The Independent (UK) - 100/100
Pretty Much Amazing - 100/100
Rolling Stone - 100/100
Telegraph (UK) - 100/100
AV Club - 91/100
Clash Music - 90/100
Los Angeles Times - 90/100
NY Times - 90/100
WOW @The Independent. And Slant is a heavy low ball reviewer averaging 9 points less than all other reviewers, so they're probably weighted less heavily given that they trend so far off of average scores. So impressive and so deserving tho.
The Pitchfork review is kinda great. I feel like this really captures who Bey is:
Quote:
Yes, after Beyoncé makes nearly half an album’s worth of glorious rage songs directed at an unfaithful partner, she gives it a little time and remembers that she was raised to value hard work and spirituality. And so, she can’t give up on her marriage, the same one she spent her last two albums (mostly) celebrating. Beyoncé even kind of sells it, surmising with a tear-inducing sincerity on relaxed-fit soul jam “All Night” that “nothing real can be threatened.” It’s an easy platitude to make, but it’s also an extremely Beyoncé way of looking at things. For a perfectionist who controls her image meticulously, Beyoncé is obsessed with the notion of realness. That’s the biggest selling point of an album like Lemonade, but there’s a quality to it that also invites skepticism: That desire to basically art-direct your own sobbing self-portrait to make sure your mascara smears in the most perfectly disheveled way. But who cares what's "real" when the music delivers a truth you can use.
WOW @The Independent. 
And Slant is a heavy low ball reviewer averaging 9 points less than all other reviewers, so they're probably weighted less heavily given that they trend so far off of average scores. So impressive and so deserving tho.