December 13, 201311 yr Author Just listened to the snippets, and it all sounds pretty awful. A whole album judgement from snippets? Interesting. Ridiculous, but interesting.
December 13, 201311 yr A whole album judgement from snippets? Interesting. Ridiculous, but interesting. Well, by snippets, I mean the 1-and-a-half minute clips on iTunes; I think you can usually get a pretty good idea from listening to nearly half the song. But anyway, obviously it's possible I might change my mind when I hear it in full, although I doubt it. Edited December 13, 201311 yr by Danny
December 13, 201311 yr Author Well, by snippets, I mean the 1-and-a-half minute clips on iTunes; I think you can usually get a pretty good idea from listening to nearly half the song. But anyway, obviously it's possible I might change my mind when I hear it in full, although I doubt it. I've not listened to the snippets, but from what people said, they weren't great representations of the songs. I was recommend listening to the songs in full. At least try and watch the music videos when they go online. They're all visually spectacular and make most of her other music videos look like high school IT projects.
December 13, 201311 yr Terrible album, my least favourite of hers by far! And unbelievably self-indulgent and pretentious! Come on B, you can do better!
December 13, 201311 yr Terrible album, my least favourite of hers by far! And unbelievably self-indulgent and pretentious! Come on B, you can do better! What about the album makes it self-indulgent and pretentious? If it's because they doesn't seem to be any obvious hits from the album, Beyonce doesn't need to do that. She's clever and knows that an artist of her status doesn't need hits to survive in the music industry. That's why she focuses so much on touring.
December 13, 201311 yr What about the album makes it self-indulgent and pretentious? If it's because they doesn't seem to be any obvious hits from the album, Beyonce doesn't need to do that. She's clever and knows that an artist of her status doesn't need hits to survive in the music industry. That's why she focuses so much on touring. Except she's the Queen of hit singes? The woman had an era where she released music to her two main radio audiences just for hits... If that doesn't scream as wanting hit singles, I don't know what is. This album release strategy is interesting, I wonder how it'll benefit her long term? She's obviously been taking release tips from Kanye.
December 13, 201311 yr What about the album makes it self-indulgent and pretentious? If it's because they doesn't seem to be any obvious hits from the album, Beyonce doesn't need to do that. She's clever and knows that an artist of her status doesn't need hits to survive in the music industry. That's why she focuses so much on touring. What isn't self-indulgent and pretentious? The Kanye "let's have a half-arsed album cover" trick to try and make it look simple like we don't care blah blah blah. Or maybe featuring her daughter on a song? Incredibly self-indulgent! Trying to be innovative by releasing music videos for every song. I loved "I Am...", "B'Day", "4" and "Dangerously In Love", but this is just awful!
December 13, 201311 yr I'm sure she's just trying to be different by giving her fans a visual experience of the music from the album. Nothing wrong with that. And she learns from the best *.*
December 13, 201311 yr AMAZING Album I love it she completely slayed and has everyone talking about it how she managed to keep it a secret I never know .
December 13, 201311 yr So shocked by this :o very innovative to do it like this. Going to listen later, can't wait!
December 13, 201311 yr 90 second snippets rarely if ever do songs justice. What a ridiculous comment. Anyway after one play I think it's a very solid album, much improved on the bland 4. I'm not really a fan of this "sound" usually (minimalist production, low key melodies etc) but most of it works here. Absolutely loving Pretty Hurts, Jealous, Rocket and XO. Presumably the latter will be announced as the pop single soon. Good work, Bey.
December 13, 201311 yr isn't bow down in 'flawless' now? Yep it is, probably my fave off the album. I think the album will be a grower!
December 13, 201311 yr I just watched the entire album of music videos. It really is visually stunning and made me love the album so much more. I would urge anyone to watch it rather than just purely listening to it. Song breakdown: Pretty Hurts - 8.0 (Great message, a strong melody on this as well, think it is one of the only single options) Ghost - 8.0 (I love the production on this. Would have loved a whole song with singing on it too with this beat) Haunted - 8.0 (Very good mood setter. The music video for this is brilliant too) Drunk In Love - 7.0 (I can see this maybe getting released due to Jay and its urban edge, but I don't think it's the best) Blow - 8.0 (Love the funk vibe) No Angel - 5.0 (Can't really get into this, the production is actually quite, dare I say it, Solange-esque, but disappointing) Yoncé - 8.0 (I can't help but love this, great fun) Partition - 9.0 (One of my initial stand outs. Love the chorus) Jealous - 8.0 (Possibly one of the album's catchiest offerings, another strong one) Rocket - 8.0 (Love a Beyoncé slow jam anyway. Cousin of 'Dance For You') Mine - 8.5 (The change-over in this works so well, the first part is nice but when the song picks, it is wonderful) XO - 9.0 (Just has such a happy vibe. The obvious single choice I would think) ***Flawless - 6.5 (Was never that big on 'Bow Down', the 'Flawless' part brings it up a little but nothing too special) Superpower - 8.5 (Grown on me so much already, just like I expected from a Frank Ocean offering) Heaven - 8.0 (Video made me appreciate this so much more. Been better Beyoncé ballads, but I still love it) Blue - 7.0 (Disappointing closer, I must admit. I like the verses a lot, but find the chorus melody a little bland) I love this. I can't say I prefer it to '4' just yet, but I really think she has pulled this off so well. This album shows great restraint on her part, not only vocally but also melodically. Sure, the melodies maybe aren't as instant as her previous efforts, meaning single choices are slightly more difficult, but they kind of slowly creep up on you throughout the song and when they hit, they are really great. Edited December 13, 201311 yr by Davidson
December 14, 201311 yr wasn't convinced by the clips but the full songs got me. haunted / no angel / partition >>>>
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