Lemonade [Yellow 180 Gram Vinyl] [Gatefold Cover]

Lemonade [Yellow 180 Gram Vinyl] [Gatefold Cover]

by Beyonce
Lemonade [Yellow 180 Gram Vinyl] [Gatefold Cover]

Lemonade [Yellow 180 Gram Vinyl] [Gatefold Cover]

by Beyonce

Vinyl LP(Long Playing Record - 180 Gram Vinyl / Colored Vinyl)

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Overview

Beyonce's sixth album loomed once "Formation" and its video were issued ahead of the superstar's Super Bowl 50 half-time performance. Two months and a couple weeks later, it appeared as a culturally seismic visual album. Loaded with layers of meaning and references, and experienced en masse through its televised premiere, Lemonade honored black sisterhood with the presence of Warsan Shire, Serena Williams, and the mothers of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and Eric Garner. Subsequently given audio-only release, its title comes from a popular proverb given extra personal relevance by Beyonce's grandmother-in-law, whose citation is heard here during a crucial moment in the sequence. Mrs. Knowles-Carter indeed turns her own lemons into Lemonade. She uses the platform to demand contrition from her adulterous partner, assert her excellence, reflect upon the bonds with the men in her life, and their relationships with other women, and wonders if her trust can be earned back. The cathartic and wounded moments here resonate in a manner matched by few, if any, of Beyonce's contemporaries. She sometimes eclipses herself in terms of raw emotion, as on the throttling Jack White encounter "Don't Hurt Yourself." At the low-volume end, there's more power in the few seconds she chokes back tears while singing "Come back" -- timed with the backing vocal in Isaac Hayes' version of "Walk on By" -- than there is in most contemporary ballads. Romantic conflict is nothing new for her, but there is a degree of concentration and specificity, and an apparent disregard for appealing to commercial radio that makes Lemonade a distinct addition to her catalog. (Another distinguishing factor is the length of credits which, due to a vast assortment of collaborators and samples, exceeds that of the self-titled album.) Lemonade can also be heard as the dark flipside of Beyonce. When "Dishes smashed on the counter" is bleakly observed, just before "Pictures snatched out the frame/Bitch, I scratched out your name and face" is delivered with seething wrath, it's hard to not flash back to "Drunk in Love," in which the presumably same couple were revelrous in the same room. After the first three-quarters play out in compelling if somewhat erratic fashion, Lemonade closes with a torrid stretch. "Freedom" is a marching anthem of resilience and preservation, produced by Just Blaze with a glowing guest verse from Kendrick Lamar. The loved-up "All Night" is a tangle of emotions and hints at reconciliation, facilitated by the horns from OutKast's "SpottieOttieDopaliscious." And then, at last, there's the strutting "Formation," simultaneously a tack-on and an ideal finale, where Beyonce delights in her blackness, femininity, and Southern origin with supreme wordplay. ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date: 09/15/2017
Label: Columbia / Parkwood Entertainment / Sony Music
UPC: 0889854467517
Rank: 168

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Pray You Catch Me
  2. Hold Up
  3. Don't Hurt Yourself
  4. Sorry
  5. 6 Inch
  6. Daddy Lessons

Disc 2

  1. Love Drought
  2. Sandcastles
  3. Forward
  4. Freedom
  5. All Night
  6. Formation

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Beyonce   Primary Artist,Vocals
Isaac Hayes   Primary Artist
Beyonce Knowles   Director
Daphne Chen   Strings
Leah Katz   Strings
Jack White   Featured Artist
Ginger Murphy   Strings
Eric Gorfain   Strings
Mark Watrous   Strings
Neel Hammond   Strings
Alma Fernandez   Strings
Rodney Wirtz   Strings
Ryan Cross   Strings
Briana Bandy   Strings
Mike Dean   Keyboards
Lisa Dondlinger   Strings
Serena McKinney   Strings
John Krovoza   Strings
Ruby Amanfu   Vocals (Background)
Courtney Leonard   Bass
Josefina Vergara   Strings
Susan Chatman   Strings
Amy Wickman   Strings
Marcus Miller   Bass
Eric Walls   Guitar
Anna Bulbrook   Strings
Marisa Kuney   Strings
Crissy Collins   Vocals (Background)
Diplo   Vocals (Background)
Charlie Bisharat   Strings
Adrienne Woods   Strings
Fats Kaplan   Strings
Canei Finch   Piano
Songa Lee   Strings
Ina Veli   Strings
Patrick Williams Sr.   Brass
Denise Briese   Strings
Randolph Ellis   Brass
Radu Pieptea   Strings
Jonas Akerlund   Director
Gina Kronstadt   Strings
Yelena Yegoryan   Strings
Melina Matsoukas   Director
Mark Romanek   Director
Ira Glansbeek   Strings
Terry Glenny   Strings
Big Freedia   Vocals (Background)
Ahmad Balshe   Vocals
James Blake   Bass,Piano,Featured Artist
Kevin Garrett   Piano
The Weeknd   Featured Artist
Todd Tourso   Director
Kendrick Lamar   Featured Artist
Patrick Wheeler   Drums
Grace Park   Strings
Abel Tesfaye   Featured Artist
Christopher Gray   Brass
Crystal Alforque   Strings
Vincent L. Berry II   Piano
Geoffrey Osika   Strings
Derek Dixie   Drums
Swae Lee   Vocals
Arrow Benjamin   Vocals (Background)
Ricky Lucchese   Brass
Katie Sloan   Strings
Henry Allen   Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Peter Ortega   Brass
Richard Dodd   Strings
Dikayl Rimmasch   Director
Jack Chambazyan   Synthesizer
Kahlil Joseph   Director
Lindsey Smith-Trestle   Strings
Matt Doe   Trumpet
Vanessa Fairbairn-Smith   Strings

Technical Credits

Tony Maserati   Mixing Engineer
Beyonce Knowles   Composer,Executive Producer
Jimmy Page   Composer
Jack White   Composer,Producer
Doc Pomus   Composer
Nick Zinner   Composer
Greg Koller   Engineer
Eric Caudieux   Editing,Engineer
Eric Gorfain   Orchestration
John A. Lomax   Composer
John Bonham   Composer
John Paul Jones   Composer
Jon Brion   Arranger
Vance Powell   Engineer
Just Blaze   Producer
Stuart White   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Mixing Engineer
Mike Dean   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Drum Programming
King Henry   Producer
Diana Gordon   Composer
Brian Chase   Composer
Alan Lomax   Composer,Engineer
Ben Diehl   Composer
Burt Bacharach   Composer
Jaycen Joshua   Mixing Engineer
Ezra Koenig   Composer,Producer
Malik Yusef   Composer
John Cranfield   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Andre Benjamin   Composer
Beyonce   Composer,Producer,Vocal Producer
Hal David   Composer
Diplo   Producer,Drum Programming
Robert Plant   Composer
Wynter Gordon   Composer,Producer
Ilsey Juber   Composer
Kevin Cossom   Composer
The-Dream   Composer
Theresa LaBarbera Whites   Executive Producer
Theron Thomas   Composer
Joshua V. Smith   Editing,Engineer
Timothy Thomas   Composer
Vincent Berry   Composer,Producer
Erinn Williams   Executive Producer
Noah Lennox   Composer
Patrick Brown   Composer
DeAndre Way   Composer
Henry Allen   Composer,Producer,Drum Programming
Antwan Patton   Composer
Mort Schuman   Composer
Jonathan Lia   Producer
Hit-Boy   Producer
Ramon Rivas   Engineer
Josh Tillman   Composer
Ed Burke   Executive Producer
Emile Haynie   Composer
Ahmad Balshe   Composer
Brian Weitz   Composer
James Blake   Composer,Producer
Lester Mendoza   Engineer
Antonio Randolph   Composer
Thomas Wesley Pentz   Composer
Thomas Martin   Producer
MeLo-X   Composer,Producer
Sean Rhoden   Composer
Danny Schofield   Composer
Alex Delicata   Composer,Producer
David Portner   Composer
David Nakaji   Mixing Assistant
Kevin Garrett   Composer,Producer
Frank Tirado   Composer
Terius Nash   Composer
Tyler Scott   Mixing Assistant
Michael Williams   Composer
Todd Tourso   Executive Producer
Kendrick Duckworth   Composer
Kevin Cossum   Composer
Uzoechi Emenike   Composer
Karen Orzolek   Composer
Asheton Hogan   Composer
Mike WiLL Made-It   Producer
Jonathan Coffer   Composer
Abel Tesfaye   Composer
James Krausse   Mixing Assistant
Jaramye Daniels   Composer
Jonny Coffer   Producer
Eddie Spear   Technician
Thomas Benski   Producer
Carla Williams   Composer
Arthur Chambazyan   Technician,Mixing Assistant
Ben Billions   Producer
DannyBoyStyles   Producer
Boots   Arranger,Composer,Producer,Programming
John Lomax   Engineer
B. Carr   Programming
Michael Garza   Producer
Vincent L. Berry II   Composer,Producer
Akil King   Composer
Maddox Chhim   Mixing Assistant
Khalif Brown   Composer
Derek Dixie   Arranger,Producer,Instrumentation,Drum Programming,Assistant Engineer
Violaine Etienne   Producer
Arrow Benjamin   Composer
Too Many Zooz   Instrumentation
Midian Mathers   Composer
Miles Comaskey   Mixing Assistant
Myles William   Programming
Kelvin McConnell   Composer
Ingrid Burley   Composer
Nathan Scherrer   Producer
Pluss   Producer
Michael Williams II   Composer
Melissa Vargas   Executive Producer
Danyi Deats   Producer
Keenan Flynn   Producer
Kira Carstensen   Producer
Onye Anyanwu   Producer
Scott Horan   Producer
Steve Pamon   Executive Producer
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