- adult contemporary r&b, pop, contemporary r&b, r&b
- 79 min
- 18 tracks
- Columbia
4 is the fourth studio album by the American singer and songwriter Beyoncé. It was released on June 24, 2011, by Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records. Recorded from March 2010 to May 2011, the album was produced by Beyoncé alongside Babyface, Jeff Bhasker, Kanye West, Kaskade, Brent Kutzle, and Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic, Switch, and The-Dream, among others.
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Character
Spare, character-led, grave and contemporary.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 73/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 6.6/10
- AllMusic3/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubB−
- Entertainment WeeklyB
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times3/4 ★
- NME4/10
- Pitchfork8/10
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Spin8/10
- Uncut4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 11+14:34
- 2I Care3:59
- 3I Miss You2:59
- 4Best Thing I Never Had4:14
- 5Party4:05
- 6Rather Die Young3:42
- 7Start Over3:19
- 8Love on Top4:27
- 9Countdown3:33
- 10End of Time3:44
- 11I Was Here3:59
- 12Run the World (Girls)3:56
- 1Lay Up Under Me4:14
- 2Schoolin’ Life4:53
- 3Dance for You6:17
- 4Run the World (Girls) (Kaskade club remix)5:02
- 5Run the World (Girls) (RedTop club remix)6:03
- 6Run the World (Girls) (Jochen Simms club remix)6:17
18 tracks, 79 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Beyoncé
- Label
- Columbia
- Released
- 2011
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD, Enhanced CD
- Country
- ZA
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