Beyoncé "B'day" 2022-09-02 All pretenses of normality were

All pretenses of normality were abandoned by the second track

was met with critical praise

an open hand reaching out to all those wounded and bewildered by a world that seems to make less and less sense every day

This 10th anniversary release of the record sees the album newly remixed by Adam D and remastered

Beyoncé "B'day" 2022-09-02 All pretenses of normality wereHistory may prove Beyonc's B'Day to be a rare double whammy of an achievement. Not only is it destined to hold up as one of the thumpingest, most polished sounding discs of 2006, it's also bound to loose a new phrase into the popular lexicon: a "freekum dress" (n.), as described on a same named track halfway through this excellent CD, is a "right fittin'" garment owned by every woman; "when they act wrong, that's when you put it on." Linguistic