star. W t f was this?? I like some of Beyoncé earlier songs but this was a load of pretentious crap.
Sucks ass
I loathe this style of music.
A struggle for me to get through, very generic beats, I didn't care for the lyrical content. But to be honest I knew I wouldn't like it, she gets way too much radio time and nothing of hers has ever encouraged me to go listen to one of her records before, what was most surprising I didn't recognize one of these songs. I'm just not the audience for this type of music
I'm not really a fan of Beyonce, but I know some of her songs, quite normal pop hits, nothing that stands out. After looking at this album I realised that I don't know any of the songs from it. After listening I know why - it's just bad. Album feels very personal, but the style was very unpleasant, I couldn't get through any song in full. Didn't like the vocal, music or anything else. One of the weakest pop albums on this list.
Was anticipating maybe finally seeing what the hype was about. But no. Repetitive and boring.
Didn't skip this one because I didn't have access to it on Amazon music, only assume I couldn't face it at the time. Earlier Beyonce was catchy, nothing stood out here, a lot of bassy club beats. Felt very vapid, droning on about banging felt very childish and not great themes to sell to the kids. The piano in the very last song was alright, did not like the rest at all.
A very dull trundle through some R&B with electro bells and whistles. I thought I might know, Drunk in Love, I did not. To be fair - I didn't mind her late 00s work, it was of the time, and jolly good fun. Not this though.
Think this is the first Beyonce album we've had? I've completely forgotten it if not. Not that I'm a Beyonce fan, but I'm quite surprised that in an hour and a half of Beyonce, I did not recognise any tracks. I thought I knew her schtick, and nothing suprised me. Maybe a few more "adult" themes than I expected. Regardless, good voice, shite album. Not at all for me. 1
Overrated.
2/10. Overrated artist who has an only a couple of OK songs on this dull 1hr30 runtime album. Even a broken clock is right twice, I guess. I could’ve watched Shrek instead of listen to this.
Sorry but not gonna give this a listen
Går knappt att lyssna på. Klarade av de tre första låtarna 1/10
Rich and famous, yet produces shite music. Go figure.
Da wirkt nichts echt. Alles Kunststoff!
Shite
Third track - these are the people hoovering up the awards and money? I'm obviously a special little snowflake as I don't really understand. And I was about 25 when this came out, not 105. Had to listen to the Pretenders again to wash it down. Struggle to really get through it, it's about six days long.
Its a real damnation on the artistic side of the music industry that such talented vocalists regularly produce such uninteresting music. Hey, at least some executive's bottom line looks great since music has never been more accessible and listeners have never been more susceptible to algorithms, though!
Kann ja wohl nicht wahr sein, da wird mir hier so ein Mist angeboten.
I had to skip even through the shorter standard edition because there was nothing to find for me. If the most remarkable thing about this album is the release strategy, why should I hear it before I die? 1,5
I'm lost on this one.
Over rated
Beyoncé has a reputation for receiving songwriting credits for work largely done by others. She has been criticised for cultural appropriation and commercialising feminism. She is massively overexposed to the point that she is considered an actress and her clothing line has been accused of unethical labor practices. I used the 1.5 hours I was forced to listen to this album to research why I felt like I needed to punch a wall. Phew - it's over.
Ok, she can sing - but this is such over produced commercial rubbish, I just don't think I needed to listen to this before I die and I don’t think it belongs on the list. 1.5 hours of my life I’m never getting back
I've heard this in the car with Jen. Enough times where I can see. I like maybe one song. Not for me
Not in the original book and too difficult to find on streaming services. Hard pass
Nah...I don't get it. All for women empowering themselves but Beyonce ain't the first to take the sexual power back. Can't say I liked a single song on the album. Half of it is her just fucking Jay-Z. The rest of the subject matter isn't that inventive either. Poor you being pretty and talented...boring. And please stick to singing cause her rapping is weak as hell. Why this album is ranked on any list is Beyondce me...0.7.
Beyoncé has been touted as the biggest fucking thing for the past decade or whatever. I've steered clear as I'm not the target demographic and her press is so overblown that I'd rather just tune it out than engage. Every time she drops an album it is huge news but I've never gone out of my way to listen to any of her music. I went into this expecting it to be mediocre overproduced middle of the pack diva R&B. I figured it wouldn't be anywhere near my wheelhouse but just something I could listen to and file away as "meh". Boy was I wrong. It's more than an hour of nearly insufferable pretentious bullshit. It's track after track of her gushing about how hot, amazing and perfect she is in every single way. I'm sure there is some powerful feminine messages buried beneath the countless tracks outlining how Beyoncé is an insanely erotic and sexual specimen. 10 minutes I started to understand what this album was and had to suffer through the rest of it. I'm actually impressed at how much this annoyed me. Where I previously would have responded "not a Beyoncé fan cuz I don't know the music" I will actually now update this to "I actively dislike her music". Not sure if this is part of the schtick and yet another form of engagement for her but I will be going out of my way to turn off Beyoncé moving forward. Garbage. .58 stars
Beyonce horny, Michael.
A steaming turd of over-vocalization and studio electronics. Truly garbage
Beyoncé has a pretty good singing voice, but I hate this kind of written by committee, completely artificial music. It’s hard to take it seriously and Beyoncé is such a product that I find her ruminating on sexuality to be quite disingenuous and fake.
Never been a fan of Beyoncé. Don’t judge me! ⭐️
I'll put this one down as just not being targeted at me. It is a snapshot of pop music at the time but felt like every song was a bit gimmicky. Don't plan on revisiting.
I have no interest whatsoever in this. 1 star or F for me.
Man I don’t get the appeal
Music made by committee and is as soulless as you expect from that
Did this album really have to be on this list? Not sure its even Beyonces best album, let alone part of the 1001
Fuck you Beyonce
Generic pop music which generated no interest in me.
There's nothing of value here. Crowd sourced lyrics that play at being inspired channeled through a mannequin who can sing.
Not my cup of tea
I didn't mind Partition as the backing had a bit of oomph, but this generally was bland, over-produced and under-thought.
Just not my shit.
I find this Beyonce album embarrassing, which is how I feel listing to Swift. Obviously, Beyonce can sing, but the content of the songs and the overall content feels so trite and juvenile - but not in a cool angst or rebellious way. I am not a fan of voices like Beyonce, already. I can recognize the skill and talent, but I already don't like most soulful, gospel-rooted singing. Then, on top of that, many of the songs just sound like they were made for a CGI movie soundtrack or are just embarrassing with bad lyrics and repetition.
Je suis désolé, j'ai essayé mais c'est juste vraiment pas pour moi.
No no no, can't handle this, sorry Lady.
I just find her so average and tedious. So overrated. There are no less than 6 versions of this album in iTunes. Why? I feel sorry for fans of these kinds of mega artists who just get abused by "editions: to generate false listens and income.
half of one track was more than enough
Not something I’d listen to again, not a criticism of the artist, just not my kind of music.
Not for me. As a late 30s dude, I can't exactly relate to the "Let me sit this ass on you ... Ooh, my shit's so good" lyrics.
I've always thought Beyoncé was a food singer, but good god this is such a dull, repetitive, watered down, bland, over-produced, unoriginal, unimaginative pop album I've ever heard. It has the personality of a cucumber. I'm not someone who automatically dislikes pop music. I enjoy plenty of 2000s mainstream pop from the likes of Lady Gaga and such, but the songs I do enjoy have personality. This album does not. Please just go away. It's like music for people who don't like music.
Hernia dat ze knap is
Could not wait for this to end! Not for me 1/5
Must admit I struggled to get through this - its just so boring
Ytterligare en skiva som folk tror är bra men inte är det.
I didn’t really like it.
Sucked.
Not for me
Did not listen
Meer moody Beyoncé Drunk I. Love heeft (te) stevige bas, wel leuke song structure
Trash
I appreciate Beyonce is very popular but listening to this album I fail to see why. I found it dull and boring and some tracks a bit of a dirge, I could find no redeming factors that would keep my interest throughout.
couldn't finish it...
Couldn't get past the first three tracks. Not for me. I find it difficult to believe how popular this woman is.
Terrible
Nah Didn’t really enjoy any of this
nahhhhhhhhh