***Flawless: The Beyoncé Discography Rate Top 50 (COMPLETE)
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The opening of Mine is one of my favorite moments ever from her. Postpartum depression doesn't see a lot of conversation in music and it feels especially important that Beyoncé's own happiness is compromised by the one person who brings her such overwhelming fulfillment. It's essential to the journey of the album.
Don't Hurt Yourself still being in doesn't feel quite right. (I mean I don't get too excited over XO and Jealous either but I know how much you lot love them).
I CAN NOT with Irreplaceable though. Tracks like Freakum Dress, Green Light and Suga Mama basically created the signature Beyonce sound and were paid dust. Irreplaceable could have been released by anyone.
I CAN NOT with Irreplaceable though. Tracks like Freakum Dress, Green Light and Suga Mama basically created the signature Beyonce sound and were paid dust. Irreplaceable could have been released by anyone.
I prefer World Wide Woman to Schoolin' Life.
My #GetSchoolinLifeOut campaign continues.
My #GetSchoolinLifeOut campaign continues.
And that cloud deserves it, too.
This thread has made me keep B'Day on rotation for a good week. I never had the album at the time and dunno why I never downloaded it in the intervening years. Listened sporadically of course, but it's incredible just how much better it is than Sasha. Ugh.
This thread has made me keep B'Day on rotation for a good week. I never had the album at the time and dunno why I never downloaded it in the intervening years. Listened sporadically of course, but it's incredible just how much better it is than Sasha. Ugh.
Schoolin Life and Don't Hurt Yourself !
Love on Top and Schoolin' Life should go.
Schoolin Life and something from Self-Titled
Don't Hurt Yourself could sneak into the top 5 and I wouldn't be pressed.
Well, it wasn't for them fifty somethings...
Or the forty somethings...
Or the thirty somethings...
Or even the twenty somethings...
This was for the teens, apparently.
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SCORE: 8.763
Or the forty somethings...
Or the thirty somethings...
Or even the twenty somethings...
This was for the teens, apparently.
17
SCORE: 8.763
11/10 x 1
@RainOnFire
Highest Score: 10 x 30 (@IMHO @LTG @Animalia @Remorque @ThighHighs @Daniel! @allyshone @scottdisick94 @Maria @send photo @theincredibleflipper @Remyky22 @Oceandrive @P'NutButter @Subwaykid @Syzygyz @ohdenny @aaronhansome @Jersey @Robsolete @enjoy @Terminus @Lost In Japan. @Beginner @KAG @Push @PLUTO @CasuallyCrazed @Can't Speak French @Petty Mayonnaise)
Lowest Score: 4 x 1 (@Sprockrooster)
My Score: 9.5/10
Relatable banger until I realise that Beyoncé is schoolin’ life by being the biggest popstar on the planet, and I’m schoolin’ life by rating her songs out of ten as I sit in my underwear. Stirring up complicated feelings banger, perhaps. Closing harmonies are gorgeous, and overall it's kind of a brilliantly fun, unselfconscious package that Beyoncé has kind of removed herself from making now. What a way to go out though.
NEW COMMENTARY. HOORAY! " Obviously fucking amazing." Push tells us. Well, you'd think that, wouldn't you? Unfortunately it seems to have escaped some. Beginner jumps into the fray for the first time to add, "This song has great verses and chorus, but it's main purpose is to be a vehicle for Beyonce's personality and charisma and it excels at that. It's such a fun breezy listen that can anyone in a good mood." ericcccc is pleased to know that Beyoncé is a demon in the sack, as if there was even any doubt, "Good to know that Beyoncé is great at writing physical love letters." IMHO gives full marks, "This is such an amazing, joyous, epic victory lap for Bey and should be the first encore of every tour she ever does." Yeah, I need it to actually be performed instead of playing as I'm trying to get the fuck out of the arena. K94 doesn't say anything and just provides this:
...which I think does a good job summing things up, to be honest.
Oh, God. Let's get this out of the way. Here's Sprockrooster, " I did the Ashley Tisdale rate before this one and I am having a deja-vu listening to this beat. This will get cut very soon I guess and I am not pressed. If one of my Disney queens would do a song like this it would be such a jam though. Beyoncé should not do these songs. I just do not relate Bey with this musical style." What the fuck is an Ashley Tisdale? Poor you for thinking this bop was going anywhere fast too. constantino serves similar mess by saying this little slice of throwback perfection sounds cheap, "We get it, Bey you’re perfect. Now, get better producers for your records (thankfully she did) because this sounds cheap and tinny as hell." The only things cheap around here are the opinions in this paragraph.
"The best bonus track on earth?" Oceandrive questions, "Something that I'm sure Prince would be dancing to somewhere in purple heaven." Yes, there's tinges of pretty much every single 80s influence that Beyoncé has ever had; it's basically a brilliant tribute to that era. CasuallyCrazed also picks up on the Princeisms, "Beyonce as Prince = Perfection from start to finish. HOW was this not a single, let alone cast off to languish on a bonus disc? If she had opened 4 with this instead of 1+1, the album would have gotten a much more positive reception." Let's not talk about the 4 singles run before hands end up getting thrown.
Let's leave Insanity Corner and see what KAG has to say, " I love this. It's one of those songs that always cheers me up whenever I hear it." Yup, feel-good JAM. "Among her very best!" screams Remyky22, "Its placement as a bonus track is a sacrilege. O-ooohhh-o-o-ooohhhs are taking me to Heaven + I already have a degree, so it doesn't sound as if I'm not looking for comfort in the song. It's all love!" You clearly haven't heard the iTunes re-release of 4, where this makes it onto the main tracklisting. JUSTICE. ohnostaliga speaks for all of us when she says, "I'm getting old but I'll be okay because Beyonce." and Jersey brings up that singles runs which I said we weren't going to talk about, "How this didn't pull a Super Bass and become a single blasting through every radio around the world blows my mind."
We close with ThighHighs, "Everything about this song is perfect and I won't hear a note of dissent. *closes briefcase, walks out of courtroom*" Case closed!
The song was part of the original Mrs Carter Show Tour setlist before self-titled came along and fucked everything up. It was also performed at the Revel show. Watch both performances below!
@RainOnFire
Highest Score: 10 x 30 (@IMHO @LTG @Animalia @Remorque @ThighHighs @Daniel! @allyshone @scottdisick94 @Maria @send photo @theincredibleflipper @Remyky22 @Oceandrive @P'NutButter @Subwaykid @Syzygyz @ohdenny @aaronhansome @Jersey @Robsolete @enjoy @Terminus @Lost In Japan. @Beginner @KAG @Push @PLUTO @CasuallyCrazed @Can't Speak French @Petty Mayonnaise)
Lowest Score: 4 x 1 (@Sprockrooster)
My Score: 9.5/10
Relatable banger until I realise that Beyoncé is schoolin’ life by being the biggest popstar on the planet, and I’m schoolin’ life by rating her songs out of ten as I sit in my underwear. Stirring up complicated feelings banger, perhaps. Closing harmonies are gorgeous, and overall it's kind of a brilliantly fun, unselfconscious package that Beyoncé has kind of removed herself from making now. What a way to go out though.
NEW COMMENTARY. HOORAY! " Obviously fucking amazing." Push tells us. Well, you'd think that, wouldn't you? Unfortunately it seems to have escaped some. Beginner jumps into the fray for the first time to add, "This song has great verses and chorus, but it's main purpose is to be a vehicle for Beyonce's personality and charisma and it excels at that. It's such a fun breezy listen that can anyone in a good mood." ericcccc is pleased to know that Beyoncé is a demon in the sack, as if there was even any doubt, "Good to know that Beyoncé is great at writing physical love letters." IMHO gives full marks, "This is such an amazing, joyous, epic victory lap for Bey and should be the first encore of every tour she ever does." Yeah, I need it to actually be performed instead of playing as I'm trying to get the fuck out of the arena. K94 doesn't say anything and just provides this:
...which I think does a good job summing things up, to be honest.
Oh, God. Let's get this out of the way. Here's Sprockrooster, " I did the Ashley Tisdale rate before this one and I am having a deja-vu listening to this beat. This will get cut very soon I guess and I am not pressed. If one of my Disney queens would do a song like this it would be such a jam though. Beyoncé should not do these songs. I just do not relate Bey with this musical style." What the fuck is an Ashley Tisdale? Poor you for thinking this bop was going anywhere fast too. constantino serves similar mess by saying this little slice of throwback perfection sounds cheap, "We get it, Bey you’re perfect. Now, get better producers for your records (thankfully she did) because this sounds cheap and tinny as hell." The only things cheap around here are the opinions in this paragraph.
"The best bonus track on earth?" Oceandrive questions, "Something that I'm sure Prince would be dancing to somewhere in purple heaven." Yes, there's tinges of pretty much every single 80s influence that Beyoncé has ever had; it's basically a brilliant tribute to that era. CasuallyCrazed also picks up on the Princeisms, "Beyonce as Prince = Perfection from start to finish. HOW was this not a single, let alone cast off to languish on a bonus disc? If she had opened 4 with this instead of 1+1, the album would have gotten a much more positive reception." Let's not talk about the 4 singles run before hands end up getting thrown.
Let's leave Insanity Corner and see what KAG has to say, " I love this. It's one of those songs that always cheers me up whenever I hear it." Yup, feel-good JAM. "Among her very best!" screams Remyky22, "Its placement as a bonus track is a sacrilege. O-ooohhh-o-o-ooohhhs are taking me to Heaven + I already have a degree, so it doesn't sound as if I'm not looking for comfort in the song. It's all love!" You clearly haven't heard the iTunes re-release of 4, where this makes it onto the main tracklisting. JUSTICE. ohnostaliga speaks for all of us when she says, "I'm getting old but I'll be okay because Beyonce." and Jersey brings up that singles runs which I said we weren't going to talk about, "How this didn't pull a Super Bass and become a single blasting through every radio around the world blows my mind."
We close with ThighHighs, "Everything about this song is perfect and I won't hear a note of dissent. *closes briefcase, walks out of courtroom*" Case closed!
The song was part of the original Mrs Carter Show Tour setlist before self-titled came along and fucked everything up. It was also performed at the Revel show. Watch both performances below!
30 tens?!
Love On Top should go next. The only songs of 4 that should be in the top 10 are Countdown and End of Time.
Any/All
@Sprockrooster is the @bichard of this rate isn't he.
I was lowest scorer for only one song and I was scared because of that ! And @Sprockrooster was the lowest scorer for like 10 songs in the BEYONCE RATE ( It still continues definitely ). Can't describe how brave he is ...
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SCORE: 8.792
11/10 x 1
@Animalia
Highest Score: 10 x 28 (@ericcccc @FresherThanYou @theelusivechanteuse @push the button @Rogue @lalaclairi_ @Sam de Jour @RetroPhysical @strangekin @eccentricsimply @munro @K94 @Itty Bitty Piggy @supersoon @Mr.Arroz @send photo @Oceandrive @Subwaykid @Syzygyz @aaronhansome @enjoy @Terminus @Lost In Japan. @Push @PLUTO @Can't Speak French @Petty Mayonaise)
Lowest Score: 4 x 1 (@AlexD)
My Score: 8.5/10
Another one that sounds kind of eternally classic. It took me so long to come round to, but I think the reason is that I prefer Beyoncé when she’s at full throttle, and this kind of simmers. Yes, she brings it to the boil with those ridiculous key changes, but it’s very “was a HAC radio staple for nine months” isn’t it? In fact, it’s very that because it probably was. But yes, a great, warm, breezy listen. Additional half point for the oddly poignant and melancholy Formation Tour version, along with just how much fun it is on tour in general.
eccentricsimply labels this as an, "Undeniable bop." while ericcccc simply makes us aware that, "She did that." Yes, we know, sis. What of Sprockrooster? "I love to finger..." EXCUSE ME?! "...snap along on this one." Oh. FresherThanYou attempts another one of those 10.5/10 things, so I guess he enjoys it, "My ultimate favourite Up Tempo Bey song. Happy care free, fun to (attempt to) sing! Will feature very heavily in my wedding." As if you're ever getting married, beast. "Fun and sweet, but a bit dated now." says Remyky22, describing a good 25% of the forum in the process. Oceandrive also speaks of weddings, "In years to come when we are dragged to the wedding receptions of couples we low key hate Beyoncé will bring the beat in and we will deal and we will get our lives. It feels like one of her most timeless efforts and a song that feels really important to her discography." Let's just steal a bottle of champagne and go smoke out at the bins.
CasuallyCrazed appears to have no joy in his heart, "There’s something off-putting about this song and all its key changes. It’s like all of Beyonce’s indulgent, competitive pageant traits came back out for that vocal." And it's fabulous. joe_alouder agrees with me, calling it, "Still audacious, silly and amazing." Yeah, I think that's a pretty accurate description. ohnostalgia lets us know what the weather is is like in the Hundred Acre Woods, "Easy, breezy, beautiful key changes." As easy as a fictitious word can get. IMHO is also all about Hate On Bottom (Christ that was awful I hate myself) "This obviously has its merits as a catchy, singalong ditty but the pastiche is too on the nose and the key changes are just irritating." Jersey, on the other hand, is full of love, "What a track to announce your baby bump to. Simply iconic and a track that Whitney would have killed for back in the day." and Beginner agrees, "This song feels like sunshine. Perfect choice to introduce your baby bump to the world."
munro's jaw hits the floor, but his mouth is always open for something, "She shows off those pipes in this and my jaw hit the floor the first time I ever heard it." constantino declares it, "Iconic!" and Sam de Jour reminisces, " I was saying to a hunty the other day, standing in that stadium, singing the a capella of this, being so fucking extra with those key changes... Honestly one of the best moments of my entire life." Yeah, one of the funniest parts of the night was when Beyoncé let the entire audience flop with those key changes. Speaking of flop, it's K94, "Queen of key changes, pregnancy reveals, and general follicle extraction." and weddings come up again in the form of ThighHighs' commentary, "The song that I will be more than happy to hear at every single wedding I go to for the rest of my life. The key changes give me all of my life every single time, and the throwback New Edition vibe of the video only elevates the feeling of the video."
We'll close with Push, who answers his own question, " Do I need to add anything?" Evidently, you decided you did, "This is one of my favorite Beyoncé songs because it's such a well-captured moment. It makes you happy within seconds, the production is fucking brilliant, one of her best vocal moments too."
"Love On Top" has replaced "Halo" as the official song to make a fool of yourself to at one of Beyoncé's shows. However, the most notable performance was definitely at the VMAs in 2011, where the queen of media took the opportunity to announce she was pregnant. Beyoncé manages to serve vocals and choreography despite acid reflux and Blue Ivy stomping to the beat all over her vital organs, and still makes your fave look bitter, ugly, foul and talentless while leaving you messed, distressed, and most of all pressed about it. It was the same night Lady Gaga took the stage in drag and a bunch of children danced to Britney songs, so clearly the highlight of of a dreary evening.
SCORE: 8.792
11/10 x 1
@Animalia
Highest Score: 10 x 28 (@ericcccc @FresherThanYou @theelusivechanteuse @push the button @Rogue @lalaclairi_ @Sam de Jour @RetroPhysical @strangekin @eccentricsimply @munro @K94 @Itty Bitty Piggy @supersoon @Mr.Arroz @send photo @Oceandrive @Subwaykid @Syzygyz @aaronhansome @enjoy @Terminus @Lost In Japan. @Push @PLUTO @Can't Speak French @Petty Mayonaise)
Lowest Score: 4 x 1 (@AlexD)
My Score: 8.5/10
Another one that sounds kind of eternally classic. It took me so long to come round to, but I think the reason is that I prefer Beyoncé when she’s at full throttle, and this kind of simmers. Yes, she brings it to the boil with those ridiculous key changes, but it’s very “was a HAC radio staple for nine months” isn’t it? In fact, it’s very that because it probably was. But yes, a great, warm, breezy listen. Additional half point for the oddly poignant and melancholy Formation Tour version, along with just how much fun it is on tour in general.
eccentricsimply labels this as an, "Undeniable bop." while ericcccc simply makes us aware that, "She did that." Yes, we know, sis. What of Sprockrooster? "I love to finger..." EXCUSE ME?! "...snap along on this one." Oh. FresherThanYou attempts another one of those 10.5/10 things, so I guess he enjoys it, "My ultimate favourite Up Tempo Bey song. Happy care free, fun to (attempt to) sing! Will feature very heavily in my wedding." As if you're ever getting married, beast. "Fun and sweet, but a bit dated now." says Remyky22, describing a good 25% of the forum in the process. Oceandrive also speaks of weddings, "In years to come when we are dragged to the wedding receptions of couples we low key hate Beyoncé will bring the beat in and we will deal and we will get our lives. It feels like one of her most timeless efforts and a song that feels really important to her discography." Let's just steal a bottle of champagne and go smoke out at the bins.
CasuallyCrazed appears to have no joy in his heart, "There’s something off-putting about this song and all its key changes. It’s like all of Beyonce’s indulgent, competitive pageant traits came back out for that vocal." And it's fabulous. joe_alouder agrees with me, calling it, "Still audacious, silly and amazing." Yeah, I think that's a pretty accurate description. ohnostalgia lets us know what the weather is is like in the Hundred Acre Woods, "Easy, breezy, beautiful key changes." As easy as a fictitious word can get. IMHO is also all about Hate On Bottom (Christ that was awful I hate myself) "This obviously has its merits as a catchy, singalong ditty but the pastiche is too on the nose and the key changes are just irritating." Jersey, on the other hand, is full of love, "What a track to announce your baby bump to. Simply iconic and a track that Whitney would have killed for back in the day." and Beginner agrees, "This song feels like sunshine. Perfect choice to introduce your baby bump to the world."
munro's jaw hits the floor, but his mouth is always open for something, "She shows off those pipes in this and my jaw hit the floor the first time I ever heard it." constantino declares it, "Iconic!" and Sam de Jour reminisces, " I was saying to a hunty the other day, standing in that stadium, singing the a capella of this, being so fucking extra with those key changes... Honestly one of the best moments of my entire life." Yeah, one of the funniest parts of the night was when Beyoncé let the entire audience flop with those key changes. Speaking of flop, it's K94, "Queen of key changes, pregnancy reveals, and general follicle extraction." and weddings come up again in the form of ThighHighs' commentary, "The song that I will be more than happy to hear at every single wedding I go to for the rest of my life. The key changes give me all of my life every single time, and the throwback New Edition vibe of the video only elevates the feeling of the video."
We'll close with Push, who answers his own question, " Do I need to add anything?" Evidently, you decided you did, "This is one of my favorite Beyoncé songs because it's such a well-captured moment. It makes you happy within seconds, the production is fucking brilliant, one of her best vocal moments too."
"Love On Top" has replaced "Halo" as the official song to make a fool of yourself to at one of Beyoncé's shows. However, the most notable performance was definitely at the VMAs in 2011, where the queen of media took the opportunity to announce she was pregnant. Beyoncé manages to serve vocals and choreography despite acid reflux and Blue Ivy stomping to the beat all over her vital organs, and still makes your fave look bitter, ugly, foul and talentless while leaving you messed, distressed, and most of all pressed about it. It was the same night Lady Gaga took the stage in drag and a bunch of children danced to Britney songs, so clearly the highlight of of a dreary evening.