Lemonade (Beyoncé album)
Lemonade is the sixth studio album by American singer Beyoncé. It was released on April 23, 2016, by Parkwood Entertainment. The album is Beyoncé's second "visual album", following her eponymous 2013 album. It is also a concept album.[1]
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| Released | April 23, 2016 | ||||
| Recorded | Mid 2014 - Late 2015 | ||||
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| Length | 45:49 | ||||
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Critical reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 92/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
| The A.V. Club | A–[4] |
| The Daily Telegraph | [5] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A+[6] |
| The Guardian | [7] |
| The Independent | [8] |
| NME | 4/5[9] |
| Pitchfork Media | 8.5/10[10] |
| Rolling Stone | [11] |
| Spin | 9/10[12] |
Lemonade received generally positive reviews from music critics.[2]
Track listing
Credits adapted from Tidal.[13]
| Lemonade – Disc one (Audio) | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | |||||
| 1. | "Pray You Catch Me" |
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3:16 | ||||||
| 2. | "Hold Up" |
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3:41 | |||||
| 3. | "Don't Hurt Yourself" (featuring Jack White) |
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3:54 | ||||||
| 4. | "Sorry" |
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| 5. | "6 Inch" (featuring The Weeknd) |
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4:20 | |||||
| 6. | "Daddy Lessons" |
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| 7. | "Love Drought" |
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3:57 | |||||
| 8. | "Sandcastles" |
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3:03 | |||||
| 9. | "Forward" (featuring James Blake) |
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1:19 | |||||
| 10. | "Freedom" (featuring Kendrick Lamar) |
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4:50 | |||||
| 11. | "All Night" |
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5:22 | |||||
| 12. | "Formation" |
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3:26 | |||||
Total length: |
45:49 | ||||||||
| Lemonade – Disc two (Visual) | |||||||||
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| 13. | "Lemonade" |
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1:05:22 | ||||||
- Sample credits[13]
- "Hold Up" contains a sample of "Can't Get Used to Losing You", written by Jerome "Doc" Pomus and Mort Shuman, performed by Andy Williams; an interpolation of "Maps", written by Brian Chase, Karen Orzolek and Nick Zinner, performed by Yeah Yeah Yeahs; and an interpolation of "Turn My Swag On", written by DeAndre Way, performed by Soulja Boy.
- "Don't Hurt Yourself" contains samples of "When the Levee Breaks", written by James Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham, performed by Led Zeppelin.
- "6 Inch" contains samples of "Walk On By", written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, performed by Isaac Hayes via "2Wicky", performed by Hooverphonic; and an interpolation of "My Girls", written by David Portner, Noah Lennox and Brian Weitz, performed by Animal Collective.
- "Freedom" contains samples of "Let Me Try", written by Frank Tirado, performed by Kaleidoscope; samples of "Collection Speech/Unidentified Lining Hymn", recorded by Alan Lomax in 1959, performed by Reverend R.C. Crenshaw; and samples of "Stewball", recorded by Alan Lomax and John Lomax, Sr. in 1947, performed by Prisoner "22" at Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman.
- "All Night" contains a sample of "SpottieOttieDopaliscious", written by André Benjamin, Patrick Brown and Antwan Patton, performed by OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown.
- "Lemonade" contains a sample of "The Court of the Crimson King", written by Ian McDonald and Peter Sinfield, performed by King Crimson.
Lemonade (Beyoncé Album) Media
The film samples work by Malcolm X.
The character of Catherine of Aragon in the West End musical Six, originated by Jarnéia Richard-Noel, was inspired by Lemonade-era Beyoncé.
References
- ↑ "Beyonce's 'Lemonade' tops Billboard, Prince reigns on album chart". Reuters. May 5, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Critic Reviews for Lemonade". Metacritic. April 25, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- ↑ Kellman, Andy (April 28, 2016). "Lemonade – Beyoncé : Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- ↑ Zaleski, Annie (June 7, 2016). "Beyoncé's Lemonade pushes pop music into smarter, deeper places". The A.V. Club. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
- ↑ Bernstein, Jonathan (April 24, 2016). "Lemonade is Beyoncé at her most profane, political and personal — review". The Daily Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/lemonade-is-beyonc-at-her-most-profane-political-and-personal/. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- ↑ Rahman, Ray (April 27, 2016). "Beyoncé's Lemonade: EW Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- ↑ Petridis, Alexis (April 24, 2016). "Beyoncé – Lemonade review: 'A woman not to be messed with'". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/24/beyonce-lemonade-review-a-woman-not-to-be-messed-with. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- ↑ True, Everett (April 26, 2016). "Beyoncé, Lemonade review: Fiery, insurgent, fiercely proud, sprawling and sharply focused". The Independent. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- ↑ Bartleet, Larry (April 25, 2016). "Beyonce – 'Lemonade' Review". NME. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- ↑ Mapes, Jillian (June 7, 2016). "Beyoncé: Lemonade". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
- ↑ Sheffield, Rob (April 25, 2016). "The queen, in middle-fingers-up mode, makes her most powerful, ambitious statement yet". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 31, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- ↑ Tate, Greg (June 7, 2016). "Review: Beyoncé Is the Rightful Heir to Michael Jackson and Prince on 'Lemonade'". Spin. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Lemonade / Beyoncé". Tidal. April 23, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2016.