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Generally favorable reviews- based on 3877 Ratings

  • Summary: The sixth solo studio album for the singer premiered as an hour-long HBO special before streaming on Tidal. A physical release is set for May 6.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 33
  3. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. Apr 25, 2016
    100
    Lemonade is by far Beyoncé’s strongest album.
  2. 100
    Her boldest, most ambitious, best album to date.
  3. 100
    Cynics will cry foul, that Beyoncé remains an entitled superstar, raging at a paper tiger. Those cynics will be ignoring one of this year’s finest albums.
  4. Apr 25, 2016
    90
    ["Sorry,"] is a combative, unglossy track on an album full of them. ... As she did with her 2013 album, “Beyoncé,” she has also paired the music with full-length video that expands and deepens its impact.
  5. Apr 26, 2016
    85
    Lemonade is a stunning album, one that sees her exploring sounds she never has before. It also voices a rarely seen concept, that of the album-length ode to infidelity. Even stranger, it doesn’t double as an album-length ode to breaking up.
  6. 80
    This is a record that is highly sonically ambitious, and even the moments that don’t quite come together are carried by Beyoncé’s vocal talents and sheer star power.
  7. Apr 26, 2016
    70
    If Lemonade feels less ambitious than the near-70-minute Beyoncé, it's probably because the penetrating spoken-word interludes, composed of verses by Somali-British poet Warsan Shire, featured in Lemonade's accompanying long-form music video have been excised from the album itself.

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  1. Aug 8, 2018
    10
    Lemonade is a masterpiece, really good worked, really good lyrics, beats and playlist, it's almost impossible to listen "Pray You Catch Me"Lemonade is a masterpiece, really good worked, really good lyrics, beats and playlist, it's almost impossible to listen "Pray You Catch Me" and try not to listen "Hold Up" "Don't Hurt Yourself" and "Sorry", and it's very very hard to not listen every songs in the album, despite the fact that exist other albums that are so good and even better than Lemonade, Beyoncé worked hard and made an amazing album with amazing songs and a really, really remark-ble music that will live for a long, very long time if it don't live forever, Beyoncé still the Queen B and still The Best Female Singer and Artist of This Decade or even the 21 Century and Lemonade still a real piece of art among a big amount of musical trash. Expand
  2. Apr 30, 2016
    10
    BIBLIA CONCEITUAL VISUAL AMO!!! RAINHA NEGRA! DONA DO ANO ARRASPOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUBIBLIA CONCEITUAL VISUAL AMO!!! RAINHA NEGRA! DONA DO ANO ARRASPOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU DFEBJVEJJE~RBHUWERBVJRWTRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR Expand
  3. Apr 25, 2016
    10
    A real masterpiece. This is what the world needs: ART! It brings a mix of rhythms with an amazing harmony. The context of the album isA real masterpiece. This is what the world needs: ART! It brings a mix of rhythms with an amazing harmony. The context of the album is absolutely wonderful! Expand
  4. Jul 25, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Este álbum é maravilhoso pois traz uma alegoria chamada empoderamento feminino dita em sons, o que diz muito sobre álbum não é só a questão de musicalização mas também a mensagem que o álbum traz. Expand
  5. Apr 25, 2016
    10
    Me da un gusto enorme comenzar a reseñar disco empezando con uno de los trabajos más esperados en el año titulado LEMONADE.
    El sexto trabajo
    Me da un gusto enorme comenzar a reseñar disco empezando con uno de los trabajos más esperados en el año titulado LEMONADE.
    El sexto trabajo de estudio de Beyoncé nos trae una propuesto que si bien en su obra anterior "Beyoncé" ya se había experimentado. Ahora nos acontece algo totalmente innovador.
    Con un mensaje fuerte, violento, irónico e incluso crudo. Se homenajea no sólo a la mujer negra. Si no a todo lo que representa la historia negra en U.S.A.
    Aparentemente el rumbo que ha tomado la música pop desde el año pasado con influencias en el R&B, en el rock y pasando a una instrumentalización más orgánica con toques de pop, ha impactado demasiado en la manera de hacer música actualmente.
    Discos tales como ANTi, Mind Of Mine, Beauty Behind The Madness y los Buzz Singles de Drake... Etc han acarreado a los productores a llevar a este ritmo cómo lo comercial. A pesar de esto LEMONADE se escucha y se siente veraz.
    Beyoncé demuestra una capacidad vocal como ningún otro cantante femenino. Experimenta, juega, desgarra la voz.
    Respecto a la producción músical se puede notar una percusión muy particular en el disco al igual que el uso de cuerdas y las influencias de orquesta que se notan en el uso de violines. Pero el disco va en incremento. Comienza con una producción músical ligera y termina con producciones grandes como FREEDOM y ALL NIGHT.
    Respecto a la pélicula...
    Se divide en capítulos que dan a entender que la película es eso... un trabajo fílmico. Que nos va contando una historia y para el Film las música que se extraen de LEMONADE forman parte de el como una banda sonora.
    Sin duda un trabajo que marcará tendencia en la música popular y que le dará el sello a la música comercial durante el periodo que dure el R&B y el Rap/Hip Hop en los charts de Billboard.
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  6. Apr 26, 2016
    10
    this might be the best album of 2016. Beyonce killed it as always and Lemonade could be the best album she ever made. the songs are verythis might be the best album of 2016. Beyonce killed it as always and Lemonade could be the best album she ever made. the songs are very catchy and meaningful and include some features like Jack White, The Weeknd and King Kendrick. Expand
  7. Jul 20, 2019
    0
    Ela deveria ter vergonha na cara Lisa de lançar essa bosta e se dizer feminista fazendo esse lixo pro marido e dizer que é pra militar. Lixosa.

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