I Am... Beyoncé.

I'm sure Bob, the other manager of this site will make another review about 4, the new Beyoncé album, but I wanted to make one as well. So here it is. I'll be reviewing the LP track by track, as I usually do.

• 1 + 1: This amazing ballad doesn't meet my expectations. But the way she sings "One plus one equals TWO" is charming and makes me want to listen to the track over and over. The lyrics are quite good. I dislike the track title though.
• I Care: One of my favourites throughout the whole album. It makes a good contrast after a slow song like 1 + 1. Neither is a ballad, nor an uptempo hit. It's something beyond that. During the verses the song turns out to be very static and calmed, but the choruses speed it up. Not a big fan of the song title either. Potencial single, in my opinion.
• I Miss You: Is very good, but it ain't long enough. There are songs that could be shorter, but this is exactly the opposite. But thei instrumental stands out over the voice, what I don't really like. Another title track that I don't like, by the way.
• Best Thing I Never Had: People may say is the most commercial song on the album, along with Run The World, but I love this track. Beautiful ballad, I LOVE the title, and the lyrics are quite good. Beyoncé goes crazy by the end of the track, I really like that part.
• Rather Die Young: I wasn't a big fan of this song, but it's growing on me. This track tells a beautiful story of love, as usual, but in a very R&B way. It sounds like Beyoncé standing in front of a crowd and arguing with it about her own decisions.
• Star Over: The instrumental intro makes me wanna jump myself of a cliff on the Caribbean. Seriously, this song is such an amazing hit. I really want this to close the single chronology of the 4 era, and a video of this would make my life a bit better. As usual on this album, I don't like the title very much...
• Love on Top: Probably the best-est song on the album, in my opinion. Despite the first five tracks of the album weren't such an amazing experience, this is the time when the album begin to grow and this is the first song on 4 that I loved the first time I listened to it. Papapará, papapará.
• Countdown: This has to be a single and be a ground breaking disco hit. The literal countdown during the first part of the song is such an epic moment. The music behind those amazing vocals is very Sasha Fierc-esque and I love it.
• End of Time: The instrumental intro is GOD. This should have been the first single. I definitely love uptempo Beyoncé tracks, they're such amazing songs to dance to. The african beats should have appeared like this a lot more through the album, in my opinion. And I love the title.
• I Was Here: This ballad is BEAUTIFUL. And the lyrics are BEAUTIFUL. BEAUTIFUL. That's it.
• Run The World (Girls): I love it, but I didn't love it at first. The music video is quite amazing, so are the lyrics, but I really think it gets boring and annoying during the last third of the song until the end. I don't really like the way the album finishes, but the song as a piece of work is still quite good. Who run this motha?

In conclusion, the album is very good. The best work Beyoncé has ever done besides I Am... Sasha Fierce, which is, in my opinion, one of the best albums of the last decade. I don't think she topped herself, but she didn't hyped a lot the album, so it didn't afected the audience negatively. I love the vibe of the album and the only thing I can't stand about it are the title tracks. I don't know, they look very simple. Furthermore, the bonus tracks are quite good, and they would have perfectly fitted in the standard edition.

The photoshoot shown in the booklet is one of the most amazing photo sessions I've ever seen, by the way.

I give the album a...