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Lemon-Aid (A Review of Beyoncé’s New Visual Album)

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Don’t live under rock? First, congrats. Living under a rock can be hard. Second, you probably heard about Beyoncé dropping her new visual album, “Lemonade.” Congrats on that, too, cuz it’s a neato.

I want to rave about “Lemonade,” because I feel like it was a primal scream, and I have a policy of supporting primal screams. And “Lemonade,” taken as a whole–that is, as a visual album–is amazing. The imagery accompanying Beyoncé’s words and music is largely stunning. If you’re a fan of my work, it probably won’t surprise you to find that I think the visual portion of “Lemonade” is extraordinarily arresting. Experienced together, the music and visuals is a treat for a senses.

I want to recommend the whole album to you. I can’t. Not because it’s bad, simply because the music on its own just doesn’t resonate the way I hoped it would. Mind you, this is my experience; and I have a feeling I’m alone in not adoring every track on “Lemonade,” so take what I say with a grain of salt. It’s a good album and it’s very…atmospheric. I get what Beyoncé’s doing and I approve, heartily. But when it comes to simply judging the music on its merits, I found there was one track that stood head and shoulders above all the others–“All Night.”

Imagine Ska, Reggae, and R&B  had a super-sexy three-way down the fire. The resulting child would be “All Night,” an emotional, rocking slow jam with a driving bassline that gets under your skin and gives you a bone and muscle massage. I’m obsessed with the song, can’t stop listening to it. Maybe you should listen too.

 

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