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BEYONCE NEW ALBUM LISTENING PARTY! (NEWS!)
Posted by Matt on Wednesday, October 22, 2008
I've just returned from Beyonce's album listening party at the Sony Club here in Manhattan. I'll let you in on how the event went and how the album sounds!
We arrived at 6:30pm, took the elevators up to the Sony Club on the 35th floor of 550 Madison Avenue. It's a beautiful building, and from the top floor you can see amazing views of the city! Mathew Knowles (Beyonce's father) introduced Beyonce's new look, sound and 'alter ego' Sasha Fierce!
The album will be released as a single and double disc set. The first containing If I Were a Boy, and primarily folky/r&b ballads. The second disc entitled I Am Sasha Fierce, includes the ubeat single Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) and is 'Beyonce's alter ego at work' said Knowles who pumped us up for the r&b, urban pop tracks that would follow.
Overall I think this is a very creative step for Beyonce, collaborations with Amanda Ghost, Stargate and Rodney Jerkins prove to be great choices for this project. The photographic imagery juxtaposes the soft and sultry Beyonce, with a harder, sexier Sasha Fierce! The Knowles camp plans to release tracks Ego and Broken Hearted Girl as second singles, but no final decision has been made yet.
Knowles also played us a spanish version of If I Were a Boy, and plans to release an ALL spanish version of this release in February of 09. Beyonce will also be touring around the world extensively through November of next year to support the new release.
My favorite tracks that were played were Dissapear, Radio, Diva and Sweet Dreams (previously known as Beautiful Nightmare). Beyonce fans both die-hard and casual will not be dissapointed, the production on this album is very, very slick and her voice is AMAZING as usual!
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And wow "Sweet Dreams" being the new "BN". Hope they made some MAJOR edits!
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