Hey, I voted 4, so don't point any fingers at Minnesota.
― dor Dumbeddownball (Eric H.), Thursday, 12 January 2012 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
B'Day is one of those rare albums i'd pick if i had to put on an album during a party and not be able to skip any tracks
― some dude, Wednesday, January 11, 2012 4:14 PM (5 hours ago)
otm
― rebecca blah (k3vin k.), Thursday, 12 January 2012 02:20 (twelve years ago) link
smh @ results, ugh
― rebecca blah (k3vin k.), Thursday, 12 January 2012 02:21 (twelve years ago) link
i also kind of feel that listening to the whole thing is kind of like listening to a sledgehammer for an hour
― surm, Wednesday, January 11, 2012 4:45 PM
Just experienced the same thing.
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 January 2012 02:21 (twelve years ago) link
a) it's 37 minutes long and b) not every song is "Ring The Alarm"
― some dude, Thursday, 12 January 2012 02:23 (twelve years ago) link
I did eventually vote for it but I played it now and -- oof. I wasn't in the mood for it.
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 January 2012 02:26 (twelve years ago) link
4 is beyonce's black album - more hit-to-miss than some are willing to admit, gimmicky, not going to age as well as some of her earlier material
― rebecca blah (k3vin k.), Thursday, 12 January 2012 02:30 (twelve years ago) link
hmmm but 4 has got the Introspective Moments.
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 January 2012 02:31 (twelve years ago) link
pop died, didn't cry vs. no more manager daddy
― some dude, Thursday, 12 January 2012 02:33 (twelve years ago) link
These are the ones.
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 11 November 2018 07:06 (five years ago) link
this is almost to opposite of my version.
it's quite difficult for me to love "lemonade". songs like 'dont hurt yourself', '6 inch', 'forward' or even 'freedom' are quite replaceable for me. but it has 'all night', which is one of my favourite ever. and the subtle approach to country in 'daddy lessons' is also amazing.
1. beyoncé2. 43. b'day4. dangerously in love5. lemonade 6. i am... sasha fierce.
― Nourry, Sunday, 11 November 2018 15:34 (five years ago) link
DIL better than Lemonade? Bold.
― I like queer. You like queer, senator? (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 11 November 2018 15:39 (five years ago) link
i should have put them in the same place, tbh. i just can't understand all the love with 'lemonade'. i don't listen to DIL for years. there's a big possibility of regreting this decision.
― Nourry, Sunday, 11 November 2018 15:46 (five years ago) link
(for this decision I mean this list)
― Nourry, Sunday, 11 November 2018 15:52 (five years ago) link
An update on this poll would surely have Lemonade at the top and s/t on the top 3. I’d personally rank them as:
Lemonade4S/tBdayI am...DIL
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 30 August 2020 14:44 (three years ago) link
In a sign of the times, pop radio moved away from Beyonce as her singles sounded even better on the radio.
I think it's the opposite, this is Beyonce moving away from pop radio. 4's her pivot point and probably the most important in career trajectory.
The thing that I like about Beyonce is that she's stealthily weird. Noone sounds like her. Many of her songs don't follow traditional structures or rhythms, she's good at applying dissonance to create tension when needed, her words don't fit properly, they're loose, messy, wordy, funky... and that's when she's at her best, when she's "Sasha Fierce". Her traditional pop/r&b moments are her least interesting to me, but they prove she can do a play-by-the-rules hit effortlessly.
4 has 'Countdown' and '1+1' which is Beyonce at her best, at her 'Sasha Fierce' but there's still plenty of "I am..." in there. Self/Titled is perhaps her best pop album for the larger-than-life vibe it exudes, it sounds like she's finally fully embracing her inherent weirdness and fierceness. By the time we get to Lemonade it's all Sasha Fierce, there's not a song in there that would get compared to Kelly Clarkson a la Halo. She has achieved a fully actualized artistic statement.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 30 August 2020 15:56 (three years ago) link
I'd probably go
Beyonce4 LemonadeB'DayDangerously in LoveI am...Sasha Fierce
― bunny slopes, Sunday, 30 August 2020 18:38 (three years ago) link