Renaissance
by Beyoncé
  • Record Label: Columbia
  • Release Date: Jul 29, 2022
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 3470 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,997 out of 3470
  2. Mixed: 84 out of 3470
  3. Negative: 389 out of 3470
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  1. thabangmot
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    Beyoncé once again reinventing herself and teaching all these artists that music has no box. This album is a dance masterpiece with elements of trap and hip hop, sampling some of the most legendary artists in the industry. Stunning Bey!
  2. thewinkim
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    A masterpiece of an album. Beyoncé has truly outdone herself again. She is the one-of-a-kind artist who has the full capability to reinvent her style, vision, sound, and taste album after album. She is incomparable to other artists; she is in her own lane. Watch out for Beyoncé!
  3. JakeMontgomery
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    Amazing Album!!! Everything about it was so good, she knows how to execute every genre she does!
  4. Cassouuuu
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    It's the album of the year and in my top 3 of her albums period
    The album literally have zero skip, all the songs make you feel good, give you joy and happiness. Now we need the visuals now
  5. qurian
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    This album is so addicting you cant just listen to one song without listening to the whole album!! l absolutely love it!!!!
  6. nmangum
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    This album has been out for nearly a month now and it is still so exciting and fresh to listen to. So much respect to Beyoncé for constantly reinventing herself and her sound.
  7. Vinicius78
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    Músicas perfeitas, transições bem construídas resultado em um álbum coeso e perfeito.
  8. facundomartz
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    Beyoncé’s statement as the greatest of all times making many IT girls insecure, as well as their fan bases
  9. Samkelo14
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    Greatest album to ever grace our ears, she really is the moment. Know one is doing it like her or even trying.
  10. Itsme_ryian
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    This album is very iconic in different way compared to her other album, from the transitions song by song. Beyoncé was so brilliant because she always set the bar and always look new sound to her music career.
  11. LinxPose
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    This is an amazing album. I have not enjoyed music in a long time the way this made feel. This was artistic and refreshing. It was UNIQUE!!!
  12. Franckenteen7
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    ALBUM OF THE YEAR. All songs are hit. Her best album. I'm ready to dance all night !!!!!!!!
  13. Kingjay2017
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    ALBUM OF THE YEAR!!!! ATE AND LEFT NO CRUMBS! The people who are review bombing this are haters and jobless…
  14. Khory
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    Renaissance is a revelatory work of musical art. This is Beyonce at her most unabashed and confident. From the self assured opener of “I’m That Girl” to the cathartic ending track “Summer Renaissance” Queen Bey takes us on a house focused but genre-melding flawlessly transitional journey that dictates repeat listens from front to back. 10’s across the board are in order!
  15. drogodr
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    Um dos álbum mais surpreendente da última e da nova década. Beyoncé sempre se reinventando e não ficando no comodismo do topo que já atingiu. Ela poderia sentar e apenas lançar músicas aleatória, mas ela sempre entrega arte e algo a mais.
  16. Aviilee
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    this lady literally took us back into time to certain locations and places with astounding vocals and production. this album feels like a video game or an imagination in the best way possible. you travel to different places in the world & love a different culture ! THANK YOU BEYONCE
  17. Isnn
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Most cohesive and daring body of work. Each track completed the other ; it is almost impossible to one song alone even the lead single "Break My Soul" will count on preceding tracks "Cuff it" and "Energy" to provide a complete experience… Expand
  18. Samuelneve33
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    O melhor álbum de todos os tempos e pensado em cada detalhe e não poderia imaginar um mundo sem Beyoncé
  19. AA_xx
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    I've never felt this way about any album I am addicted to renaissance I live and breath renaissance
  20. NicoleSanchez15
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    Vocals 1000/10
    Production 10/10
    Cultural currency 10/10 Bops 100/10


    Beyoncé remains being Beyoncé.
  21. RuphyJay
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    When you think she's peaked, she comes back better. This is another culturally relevant and timeless masterpiece. It's been 22 days since Renaissance release, and I haven't been able to listen to any other Music. Every other thing pales in comparison.

    But she need to release that damn visual. I'm groveling!!!
  22. Gamity
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    Beyoncé todo álbum surpreende, com esse não é diferente, a sonoridade é impecável e dançante, algo que te leva a se divertir e se jogar na pista com seus amigos, os samples usados no álbum, foram tão bem utilizados, mostrando que ela sabe dar o valor as pessoas compositoras desses ritmos, o incrível também são os vocais, todos te deixam flutuar, realmente o álbum é para aquelesBeyoncé todo álbum surpreende, com esse não é diferente, a sonoridade é impecável e dançante, algo que te leva a se divertir e se jogar na pista com seus amigos, os samples usados no álbum, foram tão bem utilizados, mostrando que ela sabe dar o valor as pessoas compositoras desses ritmos, o incrível também são os vocais, todos te deixam flutuar, realmente o álbum é para aqueles apreciadores de boa música, para aqueles que não entendem uma obra prima dessas, infelizmente estão acostumados com o básico e sem profundidade, esse álbum tem estética, tem presença, tem amor, tem história e representatividade acima de tudo, Beyoncé fez um álbum conceitual em uma era que músicas são cada vez mais curtas e que não tem sentimento, não tem frescor, só hits momentâneos, de momentos que passam rápido, onde os artistas tem que correr para continuar em evidência. Mas ela vai contra essa tendência, sendo conceitual e fresca ainda nos dias de hoje, 25 anos de carreira você consegue entender o porquê desse álbum, ela não precisa ser modinha, ela precisa ser ela e o que ela quiser, álbum renaissance é o álbum do ano, por ter tantas coisas dentro dele, mas que fazem sentido para aqueles que conseguem sentir a música, a artista conseguiu pintar um quadro perfeito, Beyoncé está absolutamente de parabéns!… Expand
  23. Taelaveau
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    Love it queen!!! You keep on winning you always raise the bar & lead the pack
  24. livelife88
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    Hands down one of Beyoncé best albums. She really shows just how versatile she is on this one. Kudos to you Queen Bey
  25. jasofraz
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    This album literally changed my life. I was in such a negative place before this album came out, and it reminded me what joy and freedom sounded like. Those are feelings that no chart ranking can quantify. I’m so thankful for Beyoncé and her astonishing artistry; she’s truly a once in a lifetime artistic force.
  26. kjt624
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    This album is a masterpiece. Just when I didn’t think she couldn’t outdo Lemonade, Bey always delivers something different and unexpected.
  27. Hazeytaughtme
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    Beyonce does it again.
    The production
    The Writing
    The arrangements
    The vocals
    The backgrounds
  28. Aseza
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Very spectacular. It's a very refreshing take to music during the peak of sad melancholic music.… Expand
  29. okiemute
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    Best album I've heard all year and since Lemonade era!!! The storytelling, the transition from one song to the other.... Beyoncé truly is the goddess, first lady and music of music
  30. Applehead060
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    I’ve been a Beyonce fan for most of my life. Even still, I have never enjoyed any of her albums nearly as much as I do RENAISSANCE. It’s her best work. There are no flaws.
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Metascore
91

Universal acclaim - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. Mojo
    Sep 21, 2022
    80
    A continuous mix of hedonism, virtuosity, scholarship and, as one of her disco antecedents would have it, Good Times. [Nov 2022, p.84]
  2. Uncut
    Aug 31, 2022
    80
    Beyoncé's seventh solo album is a flawlessly structured feast. [Oct 2022, p.25]
  3. PopMatters
    Aug 9, 2022
    90
    Renaissance derives its meaning through its diverse soundscape, which, due to Beyoncé’s astute curation, becomes a statement about letting the music speak for itself.
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