Disc 1
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| Song Title | Sample |
| 1. Beautiful Liar - (with Shakira) ~ Beyonce |  |
| 2. Irreplaceable ~ Beyonce | |
| 3. Greenlight ~ Beyonce | |
| 4. Kitty Kat ~ Beyonce | |
| 5. Welcome To Hollywood - (with Jay-Z) ~ Beyonce | |
| 6. Upgrade U - (with Jay-Z) ~ Beyonce | |
| 7. Flaws And All ~ Beyonce | |
| 8. World Wide Woman ~ Beyonce | |
| 9. Get Me Bodied - (Extended mix) ~ Beyonce | |
| 10. If ~ Beyonce | |
| 11. Freakum Dress ~ Beyonce | |
| 12. Suga Mama ~ Beyonce | |
| 13. Deja Vu - (with Jay-Z) ~ Beyonce | |
| 14. Ring The Alarm ~ Beyonce | |
| 15. Resentment ~ Beyonce | |
| 16. Listen - (From The Motion Picture 'Dreamgirls') ~ Beyonce | |
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| Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Beyonce; Erik Hermansen, Keyon Harold, Alejandro Fernandez, Mauricio Guerrero, Cori Jacobs. | | Recording information: Sony Music Studios, New York, NY. | | Beyonce had little to prove on her second solo outing, B'DAY, having already demonstrated her taste, (solo) vocal prowess, and sparkling star quality on her first post-Destiny's Child release in 2003. Nevertheless, the singer and her crack team of producers and collaborators (R&B's finest, including the Neptunes, Swizz Beats, and Rich Harrison) have come up with a collection that's at least equal to her previous triumphs, and that shows off an almost angry intensity only hinted at on earlier releases. | | The club hit "Deja Vu," with an extended rap from boyfriend/producer Jay-Z, boasts an addictive bass line that contrasts dramatically with Beyonce's emotive upper register. The haunting "Ring the Alarm" is a multilayered melodrama built around a dizzying minor-key hook that relies on Beyonce's vocal dexterity and newfound fire. Despite the appealing bravado of most of the tracks on B-DAY, the most memorable song is the beautiful lovelorn ballad "Irreplaceable," on which a wounded Beyonce protesteth too much about an errant lover's dispensability. Her nuanced and soul-deep performance suggests the tearful hurt lying at the center of all that anger. |
Producer: The Neptunes; Swizz Beatz; StarGate; Rich Harrison |
Musical Guests | | Jay-Z |
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| Technical Info |
| Release Date : 04/03/2007 | | Original Release Date : 2006 | | Catalog ID : 9492 | | Label : Columbia (USA) | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Runtime : 88m : 36s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00886971111125 |
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| Professional Reviews |
| Rolling Stone (p.69)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]here is endless pleasure in the gliding transitions from Jay-Z's staccato rhymes to Beyonce's own honeyed flow..."Entertainment Weekly (p.158)
- "[T]he songs arrive in huge gusts of rhythm and emotion, with Beyonce's voice rippling over clattery beats..." -- Grade: B Q (p.149)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he Nelly-esque 'Get me Bodied', the Neptunes-helmed 'Green Light', with its marvellously cascading chorus, and the super-taut 'Upgrade U' are turbo-charged..." Q (p.118)
- Ranked #72 in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums of 2006." Vibe (p.138)
- "[A] generally exhilarating marriage of pop songcraft and state-of-the-art rhythms." |
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