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Post by #LisaRinna on Dec 7, 2011 13:20:10 GMT -5
4 was among the Best Albums of 2011 for MSN.co.uk:
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2011 2:00:41 GMT -5
MTV: The 20 Best Albums of 2011 QUOTE 20. Beyoncé, 4 An artfully anachronistic album — in that it takes its cues from Fela Kuti and Earth, Wind and Fire instead of, you know, David Guetta — it's little wonder 4 confounded a large portion of the record-buying public when it was released this summer. But given time, most (myself included) have come to love its classy flourishes and classically influenced roots. From big-boned ballads to weirdo world-music jams, 4 is clearly the disc on which Beyoncé makes her bid for artistic credibility. Sadly, it just took us all a while to realize it.
Amazon.com: 2nd Best Pop album of 2011 #2 - "4"
MSN: Albums of the Year #2 - "4"
BBC: Music Writers Best Albums of 2011 7 - Beyoncé - 4 (Sony, released 27 June) Recommended by: Victoria Derbyshire, Trevor Nelson, Westwood "Following schizo double I Am... Sasha Fierce, Beyoncé took a year off but has come back brighter. Dozens of songs emerged from the original 4 sessions and the promo circuit's been leapt on with a vengeance, culminating - at least over here - in the intriguing Glastonbury headline slot (yet to wow us as we go to press). With 4's best bold tunes, Beyoncé has spruced up an already handsome catalogue. She's got the armoury to trump husband Jay-Z's perception-altering Pilton turn."
The New Yorker List
Stereogum Top 50 Albums of 2011: Number 18
Idolator's 10 Favourite Albums of 2011 Made the list
Rolling Stone: Best of 2011 Top 50 Albums #25 - 4 The world's shrewdest diva turns on her star power full blast, indulges her oddball side and flaunts her mastery of seemingly every modern pop mode – from the riotous hiphop love ode "Countdown" to the sweet, faux-Stevie retrosoul ditty "Love on Top" to the futuristic stomper "Run the World (Girls)."
Top 10 Singles #8 Countdown A triumphal love song, slathered in crazy sauce: marching-band drums, backward-counting backup singers, honking horns and that weird-ass "boof-boof!" hook.
Blitz Top 50 albums: #16 - 4
NMETop 50 songs: #38 - Run The World (Girls)
Pretty Much Amazing: Top songs of 2011 #1 - "1+1"
NPR: 50 Favourite Albums of 2011 QUOTE Beyoncé has given us many important questions to ponder. Just how does her hair stay consistently windblown? What is "swagu," and can I have some? And of exactly what relation is your "boof"? All of which is to say, no pop album this year was more fun and self-aware than hers. Sure, 4 has moments of schmaltz and overblown theatricality, but it's hard to turn a cynical eye to a record that contains, unequivocally, the song of the year. "Countdown" commands sing-alongs — preferably with the wrong words; "grind a'pony girl"? — and fevered discussions with theory nerds over its irregular song structure. A record made up of amazing singles, 4 leaps beyond the restraints of its Top 40 cultural signifier to cultural significance, as Beyoncé celebrates her lasting, loving relationship with her man, as well as her fluidity as an artist who refuses to be thrust into any single box. The year belongs to her. (Eleanor Kagan)
Pitchfork: Best Music videos 2011 Beyoncé: "Countdown" [Director: Adria Petty]
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Post by #LisaRinna on Dec 8, 2011 9:40:46 GMT -5
Billboard: 48 65 Beyonce 4 19,181 +36% 14,130 940,597 Chart run: 1 - 1 - 5 - 4 - 5 - 8 - 7 - 9 - 12 - 7 - 9 - 20 - 25 - 23 - 20 - 24 - 21 - 28 - 32 - 39 - 48 - 65 'Party' #2 R&B #52 Hot 100 #29 Radio Songs 'Countdown' #77 Hot 100 #34 R&B 'Love On Top' #28 R&B Hot Digital Tracks 12/10: 77 85 BEYONCE COUNTDOWN 19,051 -3% 19,728 205,166 139 131 BEYONCE LOVE ON TOP 12,423 +10% 11,264 327,059 Catalog Albums 12/10: -- 112 BEYONCE I AM...SASHA FIERCE 4,335 +345% 975 2,988,375 Billboard: 66 58 Beyonce 4 15,098 -21% 19,181 955,695 Chart run: 1 - 1 - 5 - 4 - 5 - 8 - 7 - 9 - 12 - 7 - 9 - 20 - 25 - 23 - 20 - 24 - 21 - 28 - 32 - 39 - 48 - 66 - 58 'Party' #2 R&B #50 Hot 100 #27 Radio Songs 'Countdown' #91 Hot 100 #35 R&B 'Love On Top' #23 R&B
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Post by #LisaRinna on Dec 8, 2011 10:08:31 GMT -5
YASSS @ the critical acclaim. We don't need the Grammys
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Post by Definitely High on Dec 8, 2011 11:38:42 GMT -5
I don't know why but I want I Miss You to be a single so bad. I just see a lot of potential in that song and it's ability to connect with people. I feel like it could do really well, AND I want more people to know about it.
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Post by SHOOTER on Dec 8, 2011 13:25:35 GMT -5
I need Start Over to get the shine it deserves!
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Post by ItGirl on Dec 8, 2011 15:16:44 GMT -5
I prefer her performances in an intimate setting such as Vegas and Roseland. Vegas is my favorite DVD but Roseland is good. I just wish she sang Start Over.
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Post by bat1990 on Dec 8, 2011 18:34:47 GMT -5
I would be happy with anything except "1+1" as a single.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Dec 11, 2011 15:09:50 GMT -5
UK charts: 'Love on Top' is up 28-22 this week (it's #9 in airplay); 'Countdown' is up 96-54 and 'Best Thing I Never Had' re-enters at #71. The album rises 49-26 in its 24th week.
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Post by Jack on Dec 11, 2011 18:16:39 GMT -5
I prefer her performances in an intimate setting such as Vegas and Roseland. I don't know how anyone could think this way. It's the 'Katy Perry in a Burka' train of thought. Obviously, Beyonce is good at the stripped down, vocally driven stuff. That said, her performance style and music is made for packed out arenas and stadiums. How anyone could watch Crazy In Love from the I Am...World Tour DVD and still prefer her whole act in a more confined space I'll never know.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2011 19:54:23 GMT -5
I need Start Over I Care to get the shine it deserves!
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Post by Agent Yoncé on Dec 12, 2011 13:46:35 GMT -5
We can't expect too much love for the Grammys this year. The Grammys has always been a popularity contest. You need both the critical acclaim & commercial success to get noticed by the Grammys. On some rare ocassions, they just pick random people/things just to make it "fair." The Beyhive has nothing to worry about. Just like "B'Day" lacked commercial success (before 'Irreplaceable'), "4" is having that same problem (even though these 2 albums are her most acclaimed albums). UK charts: 'Love on Top' is up 28-22 this week (it's #9 in airplay); 'Countdown' is up 96-54 and 'Best Thing I Never Had' re-enters at #71. The album rises 49-26 in its 24th week. I'm glad we're making noise in the UK :)
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Post by Agent Yoncé on Dec 12, 2011 13:47:57 GMT -5
Here's a clip of 'IC' & 'IMY.' I think this was from the UK special. If anyone else has the other videos, post 'em. Please & thanks :)
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Post by poledanceromance on Dec 12, 2011 14:29:19 GMT -5
I prefer her performances in an intimate setting such as Vegas and Roseland. I don't know how anyone could think this way. It's the 'Katy Perry in a Burka' train of thought. Obviously, Beyonce is good at the stripped down, vocally driven stuff. That said, her performance style and music is made for packed out arenas and stadiums. How anyone could watch Crazy In Love from the I Am...World Tour DVD and still prefer her whole act in a more confined space I'll never know. preferring intimate beyonce over stadium beyonce is not like katy perry in a burqa, because beyonce is good in any context. some people like the vibe of smaller venues. nbd.
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Post by kirby2725 on Dec 12, 2011 21:35:51 GMT -5
Here's a clip of 'IC' & 'IMY.' I think this was from the UK special. If anyone else has the other videos, post 'em. Please & thanks :) I MUST SEE THIS!! Is it up anywhere else?
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Post by Active Aggressive on Dec 13, 2011 8:56:31 GMT -5
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSss. Our girl continues to slay the critics and tastemakers, as "1+1" (the best song on the album) has landed at #26 on none other than Pitchfork's Top 100 List of 2011. The write-up is as follows:
"Following Beyoncé's work on "1+1" is like a journey to the center of her craft, a stripping away of every distraction until all that's left is her voice. Without it, "1+1" would be a muted ballad: Its simple guitar line and stardust-sprinkled strings serve no purpose other than to evoke a sense of familiar romantic intimacy, and then to elegantly step aside while Beyoncé delivers one of her most wonderfully impassioned performances ever.
"1+1" possesses that slightly scary intensity that has been R&B's worst-kept secret weapon since Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing", but it also demonstrates perfectly how Beyoncé stands apart from every other big-chested diva getting her Whitney on. She lets the song sing through her with a clarity that is never clinical, a strength that never sabotages, and an expressiveness that is precisely as sentimental as its subject matter requires. Beyoncé is R&B's field marshal, demanding of her listeners and herself an absolute fidelity to the music's emotional possibilities, with a perfectly modulated vehemence that is as captivating as it is tyrannical. "Pull me in close and don't let me go," she commands, but here it's her own grasp that is thrillingly assured."
I couldn't agree more.
Edit: Countdown is #7. Yonka stays grindin' a pony on those other hoes. Who else?!? True teas:
"The first Destiny's Child singles were broadsides backed up by joyful jitter-funk, kiss-offs aimed at bad boyfriends, lackluster lovers, and guys who just couldn't take a hint. Losers who creep around behind their trusting partners' backs, lames who flood inboxes with unwanted advances, frauds, and misers of all stripes. Beyoncé made telling them off, crushing their egos, and sending them home to mama sound like a total blast. As recently as "Irreplaceable", an older and wiser Ms. Knowles was finding empowerment in relationships gone wrong, sounding less aggrieved than emboldened by finally laying down the law. I mean, do I even need to bring up "Single Ladies"?
But Beyoncé's been enjoying domestic bliss for some time now, and on the evidence of "Countdown", Jay-Z has yet to get on her bad side. If anything, his devotion has ignited Queen B's most delirious hymn to being head-over-heels since "Crazy in Love". This track is a virtuoso performance from singer and producers alike, so giddy with the thrill of having someone have your back that it can't sit still. The tempo shifts are like a smitten lover trying to calm herself down only to start babbling about how awesome everything is all over again a moment later. "Countdown" can't stop spinning out new musical ideas every few seconds because maybe this zinging synth riff or this crazy orchestral percussion crescendo will help you catch the feeling, too. Beyoncé cycles breathlessly through every vocal trick at her command, from church choir ululating to fierce fast-rap, and somehow it's both overwhelming and infectious, coming off like the most emotionally affecting sound effects record ever recorded. Sure, we've all been in love. But it's doubtful we've ever sounded this damn excited about it. --Jess Harvell"
I believe LOT should be in its place but whatever, I have made my peace with "Countdown" and its awesomeness.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2011 18:09:15 GMT -5
What do you do after 16 Grammy's? And millions of records sold?
w/e makes you happy.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2011 18:10:20 GMT -5
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Post by kirby2725 on Dec 13, 2011 18:28:35 GMT -5
What happened to the thread?
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Post by mew2 on Dec 13, 2011 20:08:46 GMT -5
What do you do after 16 Grammy's? And millions of records sold?
w/e makes you happy. Yassss!!! By the way, Countdown is the new Urban single! ;)
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Post by Oprah on Dec 14, 2011 12:25:27 GMT -5
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Dec 14, 2011 13:55:58 GMT -5
I know Jay-Z did not write Bey's rap for Kitty Kat Either way, I love the song.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Dec 14, 2011 15:01:54 GMT -5
Billboard: 66 58 Beyonce 4 15,098 -21% 19,181 955,695 Chart run: 1 - 1 - 5 - 4 - 5 - 8 - 7 - 9 - 12 - 7 - 9 - 20 - 25 - 23 - 20 - 24 - 21 - 28 - 32 - 39 - 48 - 66 - 58 'Party' #2 R&B #50 Hot 100 #27 Radio Songs 'Countdown' #91 Hot 100 #35 R&B 'Love On Top' #23 R&B Billboard: 58 70 Beyonce 4 15,569 +3% 15,098 971,264 Chart run: 1 - 1 - 5 - 4 - 5 - 8 - 7 - 9 - 12 - 7 - 9 - 20 - 25 - 23 - 20 - 24 - 21 - 28 - 32 - 39 - 48 - 66 - 58 - 70 'Party' #3 R&B #55 Hot 100 #29 Radio Songs 'Countdown' #42 R&B 'Love On Top' #98 Hot 100 #21 R&B
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Post by #LisaRinna on Dec 14, 2011 15:04:18 GMT -5
Can her label please discount the album so we get a nice boost in the next 2 weeks? Please! Everybody is slicing their prices and getting more sales, but them
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Post by mew2 on Dec 14, 2011 15:12:33 GMT -5
Can her label please discount the album so we get a nice boost in the next 2 weeks? Please! Everybody is slicing their prices and getting more sales, but them Maybe they care more about the money than the sales...
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Post by #LisaRinna on Dec 14, 2011 15:56:44 GMT -5
Can her label please discount the album so we get a nice boost in the next 2 weeks? Please! Everybody is slicing their prices and getting more sales, but them Maybe they care more about the money than the sales... It's a win-win situation regardless. When an album is discounted, it sells more. They are likely going to make the same amount of money, if not more. I just wanna see that total in 7 digits
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Post by Definitely High on Dec 14, 2011 16:55:47 GMT -5
If her baby is born Dec 25th Ima lose it!
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Post by mew2 on Dec 14, 2011 17:21:16 GMT -5
Maybe they care more about the money than the sales... It's a win-win situation regardless. When an album is discounted, it sells more. They are likely going to make the same amount of money, if not more. I just wanna see that total in 7 digits If they sell it for half the price, they need to move twice as many copies as they would otherwise. A 50% or 85% increase wouldn't be enough. It's possible that you're right, though! ;)
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Post by #LisaRinna on Dec 14, 2011 17:29:09 GMT -5
It's a win-win situation regardless. When an album is discounted, it sells more. They are likely going to make the same amount of money, if not more. I just wanna see that total in 7 digits If they sell it for half the price, they need to move twice as many copies as they would otherwise. A 50% or 85% increase wouldn't be enough. It's possible that you're right, though! ;) Discounts are usually 3 or 4 dollars less than the original price. They wouldn't lose much money.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2011 20:39:12 GMT -5
Omg Mario YES. g0rlllll I've been saying that for the last 2 weeks, they are really missing out on a lot of the benefits of holiday sales. This was like the only album that was not discounted for Black Friday which resulted in it tumbling out of the Top 50. And they're still not doing sh*t now. And yeah, they really wouldn't lose money. They would actually bring in more sales and more copies sold which in the end would be more profitable anyway. Like Mario said, it's a win win. It's just really annoying, it's like 6 weeks of a BIG difference and the album should not be moving closer and closer out of the Top 100 during this season like it is.
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