Beyonce I Am Sasha Fierce Deluxe Edition
Sasha Fierce — Deluxe reissue editionNo.TitleLength1.' If I Were a Boy'4:102.' Broken-Hearted Girl'4:395.' Ave Maria'3:426.' Smash into You'4:317.'
That's Why You're Beautiful'3:419.' Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)'3:1310.' Sweet Dreams'3:2813.' Video Phone'3:3514.' Scared of Lonely'3:4217.' Video Phone' (Extended Remix) (featuring )5:04Total length:68:14I Am. Sasha Fierce — Platinum edition (disc one: CD)No.TitleWriter(s)Length1.'
Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)'. Knowles. Ghost. Dench. Riddick. Stargate3:42Total length:74:29I Am. Sasha Fierce — Australian iTunes Store platinum edition (bonus track)No.TitleLength21.'
Sweet Dreams' (Steve Pitron & Max Sanna Club Remix)7:38Total length:82:07I Am. Sasha Fierce — UK iTunes Store platinum edition (bonus tracks)No.TitleLength21.' Ego' (Slang 'Big Ego' Club Remix)6:1822.'
Beyonce I Am Sasha Fierce Deluxe Edition
Diva' (Karmatronic Club Remix)5:05Total length:85:52I Am. Sasha Fierce — Platinum edition (disc two: DVD)No.TitleDirector(s)Length1.'
If I Were a Boy'5:052.' Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)'Nava3:193.' Halo'Philip Andelman3:455.'
Broken-Hearted Girl'4:406.' Ego' (Remix featuring Kanye West).
Recording Location.2nd Floor Studios, Orlando, FL.Bangledesh Studios, Atlanta, GA.Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY.GAD Studios, Ibiza, Spain.Germano Studios, New York, NY.Mansfield Studios, Los Angeles, CA.Patchwerk Studios, Atlanta, GA.Roc The Mic Studios, New York, NY.Silent Sound Studios, Atlanta, GA.South Beat Studios, Miami Beach, FL.Strawberrybee Productions, New York, NY.The Boom Boom Room, Burbank, CA.The Campground, Los Angeles, CA.Tree Sound Studios, Atlanta, GA. In non-Deluxe Edition form, 's third solo studio album is as concise as 2006's, but it is divided into two discs as a way to emphasize the singer's distinct personalities. It's a gimmick, of course - a flimsy one. Revealed through interviews in 2005, Sasha was said to be 's 'stage persona,' an embodiment of the outgoing, aggressive, on-stage that doesn't necessarily represent the real.
Sasha now has a last name (possibly picked up from, who maybe took a cue from ), and is granted half an album (the second disc) to express herself. These five songs, when compared to the majority of, are actually less fun, less impulsive, and yes, less fierce. 'Diva,' a variation on 's 'A Milli,' is the only track that could go toe to toe with the likes of 's 'Freakum Dress' or 'Ring the Alarm,' at least in terms of audacity. At the other end is 'Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),' a dire 'Get Me Bodied' retread. Otherwise, the Sasha Fierce half is full of decent, if easily forgettable, upbeat pop.
If placed within the context of an album without a packaging ploy, there'd be little evidence that is making a radical progression or being any more bold than before. It would, if anything, be notable as the least R&B-oriented batch of songs she has made - that is, if it wasn't for the I Am half, essentially a small set of adult contemporary ballads. Acoustic guitars, pianos, strings, contemplative soul searching, and grand sweeping gestures fill it out, with more roots in '70s soft rock than soul. Feels each line to the fullest extent, which almost rescues the set's staidness.
Beyonce I Am Sasha Fierce Platinum Edition
'If I Were a Boy,' while sounding like the watery backdrop for a singing competition finale, turns out to be the album's standout, both for its lyrics and 's tormented performance. It could have been the song that broke an unfairly neglected adult-R&B singer like into the mainstream, and don't be surprised if a country artist nabs a CMA Award by covering it.
The Deluxe Edition, released simultaneously with the 11-track version, contains a thicker booklet with more photos and five additional songs, including 'Smash into You' (an answer song to 's 'Crash into Me'?) and 'That's Why You're Beautiful' (notable for resembling, bizarrely enough, the melancholy sides of early-'90s indie rock bands like and ).