B'Day
by Beyoncé
  • Record Label: Sony
  • Release Date: Sep 5, 2006
User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 722 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 550 out of 722
  2. Mixed: 50 out of 722
  3. Negative: 122 out of 722

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  1. elenavcvc
    Sep 25, 2006
    9
    i love her cd so much i listen to it everyday!!!!!
  2. jeff
    Sep 25, 2006
    0
    its sad that this album got good reviews.. since when did syncopated beats and tuneless melodies become music?
  3. borisf
    Sep 24, 2006
    8
    take it for what it is a masterpiece on the dancefloor
  4. alejandror
    Sep 24, 2006
    10
    I love you beyoncé
  5. TonyaW
    Sep 23, 2006
    10
    Beyonce, really step her came up! The beats are crazy. I love this cd. I listen in the morning on my way to work, at work and on my way home. This is a women enpowerment cd. I Love It!!!!
  6. AleksandarA
    Sep 22, 2006
    8
    this is a very good album. it is a little rushed, but most songs are potential number 1. Very energetic album. Go B
  7. JamesG
    Sep 21, 2006
    10
    B'Day is brilliant. Great uptempo tracks and ballads on this one. It's an album that you can play just straight through without skipping any tracks. I really believe that this album will get an Album of the Year nomination. It's that good.
  8. JohnT.
    Sep 21, 2006
    10
    This is one of the best albums of the year. Beyonce is being very creatively daring on this album. It's a slightly different sound for Beyonce. I think for some people it may be a grower, but just listen to the songs, and you'll start to feel all of them. The album grabbed me from the start with Get Me Bodied, Suga Mama, Upgrade U, Irreplaceable and Freakum Dress. The album is a This is one of the best albums of the year. Beyonce is being very creatively daring on this album. It's a slightly different sound for Beyonce. I think for some people it may be a grower, but just listen to the songs, and you'll start to feel all of them. The album grabbed me from the start with Get Me Bodied, Suga Mama, Upgrade U, Irreplaceable and Freakum Dress. The album is a spectacular achievement of modern R&B.… Expand
  9. Emmanuel
    Sep 21, 2006
    0
    horrible i want my 10.99 back
  10. JamarO
    Sep 20, 2006
    2
    Weak album. Boring, rushed, and definitely forgettable. I think Beyonce is under the impression the public will lap up anything she puts out, and in some ways she is right. Still doesnt change the fact that the album is barely listenable the whole way through, even though it is short. Even 10 minutes of this is too much.
  11. alexl
    Sep 19, 2006
    9
    B day is a good album
  12. RandyB
    Sep 17, 2006
    2
    Coming from a AAA star like Beyonce, the album as a whole is rather weak. There are a few good songs, but this album is very forgettable.
  13. f8udu98ghfghusdytg
    Sep 17, 2006
    10
    album is great
  14. JackieR
    Sep 17, 2006
    10
    This album is really good... At first listen it sounds kind of strange... nothing you are used to... then after listening to it for a while it just begins to be contageous!!! I can't take it out of CD player, and I feel that there is not one song that I would skip over!!! It is so empowering to me as a women, and I feel that she has really grown on this album and i can't wait This album is really good... At first listen it sounds kind of strange... nothing you are used to... then after listening to it for a while it just begins to be contageous!!! I can't take it out of CD player, and I feel that there is not one song that I would skip over!!! It is so empowering to me as a women, and I feel that she has really grown on this album and i can't wait for an additional single to be released!!! Keep the hot videos coming B !!!… Expand
  15. RaiJ
    Sep 17, 2006
    10
    To tell you the truth i absolutly love Beyonce album. She showing you that she is older and isn't talking about that young love stuff. For example Freekum Dress(My Favorite Song) is showing that she's more mature. So forget all yall haters who think her CD is corny because she doing her thing and it dont matter what yall think matter fact yall haters is making her stonger.And To tell you the truth i absolutly love Beyonce album. She showing you that she is older and isn't talking about that young love stuff. For example Freekum Dress(My Favorite Song) is showing that she's more mature. So forget all yall haters who think her CD is corny because she doing her thing and it dont matter what yall think matter fact yall haters is making her stonger.And she aint even gonna sweat yall. Rai… Expand
  16. Holoh
    Sep 17, 2006
    10
    Don't listen to the haters. Half the time the idiots haven't even heard the album but are judging by the singles. This album rox, every song is single-worthy. And that's a hard feat to accomplish.
  17. despor
    Sep 17, 2006
    0
    This album is bad, no good songs and way to rushed. Dont bother getting it when there are far better cd's out that you can get.
  18. KrisL
    Sep 17, 2006
    1
    Apart from a couple of catchy singles, Beyonce's first album was overrated, and this one is even worse. One word comes to mind: uninspired. The fact that it was written and recorded in two weeks is blatantly obvious. Recycling "what worked" the first time does not equal artistic growth. It just shows laziness and a lack of creativity. Screaming and flailing your way through tracks Apart from a couple of catchy singles, Beyonce's first album was overrated, and this one is even worse. One word comes to mind: uninspired. The fact that it was written and recorded in two weeks is blatantly obvious. Recycling "what worked" the first time does not equal artistic growth. It just shows laziness and a lack of creativity. Screaming and flailing your way through tracks doesn't convey emotional depth, it just makes you sound shrill and annoys the listener.… Expand
  19. keishad
    Sep 16, 2006
    0
    This was a waste of money, there is nothing impressive about this album. My buddys bought the cd before me and told me it was garbage, next time i will listen to them and save my money for something that is worth it.
  20. PhoebeM
    Sep 16, 2006
    1
    Far from the maturity of Dangerously in Love, this incredible vocalist appears to have regressed to the days when shouting through a song and wailing incomprehensibly were acceptable. Beyonce needs to learn fast that she is mistaken. Most of the tracks, with the exception of singles Deja Vu and Ring the Alarm, and down-beat potential single Irreplaceable, are impossible to understand, Far from the maturity of Dangerously in Love, this incredible vocalist appears to have regressed to the days when shouting through a song and wailing incomprehensibly were acceptable. Beyonce needs to learn fast that she is mistaken. Most of the tracks, with the exception of singles Deja Vu and Ring the Alarm, and down-beat potential single Irreplaceable, are impossible to understand, with Beyonce alternately mumbling and screaming her words to no good effect. Most of the songs, even with the lyrics on screen to read from, are nonsensical and pointless at best, silly lyrics with bad vocals over alternately dull and migraine inducing repetitive beats. Her vocals, then, are sub-par too. She knocked this album up in a matter of a few weeks, and it shows. Songs like Ring the Alarm, Suga Mamma, Freakum Dress and the like could easily have been performed by a vocalist of Ashanti or Britney's calibre, and while Beyonce would of course sound better singing them than they would, the fact remains that she is wasting the incredible voice that she was so gifted to have. In the days when her contemporaries are producing major release double disc albums, Beyonce's ten sub-par tunes just aren't going to cut it.… Expand
  21. tarajih
    Sep 16, 2006
    0
    awful pathtic and horrible
  22. JennyC
    Sep 16, 2006
    1
    This album is such a disappointment! If you want a Beyonce album, buy Dangerously In Love instead! Don't waste your money on this garbage! There is not one good song, sad.
  23. danielles
    Sep 15, 2006
    3
    The album seems rushed, and a far cry from the Dangerously in Love. I don't see any growth in this album. The songs lack the maturity of her debut album.
  24. GalrothP
    Sep 15, 2006
    0
    In the history of her carreer I have yet to hear such garbage!!
  25. RamesesP
    Sep 15, 2006
    0
    Garbage.. this album sucks..WTF happend to beyonce, she used to be good!!!!!!!!!
  26. ElrondR
    Sep 15, 2006
    0
    Weak.. this album is horrid and shouldnt be purchased.
  27. tatianah
    Sep 15, 2006
    1
    Horrends work.. This album was made in 2 weeks but sounds like it was made in 2 days.. terrible work
  28. JoseA
    Sep 15, 2006
    9
    I have to admit at first listen you won't be too impressed. On the second listen you'll begin to realize that Beyonce is a Force that just can't be denied.
  29. StacyG
    Sep 15, 2006
    10
    This is the best CD from Beyonce as a single artist and as a member of Destiny's Child. The bouncy beats displays her connection to the south. As a woman I find the lyrics along w/the strong beats empowering. This stays in the CD player!
  30. ka
    Sep 14, 2006
    10
    Listen to the CD, the entire CD then give a careful analysis. Beyonce is very talented and she expresses her talent well. This CD is showing her maturing into a woman. Give her credit, she deserves it. She works for the fans. That is why her art is so great.
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#5 Most Discussed Album of 2006
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#34 Most Shared Album of 2006

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Slant Magazine
    70
    Whereas Beyoncé's debut was accomplished in its diversity, albeit a sure sign of a new solo artist trying to find her voice, B'Day sounds like the album "Crazy In Love" initially forecasted.
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  2. Blender
    80
    B'Day never cools down, and swaety up-tempo numbers prove the best platform for Beyonce's rapperly phrasing and pipe-flaunting fireballs. [Sep 2006, p.138]
  3. The Guardian
    80
    Apart from a few pop-R&B space-fillers, there's not much to dislike about B'Day.
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