Critics and Fans Praise Beyoncé for ‘Impressive’ Country Album ‘Cowboy Carter’
Critics and Fans Praise Beyoncé for ‘Impressive’ Country Album ‘Cowboy Carter’
Critics and Fans Praise Beyoncé , for ‘Impressive’ Country Album ‘Cowboy Carter’.
Beyoncé released her eighth studio album on March 29.
Consisting of 27 tracks, 'Cowboy Carter' is already receiving high praise from critics and fans alike, BBC reports.
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'The Guardian' critic Alexis Petridis said that Beyoncé is "impressively capable of doing whatever she wants.".
Page Six critic Nicholas Hautman referred to the album as "the revival that country music so desperately needed,".
"instantly timeless," and "a soulful celebration of Southern values and the genre's African roots.".
A fan on social media said Queen Bey's voice was "the best it's ever been in her career.".
The album includes cameos by Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and Linda Martell.
The album includes cameos by Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and Linda Martell.
The album includes cameos by Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and Linda Martell.
Miley Cyrus and Post Malone are guests on the album as well.
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Miley Cyrus and Post Malone are guests on the album as well.
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Beyoncé also performs her own versions of Dolly Parton's "Jolene" and The Beatles' timeless classic, "Blackbird.".
Beyoncé also performs her own versions of Dolly Parton's "Jolene" and The Beatles' timeless classic, "Blackbird.".
Beyoncé also performs her own versions of Dolly Parton's "Jolene" and The Beatles' timeless classic, "Blackbird.".
The album "proves her adaptability and mastery, regardless of genre," according to the BBC's Mark Savage.
The genres overlap so seamlessly is evidence of Beyoncé's technical mastery, but also of her central thesis: that Nashville's marginalization of outsiders, and black women in particular, weakens the music in the long run, Mark Savage, BBC News music correspondent, via statement.
While some critics say that the album should have been less than 27 tracks, .
Larisha Paul from 'Rolling Stone' said that "every piece" of 'Cowboy Carter' was "meticulously thought out," from the album's length to the artwork.