Lemonade 2016
By Beyoncé
- alternative r&b, pop, contemporary r&b, pop rap
- 46 min
- 12 tracks
- Parkwood Entertainment
Lemonade is the sixth studio album by the American singer and songwriter Beyoncé. It was surprise-released on April 23, 2016, by Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records, as a visual album together with a film of the same name. Beyoncé conceived Lemonade as a concept album that explores the historical Black female experience in the United States, allegorized as a personal journey through marital betrayal and healing, and structured as a song cycle based on the Kübler-Ross model.
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Character
Earnest, grave, overwhelming and meticulous.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- rawmeticulous
- contemporarynostalgic
Who loves it, who doesn't
7 profiled raters. Loved most by The Formalists; disliked most by The Provocateurs.
Reviews
- beatsbyleoThe Formalist★★★★
A concept album that actually delivers a concept. Freedom is a hymn. Sandcastles is the one that gets me.
Tracks
- 1PRAY YOU CATCH ME3:16
- 2HOLD UP3:41
- 3DON’T HURT YOURSELF3:54
- 4SORRY3:52
- 56 INCH4:21
- 6DADDY LESSONS4:48
- 7LOVE DROUGHT3:57
- 8SANDCASTLES3:03
- 9FORWARD1:19
- 10FREEDOM4:50
- 11ALL NIGHT5:22
- 12FORMATION3:26
12 tracks, 46 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Beyoncé
- Label
- Parkwood Entertainment
- Released
- April 23, 2016
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
From MusicBrainz, the earliest official release of this album.
Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
- To Pimp a Butterfly 201576% alikeBoth earnest, meticulous, overwhelming.
- Hounds of Love 198573% alikeBoth earnest, grave, meticulous.
- good kid, m.A.A.d city 201270% alikeBoth earnest, contemporary, grave.
- Kid A 200055% alikeBoth earnest, grave, contemporary.
- Illmatic 199453% alikeBoth earnest, grave, meticulous; this one is more classical in form.
- In Rainbows 200749% alikeBoth earnest, grave, contemporary; this one is more spare.
- Beats, Rhymes and Life 199648% alikeBoth earnest, grave; this one is more classical in form.
- Blonde 201648% alikeBoth earnest, grave, contemporary; this one is more cool.
Traffic 200069% alikeFilm · Both earnest, contemporary, grave.
Arrival 201668% alikeFilm · Both earnest, contemporary, grave.
