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BuzzJack Music Forum _ R&B and Hip-Hop _ Best album opener?

Posted by: Josh! 17th September 2017, 09:11 PM

So following on from the poll about lead singles where Buzzjack decided "Formation" is their favourite lead single of Bey's, I thought it'd be interesting to look at what is your favourite album opener from her!

(At least there's less confusion here unlike the other thread on what actually is the lead single or not )

Posted by: HarryEzra 17th September 2017, 09:46 PM

I think as an opener Crazy In Love is the best because it even starts off with 'You Ready?'. It gives the album a lot of hype.

Posted by: THEO. 17th September 2017, 10:26 PM

Possibly the most difficult poll on this site... They all represent their albums perfectly and I love every single one of them individually, as album tracks and as singles... I'll go with "Crazy in Love" because it's amongst my fave songs of all time but damn is this a fine selection!

Posted by: Josh! 18th September 2017, 02:34 PM

Gone for Pretty Hurts!

Deja Vu is probably my favourite of these actually but it feels more like they just stuck a big hit as track #1 so people buy it rather than it actually making a good album opener. Pretty Hurts works best in that aspect and BEYONCÉ is easily the album I return to most of hers so I definitely revisit that song the most out of all of these anyway

Posted by: blacksquare 25th September 2017, 12:16 PM

Pray You Catch Me and 1+1 are the only two that really feel like album openers in the sense of opening a cohesive piece of work, rather than just being a lead single.

Posted by: Saenerys 25th September 2017, 06:30 PM

If I Were A Boy.