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9.0
28583
9.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
In the steel cage match that is modern-day female pop music, the champion from here on out is Beyoncé
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8.5
28796
8.5 |
Beats Per Minute
Her voice is the best it has ever been
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8.0
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8.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
As far as pop music is concerned, Beyoncé is very nearly without peer
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8.0
28777
8.0 |
musicOMH
We should be happy that a superstar is still committed to delivering quality LPs in an environment that frowns upon such commercially unwarranted traditions, but we should be especially grateful that that superstar is Beyoncé
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8.0
28666
8.0 |
The Observer
Her most accomplished album yet
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8.0
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8.0 |
Independent on Sunday
A subtle, stripped-down sound that suggests someone's been listening to Janelle Monae
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8.0
28715
8.0 |
Pitchfork
One of the world's biggest stars exploring her talent in ways few could've predicted
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8.0
29097
8.0 |
Prefix
You’d be hard pressed to find a big ticket R&B album quite as restless, tuneful and fearless this year
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8.0
29324
8.0 |
Paste Magazine
Beyoncé’s honeyed tones sashay through the melodies equal parts power-pop-torch, bright-light beacon and erotic invitation
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8.0
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The Irish Times
There is a pall of self-consciousness hanging over some of the tracks here
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8.0
30090
8.0 |
Uncut
Overall 4 is a very strong record indeed. Print edition only
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7.0
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7.0 |
Under The Radar
Her most personal and affecting album to date
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7.0
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7.0 |
BBC
Beyoncé slips from flirty to fragile to fabulous, and is in terrific voice throughout, reminding us that when she opens up there's no-one else in the game
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7.0
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7.0 |
Slant Magazine
Beyoncé's voice is ripe and, well, full-bodied
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7.0
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7.0 |
Rolling Stone
4 might be her strangest record
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6.7
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6.7 |
A.V. Club
Beyoncé’s artistic maturation on 4 features some growing pains, but the album’s polish and her poise go a long way toward masking those flaws
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6.7
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6.7 |
Pretty Much Amazing
If 4 is a commercial failure, lay the blame on lead-single “Run the World (Girls),” the nadir of Beyoncé’s oeuvre
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6.0
29231
6.0 |
State
For an artist who desperately wants to produce a great album, Beyoncé has still to deliver on her boundless self-belief
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6.0
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6.0 |
Q
Often beautiful but never venturing beyond established R&B horizons. Print edition only
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6.0
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6.0 |
Evening Standard
Halfway through, the album transforms - out go the ballads, on come the glad-rags and in steps Beyoncé the party-starter. It's not a moment too soon
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6.0
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6.0 |
PopMatters
A welcome comeback for Beyoncé after the Sasha Fierce meltdown, full of silly ‘80s musical references and many of the strong vocal turns that made Sasha‘s banality such a frustrating reality
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Quietus
Beyoncé may be giving us more of the same here but a Beyoncé album that treads water is still a Beyoncé album
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Guardian
The highpoints offer hints of what it might have been: it's hard not to feel that what it might have been sounds better than what it is
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6.0
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6.0 |
Scotland on Sunday
Agreeably cheesy
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4.0
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4.0 |
The Scotsman
Second-rate
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4.0
28731
4.0 |
NME
There’s the unmistakable sense of someone treading water
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4.0
28573
4.0 |
The Independent
Overall, the weaknesses far outnumber the strengths
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4.0
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4.0 |
Entertainment.ie
Her most dour solo album to date
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2.0
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2.0 |
No Ripcord
4 is that rare thing: an R&B album with no soul
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