This album is a revelation. It's a total masterpiece. The run from "Texas Hold 'Em" to "Flamenco" is flawless, and, on it's own is the best album I've heard so far this year. Throw in "American Requiem," "16 Carriages," "Tyrant," and "Sweet * Honey * Buckiin" and this thing is a goddamn MONSTER.
What she's done with "Jolene" is brilliant. Going from her version of that song into "Daughter" just fucking wrecked me. Unreal.
This is an album that is immediately great and will only get better as it ages, I'm sure. This is one I think we're going to talk and come back to for a long time. This feels like one of those "canon" records.
Re: Act II: Cowboy Carter (Beyonce)
Posted: Sat March 30, 2024 9:38 pm
by Ms Harmless
couldn't agree more, nice to see a thread about it
edit: the way she goes into opera / choral here is spectactular
Re: Act II: Cowboy Carter (Beyonce)
Posted: Sat March 30, 2024 9:39 pm
by epilogue
Ms Harmless wrote:couldn't agree more, nice to see a thread about it
I thought this record deserved it's own thread.
We'll be talking about/dissecting it for a long time to come.
Re: Act II: Cowboy Carter (Beyonce)
Posted: Sat March 30, 2024 10:08 pm
by Farmer John
"Tyrant" is a hell of a song
"Ya Ya", "Riverdance", "Bodyguard"...also hells of a songs
Re: Act II: Cowboy Carter (Beyonce)
Posted: Sat March 30, 2024 10:43 pm
by epilogue
Again, Jolene into Daughter is one of my all time favorite moments in music. Ms H is right, the operetta at the end of Daughter is special.
Re: Act II: Cowboy Carter (Beyonce)
Posted: Sat March 30, 2024 10:44 pm
by epilogue
I love the narrative there. Daughter has a guitar melody that's similar to Daughter, and thematically they are sequels. It's really special.
Re: Act II: Cowboy Carter (Beyonce)
Posted: Sat March 30, 2024 11:09 pm
by epilogue
Farmer John wrote:"Tyrant" is a hell of a song
"Ya Ya", "Riverdance", "Bodyguard"...also hells of a songs
YES!
Tyrant is 5 stars
Re: Act II: Cowboy Carter (Beyonce)
Posted: Sat March 30, 2024 11:16 pm
by Farmer John
Wait, is that Beyonce singing the opera part in Daughter? That's incredibly impressive if so.
Re: Act II: Cowboy Carter (Beyonce)
Posted: Sat March 30, 2024 11:30 pm
by tragabigzanda
tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem
Re: Act II: Cowboy Carter (Beyonce)
Posted: Sat March 30, 2024 11:32 pm
by Ms Harmless
Farmer John wrote:Wait, is that Beyonce singing the opera part in Daughter? That's incredibly impressive if so.
yes, I believe so
Re: Act II: Cowboy Carter (Beyonce)
Posted: Sat March 30, 2024 11:54 pm
by epilogue
Ms Harmless wrote:
Farmer John wrote:Wait, is that Beyonce singing the opera part in Daughter? That's incredibly impressive if so.
yes, I believe so
Same.
If that's not her I'd love to know who it is, but I was under the impression it was her.
Re: Act II: Cowboy Carter (Beyonce)
Posted: Sun March 31, 2024 12:36 am
by VinylGuy
Daughter is impressive yes, but i still kinda fail to connect to Beyonce on any level. She is amazing but at the same time i get bored easily with her work, which i never really dive into to be honest.
Re: Act II: Cowboy Carter (Beyonce)
Posted: Sun March 31, 2024 12:57 am
by tragabigzanda
Re: Act II: Cowboy Carter (Beyonce)
Posted: Sun March 31, 2024 2:00 am
by VinylGuy
tragabigzanda wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:Daughter is impressive yes, but i still kinda fail to connect to Beyonce on any level. She is amazing but at the same time i get bored easily with her work, which i never really dive into to be honest.
I always thought she sucked, until Lemonade
Seems her self titled is very good, according to my girl who is a die hard fan. Lemonade is the only album i listened front to back more than once, i has the song i like the most so i could agree with that yes.
Re: Act II: Cowboy Carter (Beyonce)
Posted: Mon April 01, 2024 2:47 am
by Jorge
tragabigzanda wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:Daughter is impressive yes, but i still kinda fail to connect to Beyonce on any level. She is amazing but at the same time i get bored easily with her work, which i never really dive into to be honest.
I always thought she sucked, until Lemonade
4 and Beyonce are very good albums, though a notch below Lemonade. There's a handful of songs on Renaissance that stuck with me but most of it felt comparatively inconsequential
I am listening to Cowboy Carter now. I'm only on track 6 (of 27!!!!) so there's a lot of album to go but I'm not really feeling it so far
Re: Act II: Cowboy Carter (Beyonce)
Posted: Mon April 01, 2024 2:56 am
by Jorge
Okay, "Bodyguard," now we're talking
Re: Act II: Cowboy Carter (Beyonce)
Posted: Mon April 01, 2024 3:13 am
by tragabigzanda
Re: Act II: Cowboy Carter (Beyonce)
Posted: Mon April 01, 2024 3:17 am
by Jorge
tragabigzanda wrote:The first two songs were definitely the worst.
Track 1 almost made me turn it off, extremely annoying. And I agree with your comments elsewhere about "16 Carriages" being tedious, I think that's largely due to the fact that it's literally two chords over and over. Baroque arrangements and production flourishes can't hide a flat composition.
I'm on track 17 now (which I'm really enjoying) and I've found a lot to like about the album after that rough start. "Just For Fun" and "Most Wanted" (the Miley Cyrus duet) have been some of my favorites
Re: Act II: Cowboy Carter (Beyonce)
Posted: Mon April 01, 2024 3:19 am
by tragabigzanda
Re: Act II: Cowboy Carter (Beyonce)
Posted: Mon April 01, 2024 3:21 am
by Jorge
Farmer John wrote:Wait, is that Beyonce singing the opera part in Daughter? That's incredibly impressive if so.
It sounds exactly like her! And (with all respect to Beyonce's incredible singing talent) not like an opera singer
