On the most arresting moments of her second solo album - including the anguished, Sixties-tinged ballad "Resentment" and the punk-R&B single "Ring the Alarm" - Beyonce sings with enough frantic, quavering intensity to make you believe she really ...more
PopMatters
B-Day... well… it’s not a work of genius. It’s a solid album, but I definitely get the feeling that this album might have been rushed a bit. ...more
Observer Music Monthly
It's still a career high, but B'Day could have been released at any point in the last three-and-a-half years and, in a year which has given us tracks like Justin Timberlake's 'SexyBack', it already sounds stale. ...more
PopMatters
There are more winning moments on B-Day than there are weak moments. ...more
The New York Times
“B’Day” isn’t an ingratiating or seductive album, but it is nervy and fascinating. ...more
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cokemachineglow
God forbid anyone calls this a concept album. ...more
LA Daily News
The best of the unfortunately named "BDay" are a couple of r&b thumpers — "Ring the Alarm" and "Deja Vu," in which Jay-Z adds cheeky counterpoint to girlfriends processed coo. Its more about the effective programming of beats than ...more
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